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Commentary: Courting theocracy

Ordinarily, the word “unprecedented” is hyperbole, similar to “Breaking news!” or “Greatest ever!” When used to describe the current danger to American democracy, however, it is all too appropriate. Never in the nation’s history have democratic institutions been so at risk under what would first appear to be banal circumstances.

Tribune News Service · May 31, 2022

Taiwan may get economic deal with US after exclusion from IPEF

Economic agreement similar to new IPEF would underline US commitment to self-ruled democracy, analysts say.

Al Jazeera · May 31, 2022

Democracy is in danger as Boris Johnson rips up the rulebook

Letters: After the prime minister weakened the ministerial code, Lynne Copley, Anne Carslaw, Roy Boffy, Joe Locker and Pauline Caldwell write about the constitutional risks that he poses

The Guardian - UK · May 30, 2022

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Is Merrick Garland coming for Trump?

Author of "Overcoming Trumpery" says "methodical" Garland is still building a case against Trump and his regime

Salon · May 30, 2022

Sudan’s Burhan Lifts State of Emergency from Coup

Sudan’s leading general lifted a state of emergency Sunday that was imposed in the country following the October coup he led. The decision by Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, head of Sudan’s ruling sovereign council, came hours after the Security and Defense Council, Sudan’s highest body that decides on security matters, recommended…

Asharq Al-Awsat · May 30, 2022

Negative views of Russia mainly limited to western liberal democracies, poll shows

Annual global survey of attitudes to democracy finds many countries maintain positive views of Russia

The Guardian - UK · May 30, 2022

Garland warns of threats to US democracy in Harvard speech

Attorney General Merrick Garland warned of threats to U.S. democracy, citing violence including the 2021 riot at the Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump, rollbacks in voting rights and possible legislative efforts to overturn the outcome of elections.

Tribune News Service · May 29, 2022

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O (You Aren’t Fleeing to) Canada

With democracy in danger, some liberals want to run away.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 29, 2022

UN Envoy Decries Sudan Violence after 2 Killed in Protests

The UN envoy for Sudan on Sunday decried the killing of two people in a violent crackdown against pro-democracy protesters who once against took to the streets of the capital to denounce an October military coup. Hundreds of people marched Saturday in Khartoum, where security forces violently dispersed the crowds…

Asharq Al-Awsat · May 29, 2022

UN envoy decries Sudan violence after 2 killed in protests

The U.N. envoy for Sudan has decried the killing of two people in a violent crackdown against pro-democracy protesters

The Independent UK · May 29, 2022

Labour call Boris Johnson a ‘tinpot despot’ and push for vote on ministerial code changes

Labour accuses ‘tinpot despot’ prime minister of ‘watering down standards and integrity’

The Independent UK · May 28, 2022

Anthony Albanese’s choice of Speaker will be key to transforming our testosterone-fuelled parliament

There is speculation the prime minister might choose a truly independent umpire, with Andrew Wilkie’s name mentioned

The Guardian - AU · May 28, 2022

Memorial Day: A time to honor fallen heroes and pledge to defend democracy

On the battlefield, soldiers pride themselves on leaving no fellow soldier behind. Let us, as a nation, vow to leave the rights of no citizen behind.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 28, 2022

Not a sausage on the road to democracy

No sizzle in the drizzle, I grizzled. What's happening to this country?

Newcastle Herald · May 28, 2022

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Reuters · May 27, 2022

Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua condemn exclusion from U.S. summit

A bloc of leftist countries meeting in Havana on Friday condemned the exclusion of certain nations from next month's Summit of the Americas, after the United States said that it only wanted the leaders of governments that respect democracy to attend.

The Hindu · May 27, 2022

Doing no justice to a vision of democracy

The existing economic system pursued by the political parties is antagonistic to the model envisioned by B.R. Ambedkar

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · May 27, 2022

Editorial: Trump mused about hanging Pence. Voters mustn't let GOP candidates ignore that

Reports that then-President Donald Trump reacted favorably as the Capitol mob chanted “Hang Mike Pence” on Jan. 6, 2021, is a fresh reminder that Trump is, at his core, an aspiring anti-democracy strongman — one who still has a realistic prospect of winning the 2024 GOP presidential nomination. For years…

Los Angeles Times · May 27, 2022

Commentary: White replacement theory is fascism’s new name

Since Anders Breivik killed 77 people in Norway in 2011, mass murders in the name of white replacement theory (WRT) have become prevalent. Many of these killers, including Breivik; Brenton Tarrant, the Christchurch shooter; and Payton Gendron, the suspect in the massacre in Buffalo, New York, are self-identified as fascists.

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Chicago Sun-Times · May 25, 2022

America needs a national conversation on race

The rise in racial hate crimes, white nationalism and voter suppression will pave our way out of democracy if we can’t achieve some consensus on race and racism

Evening Standard · May 25, 2022

Catherine West MP: I asked Boris Johnson directly about partygate – I’ve never believed his responses

When the Partygate saga first broke, with the footage of Allegra Stratton joking at the mock press conference, the Westminster rumour-mill went into overdrive. For weeks leading up Prime Minister’s Questions on the 8th of December there were growing mutterings of other parties and gatherings at the heart of our…

Salon · May 25, 2022

After Buffalo, Trump threatens civil war

As the Trump movement builds toward violent conquest, mainstream media keeps pretending it's all a game

The Independent UK · May 25, 2022

Marcos Jr proclaimed next Philippine president with huge win

Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has been proclaimed the next president of the Philippines by a joint session of Congress following a landslide electoral triumph 36 years after his dictator father was ousted in a pro-democracy uprising

The Independent UK · May 25, 2022

US threatens sanctions on Sudanese blocking democracy return

The United States is urging rapid progress from military to civilian rule in Sudan and threatening sanctions on anyone impeding the country’s transition to democracy

Bangkok Post · May 24, 2022

Club karaoke a step too far

Despite our half-baked democracy characterised by a series of coups and street protests, our parliament building should be the subject of our pride -- a pantheon of democracy.

The Guardian - UK · May 24, 2022

The Guardian view on public order: criminalising protest is bad for democracy

Editorial: Boris Johnson criticises repressive laws in dictatorships but is emulating them at home

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