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Scott Morrison signs on with global political network home to ‘intolerant far right’

Mr Morrison’s register of interests was updated this week to reflect a new position on the board of the International Democrat Union.

The New Daily

Trump on Biden: "Enemy of the state"

Trump keeps threatening violence — and media keeps giving jobs to his stooges. What's wrong with this picture?

Salon

Sweden’s hard right has won, because progressives and liberals screwed up social democracy. Again

For a century, Sweden was ‘the people’s home’: patriotic socialism, without fascism. Now the usual suspects have handed it to a party with neo-Nazi roots.

Crikey

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The Guardian view on Brazil’s election: never mind the voters – Bolsonaro plans to win

Editorial: The stakes could hardly be higher as election day approaches. Lula’s defeat would be disastrous for democracy and the planet

The Guardian - UK

Joe Biden and Cyril Ramaphosa: finding common ground amid divisions at home and abroad

US president Joe Biden’s invitation to South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa to meet at the White House, and the latter’s acceptance, are positive signs of renewed cooperation. But they do not suggest a return to the 1990s era of heady optimism between the two countries.

The Conversation

Biden says not all Republicans are Trumpists. But that position has limits

The president wants to separate ‘extremist Maga Republicans’ from the decent folks on the right. Can he?

The Guardian - US

Kenya's President William Ruto sworn in after divisive vote

William Ruto has been sworn in as Kenya's president. He narrowly won the Aug. 9 election in East Africa’s most stable democracy over longtime opposition figure Raila Odinga. The Supreme Court last week rejected challenges to the official results.

France 24

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Democracy, are you OK? What recent history tells us about the state of politics

The U.K. has had four prime ministers in six years. Israel is about to have its fifth election in four years. Many in the U.S. still deny the 2020 election result. What is going on?

WEKU

Arrests of anti-monarchy protesters prompt free speech row

At least three arrests have been made in Scotland and Oxford on suspicion of breach of the peace and public order offences.

Evening Standard

A milestone in holding people accountable for Jan. 6

A New Mexico judge ruled that a county commissioner who participated in the attack on the U.S. Capitol can no longer hold public office.

Chicago Sun-Times

Arrests of anti-monarchy protesters an affront to democracy – campaigners

At least three arrests have been made in Scotland and Oxford on suspicion of breach of the peace and public order offences.

The Independent UK

CPI condemns Speaker’s comments on Amaravati farmers’ padayatra

Tammineni’s remarks are a threat to democracy, says Ramakrishna

The Hindu

Do Americans even understand democracy?

Shawn Rosenberg predicted the "inexorable decline" of democracy in 2019. But he still thinks it's not too late

Salon

Brian Stelter heads to Harvard while he figures out next gig

Stelter will convene discussions about threats to democracy — and possible responses by the media.

Axios

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Daily Record

Ukrainian's continue to fight back against Putin's troops 200 days after war breaks out

They are not only fighting for their own survival against tyranny but in defence of democracy and a free Europe.

Crikey

From majesty to democracy: the problems of embodying sovereignty

The Queen’s death raises questions not just about a republic, but where sovereignty really lies in a country that calls itself a democracy.

ABC News

News you might have missed: Biden's September 11 pledge, Ukraine's President mocks Russians, and Carlos Alcaraz wins US Open men's title

Here's your quick catch-up of news happening around the world.

The Guardian - US

History will judge Republicans who stay silent about the big lie

If the democratic experiment called America continues to unravel because of what Republicans did or failed to do, they will live in infamy

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Salon

Harris talks "attacks from within"

On "Meet the Press," VP Harris is asked to compare the attacks of 9/11 to recent attacks on Democracy

Axios

Biden stresses the importance of democracy in 9/11 anniversary speech

"What was threatened, we fortified. What was attacked, the indomitable spirit, has never, ever wavered."

Axios

Kamala Harris says internal threats to democracy fuel questions of U.S. values

"We're starting to allow people to call into question our commitment to those principles. And that's a shame."

The National (Scotland)

Former Belarus political prisoner to perform at Scottish Parliament

AN award-winning poet who was held as a political prisoner in the horrific crackdown on the democracy protests in Belarus is to perform at the…

The Guardian - US

President Biden finally is sounding the alarm about democracy. Good

The president’s speech last week was a testament to the extraordinary danger democracy is facing

AFP

Hong Kong jails five for sedition over children's books

Hong Kong (AFP) - Hong Kong jailed five speech therapists for sedition on Saturday over a series of illustrated children's books that portrayed the city's democracy supporters as sheep defending their village from wolves.

WEKU

Is America a democracy or a republic? Yes it is

Election denialism has become not only a thing but a movement. And if critics call this an attack on democracy, some election deniers respond by saying the U.S. is not a democracy, it is a republic.

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