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UK condemns ‘violent bid to undermine democracy’ by Bolsonaro backers in Brazil

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly pledged the UK’s ‘full support’ for President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

The Independent UK

With 2024 election on the horizon, state legislatures consider voting changes

With their eyes on the 2024 presidential election, state lawmakers around the country are preparing to reshape voting rules in what election experts expect will be another busy legislative season.

Tribune News Service

Global action is needed to topple Myanmar’s criminal junta boss

From brutal murders and military parades to jailed opponents, Min Aung Hlaing is true to the tyrant’s playbook. The worldwide fight for democracy has to be fought here

The Guardian - UK

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Benin holds parliamentary election set to test democracy

Voters in Benin went to the polls on Sunday for a parliamentary election seen as a test of democracy as opposition parties are back on the ballot after boycotting or being excluded from the most recent presidential and legislative votes.

Reuters

Thousands of Israelis protest new government's policies

Thousands of Israelis are protesting plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government that opponents say threaten democracy and freedoms

The Independent UK

US Capitol Divided on Anniversary of Jan 6 Attack

Americans marked on Friday the second anniversary of the storming of the Capitol amid sharp partisan divisions that loomed over the rooms of the same building that witnessed the January 6, 2021 insurrection. Instead of visiting the Capitol building, US President Joe Biden chose to stay at the White House.…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Minnesota Democrats announce plan to expand voting access

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota Democrats say disinformation about elections has flourished in the two years since the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol, and voters anxious about the future of democracy helped propel their party into complete control of state government.

Tribune News Service

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Far-right threat to Israeli democracy

Netanyahu government is coalition of the most extreme right-wing and religious parties in the history of the state

Salon

House mess reveals danger to democracy

History shows a weakened House could erode democracy — and lead to the potential rise of an American dictator

Salon

US looks for opportunity in demise of Guaido, whom it recognized as 'interim president' of Venezuela

WASHINGTON — For four years, Juan Guaido has embodied the audacious gamble by the U.S. government to unseat Venezuela's autocratic leader and restore democracy to a once-prosperous, oil-rich nation mired in political and economic chaos.

Los Angeles Times

American Democracy Is Still in Danger

American democracy must be protected from enemies foreign and domestic.

Foreign Affairs

Rishi Sunak’s anti-strike legislation is an assault on democracy itself

The fundamental problem in Britain today isn’t strikes, it’s an economy that makes strikes necessary, says Ronan Burtenshaw of Enough is Enough

The Guardian - UK

Fascist Trump attacks may have backfired

Trump's efforts to mobilize GOP voters online may have actually helped the Democrats in the midterms

Salon

McCarthy foes relish the fight: 'A really beautiful thing'

What others see as dysfunction and chaos, many of Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s opponents see as democracy at work

The Independent UK

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USA Today Sports Media Group

Player input is key in Joe Barry’s Packers defense

In Green Bay, defense is a democracy

Tribune News Service

Biden set to mark anniversary of Jan. 6 Capitol attack by honoring those who defended democracy

President Joe Biden will mark the second anniversary of the Jan. 6 attack on Friday by honoring 12 people who defended democracy against former President Donald Trump’s effort to overturn the 2020 election.

The Conversation

4 ways Netanyahu's new far-right government threatens Israeli democracy

Democracy is not just about holding elections. It is a set of institutions, ideas and practices that allow citizens a continuous, decisive voice in shaping their government and its policies.

The Conversation

Ancient Greece had extreme polarization and civil strife too -- how Thucydides can help us understand Jan. 6 and its aftermath

The second anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection is upon us. And each new revelation about that brutal mob assault on our government raises a host of fresh questions about what transpired in the days prior to January 6, notably who was involved in planning the events of that…

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The National (Scotland)

Susie McCabe: 'We no longer live in a functioning British democracy'

SCOTTISH comedian Susie McCabe has claimed “we are not living in a functioning British democracy anymore” as she cast doubt over whether a de…

Salon

Kev's lesson: GOP trolls eat their own

Calling Republican renegades "ultraconservative" doesn't cut it: This clown show is a symptom of the big F

Zenger

Zambia’s Budding Democracy Earns Praise From Biden Administration

Tribune News Service

Commentary: Democracy means more than just holding elections

Democracy means more than just holding elections. And, “the people” are more than just voters. Yet, “we, the people,” have allowed our role as popular sovereigns to be reduced to benchwarmers.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ex-NATO Chief Says Europe 'Too Naive' on China's Taiwan Threats

European powers must do more to dissuade China from invading Taiwan, including being prepared to unleash painful economic sanctions and train Taiwanese troops, the former head of NATO said Thursday. Anders Fogh Rasmussen, who is visiting Taipei, said European and NATO powers were "too naive" in the run-up to Moscow's…

Al Jazeera

Israel’s new government unveils plan to weaken Supreme Court

The new justice minister wants to curb the power of the high court, a move critics say would undermine democracy.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Lynn Schmidt: Those who hold the line deserve respect, not derision

District of Columbia Officer Michael Fanone and the others who responded to the Capitol insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021, held the line in more ways than one. Sometimes that line can be convoluted and complicated and sometimes it is pretty straightforward.

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