{"article":{"id":169014,"heading":"&quot;Repairing Democracy&quot; talk @ LA Greens, J19","author":"twirl","created":"2006-07-18 16:45:00","modified":"2006-07-18 16:51:59","last_modified":"Tue, 18 Jul 2006 23:51:59","article":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>\"Repairing Democracy\": <br>  <br> A Discussion with Green Party Secretary of State candidate Forrest Hill <br><br> Come hear Dr. Hill discuss the steps we need to take to repair our Democracy. The focus of Dr. Hill's talk will be our broken two-party election system and what we need to do to reclaim our democracy. <br><br> He will discuss how corporate money and our winner-take-all voting system not only disenfranchises millions of voters, but is instrumental in usurping the social movements in this country (such as the immigrant rights and peace movements). <br><br> Finally, he will talk about his vision for the type of election <br>  <br> system we need to enact here in California to ensure <br>  <br> full representation of all citizens. <br><br> Day\/Time:  Wed, July 19, 7:00pm <br><br> Venue: Peace Center <br><br> Address: 8124 West Third St. (@ Crescent Heights, just west of Fairfax) <br>  <br> City: Los Angeles <br><br> Phone:  (323) 651-5539 <br><br> FREE, Donations accepted, OPEN TO THE PUBLIC <br><br> Email:  <a href=\"mailto:losangeles@greens.org\">losangeles@greens.org<\/a> <br><br> Website: www.losangelesgreens.org <br><br>  <br><br>  <br><br>  <br>  <br> <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","contact":"losangeles@greens.org","link":"http:\/\/losangelesgreens.org\/","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"Dr. Forrest Hill, Green Party Candidate for Secretary of State, will present his vision for the type of election system we need to enact here in California to ensure full representation of all citizens.\r\n","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2006\/07\/169014.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}