Democracy Talk 


Listen to Frances on PBS Now

Watch Frances' Talk on "The Real Crisis"

Watch Frances' Speech at Porter Square Books, Cambridge, MA

Read 'E' editor on Frances' recent award

Read ‘Planet Earth Reviews’ review of Democracy’s Edge

Watch Frankie present at the Uplift Academy, Wellesley, MA


Speaking Tour

Sunday, July 13th, 2008, 4:00PM
Keynote speech and booksigning
SolarFest 2008
Forget-Me-Not Farm, McNamara Road
Tinmouth, VT

Sunday, July 27th, 2008, 2:00 PM
Keynote speech and workshop
Kickapoo Country Fair
Organic Valley National Headquarters
One Organic Way
La Farge, WI

More...

Democracy Makers 

Check out The Future of Food, Deborah Koons Garcia's in-depth documentary about the controversy over genetically modified food.

Anthony Lappé 's and Stephen Marshall's award-winning Iraq documentary Battleground is now available on DVD.

Buyer, Be Fair:The Promise of Product Certification will be shown at the Environmental Film Festival in Washington, DC on March 16th, 2006.

Links

Stories from the Edge

Caffeinated Community Comeback: Small Ohio Town Discovers Power of Networking

An “Interpretation of Life” – The View from Emilia Romagna, Italy

Village Women Become their Own Bankers, Wowing the World of Finance

Citizens Play Key Role in Historic Health Care Reform Law

Breakthrough Concept "Responsibility" -- Imagine That!-- Becomes Law in Maine

The Sweet Taste of Success: former Trade Center workers start employee-owned restuarant.

Education is "A Process of Living and Not a Preparation for Future Living."

From Grief and Anger to Food Power.

Citizens Speak Out for Democracy in Media.

We'd love to hear your story about democracy on the edge.

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Poetic and passionate, Lappé holds a torch high for the rest of us.
-Howard Zinn

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