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  • What the EU constitution needs: direct democracy
    United Press International
    By Gregory Fossedal
    May 6, 2005

  • Switzerland's wise peasants
    Washington Times
    By Gregory Fossedal
    February 11, 2005

  • What keeps Switzerland together?
    Swissinfo SRI commentary
    Swissworld.org
    Fall, 2004

  • A very interesting and possibly workable idea
    Blog.gerek.org
    Zuco's blog
    November 10, 2004

  • Gravel for President: Importing Swiss democracy
    United Press International
    By Gregory Fossedal
    November 2, 2004

  • Technology and the new advent of direct democracy
    Pugwash Conference, Seoul, South Korea
    Ranieri Argentini
    October 3-4, 2004

  • A World Bank of Ideas
    Salon.com
    By Eric Weiner, National Public Radio correspondent
    August 6, 2004

  • The Common Traditions of Liberty
    AFFable Brainwash (America's Future Foundation)
    Alvino-Mario Fantini / exchange with Tim Carney
    June 5, 2004

  • Survey: Switzerland
    "Sources and Acknowledgements"
    The Economist
    February 12, 2004

  • Direct Democracy in Switzerland: Summary and excerpts
    "What America needs in 2004" Vote.org
    January 10, 2004

  • Federalism and Direct Democracy — the Swiss Confederation
    Journal of International Organization Research
    Oslo, Norway
    October 5, 2003

  • Should America Establish Direct Democracy?
    KQED
    "You decide"
    September 30, 2003

  • All for Swiss-style governments
    Swiss News
    Michael Maupin, interview with Gregory Fossedal
    August, 2003

  • A Canadian Renaissance
    Calgary Sun
    By Dave Ryan
    April 30, 2003

  • " Let them Have Stock"
    Common Sense
    (syndicated radio program)
    By Paul Jacob
    April 19, 2003

  • Consider the Swiss
    Looking to build democracy in a divided nation?
    Iraq could learn a lot from Switzerland
    Legal Times
    Gregory A. Fossedal
    April 14, 2003

  • " Taxation With Real Representation?"
    Common Sense
    By Paul Jacob
    April 10, 2003

  • "A European role model for Canada"
    A multilingual federation of autonomous provinces that don’t entirely trust each other.
    It’s called Switzerland—and it works
    The Report
    by Colby Cosh
    March 3, 2003

  • Venezuela and Direct Democracy
    By Katy Bruski
    http://www.vzla.com
    January 22, 2003

  • Venezuela faced with an impossible choice?
    Katy Bruski
    Analitica.com
    January 5, 2003

  • Book Review: The road to full democracy
    United Press International
    Brian Beedham
    November 13, 2002

  • Direct Democracy: Can It Inspire Greater Voter Participation?
    Free Congress Foundation
    Paul M. Weyrich
    November 9, 2002

  • Direct democracy, Iraq, and 'horizontal' civil rights
    The Bev Smith Show (nationally syndicated)
    October 28, 2002

  • Direct Democracy in Switzerland -- Review
    Amazon.com
    By Donald Kemner
    October 21, 2002

  • Perfecting the Democratic Idea” in Switzerland and the United States
    Paul Schwarpzberg – The Beeper Show
    KNND AM radio 1440 “the voice of Oregon State sports”
    October 10, 2002

  • Initiative and referendum movements in the U.S.
    Discussed by AdTI Chairman Gregory Fossedal
    "The George Wilson Show"
    XM satellite radio
    October 9, 2002

  • Direct Democracy in Switzerland: A review
    National Initiative for Democracy
    www.ni4d.org
    October 5, 2002

  • Interview with Gregory Fossedal
    Reid Howell
    KYMO-AM 1080 -- A member of the
    Missouri Broadcasters Association and the ESPN Sports Radio network
    September 30, 2002

  • Gregory Fossedal talks "directly" about Swiss democracy
    The Mac Watson Show
    KWTX -- Waco, Texas
    September 25, 2002

  • Swiss democracy: "A wealth of information"
    Aimee Kanner
    Perspectives on Political Science
    Cambridge University Press
    September 22, 2002

  • Is Swiss Democracy Exportable?
    Tages Angzeiger (Zurich, Switzerland)
    Markus Somm
    August 29, 2002
    English translation: click here.)

  • Direct Democracy in the 21st Century: Switzerland and Beyond
    A conversation with The Economist's Brian Beedham and AdTI's Gregory Fossedal
    Ken Brown
    July 29, 2002

  • A Swiss achievement
    The Washington Times
    Arnold Beichman
    June, 23, 2002

  • Swiss democracy may be a good model for Afghanistan
    Edwin Paynter
    The Dallas Morning News
    April 25, 2002

  • Is Switzerland democracy's wave of the future?
    Direct Democracy in Switzerland
    Foreword by NASDAQ Vice Chairman Alfred R. Berkeley
    April, 2002

  • "The Political Summit"
    Manila Times Internet Edition
    Ken Brown
    Opinion -- Letters
    January 27, 2002

  • Lessons from the Swiss Test Tube
    The Democracy Foundation
    Gregory Fossedal
    Remarks to Philadelphia II Summit on Direct Democracy

  • Discoveries from a Political Test Tube
    Gregory Fossedal
    Nancho.net


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