Democratic Rights: It’s Not Enough to Have the Right to Vote
'Are we able to stop fracking and other threats to the environment
from coming into our communities? Are we able to protect local farming
from sewage sludge or factory farming? Are we able to protect workers
and local economies from multi-national corporations?
Communities
across the country are finding that the answers to these questions is
“no.” And if we can’t determine what happens in our communities,
they’re asking whether we even live in a true democracy.'
