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Killing Joke - Democracy

Length: 3:43
Rating: 4.87 (119 ratings)
Views: 43849' favoriteCount='277
Author: Gambitski

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Title track from the 1996 album

The War On Democracy by John Pilger DVD OUT NOW

Length: 2:15
Rating: 4.64 (190 ratings)
Views: 68734' favoriteCount='217
Author: woody1969ad

Tags: chavez chomsky documentary film johnpilger pilger piratesofthecarribbean spiderman venezula warondemocracy

The War On Democracy is a powerful new documentary from award winning journalist and film-maker John Pilger. It was released in UK cinemas from Friday June 15th 2007 and is out on DVD now

Hacking Democracy 1 of 9

Length: 8:36
Rating: 4.91 (503 ratings)
Views: 61980' favoriteCount='591
Author: anonimist2600

Tags: democracy electronic hacking machines voting

This cautionary documentary exposes the vulnerability of computers - which count approximately 80% of America's votes in county, state and federal elections - suggesting that if our votes aren't safe, then our democracy isn't safe either. The documentary exposes the dangers of voting machines used during America's mid term and presidential elections. Electronic voting machines count approximately 90% of America's votes in county, state and federal elections. The technology is also increasingly being used across the world, including in Canada, the United Kingdom, Europe and Latin America. Filmed over three years this exposé follows the investigations of a team of citizen activists and hackers as they take on the electronic voting industry, targeting the Diebold corporation. "Hacking Democracy" uncovers incendiary evidence from the trash cans of Texas to the ballot boxes of Ohio, exposing secrecy, votes in the trash, hackable software and election officials rigging the presidential recount. Ultimately proving our votes can be stolen without a trace "Hacking Democracy" culminates in the famous 'Hursti Hack'; a duel between the Diebold voting machines and a computer hacker from Finland - with America's democracy at stake. The two Ohio election staff who feature in "Hacking Democracy" were sentenced on March 13th 2007 for rigging the 2004 presidential recount. Incriminating footage from the documentary was used in their court case as evidence. http://www.hackingdemocracy.com/

Rich Media, Poor Democracy

Length: 5:27
Rating: 4.96 (98 ratings)
Views: 23133' favoriteCount='233
Author: ChallengingMedia

Tags: Activism Critical Education Educational Industry Jhally Journalism Literacy Mass McChesney Media MEF Robert Sut

http://www.mediaed.org If a key indicator of the health of a democracy is the state of its journalism, the United States is in deep trouble. In Rich Media, Poor Democracy, Robert McChesney lays the blame for this state of affairs squarely at the doors of the corporate boardrooms of big media, which far from delivering on their promises of more choice and more diversity, have organized a system characterized by a lack of competition, homogenization of opinion and formulaic programming. Through numerous examples, McChesney, and media scholar, Mark Crispin Miller, demonstrate how journalism has been compromised by the corporate bosses of conglomerates such as Disney, Sony, Viacom, News Corp, and AOL Time Warner to produce a system of news that is high on sensationalism and low on information. They suggest that unless citizen activism can reclaim the commons, this new corporate system will be characterized by a rich media and an ever impoverished, poor democracy.

Gerhard Polt - Democracy [in Afrika] (with Blackboard)

Length: 9:53
Rating: 4.90 (273 ratings)
Views: 114562' favoriteCount='385
Author: Biotankwart

Tags: Afrika Democracy Gerhard Polt

Gerhard Polt: Democracy - Live in German TV Gerhard Polt explains the bavarian point of view on democracy in afrika.