Democracy Local Is a Planetary Publication of, for and by Everyday People Governing Themselves. Here's a Guide for How to Subscribe, Donate, and Contribute Your Stories, Ideas, Events, and Data.
All Democracy Is Local. Democracy is best defined as “everyday people governing themselves.” Most of that self-government takes place at the local level. You'll find local self-government in surprising places, even in nations that are considered autocracies.
That’s why we started Democracy Local. It is a new high-quality, professional publication and community for and by everyday people who are doing the work of democracy. Democracy Local is at once intensely local and fervently global—it’s interested in self-governance in every community on the planet.
Imagine a media platform to which anyone could take any story, idea, planned event, video, audio, photograph, poem, or data about democracy from any place on earth. Then imagine that journalists and professionals would help anyone edit and produce their story or content at the highest quality—and work to translate it and distribute it for the largest possible audience. Finally, imagine that this publication would build a learning community of people who act together to better govern their own communities and the world.
That’s Democracy Local. Here's how to become a part of it:
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SHARE YOUR STORIES AND OTHER IDEAS: By emailing founder Joe Mathews at joe@democracylocal.com or by Signal or WhatsApp at +1 213 9445449
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READ OUR CONTENT HERE. Or just type "democracylocal.com" or "democracylocal.org" into your browser, or via the Substack democracylocal.substack.com
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SUBSCRIBE: You can sign up for our email newsletter here.
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DONATE. Democracy Local is new and small. It has no paid staff. To help us do more for democracy, donate by clicking here
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REPUBLISH DEMOCRACY LOCAL: We love it when other media and organizations republish our stories. We ask only that you credit Democracy Local and link back to the story on our site, or to democracylocal.com. Also, please let us know when you've republished.
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DATA: Democracy Local aims to create an open planetary database of local governance. To learn more or offer data, email joe@democracylocal.com
THANK YOU TO OUR PARTNERS AND SPONSORS. Asia Democracy Chronicles, the National Civic League, The Future of Where, Democracy Next and International IDEA have provided stories that appear on Democracy Local. Berggruen Institute is supporting the founder in his Democracy Local work. Zócalo Public Square edits and publishes many of our columns. We also thank media partners, from El Pais to the Bangkok Post to the San Francisco Chronicle, that republish our content.
"True democracy cannot be worked by twenty men sitting at the centre, it has to be worked from below by the people of every village." -Gandhi
