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6 <br /> review will put at its center the"democracy question"—that is, what level of government is most <br /> open to democratic participation and most suited to protecting democratic rights. <br /> 5. Create a Corporation for Economic Democracy, a new federal corporation(like the <br /> Corporation for Public Broadcasting)to provide publicity, training, education, and direct <br /> financing for cooperative development and for democratic reforms to make government <br /> agencies, private associations, and business enterprises more participatory. <br /> 6. Strengthen media democracy by expanding federal support for locally-owned broadcast media <br /> and local print media. <br /> 7. Protect our personal liberty and freedoms by: <br /> • repealing the Patriot Act and those parts of the National Defense Authorization Act that <br /> violate our civil liberties; <br /> • prohibiting the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI from conspiring with local <br /> police forces to suppress our freedoms of assembly and of speech; and, <br /> • ending the war on immigrants—including the cruel, so-called"secure communities"program. <br /> 8. Rein in the military-industrial complex by <br /> • reducing military spending by 50% and closing U.S. military bases around the world; <br /> • restoring the National Guard as the centerpiece of our system of national defense; and, <br /> • creating a new round of nuclear disarmament initiatives. <br /> Let us not rest until we have pulled our nation back from the brink, and until we have secured the <br /> peaceful,just, green future we all deserve. <br />