Klaus Sambor discusses the Unconditional Basic Income ECI

Klaus Sambor, coordinator of the Attac group for an unconditional basic-income (UBI) guarantee, talks about the campaign to qualify a European Citizens’ Initiative that would implement such a program in the European Union, recorded from Austria on May 6, 2012.

Jan Willem Goudriaan on the Right2Water European Citizens’ Initiative

Jan Willem Goudriaan, Deputy General Secretary, European Federation of Public Service Unions, talks about the Right2Water (www.right2water.eu) campaign to qualify a European Citizens’ Initiative to guarantee Europeans’ right to water as a public good and turn back efforts to privatize the provision of water and sanitation services, recorded from Brussels, Belgium, on May 2, 2012

Carsten Berg at Democracy International on the European Citizens’ Initiative

Carsten Berg, ECI Campaign Coordinator with Democracy International and other, related NGOs, talks about the recently-promulgated European Citizens’ Initiative, which allows a million EU citizens to propose new legislation to the European Commission, recorded from Bonn, Germany, on April 24/25, 2012.

Joonas Pekkanen talks about “Open Ministry” online initiative platform

Joonas Pekkanen talks about the origins, status, and functioning of the “Open Ministry” open source collaborative platform now being used in Finland for the creation of crowdsourced legislation, recorded from Helsinki, Finland, on April 5/6, 2012.

David Cruz Thayne discusses the issues, March 29, 2012

David Cruz Thayne, a Democratic candidate in the 26th Congressional District campaign, talks to Etopia News about immigration, education, health care, jobs and the economy, off-shore oil drilling, renewable energy, contraceptives, Israel and Iran, high-speed rail, the distribution of wealth in the U.S., the Citizens United ruling, technology and unemployment, and the possibility that U.S. Representatives should spend more time in their districts, recorded from Westlake Village, California, on March 29th, 2012.

David Cruz Thayne talks about his campaign for Congress in the 26th District of California

David Cruz Thayne, a candidate for Congress in California’s 26th District, talks about his campaign, with comments about funding issues, efforts to get him to quit the race, his senior and younger staff, and why he thinks he ought to be elected, recorded from Westlake Village, California, on March 26, 2012

Craig Lewis at CLEAN Coalition talks about CLEAN energy for Palo Alto

Craig Lewis, Founder and Executive Director of the CLEAN Coalition, talks about the adoption by Palo Alto, California, of a CLEAN/feed-in tariff program for the installation of 4 MW of renewable solar energy in the heart of the Silicon Valley, recorded from Menlo Park, California, on March 23, 2012.