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Military Coup fails in Bolivia as rebel leader is arrested; What's next?

Latin Times

Bolivian President Slams 'Coup' As Troops, Tanks Deploy

Bolivian President Luis Arce on Wednesday slammed an attempted "coup d'etat" after soldiers and tanks deployed outside government buildings and tried to knock down a door of the presidential palace.

International Business Times

Bolivia's President Denounces Military Mobilization Amid Coup Claims

President Arce condemns alleged military coup attempt in Bolivia, emphasizing democracy and rule of law.

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Prominent Republicans Support Biden In Democracy News Conference

Prominent Republican supporters of Biden and a former Capitol police officer to join campaign's news conference on democracy in Atlanta.

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Anti-Trump Republican Adam Kinzinger endorses Biden for president

Former representative says he’s a ‘proud conservative’ who has put ‘democracy and our constitution above all else’

The Guardian - US

Populism can degrade democracy but is on the rise − here’s what causes this political movement and how it can be weakened

There’s a widespread view that populism is on the rise, from the United States and Turkey to India and Hungary.

The Conversation

Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger Endorses President Joe Biden

Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger endorses President Biden, emphasizing democracy and country over party politics.

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Julian Assange has been in the headlines for almost two decades. Here’s why he’s such a significant public figure

“The price of freedom is eternal vigilance” is a famous quotation usually attributed to Thomas Jefferson, a founder of US democracy.

The Conversation

Hong Kong Activists Face Sentencing Under National Security Law

Mitigation hearings underway for pro-democracy activists convicted under national security law in Hong Kong. Concerns raised about judicial independence an...

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Hong Kong court edges closer to sentencing democracy activists involved in unofficial primary

A Hong Kong court on Tuesday began to hear pleas for lenient sentences from some prominent pro-democracy activists who were found guilty in the city’s biggest national security case and now face up to life in prison

The Independent UK

Even the Supreme Court’s conservative justices are polarized about the state of American politics

Polarization is both essential to a functioning democracy and a threat to it.

The Conversation

Taiwan President Seeks To Overturn Controversial Reform

Proponents of the expansion say it is needed to curb corruption, but critics fear the laws could weaken self-ruled Taiwan's democracy against the influence of China -- which claims the island as part of its territory.

International Business Times

Decline Of Post-Election Concessions Raises Concerns In Democracy

Recent elections show a decline in concession speeches, raising concerns about democracy and governance.

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Mike Small: Why vote when change is not an option at this election?

WATCHING the election coverage is like watching a Mirror World where whole chunks of reality are missing.

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Owen Jones: This election campaign is a travesty – and the media are to blame

THIS General Election campaign is an insult. If we had a functioning democracy, here is what would happen ...

The Conversation

Nigeria’s national anthem change was a tactic to distract attention from the country’s real problems – political analyst

A year into his administration, Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu signed the National Anthem Bill into law, replacing an anthem adopted in 1978 with its predecessor. The decision generated debate among Nigerians, some of whom felt it did not rank on the list of social, economic and security challenges confronting…

The Guardian - AU

Facebook’s potential news ban already affecting smaller Australian media outlets, inquiry told

Independent media alliance says news ban would be ‘terrible for not only the industry but also for Australian democracy’

The Guardian - US

Trump’s dangerous attacks on rule of law have US historical precedents

Past politicians tried to undermine democracy. They failed because Americans refused to tolerate their wrongdoing

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Evening Standard

Kay Burley clashes with Michael Gove over claims of Labour 'forever government'

Sky News presenter tells Gove: ‘It’s a democracy. If they’ve been given a mandate, they’re not rigging the system’

International Business Times

Son Of Myanmar's Suu Kyi 'Concerned' As Mother Marks Birthday In Junta Detention

The son of Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is "concerned" about her health, he told AFP on Wednesday, as the Nobel laureate turned 79, passing another birthday in military detention.

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The Succulent Chinese Meal Guy Is Getting A Documentary Made About His Iconic Arrest

One of Australia’s most iconic living memes, Jack Karlson, AKA Mr Democracy Manifest, will soon have his bizarre story memorialised (even more) with a new documentary: The Man Who Ate A Succulent Chinese Meal. As if the millions of memes about him weren’t enough to solidify his status as a…

The Guardian - UK

Far-right violence a ‘significant’ threat to German democracy, minister warns

Report finds ‘alarming’ rise in extremism, with Islamist groups and cyber-attacks also posing dangers

The Conversation

The modern world’s relationship to time is broken – and it’s fuelling the rise of the far right

To truly understand populism, we have to take the long view. In the 1960s, populist parties won, on average, 5.4% of the vote in Europe, while today, following the European Parliament elections on 9 June, more than 20% of the electorate trusts them with their vote.

Salon

This is the calm before the storm

We will look back at these months before the election and Donald Trump’s sentencing as relatively good times

AAP

Protesters cast light on human rights amid China talks

Pro-democracy activists and Beijing loyalists lent a colourful backdrop to talks between Chinese 2IC Li Qiang and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

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