Democracy Local
Joe MathewsA Planetary Publication. Of, By, and For Everyday People Governing Themselves
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COLUMN. The Name Is Bond. Democracy Bond.
This column is co-published with Zócalo Public Square. Image by Joe Mathews using Google Gemini.
Talk is cheap. Which is why you can dismiss all the rhetoric from California leaders about championing or saving democracy.
If they were seri...
COLUMN California, I No Longer Want to Be Your #2
This column was published by Zócalo Public Square. (Photo credit) Former Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs, left, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0); former Navato Mayor Josh Fryday, middle, courtesy of California Governor’s Council for C...
READINGS: The World's Invisible Electorate
by DEMOCRACY LOCAL staff. (Map from International IDEA)
Should citizenship be defined by geographic boundaries, or is it a lifelong civic bond?
The number of people living outside their countries of origin has risen from a modest 80 milli...
CALL FOR PROPOSALS On Direct and Participatory Democracy, for Gaborone Conference
Dear friends of the Global Forum,
Please be informed that the deadline for the Call for Proposals for the 2026 Global Forum on Modern Direct Democracy has been extended until 8 June 2026
The extension is intended to allow broader particip...
LOCAL SNAPSHOT Renca Mayor Claudio Castro
Credit: Mayor Castro Facebook page.
Speaking last month at an event co-convened by C40 Cities and the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy, Mayor Claudio Castro of Renca, Chile, discussed his city’s project to reroute industrial...
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Journalist. Founder, new planetary publication, Democracy Local. Fellow, Berggruen Institute. Syndicated columnist, Zocalo Public Square. Author of three books. Co-president, Global Forum on Modern Direct Democracy..
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