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  RWANDA | RDR POLITICAL PLATFORM
Political pluralism, especially the institutionalisation of political opposition both as a safeguard and as a possibility of a peaceful transfer of power, is crucial for preventing ethnocentrism.
Thus, candidacy for a political office, appointment to diplomatic positions, promotions in high positions of the civil service, and access to higher education were vetted by the secret services which used the criterion of supposed loyalty to the regime as the main criterion for selection.
Political and institutional mechanisms must be set up to forestall the concentration of power in the hands of a person, a civilian or military oligarchy, an ethnic group or region.
www.rdrwanda.org /english/basic_principles/RDR_Political_Platform.html   (10964 words)

  
 Henry Minde: The Saami Movement, the Norwegian Labour Party and Saami Rights
Even though Mortensen supported a stronger party political involvement, such a policy was met with a strong criticism from others in the Movement, and among the Swedish Saami there was an overwhelmiung majority for a policy independent of party politics.
Political circles and public administration joined the Norwegianization policy at this time, and negative attitudes to the reindeer breeders were prevalent and wide-spread.
Voluntary organizations and political parties were already to a large extent to be found in the rest of society.
www.uit.no /ssweb/dok/Minde/Henry/84.htm   (12645 words)

  
 American President: LP_buildplatform   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Using class discussions to mimic the diverse views and constraints that act upon the political process, students learn how political decisions are made to accommodate a wide variety of divergent views.
In any classroom discussion of political ideas, stress that everyone in a democracy is entitled to their own opinion and we should respect each individual and their point-of-view.
Platform: An official agenda adopted by a political party at a convention meant to represent their position a variety of challenges facing the nation.
www.historywise.com /lp_buildplatform.htm   (1493 words)

  
 Political platform - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
A political platform is a list of the principles which a political party supports in order to appeal to the general public for the purpose of having said party's candidates voted into office.
Platforms: A Microwaved Cultural Chronicle of the 1970s
Battle of 1900;: An official hand-book for every American citizen; issues and platforms of all parties, with portraits and biographies of the leaders including the lives of the presidential candidates
encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /political_platform.htm   (199 words)

  
 Politics1 - Guide to American Political Parties
Thus, the AHP describes itself as "a political party that adopts the Bible as its political textbook and is unashamed to be explicitly Christian...
Marxist political organizer James Harris was the SWP Presidential nominee in 1996 (ballot status in 11 states - 8,500 votes - 0.01%) and 2000 (ballot status in 14 states - 7,378 votes - 9th place - 0.01%).
Frustrated by traditional partisan politics and the quality of national media coverage of elections, this party proposes to seek "direct input" from the public to mold this new politically centrist party into a vehicle that unifies America in the 21st Century.
www.politics1.com /parties.htm   (9731 words)

  
 Re: Political platform, planks
Francis Bacon, in 1623: 'The wisdom of a lawmaker consisteth not only in a platform of justice, but in the application thereof.' In most early use in the U.S., the word related to the principles of a church, taken from the French word for ground plan of a building.
As early as 1803, the 'Massachusetts Spy' was writing about 'The Platform of Federalism,' but it was William Lloyd Garrison in his antislavery 'Liberator' who would help popularize the term; in 1844, the first national party platforms were adopted and by 1848 the word was a political standby.
In current use, a party platform is taken with great seriousness at a convention, since it enables many compromises to be made and gives appointment plums to many factional leaders, but is soon forgotten in the campaign.
www.phrases.org.uk /bulletin_board/13/messages/165.html   (600 words)

  
 YDS > About > Political Platform
It was with this in mind that the YDS adopted this political program, in the form of 11 key points, at the 1998 National Conference in Harvard, Massachusetts to clarify and publicize our ideas about how to make the world a more democratic, just, and fair place to live.
Crime and criminality have political and economic causes, and cannot be solved by herding people into inhumane prisons while simultaneously destroying the welfare system and pushing wages down.
We understand that many recent progressive victories in Congress and in politics in general were due primarily to strong activism by unions and union members.
www.ydsusa.org /platform.html   (2254 words)

  
 United States World Political Party   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The United States World Political Party accepts that the time has come in the course of human events for the formation and existence of a national political party based upon world as well as loacl concerns whose views are derived from advances in scientific knowledge, historical perspective, and rational thinking.
The party accepts that human beings are responsible for their own being and for the future of human kind on earth and that many of the ways people behaved in the past are obsolete and dangerous.
The United States World Political Party accepts the need for formation of a World Political Institute for the purpose of advancing the educational priorities of the Party and for training the public servants of the future and for the development of information related thereto.
worldpoliticalparty.com   (1870 words)

  
 political platform - What is the perfect political platform?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
This is obviously a loaded question, because there are certain issues for which there are two definite sides, and obviously, you can't please everyone, but just the same, I'd be interested in hearing what some of you think is the perfect political platform, one that could effectively guarantee...
The complete platform for the Green Party can be found here: http://www.gp.org/platform/2004/ One thing I find very interesting is their platform on reparations.
I mean, everyone else has pretty much tried every platform, till they prove that you can (duh) with hacking (duh) run linux on pretty much every electronics platform with a microprocessor.
www.political.platform.keywordblogger.com   (272 words)

