Publications and Talks

• Foreign Policy Goes Local (January 31, 2008)
• Participatory Budgeting: From Porto Alegre, Brazil to the U.S. (January 29, 2008)
• Liberty Tree Panel at Claim Democracy Conferece (November 10, 2007)
  Panel Discussion with Liberty Tree's Patrick Barrett, David Cobb and Brandon Lacy Campos on Democratizing Elections
• Measure T Bans Corporate Campaign Financing (September 3, 2007)
  The Fall 2007 issue of Yes Magazine features an article by Liberty Tree Fellow Kaitlin Sopoci-Belknap. Kaitlin writes about Measure T, the groundbreaking campaign passed in Humboldt County, California that bans outside corporate money in elections and challenges the doctrine of corporate constitutional rights.
• Video from the Local Democracy Convention (May 25, 2007)
  Edited video footage from the 2006 Local Democracy Convention is now online, and also available for order!
• Campus Organizer's Guide to Democratizing Education (February 22, 2007)
  An organizing guide for students, faculty, staff, and community members interested in promoting democracy in higher education, and a higher education system in service to a democratic, inclusive, society.
• Manski on Public Radio (January 31, 2007)
  Ben Manski is a regular guest in WPR's "Week in Review"
• The Citizen's Election Assessment Hearing
  "The challenge is to create a movement that expands and deepens the notion of elections and democracy itself."
• David Cobb: 'The New Voting Rights Movement' and 'Fighting The Corporate Takeover'
• Prospects for Participatory Democracy in the U.S.
  "The task . . . is to facilitate the growth of an aggressive democracy movement in the United States."
• Understanding Student Unionism: A Canadian Perspective
  Canadian lessons for U.S. organizers of student unions.
• Report on the Ottawa Retreat
  A report by Mishy Leiblum and Jed Murr on the Campus Organizing Retreat in Ottawa, Ontario.
• We are on the offensive: Make the most of it!
  Ben Manski responds to Independent Politics News' question, "How can progressives get off of the defensive in 2006?"
• Corporatization: An Internal Clash of Civilizations
  Corporatization: An Internal Clash of Civilizations by Ben Manski and John Peck Published in "Beyond the Market: The Future of Public Services"
• Voter Bill of Rights
  The full text of the Voter Bill of Rights.
• Wisconsin votes for immediate withdrawal!
  Ballot resolutions put a state on the map as opposed to the occupation of Iraq
• ACS Paper: Preserving and Expanding the Right to Vote: Ranked-choice Voting
  In this American Constitution Society white paper, Liberty Tree Fellows Patrick Barrett and David Cobb join Caleb Kleppner of Election Solutions in making the case for ranked-choice voting.
• Midwest Social Forum Workshop: Building a Democracy Movement in the USA
  Check out a short video from "BUILDING A DEMOCRACY MOVEMENT IN THE UNITED STATES", a workshop by Liberty Tree Fellows Benjamin, Cobb, Manski, and Robinson, one of about 100 sessions at the 2006 Midwest Social Forum.
• Local Democracy interview on public radio with Juscha Robinson and Gar Alperovitz
  Renew democracy when Joy Cardin’s guests discuss how to encourage more participation in government in your own hometown.
• The 2006 Mid-term Elections: Change or Continuity?
• Discussion of Democracy with Juscha Robinson, Ben Manski, and Amy Mondloch
• Z Magazine interviews Kaitlin Sopoci-Belknap about Measure T
  Democracy Unlimited: Daniel McLeod interviews Kaitlin Sopoci-Belknap