Wesley Said:

True of false, A Jewish and Democratic state means the following?

We Answered:

Means only one thing:
Fanatics and extremists are ruling Israel and forcing their extremist views on everyone

Mario Said:

what does autocratic and democratic mean in leadership in P.e?

We Answered:

Suppose since this question is under "sports" that the P.e., means Physical Education?

Teams can be lead different ways. If one person makes all the decisions, calls the shots, sets the plays, and there is no discussion, it's autocratic. (means rule by one).

When you have democratic leadership, the "team captain" or even coach, may solicit ideas and suggestions from others.
When the captain listens to others, and maked decisions based on some form of consensus, then it's more democratic.

Actually, most team leadership tends to be autocratic, as there is seldom time, except during "time out" for consensus, or taking votes.
Often in situations where there has to be a quick decision, then choices are made by one person, i.e, the quarterback, for example.

You cannot expect the quarterback to call for a vote in the middle of the play to decide if he should pass, run, or hand off the ball, can you?

But, in fact, autocratic leadership is best, when the leader knows the strenghts, weaknesses of both his players and the opponents.
The input, about how the game will be played, can be made by team participation, or agreement on certain plays, before the game.

So, there often is some "democratic" leadership, even when it appears that decisions are being made quickly, just by one person.

Kristin Said:

Why does the leader of the Democratic party agree with the leader of the Republican party on gay marriages?

We Answered:

First Corinthians,Chapter 6, Verse 9 It is written in the Holy Bible.

Craig Said:

What was the original meaning of the Democratic donkey symbol?

We Answered:

Andrew Jackson'sopponents in his presidential election portrayed him in cartoons as a "jackass". He thought it was funny and decided to make the donkey the symbol of the Democratic party.

Tony Said:

Do trotskyiests believe that "power comes through the barrel of the gun"? or through democratic means?

We Answered:

No, that's a Maoist concept, later adapted by Che and other guerrillas but also behind every so called far left terrorist organization like the weather underground or the RAF in Germany. It starts from the idea there's a shortcut where the working class is sidelined in bringing socialism.

Trotskyites believe in using all available democratic means but also realize the existing bourgeoisie institutions are insufficient to establish real working class power. We believe in mass struggles but reject terrorism

The establishment of workers’ power requires far more than the election of socialist candidates to the existing institutions of the bourgeois state. New forms and structures of genuine participatory democracy – arising in the course of revolutionary mass struggles and representative of the working class majority of the population – must be developed as the foundations of a workers’ government; that is, a government of the workers, for the workers, and by the workers. The policy of such a government, as it introduces those measures essential for the socialist transformation of economic life, would be to encourage and actively promote a vast expansion of democratic working class participation in, and control over, decision-making processes. It would favor the abolition of existing institutions that either curtail democratic processes or serve as centers of conspiracy against the people (such as the imperial Presidency, standing army, and national-security apparatus). These and other necessary changes of a profoundly democratic character, to be determined by the masses themselves, are possible only in the context of the mass mobilization of the working class, imbued with socialist consciousness

The Socialist Equality Party unequivocally condemns the “War on Terror” as a fraudulent pretext for the use of military violence by the American corporate and financial elite in pursuit of its global ambitions. Forgetting the revolutionary origins of the United States in the struggle against colonial tyranny, the government and media label as “terrorists” all those who resist the occupation of their country by foreign armies. The SEP denounces this imperialist-motivated slander, and defends the basic right of people to defend themselves, their homes and their countries against neo-colonial invaders. This principled stand does not lessen the SEP’s opposition to violent acts that target innocent civilians in either the occupied countries or any other part of the world. Such acts, which can be defined legitimately as terrorist, are politically reactionary. The murder of innocent civilians enrages, disorients and confuses the public. It deepens sectarian and communal divisions within the occupied country. When practiced internationally, terrorism undermines the struggle for the unity of the working class, and plays into the hands of those elements within the US establishment who seize on such events to justify and legitimize the resort to war.
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/sep200…