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What is Democracy? Voting?
Posted on August 17, 2011 by Kathryn Alexander
 When I think of Democracy or try to define Democracy or being Democratic, my mind goes to shared participation (participative democracy), to a chance for all concerned to have a say. I want to make that distinction because I often hear democracy defined as voting and the democratic system as one that makes decisions by voting.
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What are we sacrificing for the love of oil?
Dr. Martian Luther King, in his talk on the Network of Mutuality, speaks most eloquently on the need for peace. His sentiments apply equally well to our treatment of the Earth.