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Democracy Watch News is a 501c3 nonprofit corporation news service that builds networks of independent correspondents, editors, & news-production teams around the world to cover democracy, human rights, press freedom, Media responsibility, open governance, & sustainable public-policy.

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Bardic Arts 23.05.2015 32:18

Meriweather Lewis Memorial Eisteddfod Foundation discusses Bardic Arts, story telling and poetry competitions — and Welsh cultural festivals called Eisteddfodau, in the Pacific Northwest.

Democracy Watch Canada pursues political corruption 14.05.2015 49:40

Duff Conacher co-founder of Democracy Watch News reports on political corruption & open governance in Canada.

Oregon: the last progressive state, part 1 02.05.2015 59:59

OR State Rep Julie Parrish speaking about ethics reform and WA State Sen Maralyn Chase about sex trafficking of First Nation/Native American women into the USA

Oregon the last progressive state part two 25.04.2015 55:24

Interviews live from the Oregon State Capitol press room and online. Jessica Campbell, Rural Organizing Project www.rop.org and David Delk, Oregon Progressive Party http://progparty.org/. Discussing rural political organizing, voting, what is a progressive?

Crisis in Paradise, Bahrain repression of human rights advocates 20.03.2015 18:37

Alaa Darwish human rights defender and advocate in Bahrain describes the struggles for democracy after three years of continuing protests.

Press Freedom in the U.S.. Gentrification, net neutrality with Dee, and Big Bertha Breakdown. 25.02.2015 44:59

Mark Taylor-Canfield in Seattle reports on the low U.S. ranking for press freedom, gentrification displacing artists and musicians, FCC ruling leaves out mobile web access, & the Seattle big dig.

Adil Ghaffar-Pakistan-Anti-MQM violence 02.02.2015 48:53

Adil Ghaffar reports from London on the violence being directed toward the Muetahida Qumai Movement in Pakistan. Disappearances and murder/tortures. MQM is a large political party with seats in government. Major human rights watch NGO’s are reportedly not paying attention. http://www.mqm.org/default.aspx

Health Risk from Wireless Tech?-EMF harm-Health & EMFs 26.01.2015 19:58

Katie Singer says many technologies (i.e. cell phones, cell towers, Wi-Fi and smart meters) emit electromagnetic radiation (EMR) that can harm human health and wildlife. http://www.electronicsilentspring.com/ . Produced by Democracy Watch News

Podcast_Livestream_2014-12-18 10.01.2015 46:05

Explore the convergence of podcasting and livestreaming. Democracycast interviews Dave Jackson of the School of Podcasting and Dee Shanger from Occupy Toronto Live. Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported — CC BY-NC-SA 3.0

CEO Sanjay Goel explains oximity.com - a new global news service 16.12.2014 32:05

CEO Sanjay Goel, a computer scientist, whose team of engineers have created Oximity.com a global news discovery service that empowers independent news producers anywhere. Creative Commons — Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported — CC BY-NC-SA 3.0

10-16-14 Reports on Mexico, N.Y. City, Seattle, and around the world 03.11.2014 26:39

Manny Aguilar: recent events in Mexico including the student deaths. Jerry Ashton: N.Y. city & Russel Brand promoting his new book "Revolution". Mark Taylor-Canfield: Seattle and Hanford nuclear waste. Seattle now calls Columbus Day "Indigenous People's Day".