Brattleboro Common Sense
- Providing Local Solutions to global problems
Yesterday's speaking event has an outcome already. Here is the general idea from Norman Finkelstein and Brattleboro Solidarity. PLEASE collaborate. The Palestinians are planning to storm the gates of Israel on the 14th to protest their inhumane incarceration in Gaza,…
Democracy: A Work In Progress By Nat Roy Voting is the most, and perhaps the only, essential part of a democracy, or a constitutional republic, and as such, is one of the main rights guaranteed to a citizen within itself.…
Youth Suffrage By Everest Whitman Youth should have the right to vote. I’m not saying that we should allow young children to vote. I would set the line somewhat arbitrarily at 14. Teenagers are citizens and members of society just…
Suffrage for an Unheard Minority By Benjamin Knapp My name is Benjamin Knapp. I am an 18 year old citizen of Brattleboro, Vermont, where I have lived my entire life. And 2 years ago, I would have liked to vote.…