How should democracies respond to terrorism?
Bill Thompson sez,March 11 is the anniversary of the bombing of ten commuter trains in Madrid and the Spanish government is going to commemorate it with marches and speeches. In the days running up to the anniversary a bunch of politicians and academics will be meeting to discuss and announce something called the 'Madrid Agenda' - a set of recommendations and proposals for how democracies can deal with threats of terror. The process is being lead by the Club of Madrid, a group of former world leaders (Clinton, Gorbachov and that sort).Link (Thanks, Bill!)But the big thing is planned for March 11 when we want people around the world to sit down with friends or family, talk about democracy and terrorism and think about what they want their political leaders to do about it - then tell us so we can make sure their views get taken into account. We're calling it Meet on March 11 (original, huh). We've got around five hundred people signed up, and people are starting to publicise their own meetings.
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