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Digital Democracy and e-Governance
Digitalisation Can Divide Us or Empower Democracy — We Decide
Town halls are moving online, we are able to sign petitions from the comfort of our own homes, and collective action can suddenly start with a simple hashtag. Whether it is better connectivity, the ability to strengthen networks...
IDC Theme of the Month
Digital Democracy & e-Governance: How Digital Tools are Reshaping Citizen Participation in the 21st Century
On the International Democracy Community (IDC) platform, we're introducing monthly themes inspired by the ideas and interests you shared in our recent survey. We're kicking things off with the theme Digital Democracy and e-...
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Newsletter
Democracy Resilience Doesn't Exist; Your AI 'Civic Assistant...
Also: Crypto in a Kenyan slum, intro of the Planetary Panchayat, West Sahara boomtown
SACRAMENTO
COLUMN Don't Run Kamala! Save Local Democracy Instead
VP Harris Should Start a New Authority to Defend Local Autonomy
LOS ANGELES
COLUMN What Churchill Would Tell a Besieged City
"We shall fight on the beach... on the freeways... and in the Home Depot parking lots"
LONGUEUIL (QUEBEC)
NATIONAL CIVIC LEAGUE Even the Losers Embrace the Outcome
On Citizens' Assemblies and Losers' Consent
DEMOCRACY LOCAL
NEW BOOK "The U.S. vs. Us: Essays from California As It Leaves America
The debut book from Ostrich Farm Press, Democracy Local's book arm.
ALEPPO
COLUMN World War 3 Has Come to Your Hometown
Attacks by authoritarian national governments on their own cities aren't just local conflicts. They...
ALEPPO
NEWSLETTER Apocalyptic Democracy, Self-Defense; Worthy Books
Also: Jo-Burg Taxi War; Future Citizens. Assemble in The Gambia
RAZARWANI (Uri, Kashmir)
ASIA DEMOCRACY CHRONICLES Villages Live on Edge
Along the India-Pakistan Line of Control, Villages Are Disrupted and Shattered by Conflict
BOOK REVIEW
READINGS A Rashomon-Like Reference on Referendums
Understanding Referendums 
UNITED STATES
DEMOCRACY SOS Why We Need a City-State Revolution
America’s Urban Majority Is Disenfranchised. Here’s How to Fix It