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# Democracy's three global fronts
- URL: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/democracys-three-global-fronts/
- Published: 2007-06-09T15:06:44.000Z
- Updated: 2019-02-14T22:36:21.000Z
- Author: openDemocracy Supporters
- Tags: #en, #Migrated, #Import 2026-04-09 18:23

**Anthony Barnett (London,** [**OK**](http://ourkingdom.opendemocracy.net/2007/05/09/britain-to-have-a-written-constitution/?ref=opendemocracy.net)**):** Just back from a warm and crowded Compass conference (see post below) where I substituted for Helena Kennedy at a Power Inquiry session on globalisation and democracy, along with John Keane, chaired by Pam Giddy. As the remit was global, I talked about the three great fronts of democracy today and the forms of solidarity they demand: assisting the achievement of the fundamental of democracy - eg: free voting, free speech and the rule of law - to those societies which do not have them (from China to Saudi Arabia); developing appropriate forms of democracy for the shaping global institutions (transparency, accountability); and joining participatory and deliberative forms of democracy to representative mechanisms in countries like our own. The internet will help with this. I drew heavily (well, completely) on the article I wrote with Isabel Hilton that sets it out, called [Democracy and openDemocracy](http://www.opendemocracy.net/node/2792). It was a small but packed room, a serious atmosphere, good questions. I met [Katharine Hamnett](http://www.katharinehamnett.com/?ref=opendemocracy.net) who was in the audience and who has been a hero of mine.