  
 Open Directory - Society: Politics: Conservatism: People: Personal Pages   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
A century of political incorrectness in the United Kingdom - An interesting look back at things which although once considered politically correct are now considered offensive.
Life and Liberty - A conservative Republican political columnist extols the virtues of morality, patriotism, capitalism, and liberty while finding humor and danger in liberals and the politically correct.
Mike's Perspective - Political and social commentary on headline news issues concerning American faith, family and freedom from a fl conservative viewpoint.
www.dmoz.org /Society/Politics/Conservatism/People/Personal_Pages   (1836 words)

  
 SF - Political platform for Nordic Green Left Alliance
We base our political work on the pillars of solidarity: international solidarity among the peoples of the world, social justice and an equitable distribution of wealth, gender equality, and solidarity with future generations, who depend on us for an ecological sustainable development.
Despite the significant achievements of the last centuries, European society today is increasingly characterised by the widening gap between rich and poor, rising levels of unemployment and social exclusion, the systematic destruction of the natural environment, growing alienation from the political process and the threat of racism and reactionary nationalism.
This is based on broad popular participation in political life and in the concrete everyday work to achieve a green planet.
www.sf.dk /index.php?article=3970   (673 words)

  
 Islam Online- News Section   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The main campaigning issue of the group, which Galloway says could be the basis for his party, is withdrawing troops from Iraq and letting the people of the now-occupied country decide their own future.
But the idea of forming a political party was greeted with skepticism, even among what Galloway called his most avid supporters.
"It is nonsense, we tend to support mainstream political parties," she said.
www.islam-online.net /English/News/2003-12/24/article02.shtml   (788 words)

  
 Democratic Party - dKosopedia
The political coalition of labor unions, minorities, liberals, and southern whites (the New Deal Coalition) allowed the Democrats to control the government for much of the next 30 years, until the issue of civil rights divided conservative southern whites from the rest of the party (see Dixiecrat).
The political pendulum swung away from the Democrats with the election of Republican president Ronald Reagan in 1980.
The country seemed ready for political change after a decade of oil price shocks, and its ripple effect on the economy, which stalled economic performance and the long Iranian hostage crisis in the last year of the Carter administration.
www.dkosopedia.com /index.php/Democratic_Party   (1089 words)

  
 PoliticalPlatform.net
If you know of a political platform which is better, in your opinion, click here and it will be posted here.
To qualify as an "alternative" political platform, it must be one which does not already exist among the various political parties appearing on the ballot.
The platform must be mainly a straightforward statement of positions on issues with a limited amount of commentary or philosophy or argumentation.
geocities.com /freetradeforever/politicalplatform.htm   (484 words)

  
 Taegan Goddard's Political Wire | Platform   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Political Wire: Some analysts have said you lack a "bully pulpit" now that you're out of political office.
The ideal situation may be for him to hang back for the next year and a half, let the field sort itself out and wait for Democrats to become bored with the pack of candidates trying to dethrone Hillary.
A new Democracy Corps (D) poll "shows a country ready for a political upheaval in 2006." Almost 60% of Americans say they want to go in a “significantly different direction” than President Bush.
platform.smartcampaigns.com /index.php?q=aggregator/feed/7   (4882 words)

  
 JOLLYBLOGGER: Political Blogging
At the same time, I would encourage them, and all of the political bloggers to remind their readers that politics are not ultimate.
Being myself a conservative Christian, after having gone to a Christian college where all 3 of the political science professors were democrats, and having many friends who are Christians and also democrats, I think it is time we woke up to the fact that this is an issue that needs explication within the church community.
Adherence to the beliefs and support of a political party is evidence of that profession of faith in Christ, which is why it is so important to hold accountable republican points of view that differ from Scripture as well.
jollyblogger.typepad.com /jollyblogger/2004/06/political_blogg.html   (9342 words)

  
 afrol News - Intellectual Eritreans unite on political platform
The new group had been founded out of the members' "own rough experiences of injustices, humiliation and poverty" in Eritrea and was to challenge the Asmara government on democratic practice, according to the Swedish MDC member and European Representative, Mussie Ephrem.
Mr Kesete was a political prisoner until 28 July this year, when he escaped prison and fled to Ethiopia.
The new political group today presented its "objectives" in a statement heavily criticising "the ruthless and totalitarian PFDJ regime" of the ruling party.
www.afrol.com /News2002/eri013_mdc.htm   (721 words)

