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Bukele's Landslide Win Raises Concerns about El Salvador's Democracy

The landslide victory of Bukele in El Salvador's election raises concerns about the consolidation of power, potentially shifting towards a one-party state ...

Democracy 'In The Balance' As El Salvador's Bukele Wipes Floor With Opposition

El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele has proclaimed his landslide reelection victory, attributed to a wildly popular crackdown on violent gangs, as an historic drubbing of the opposition in a democracy.

International Business Times · Feb 5, 2024

‘A murder of democracy... a mockery of purity of elections’: Supreme Court remarks on conduct of Chandigarh mayoral polls

Chandigarh mayoral polls: Supreme Court threatens fresh elections after video shows defacing of ballot papers in Chandigarh mayoral elections.

The Hindu · Feb 5, 2024

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‘The threat isn’t over’: the expert arguing to the supreme court Trump is an insurrectionist

Jill Habig has filed an amicus brief saying the 14th amendment applies to Trump – and the brief gives the court’s originalists a taste of their own medicine

The Guardian - US · Feb 5, 2024

We’re fast approaching the era of the trillionaire. What can we do to stop it?

In the fight for a balanced economy and healthier democracy, the increasing power of the ultra-rich is a calamity we cannot afford, says the writer Atossa Araxia Abrahamian

The Guardian - UK · Feb 5, 2024

We are at the mercy of democracy doomers

Disengagement is de facto surrender to Trumpism

Salon · Feb 5, 2024

Australia Appalled at China's Suspended Death Sentence for Blogger

Australia expresses shock and concern over China's suspended death sentence for democracy blogger Yang Hengjun, urging for his wellbeing and medical care.

The Guardian view on threats to MPs: Mike Freer’s experience should serve as a warning

Editorial: When politicians live in fear of being physically attacked, democracy suffers

The Guardian - UK · Feb 4, 2024

Janaagraha releases handbook for active citizenship

The Karnataka edition of ‘My City My Responsibility — A Handbook for Active Citizenship’ prepared by the Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy was released in the city on Sunday.

The Hindu · Feb 4, 2024

‘We have to fight for democracy’: South Carolina poll workers face low turnout

The crucial task of ensuring a fair vote falls to a work crew that must be well prepared, even when few people show up

The Guardian - US · Feb 3, 2024

The Objection that Enforcing Section Three is "Undemocratic"

[Note: This is the second in a series of essays responding to objections that have been made to enforcing Section Three of the Constitution. The first, introductory essay, can be found here.] What about democracy?! We should let the people vote for whomever they want! Perhaps the most common objection…

Reason · Feb 3, 2024

Massive Pro-Democracy Protest in Berlin Against Far Right Extremism

At least 150,000 people gathered in Berlin to protest against the far right. Similar demonstrations across Germany are drawing large crowds.

Brickbat: Royal Trouble

An appeals court in Thailand has sentenced democracy activist Mongkol Thirakot to 50 years in prison for Facebook posts he made that were critical of the country's monarchy. A trial court had sentenced him to 28 years, but the appellate court found him guilty on 11 more counts during his…

Reason · Feb 2, 2024

MAGA is fueled by disdain for Democrats

Beyond MAGA, the Republican coalition is held together only by an opposition to multi-ethnic democracy

Salon · Feb 1, 2024

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The Guardian - UK · Feb 1, 2024

Adventures in Democracy by Erica Benner review – many men, many minds

A sparkling account of people power through the ages, and how to save it from itself

International Business Times · Feb 1, 2024

Hong Kong Convicts Four Over 2019 Legislature Storming

Four Hong Kong men were convicted of rioting Thursday over the storming and ransacking of the city's legislature in 2019, part of a pro-democracy movement that posed an unprecedented challenge to the Beijing-backed government.

International Business Times · Feb 1, 2024

Myanmar Enters Fourth Year Of Post-coup Crisis

Myanmar on Thursday enters its fourth year since a coup snuffed out a short-lived dance with democracy, with the embattled junta warning it will do "whatever it takes" to crush opposition to its rule.

Salon · Jan 31, 2024

Court ruling poses "threat to democracy"

Conservative judges have "aggressively re-written Voting Rights Act to the point of rendering it unrecognizable"

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Salon · Jan 31, 2024

Trump's GOP control is bad for democracy

A second Trump presidency is likely to damage American democracy even more than his first term did

The Hindu · Jan 31, 2024

Winners and losers: On Pakistan democracy, Imran Khan and Nawaz Sharif

The real winner in the unfolding developments in Pakistan, which is grappling with enormous economic challenges, is the military and the real loser, the country’s democracy

Venezuela's Presidential Election Faces Uncertainty Amid Controversial Ban

The Venezuelan government's actions, including blocking presidential candidates and arresting opponents, raise concerns about the democracy of the upcoming...

Salon · Jan 31, 2024

Trump's mobilizing his "prayer warriors"

Professor André Gagné explains that MAGA's "adoption of aggressive spiritual warfare language" is a warning sign

The Guardian - UK · Jan 31, 2024

Huge and secretive prison expansion in Myanmar revealed by satellite images

Junta’s vast programme of building prisons and labour camps raises fears of intensified crackdown against country’s pro-democracy movement

Evening Standard · Jan 30, 2024

OPINION - Kemi Badenoch may be part of the 'Evil Plotters' WhatsApp group but she has an audacious plan

In her maiden Commons speech in 2017, Kemi Badenoch, quoting Woody Allen, said that democracy was like sex: “If it’s not messy, you’re not doing it right”. Seven years on, Conservative politics could hardly be messier.

The Hindu · Jan 30, 2024

BJP hits out at Kharge over his remark on ‘dictatorship’

The Bharatiya Janata Party criticised Mallikarjun Kharge for his barb, stating that it was in fact “dynastic politics in the name of democracy”.

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