[act-ma] 11/2: JAMES HEROD - "Discrediting Representative Government, Fostering Direct Democracy"

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THE COMMUNITY CHURCH OF BOSTON
SUNDAY SPEAKERS FORUM presents...

Sunday, Novdember 2, 2008 at 11:00am

To Vote, or Not To Vote? (part 2)
JAMES HEROD
"Discrediting Representative Government, Fostering Direct Democracy"

Over and over again elections are stolen by those in power and "the people"
are unable to rise up and demand accountability.  People in Roxbury and
people in Beacon Hill are supposedly being represented by the same people in
governmental decisions.  With each bill, act, and executive order that gets
passed we watch our ability to control our lives disapate.  In a global
context the G8, WTO, IMF, and others have more control over our lives as
those in elected power represent the interests of government.  James will
look at a broad historical and global perspective to remind us that, "voting
just encourages them."

James Herod is a long-time activist/organizer in anarchist communities and
author of Getting Free: Creating an Association of Democratic Autonomous
Neighborhoods as well as a number of other papers on anarchist revolutionary
praxis.

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Honoring Veterans for Peace
JOHN SCHUCHARDT
"War: The Bridge to Nowhere"


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