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Trump's shock and awe versus the courts

Brennan Center lawyer explains "there are a number of tools that judges have access to for enforcement purposes"

Salon · Feb 14, 2025

Parliament has passed landmark election donation laws. They may be a ‘stitch up’ but they also improve Australia’s democracy

Federal parliament has passed the biggest changes to Australia’s electoral funding laws in decades.

The Conversation · Feb 14, 2025

Friday essay: some tech leaders think AI could outsmart us and wipe out humanity. I’m a professor of AI – and I’m not worried

In 1989, political scientist Francis Fukuyama predicted we were approaching the end of history. He meant that similar liberal democratic values were taking hold in societies around the world. How wrong could he have been? Democracy today is clearly on the decline. Despots and autocrats are on the rise.

The Conversation · Feb 13, 2025

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Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor Warns Of Democracy Threat

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor emphasizes the importance of upholding court decisions and the rule of law in a speech at Miami Dade College.

60 years of progress in expanding rights is being rolled back by Trump − a pattern that’s all too familiar in US history

For many Americans, Donald Trump’s head-spinning array of executive orders in the early days of his second term look like an unprecedented effort to roll back democracy and the rights and liberties of American citizens.

The Conversation · Feb 13, 2025

Ex-CJI Dr DY Chandrachud on BBC HARDtalk: India is economic powerhouse; A sound democracy

The former Chief Justice Dr DY Chandrachud faced tough questions on BBC HARDtalk. A must read on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News · Feb 13, 2025

Power to the people: a new book reveals the true story of how Australian democracy works

When I was a child, I lived in a very politically engaged household. My parents were always talking politics, and my dad in particular was often growling at the television when the face of someone he disagreed with appeared on it.

The Conversation · Feb 13, 2025

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Education for peace: the effort to teach children how to rebuild societies after WWII

While the first world war and the Spanish civil war had already drawn children in Europe and beyond into the orbit of conflict, the second world war marked a pivotal period in how young people have experienced the horrors of war.

The Conversation · Feb 12, 2025

Sotomayor Warns of 'Extraordinary Challenge' with Social Media Affecting How News Reaches Americans: 'We're Going to Lose Our Democracy'

Justice Sonia Sotomayor warned that the rise of misinformation on social media threatens American democracy.

Latin Times · Feb 12, 2025

The resistance needs to find its faith

"We need a lot more courage and fortitude right now"

Salon · Feb 12, 2025

In the Musk revolution, lessons from the 20th century will be deleted

Democracy’s traditional defence against fascism doesn’t work against the new far-right hybrid coded in Silicon Valley, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

The Guardian - UK · Feb 12, 2025

There’s a new push to teach Australian students about civics. Here are 6 ways to do it well

A federal parliamentary inquiry has just recommended civics and citizenship become a compulsory part of the Australian Curriculum, which covers the first year of school to Year 10.

The Conversation · Feb 12, 2025

Elon Musk Advocates For Restoring Democracy In Government

Elon Musk advocates for government efficiency and restoring democracy in the federal bureaucracy.

Latin America is moving fast to protect democracy from excesses of big tech

Bosses of tech giants Meta, Google and X had front row seats at Donald Trump’s recent presidential inauguration. This special treatment highlighted the increasingly cosy relationship between leaders of technology companies and the White House.

The Conversation · Feb 11, 2025

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Salon · Feb 11, 2025

The Age of Trump is a great moral crisis

"Protecting our democracy is not about protecting a broken status quo"

AAP · Feb 11, 2025

Australia gains in corruption index but threats persist

Oversight and anti-corruption bodies need to be adequately resourced and truly independent if public trust in democracy is to continue, a former ombudsman says.

The Conversation · Feb 10, 2025

As Trump abandons the old world order, NZ must find its place in a new ‘Pax Autocratica’

Donald Trump is moving rapidly to change the contours of contemporary international affairs, with the old US-dominated world order breaking down into a multipolar one with many centres of power.

International Business Times · Feb 10, 2025

5 Former Treasury Secretaries Warn Of DOGE Activities: 'Gravely Concerning'

Five former Treasury secretaries are sounding the alarm, warning Americans that political interference in the nation's financial system threatens both democracy and economic stability.

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Latin Times · Feb 10, 2025

Ex Treasury Secretaries Issue Stark Warning Against DOGE's 'Financial Conflicts of Interest': 'Corrosive to Our Democracy'

Multiple former Treasury secretaries published a letter warning the nation about the Department of Government Efficiency, headed by billionaire Elon Musk, stating that access to the nation's payment system could put highly confidential data at risk.

The Guardian - UK · Feb 10, 2025

Local elections delayed is democracy denied

Letters: Readers respond to Labour’s decision to postpone some council elections as it plans to reorganise local government

The Conversation · Feb 10, 2025

While the world is distracted by Trump, here’s how Putin and Musk are weakening European democracies

In an unprecedented decision on December 6 2024, the Romanian constitutional court annulled the November 25 presidential elections after it received credible intelligence of large-scale external interference rigging the results of the first round in favour of a hardly-known far-right candidate, Calin Georgescu.

Serbian Students Protest Government Corruption After Deadly Canopy Collapse

Serbian students protest government corruption and demand justice after a tragic canopy collapse, sparking a nationwide movement for democracy.

The Independent UK · Feb 9, 2025

King Charles leads tributes to founding father of democratic Namibia

King Charles and South African president Cyril Ramaphosa paid tribute to the founding father of democratic Namibia

Al Jazeera · Feb 9, 2025

Trump says Musk to uncover billions in ‘fraud and abuse’ at US Pentagon

Billionaire Elon Musk is presiding over a purge of US government jobs that critics call an ‘evisceration of democracy’.

The Guardian - UK · Feb 9, 2025

You may not like Trump. But his attempts to seize the Fed contain a lesson for liberals

The US president has recognised something that is rarely acknowledged: monetary policy is political, says academic and author Leah Downey

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