  
 Justice, Not a Political Platform, for Milosevic - International Justice - Global Policy Forum
The accused refuses to communicate with counsel or assist in selecting and securing witnesses or developing a defense strategy, since he seeks not to defend himself but to use the trial as a platform to advance his political agenda.
As he has consistently maintained, he does not recognize the legitimacy of the tribunal but will use whatever opportunity is provided to make his political case to the public.
While this impasse is relatively new on the stage of international justice, it is a harbinger of what will come as other former political and military leaders are called to account for serious violations of international humanitarian law.
www.globalpolicy.org /intljustice/general/2004/1008platform.htm   (777 words)

  
 New political platform on the cards -DAWN - Top Stories; October 8, 2003
The new platform would stabilize the present system and pave the way for remarkable victory in the next elections, he said.
He said the new platform would enable the parties now in power to effectively resist pressure being mounted by the ARD and the MMA on various issues.
Asked if such a joint platform was being set up, why Farooq Leghari had opposed the Sindh Democratic Alliance’s merger with the PML-Q, Senator Durrani said the Millat Party chief had pointed out the legal implication of a ‘hasty move’.
www.dawn.com /2003/10/08/top3.htm   (408 words)

  
 Hip Hop convention creates political platform
To those who have snidely complained that the hip-hop generation was apathetic and politically irresponsible, it can be said those days are over.
The political platform passed at the convention after much debate addresses issues ranging from education, economic justice and criminal justice to health care and slavery reparations.
She also noted that one of the challenges now facing the hip-hop generation will be getting the significant number of young people who don't listen to hip-hop engaged in the political process.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/fr/1164244/posts   (861 words)

  
 A Time For McCain?
The transactional view holds that candidates must mobilize selected groups -- farmers, small-business owners, minorities and so on -- to support their campaigns, then repay them with government favors once they are in office.
It's tempting to say that McCainism is hopeless: that the appeal to patriotic selflessness is futile in a narcissistic culture.
But Americans' impatience with conventional politics is too obvious to ignore.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/02/AR2005100200810_pf.html   (805 words)

  
 Philosopher's Stone - Vindicating Political Rationality Against the Neo-Con Leviathan
So you see, she was hooked up with the exile community desperate to regain political and economic control of Iraq, she published their spew of manufactured rumors designed in cooperation with the Bush administration to function as justification for a war effort that could not have been sold any other way.
In effect, the classes most negatively impacted by the centralization of economic and political resources can be made to scream for their own disenfranchisement if it comes with the opportunity to legislate social morality to others whom they shun as sinful or lewd or whatever.
But even the political ideology of right-wing culture is not immune from the confrontation between the policies of this administration and our most deeply held beliefs about the responsibility of the state to support the public good.
www.philosophers-stone.blogspot.com   (17348 words)

  
 Winkler for President - Political Platform · Asymptomatic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
An organization that is not married to commercial or political concerns should be able to tackle the task of maintaining our environment.
Your platform is great provided the people who would be benefiting from this platfrm are deserving and capable of enjoying the freedoms and resposibilities they would derive from it.
Unfortunately Americans are proving rather painfully and disappoiningly they are no longer able to partake the freedoms they already have in a civily decent and responsible manner.
www.asymptomatic.net /articles/256.htm   (1899 words)

  
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 The Political Platform of the Manifesto   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
He then points out the possibility of different interpretations or constructions which might be placed upon a carefully worded anti-"Bigamy" or "Polygamy Law" which would in effect nullify such a law once Utah became a state, making it possible to legally practice "Celestial" or plural marriage.
His whole argument very positively sets forth the political strategy for what ultimately became the manifesto of 1890.
President Taylor's letters clearly display an uncompromising zeal for Principle and manifest the tremendous pressure which was constantly being exerted upon him by other leading men in the Church, who continually pushed for compromise.
www.zianet.com /collier/dop16.htm   (230 words)

  
 The Hizballah Program - An Open Letter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Moreover, we cannot be concerned by any proposition of political reform which accepts the rotten system actually in effect.
We could not care less about the creation of this or that governmental coalition or about the participation of this or that political personality in some ministerial post, which is but a part of this unjust regime.
The politics followed by the chiefs of political Maronism through the 'Lebanese Front' and the 'Lebanese Forces' cannot guarantee peace and tranquillity for the Christians of Lebanon, whereas it is predicated upon 'asabiyya (narrow-minded particularism), on confessional privileges and on the alliance with colonialism.
www.ict.org.il /Articles/Hiz_letter.htm   (2514 words)

  
 NEEDS GLOBAL STRATEGY AND FIRM POLITICAL PLATFORM
Geneva 14 Jan (Chakravarthi Raghavan) -- Developing nations are facing a hostile international environment and a loss of economic and political standing in the socalled new world order, and need to articulate a global strategy and a firm political platform, according to the outgoing Chairman of the Group of 77.
"Instead of the so-called new world order, we are witnessing the emergence of sources of profound economic, political and social disorder" with an ostensible worsening of the situation of the developing world in the new balance of power.
Up to now the latter have acted in a dislocated manner and without clear goals, which is reflected in the weakness of their positions and in their lack of continuity and dynamism.
www.sunsonline.org /trade/process/towards/01140094.htm   (2282 words)

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