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This is the global news and analysis blog of Why Democracy House, part of the largest factual multimedia event in the world: Ten new documentaries about democracy broadcast worldwide between Oct. 8 and 18.

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My name is Amy and I am a graduate student in peace and conflict studies at Marburg University, Germany. At the moment I am volunteering at the Why Democracy? project in Cape Town as an online coordinator.

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Global Guest Bloggers For Why Democracy?

The world's best bloggers and writers are donating a day of their time to our site. This page will host their views and thoughts about politics, democracy and more.

Here a preliminary list of our guest bloggers:

Sept. 26: Robert Reich Academic/Policymaker (USA)
Sept. 27: Jesse Brown Broadcaster/Journalist (Canada)
Sept. 28: Atanu Dey Economist (India)
Oct. 1: Yudhvir, John, Amy, Suzanne (Why Democracy? Crew)
Oct. 2: the Why Democracy? Crew
Oct. 3: Kazuhiro Soda (Japan), Director of our documentary Campaign!
Oct. 4: Parvez Sharma Filmmaker (USA)
Oct. 5: Ory Okolloh Lawyer (Kenya)
Oct. 8: Watson Meng Editor of Boxun.com (Chinese Version English Version) (USA/China)
Oct. 9: Lalit Vachani, Director of our documentary In Search of Gandhi
Oct. 10: TBC
Oct. 11: Olav Anders Øvrebø Media Scholar (Norway)
Oct. 12: Sean (Russia)
Oct. 15: Sokwanele Activist Organization (Zimbabwe)
Oct. 16: David Roberts Environmental Journalist (USA)
Oct. 17: Jim Shultz Policymaker (Bolivia)
Oct. 18: Don Edkins (South Africa), Producer and Executive Producer of ALL our documentaries