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| | Students for A Democratic Society |
 | | 29 Congress, House of Representatives, Committee on Internal Security, Investigation of Students For a Democratic Society, pt. | | | Clark Kissinger, Students For a Democratic Society: Organizer's Handbook (New York: SDS, 1964), 1; in Anatomy of a Revolutionary Movement, 24. | | | LID was a "membership society engaged in education toward a social order based on production for use and not for power."3 During the 1950s, more young adults than ever before entered universities and colleges in massive numbers, and LID viewed this as an opportunity for fresh, young members. |
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| | PES Yearbook: 1998: Winton Lann Wasson and Deron R. Boyles, A Democratic Phenomenon |
| | With regard to Dewey's school, Gutman comments that Dewey's conception of an "ideal, democratic school as a 'miniature community, an embryonic society,' is misleading" because at Dewey's school "students did not have the same freedom, authority, or influence as teachers over the curriculum or the structure of their schooling." | | | Later in her lecture Montessori states, "Again, to speak of a democratic school community seems to be asking for misunderstanding." | | | Translated into the politics of schooling, this would suggest a greater level of respect for students, whose membership in the school polity, by virtue of their engagement in work, entitles them to a greater level of participation in the decision making process. |
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http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/EPS/PES-Yearbook/1998/wasson_boyles.html
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| | The Clearwater School |
| | Democratic schools are based on the understanding that children's natural curiousity will guide them through whatever experiences they need to become healthy, functioning, and responsible members of society. | | | The International Association for Democratic Schools was established in August 1994 to chronicle the development of these schools and arrange for communication between them. | | | Members of the school (students and staff) make decisions through democratic processes. |
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http://www.oz.net/~pshirley/clearwater
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| | Democracy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Freedom of association is also restricted in democracies, for groups considered a threat to state or society. | | | Liberal democracy is, strictly speaking, a form of representative democracy where the political power of the government is moderated by a constitution which protects the rights and freedoms of individuals and minorities (also called constitutional liberalism). | | | An illiberal democracy is a political system where democratic elections exist, and the government is elected by a democratic majority, but is not restrained from encroaching on the liberty of individuals, or minorities. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy
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| | Respect What Children Get in Democratic Schools |
| | Democratic schools provide an environment where children can live their formative years in exactly the same manner as they will live out their mature years--as free citizens of a society devoted to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. | | | The root ideas of a democratic education are as simple as they are radical: children should be accorded the same human rights and freedoms as adults; they should be granted responsibility for the conduct of their affairs; and they should be full participants in the life of their community. | | | Though essential for the operation of the school, staff members' specific skills are less relevant to students than the relationship between staff and student. |
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http://www.educationfutures.org/Respect.htm
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| | SDS: Students for Democratic Society |
| | Students for Democratic Society (SDS) was part of the New Left, the student political movement that protested the Vietnam War in the United States. | | | Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), a radical youth group established in the United States in 1959, developed out of the youth branch of an older socialist educational organization, the League for Industrial Democracy. | | | The civil rights movement that led to the formation of SDS also precipitated another politicized youth movement, the Berkeley Free Speech Movement (FSM), led by a junior philosophy major named Mario Savio. |
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http://ma.essortment.com/sdsstudentsfo_rmsx.htm
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| | National Council for the Social Studies Curriculum Guidelines for Multicultural Education |
| | A unified and cohesive democratic society can be created only when the rights of its diverse people are reflected in its institutions, within its national culture, and within its schools, colleges, and universities. | | | Rather, students should be encouraged to examine the democratic values that emerged in the United States, why they emerged, how they were defined in various periods, and to whom they referred in various eras. | | | Further progress in that direction is consistent with the democratic ideals-freedom, equality, justice, and human dignity-embodied in our basic national documents. |
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http://www.socialstudies.org/positions/multicultural/?print-friendly=true
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| | The World Movement for Democracy is a global network of democrats including activists |
