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Tunisian President to Dissolve Municipal Councils Months before Local Elections

Tunisian President Kais Saied said late on Wednesday he will dissolve municipal councils months before they were due to be elected, further dismantling the systems of government developed after the 2011 revolution that brought democracy. "We will discuss a decree to dissolve municipalities and replace them by special councils," he…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Democracy's global decline hits "possible turning point," report finds

A 17th straight year of decline, but reasons for optimism.

Axios

Anderson Cooper says Tucker Carlson would have been ‘wetting his pants’ if he was in Capitol riot mob

Cooper said Carlson was trying to ‘rewrite history’ about one of the ‘biggest threats to American democracy’

The Independent UK

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Why the 2024 election cycle could result in more threats to US democracy

“I am your warrior. I am your justice. And for those who have been wronged and betrayed: I am your retribution.” These were the words of former US president Donald Trump during an address to the annual Conservative Political Action Conference on March 4. In a speech laced with threats…

The Conversation

What MTG's "safe space" would look like

When Marjorie Taylor Greene talks of a "safe space" of civil war she is making an existential threat to the nation

Salon

Media warnings are too little, too late

The media's belated coverage of the GOP's anti-democracy attacks will never catch up

Salon

Trudeau orders probe into alleged election meddling by China

PM Trudeau and Canadian security officials have acknowledged interference attempts by China in Canada’s elections.

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U.S. Hailed Nigeria Election Results While Election Observers Cried Foul

When and how Washington congratulates foreign leaders on contentious election victories matters.

Foreign Policy

The Guardian view on Tunisia’s one-man show: bad for the country and its people

Editorial: A democracy would get the bailout the country needs. A dictatorship will find getting the money much harder

The Guardian - UK

After World Cup win, Argentina has eyes set on an Oscar too

Less than three months after Argentina won its third soccer World Cup trophy in Qatar, there is growing excitement about the possibility that the country could take home another major prize – an Academy Award

The Independent UK

Americans remain hopeful about democracy despite fears of its demise – and are acting on that hope

President Joe Biden will convene world leaders beginning on March 29, 2023, to discuss the state of democracies around the world.

The Conversation

How to survive the culture wars

Author Justin Gest on why Americans need to start communicating with one another again

Salon

Biden commemorates "Bloody Sunday" in Selma by pushing voting rights reform

"Selma is a reckoning. The right to vote and to have your vote counted is the threshold of democracy and liberty," the president said Sunday.

Axios

The Guardian view on local journalism’s decline: bad news for democracy

Editorial: The lack of reliable information not only weakens communities, but allows disinformation to flourish

The Guardian - UK

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Bangkok Post

The perils of populism

The upcoming election isn't only inducing the spirit of democracy as well as sheer excitement over the pending political dramas and rivalries. It is also taking us back to populism -- a political approach that tries to win over the hearts of ordinary people who feel their concerns have been…

Salon

Biden backs GOP effort on justice reform

Biden is backing a Republican effort to block D.C. lawmakers from setting their own criminal justice laws

The Conversation

Mexico protests: fears for democracy prompt mass demonstrations

Electoral reforms proposed by the Mexican government have sparked huge protests across the country. Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets in more than 100 towns and cities in opposition to legislation passed by the government of Andrés Manuel López Obrador. The reform will slash funding to the…

Reason

Review: Are Memes Upending Democracy?

In Meme Wars, so-called "disinformation" experts call for the suppression of more ideas and speakers to protect democracy.

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Bangkok Post

Mexico polls a lesson for the rest of the world

Where might we find a way to restore trust in our democracy?

The National (Scotland)

Former SNP chief whip calls for social democracy to be focus of leadership race

A FORMER SNP chief whip has urged leadership candidates to set out their stall on social democracy and make clear how their policies will enhance…

The Walrus

China’s Election Meddling: Canadians Deserve a Serious Response

The last thing the country needs is a half-hearted approach to protecting our democracy

The Independent UK

Cambodian opposition leader set for treason trial verdict

Cambodia’s beleaguered pro-democracy forces face another day of reckoning, as the country’s most prominent opposition politician not in exile is scheduled to hear the verdict in his trial for treason

Foreign Affairs

Crime and No Punishment

How impunity fosters instability.

The Canberra Times

'What is a democracy sausage?': SBS foodie stars in Canberra for Great Australian Bites

Their new show will screen on SBS later this year

Salon

Republicans' pro-Putin plan: racism

The GOP's "welfare queen" attack on Zelenskyy makes clear a much larger dynamic at play in Ukraine war

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