To move forward their agenda that transcends party lines and ideological positions, Represent.us is holding their Unrig the System Summit February 2nd to 4th in New Orleans to gather energy and awareness and is focused on shaping the future of: "Money in Politics, Gerrymandering, Citizens United, Voting Reform, Transparency and more."
I will be there to interview presenters and participants, and the Wiki Politiki radio broadcast on February 13th will focus on the summit and the implications. I suggest you watch Lawrence Lessig's TED talk (see above), check out the Unrig conference, and if it suits you, come join us.
At a time when too few projects and programs are strategic, this one is. With enough participation, it can and will move the dial.
And now ... another program that is not only strategic, it's meta-strategic. In other words, it offers a platform that has the potential to transform the system from the outside, through totally legal means that requires no act of Congress, no government participation, no new laws, no corporate ownership and no media buy in.
It's called the National Town Square and is the brainchild of software developer Richard Lang (Burst.com, Democrasoft) whose new book Virtual Country: Strategy for 21st Century Democracy lays out the plan for this entirely new and transformative institution that can be considered "Freedom of Assembly 3.0".
Writes Richard, "For the first time in known human history, it is now possible to convene an unlimited number of citizens, in one place, at one time, to cast collective, non-binding, advisory votes on any issue of collective concern or importance."
He continues, "National Town Square is a new national institution for civic engagement, focused on issues instead of political parties and blind ideology -- a powerful new counter-balance to the corrupting influence of big money in politics."
Imagine ... a space -- nongovernmental, non-corporate, nonpartisan, independent of the mainstream media -- where each citizen can have a voice and a verifiable vote , and these votes can be tabulated to indicate not just how citizens feel about certain issues, but how strongly they feel.
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