A World Wide Committee of Democratic Correspondence: A Democracy Seminar Update
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When we were considering reviving the Democracy Seminar, I recalled my 18th century history and the Committees of Correspondence formed by the Americans to communicate and coordinate their opposition to British rule of the colonies. Given the emerging, worldwide, new forms of postmodern twenty first century tyranny, I, thus, came up with a compact description of our activities: “a world wide committee of democratic correspondence.” The idea was the result of my conviction that at this point “we’re all in the same boat,” as I later put it.
A World Wide Committee of Democratic Correspondence: A Democracy Seminar Update
A World Wide Committee of Democratic…
A World Wide Committee of Democratic Correspondence: A Democracy Seminar Update
When we were considering reviving the Democracy Seminar, I recalled my 18th century history and the Committees of Correspondence formed by the Americans to communicate and coordinate their opposition to British rule of the colonies. Given the emerging, worldwide, new forms of postmodern twenty first century tyranny, I, thus, came up with a compact description of our activities: “a world wide committee of democratic correspondence.” The idea was the result of my conviction that at this point “we’re all in the same boat,” as I later put it.