Somalia launches national voter registration campaign http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TK86cG #Somalia #VoterRegistration #Elections #Democracy #PoliticalReform
Somalia launches national voter registration campaign http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TK86cG #Somalia #VoterRegistration #Elections #Democracy #PoliticalReform
Freedom of the press, independent media and justices are increasingly under threat in #Russia, #US and #Turkey. In the next edition of CORRECTIV.Exil Talk, exiled journalists and experts discuss the growing threats to #democracy and the role of exiled voices.
https://events.correctiv.org/event/exile-talks-the-authoritarian-playbook-lessons-from-russia-turkey-and-the-us/
#Ukraine - #Trump buys Moscow's "truth".
#Zelenskyy invites: "Come see Ukraine's raw reality for yourself."
#Truth over narrative. #Democracy over dictatorship.
This is worth reading. And very frightening.
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/bukele-abrego-garcia-and-red-lines
#uspol #democracy #justice #law
A judge blocked the Nazi Regime’s attempt to ban the Associated Press because THE FIRST AMENDMENT in The Bill of RIGHTS to the CONSTITUTION is the FREEDOM of the PRESS #freedom #constitution #democracy #UnitedStates #uspol #uspolitics https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/business/money-report/judge-says-white-house-cant-ban-ap-from-oval-office-air-force-one/3673792/
4 Countries —Brazil, Thailand, Zambia and Poland—have successfully reversed democratic decline in recent years. #democracy #politics #poland #brazil #thailand #zambia https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/four-countries-that-have-successfully-reversed-democratic-decline-in-recent-years
In the land of the Free
... where married women without a passport are not eligible to vote anymore. #Project2025 #USA #MAGA #Feminism #Votingrights #democracy #HumanRights
https://youtube.com/shorts/YHavClPLvWY?si=ftAjPck0NuHHiF7g
Hong Kong's last remaining major opposition party has taken a key step toward disbanding itself in the face of pressure from China amid a national security crackdown. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/14/asia-pacific/politics/hong-kong-opposition-disbanding/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #china #hongkong #democracy
https://www.europesays.com/1993347/ Poland’s weird presidential debate – POLITICO #Aktualności #AndrzejDuda #baltics #BOOKS #BronisławKomorowski #Cities #défense #democracy #DonaldTusk #elections #FarRight #ForeignPolicy #Immigration #media #migration #military #poland #PolishPolitics #polska #RafalTrzaskowski #rights
The #ParisCommune was destroyed just like the #SovietUnion was. After the #Paris #Commune was destroyed, the press was quick to call #socialism this "failed idea" even back then, pointing to the destruction of the Paris Commune & the murder of the Communards to make their case.
https://www.europesays.com/1993287/ Hungarian opposition leader tells supporters he will restore Western alliances if he defeats Orbán #democracy #elections #europe #EuropeanUnion #GeneralNews #hungary #HungaryGovernment #News #Politics #PublicOpinion #ViktorOrbán #world #WorldNews #WorldTopics
With the antics and atrocities committed by Trump since the start of his second term, there has never been a better time than today to implement a system of participatory democracy, or at least a political system in which political representatives are chosen by sortition. I honestly think it would be very difficult to achieve an outcome as bad as the one we have now.
"In governance, sortition is the selection of public officials or jurors at random, i.e. by lottery, in order to obtain a representative sample.
In ancient Athenian democracy, sortition was the traditional and primary method for appointing political officials, and its use was regarded as a principal characteristic of democracy. Sortition is often classified as a method for both direct democracy and deliberative democracy.
Today sortition is commonly used to select prospective jurors in common-law systems. What has changed in recent years is the increased number of citizen groups with political advisory power, along with calls for making sortition more consequential than elections, as it was in Athens, Venice, and Florence."
The Republican Trump administration is working to destroy our country. These stories help us wake people up.
Panicking Republican "President" Trump starts pulling back major tariffs. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/12/trump-exempts-phones-computers-chips-tariffs-apple-dell.html
If the Tarrifs are so important, why is no one in the Republican administration collecting them? https://newrepublic.com/post/193930/ports-not-collecting-trump-tariffs-glitch
Wait, no maybe some of the GOP-approved tarrifs aren't being pulled back? It's hard to know. https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-presidency-tariffs-04-13-25#cm9g0t4l300003b6oddwty9jy
Elon Musk fulfills the GOP's dream of destroying our government, but even he can't say he's saving much money. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/us/politics/doge-contracts-savings.html?unlocked_article_code=1._U4.jxBu.wPOiLoypY3tm
Homeland security agents went to LA schools on orders of the GOP, lied about parents giving them access to the kids, denied entry. Who knows what kind of sick, disgusting plans they had. https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/homeland-security-agents-denied-entry-to-2-lausd-elementary-schools/
Republican President Trump's fave, RFK, is stopping tracking on health hazards in his mad quest to kill more Americans. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/13/abortions-cancer-in-firefighters-and-super-gonorrhea-rfk-jr-s-cuts-halt-data-collection-00284828
@susankayequinn John Lithgow --> 20 Lessons on Tyranny:
Now, more than ever, we need the wisdom of our intellects, the patriotism of our citizens, and the passion and talents of those who still believe in the American experiment. I am deeply grateful to Timothy Snyder for his 20 Lessons On Tyranny and for talents of the brilliant John Lithgow for bringing them to life.
“Polls show that voters care more about the economy than the fall of #democracy, we must change their minds.
While there’re exceptions, too many Democrats will not call out Trump, sidestepping core constitutional protections like #dueprocess & freedom of speech. Instead, most Dems are talking about the price of eggs, the tariffs, tax cuts for billionaires, & cuts to health care programs like Medicaid."
#Authoritarianism #FreeSpeech #Fascism #Constitution #Resist #USPol
https://www.messageboxnews.com/p/authoritarianism-has-come-to-america
More often than not, an outsider's view about what is happening in your country is quite revealing. Here is an interesting (and scary) one about the US: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-14/trump-tariff-executive-order-showerhead-administrative-procedure/105170714
#trumpregime #democracy
Natürlich findet der Dokumentarfilm »What is #Democracy?« (2018) von #AstraTaylor bei uns nicht statt, und nur zwei Titel an denen sie mitwirkte gibts bei uns (2010 und 2011 bei #Suhrkamp).
Dafür liegen überall immer mehr Alt-Right-Bücher in den Politik-, Gesellschafts- und Wirtschafts-Regalen der Buchhandlungen.
Zur Website des Films und dem Buch »Democracy May Not Exist, But We’ll Miss It When It’s Gone« (2019). https://www.whatisdemocracy.info
John Lithgow --> 20 Lessons on Tyranny: by Timothy Snyder / read by John Lithgow
Happy Warrior Entertainment is so proud to have produced this incredible project. Now, more than ever, we need the wisdom of our intellects, the patriotism of our citizens, and the passion and talents of those who still believe in the American experiment. I am deeply grateful to Timothy Snyder for his 20 Lessons On Tyranny and for talents of the brilliant John Lithgow for bringing them to life. Great thanks to David Bender for his vision, the support of Abigail Disney, Susan Disney Lord, and Timothy Disney, and the imagination and direction of Sean McGowan, the producer of the PoliticsGirl Project.
The rise of end times fascism
Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor
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Ein umfangreiches Essay veröffentlicht von @theguardian_us_news
Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor, in der Analyse in vielen Bereichen auf unsere europäische Lage übertragbar.
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/apr/13/end-times-fascism-far-right-trump-musk
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#theguardian #antidemocratic #authoritarian #democracy #essay #hatespeech #disinformation #propaganda #deception #TechOligarchie #USnews