| | Initiated in 1993 during the run up to the first democratic elections in South Africa, DDP is committed to the promotion of sustainable democracy, political awareness and tolerance, and a culture of human rights and good governance for all citizens in the country. | | | It monitors and observes elections and referenda processes; analyzes policies and statutes pertaining to elections, democracy, and human rights; advocates for reforms in electoral laws and democratic systems; conducts civic education and skill building programs; distributes information on citizens' rights and responsibilities and elections; and trains officials of electoral management bodies and political parties. | | | On April 30, 2005, students from the Berkeley chapter of the international student organization Students for Global Democracy (SGD) hiked 17 kilometers around Tilden Park, a protected wild area in the hills above the town of Berkeley in California. |
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http://www.30november.org/new1wmd.htm
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| | Democratic Decision-making |
| | Democratic decision-making at the school level models the collaborative work that effective teachers expect from their students (and indeed the democratic process of the larger society) and enables small schools to make significant improvements in their practice with the full endorsement and engagement of all members of the school community. | | | Teachers, parents, and students can create a common vision for where the school is going, and teachers can make decisions that lead to student success. | | | There is evidence that teacher participation in school decision-making can lead to improved academic achievement for students (Smylie et al, 1996). |
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http://www.schoolredesign.net/srn/server.php?idx=230
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| | Ukraine at Ten: Von Struensee |
| | Donors and policy-makers in Ukraine must come to realize that nascent democratic institutions in transitional phases are fragile, and that market forces alone are inadequate to ensure social and economic equity without the countervailing participation of civil society in the decision-making process. | | | Additionally, when "in July 1994, Ukraine's presidential election marked the first peaceful and democratic transfer of executive power among the independent states of the former Soviet Union, [and] five years ago, on June 28, 1996, Ukraine's parliament voted to adopt a Ukrainian Constitution," Ukraine displayed its dedication to permanent U. relations. | | | The State Department is required to report Ukraine's progress investigating and "bringing to justice individuals responsible for murders of Ukrainian journalists" to the House Appropriations Committee no later than 60 days after the bill became law. |
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| | Conferences |
| | I admit that this army is responsible for all the miseries of Pakistan and, particularly, those of Sindh. | | | It is certain that the Army could not stay in Sindh unless it had the consent, voluntary or coerced, of a considerable section of society from within Sindh. | | | Even after having left Sindh many years back, I still dream of the warmth and affection given to me by the students from Sindh (and Balochistan) when I was a student of Masters in Political Science and LL.B. in Karachi University. |
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| | Movement for Democratic Change Online |
| | From 1980-81 he was the Chairman of the Zimbabwe Students' Society and in the following year worked as Director for the Legal Aid Clinic in Crossroads Squatter Camp and was also elected to the Law Students' Council. | | | During his time as a student, he was interest in human rights issues which led to an involvement in organisations committed to defending the democratic principles of society. | | | He left Zimbabwe for the University of Cape Town where he attained a BA in Law and a LLB (post graduate degree in law). |
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http://www.mdczimbabwe.org/Profiles/Secretariesandministers/davidcoltartprofile.htm
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| | Maintain accreditation of The Booroobin Sudbury School, Australia's only democratic School Petition |
| | We believe and accept the rights and responsibilities of parents, children and teachers to establish and operate independent schools, according to their values and philosophy, for preparing young people for their lives in a diverse, tolerant, civil, open democratic society. | | | The unique democratic practices of Booroobin follow long standing, internationally respected democratic educational models that support Students preparation for life as responsible adults. | | | The Queensland State Government in Australia is requested to recognise and uphold the rights and responsibilities of parents, children and teachers to attend, participate in and operate The Booroobin Sudbury School - a centre of learning, without excessive interference and in accordance with its participatory democratic philosophy and principles. |
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http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/408446208
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| | Irish Immigration, Final Installment |
| | In its first five years, the society paid 17 per cent dividends, and in 1884 it paid for a resident priest assigned to Castle Garden. | | | Although Irish leaders urged Irish immigrants to get military training and discipline, occasionally a voice was raised in criticism of the formation of separate companies and regiments based on racial origins, on the ground that this would contribute to the perpetuation of immigrant stocks as separate nationalities. | | | In 1833, a Hibernian Moralizing and Relief Society was organized in Lowell, which developed into the Lowell Irish Benevolent Society. |
