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Forming the Platform
These days almost nobody reads party platforms and their influence on policy is only nominal. But they can be an important barometer of a party’s mood. This week Congressman Phil English of Pennsylvania is among those hammering out the GOP’s platform. Also, the predictive powers of party platforms, creative protest stunts, Jeremy Rifkin on the European dream, and Leslie Cagan on United for Peace and Justice’s disappointment.
Forming the Platform
Phil English Congressman (R-3rd District of PA, Armstrong, Butler, Crawford, Erie, Mercer, Warren, and Venango counties in
western Pennsylvania)gives an insider view of the platform-drafting process
» Phil English
Party Platforms: Practical Prognosticators?
Ganesh Sitaraman Harvard '04 graduate, currently starting a think tank, co author of the op-ed "Winning Between The Lines" (New York Times, 7/10/04) and co-editor, Invisible Citizens: Youth Politics after September 11 (iUniverse, 2003) says boring party platforms contain surprising insights
Artful Protests
Milton Glaser Designer
» Milton Glaser
» Light Up the Sky
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"Zazel Eve" founder of Axis of Eve
» Axis of Eve
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Mike Desev Co-Founder, One Thousand Coffins
» One Thousand Coffins
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Maureen Sullivan spokesperson for Creative Time, involved in the Freedom of
Expression National Monument
» Creative Time
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Joyce Kozloff a member of Artists Against the War
» Artists Against the War
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Linda Hoaglund coordinator of Iraq Naming the Dead
on being involved in a artistic protest during the RNC
Across the Pond
Jeremy Rifkin president of the Foundation on Economic Trends
The European Dream: How Europe's Vision of the Future Is Quietly Eclipsing the American Dream
(Tarcher, 2004)on the European Dream and how he thinks it has surpassed the American Dream
» Foundation on Economic Trends
Lawn Order
Leslie Cagan National Director for United for Peace and Justice
plans to march despite a court ruling barring a permit for Central Park's Great Lawn
» United for Peace and Justice
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Jeffrey Fogel Legal Director for the Rights Center and lead lawyer for the
United for Peace and Justice suit
» United for Peace and Justice
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