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| | No private universities |
| | Conservatives, whether they be Canadian, American or otherwise share a certain mutal desire to set modern society back to a level where they do not need to be accountable for any social obligation other than that of their own immediate interests. | | | You are going to invite scandal-plagued institutions, scandal-plagued private, for-profit universities like the University of Phoenix to come into Ontario; the same University of Phoenix that has been fined $6 million by the federal Department of Education in the United States for misusing student aid funds." | | | If the government wants students to stay in Ontario, a far better idea would be to restore the funding they have cut from public universities so that said universities will be competitive with schools in other areas and be able to provide a wide variety of quality programs. |
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| | Cook.htm |
| | In the midst of all the chaos, Tom Hayden, co-founder of Students for a Democratic Society, was the first of the Chicago Seven to be arrested for letting the air out of the tires of a police car. | | | Needless to say, thousands of anti-war demonstrators were attacked by law enforcement officials. | | | The August convention was marked by a huge mobilization of anti-war protesters in the city of Chicago ready to disrupt convention proceedings and force delegates to take back their commitments to candidate Hubert Humphrey and stand behind candidate Eugene McCarthy. |
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| | Honorable members of Swedish Parliament and The Moderate Party |
| | Particularly Since 1997, by selecting Khatemi as the president of Iran who has promised the minorities a democratic Islamic regime, and one important program in his policy has been expected to be the practice of the social justice in the society, the Azerbaijanis were in hope of achieving their human rights. | | | Azerbaijani teachers were forced to teach the Azerbaijani students in Farsi and the students were beaten for speaking their mother tongue in classroom. | | | In 1918 a democratic party under Sheyk Mohammad khiyabani rose in Tabriz and disputed the control of Azerbaijan and in 1920 proclaimed Azerbaijan to be “Azadistan” (the land of freedom) but this movement was also supressed by the governing regime in september 1920. |
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| | Resource Information Center |
| | The Democratic Party for a New Society (DPNS) was legally registered on October 13, 1988 and declared to develop a new constitution advocating democracy as an offshoot of The All Burma Federation of Students Union (ABFSU). | | | In July 2000, The National Democratic League (NLD) filed a suit, for the second time, with The Supreme Court accusing General Than Shwe, Chief of the Military Council and Chairman of The Election Commission of violating electoral law and NLD harassment. | | | The National Politics Front (NPF) was legally registered on November 14, 1988 and aimed to be aligned with democratic rights declared in the UN Charter and The Universal Declaration of Human Rights by primarily developing a state constitution. |
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| | OpinionJournal - Extra |
| | We insist that suffering cannot end and that the war on terror cannot be won until the dictatorships responsible for that suffering and terrorism are replaced by democratic governments. | | | While students have taken to the streets on behalf of good causes such as the plight of exploited workers in Vietnam and desperate refugees in Central Africa, none of them seem to recognize that the ultimate cause of such suffering is a lack of democratic government. | | | We are deeply troubled by last week's news that the Bush Administration failed to request any money for reconstruction in Afghanistan in the 2003 budget, and we applaud Congress for stepping in to add the funds. |
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| | CAC Manuscripts: MS 468 |
| | 003245 Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions Students and society: report on a conference. | | | 003024 Committee for Democratic Election Laws Committee for Democratic Election Laws : information brochure New York Comm. | | | Washington, D.C. 001906 National Planning Association U.S. foreign economic policy for the 1970's: a new approach... |
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| | New Leaders for Tomorrow's Schools, Spring 1997: Democratic School Practices to Maximize Student Success |
| | In what ways can educators reshape their curriculum, instruction, and attitudes to ensure that those students considered the most disadvantaged — because of economic status, race, ethnicity, language, or culture — will engage in a high-quality education that will prepare them for participation in a democratic society? | | | New Leaders for Tomorrow's Schools, Spring 1997: Democratic School Practices to Maximize Student Success | | | Researchers Barbara Means, Carol Chelemer, and Michael S. Knapp suggest the following school practices for students targeted as disadvantaged: |
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| | American Red Groups |
| | In the summer of 1965, the PLM was renamed the "Progressive Labor Party" (PLP), and in 1966 the PLP was given a highly centralized command structure and a mission to enter Students for a Democratic Society (SDS). | | | The CP stopped running candidates for President in the 1988 race, choosing instead to enter a new Popular Front with the left Democratic Party challenger, the Reverand Jesse Jackson. | | | This new GP has formed a National Committee and is seeking recognition from the Federal Elections Commission. |
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| | Welcome to the New Democratic Party of British Columbia |
| | This Liberal government has lied to British Columbians-to parents, and to students. | | | Welcome to the New Democratic Party of British Columbia | | | British Columbians are looking for an alternative and they are turning to us in ever larger numbers. |
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| | CIA - The World Factbook -- Field Listing - Political pressure groups and leaders |
| | Jamiat-e Islami (Society of Islam), [former President Burhanuddin RABBANIS]; Jombesh-e Milli (National Islamic Movement), [Abdul Rashjid DOSTUM]; Ittihad-e Islami (Islamic Union for the Liberation of Afghanistan), [Abdul Rasul SAYYAF]; there are also small monarchist, communist, and democratic groups | | | Argentine Association of Pharmaceutical Labs (CILFA); Argentine Industrial Union (manufacturers' association); Argentine Rural Society (large landowners' association); business organizations; General Confederation of Labor or CGT (Peronist-leaning umbrella labor organization); Peronist-dominated labor movement; Roman Catholic Church; students | | | Society for the Promotion of Education and Research or SPEAR [Adele CATZIM] |
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| | Critique of the New Left Movement |
| | Even during the FSM, the most democratic of the student strikes, the “leaders” of the various negotiating committees were not strictly mandated, but merely maintained a loose consulting relationship with the base of dissident students, reserving for themselves the possibility of “calling for the resumption of the strike” if the negotiations did not proceed satisfactorily. | | | In fact, the movement in the United States has never been a revolutionary opposition to the dominant order, but on the contrary has functioned effectively as a support for that order and a containment of all authentic revolutionary opposition. | | | Up until now, almost all the commentaries on the movement have represented a fundamental unity, masked by the apparent incompatibility of their versions: politicians, sociologists, newsmen, and leftists have all begun from the proposition that the movement is what it claims to be — the opposition to this society. |
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| | Chicago 1968: While the whole world watched, chaos stole convention spotlight. |
| | According to Carl Oglesby, who was president of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) in 1965-1966, (the group who organized the protests and which the infamous Chicago Seven were members of), what occurred next was not part of the protesters plan. | | | Chicago was selected as the site for the convention because of Mayor Richard J. Daleys loyalty to President Lyndon Johnson and the belief that Daley could control his city. | | | With those words, Columbia professor emeritus John Shultz described the atmosphere at Michigan and Balbo, just outside the Colleges door, on the night of August 28, 1968.The 1968 Democratic National Convention was the reason the press came, but what happened on the streets of Chicago is what made the real news. |
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| | Memorial Society, Ryazan, Russia |
| | Ryazan Regional Memorial Society's mission consists in defending human rights, researching the roots of totalitarianism through studying the history of the totalitarian countries, researching national conflicts and their influence on the course of history, strengthening the NGO network in order to create more effective grass-roots activities, and studying democratic reforms worldwide. | | | Memorial's main goals are threefold: to expose information about political and civil human rights abuses in the past and analyze the consequences they have in the present; to uncover and report current violations of human rights; to introduce constructive proposals aimed at overcoming the totalitarian legacy and developing the "immunity" to tatalitarism in the society. | | | (http://www.hro.org) This project was supported by the authorities of Switzerland, "For Civic Society" Foundation (Moscow) and Ford Foundation. |
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| | President lauds student movement as genuine democratic process |
| | "Since the country suffers from lack of civil society institutes to advance political development, the student movement and the press have been involved in the democratic process," the president said. | | | Tehran, Sept 26, IRNA -- President Mohammad Khatami said on Wednesday the student movement in Iran is a genuine democratic movement which is independent and has nothing to do with the power centers in the country. | | | Speaking to several hundred academics and university students to mark start of the academic year, the president said that the student movement in Iran is symbol of dynamism and freedom-seeking and it has proved that it pursues moderation in political outlook. |
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| | Socialist Party |
| | We campaign for a socialist society free from the horrors of war and poverty. | | | Socialist students at Northumbria University have been campaigning against racism and prejudice through our Unite Against Racism campaign this term. | | | The 800 people that attended the Socialist Party’s Rally for Socialism were united by their horror at what modern capitalism means for billions of people and their desire to change the world. |
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