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Making Athens Great Again
How does a citizen respond when a democracy that prides itself on being exceptional betrays its highest principles? Plato despaired, but he also pointed the way to renewal. By Rebecca Newberger Goldstein.
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Pro-Erdogan Sites Take Aim at Critics in Germany
Websites like the Ottoman Generation and Muslim Mainstream have become gathering points for supporters of Erdogan in Germany. But they are also being used to incite hatred against the Turkish president's critics. By Susan Djahangard and Katrin Elger.
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Turkey is about to use democracy to end its democracy
The Turkish people are voting in a momentous constitutional referendum this month that would give the president unprecedented power. By Tezcan Gumus.
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Paraguay’s Cartes Replaces Top Officials After Congress Torched
Paraguay President Horacio Cartes replaced his top security officials on Saturday, a day after demonstrators set fire to the South American nation’s congress building to protest a measure that would allow him to run for a second term. By Andres R Martinez. (Mar. 31, 2017)
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The Rise of the Weaponized AI Propaganda Machine
There’s a new automated propaganda machine driving global politics. How it works and what it will mean for the future of democracy.
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How President Trump has already hurt American democracy — in just 50 days
Today, March 10, is President Trump’s 50th day in office. Since his inauguration on Jan. 20, Trump has governed in a way that poses a unique threat to the integrity of American democracy. Democracy is bigger than partisanship. Therefore, this is not a critique of Trump’s policy proposals. Rather, it’s a sober assessment of American democracy at a pivotal moment — and a call for Americans of all political stripes to press all politicians to agree, at minimum, on preserving the bedrock principles that make the United States a democracy.
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Michael D Higgins warns xenophobia could ‘destroy democracy’
As US president Donald Trump’s immigration ban comes under international criticism, President Michael D Higgins has warned democracy could be destroyed by racism and xenophobia. Mr Higgins told the diplomatic corps of the dangers of demagoguery which he suggested was “exploiting fears and ignorance in ways that could destroy democracy itself”. The President was addressing embassy officials from more than 60 countries at what is the traditional...
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US demoted to 'flawed democracy' by The Economist's research arm
The U.S. has been demoted from a full democracy to a flawed democracy for the first time, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). Every year, the firm's Democracy Index provides a snapshot of global democracy by scoring countries on five categories: electoral process and pluralism; civil liberties; the functioning of government; political participation; and political culture. Nations are then classified under four types of governments: full democracy, flawed democracy, hybrid regime and authoritarian regime.
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Republican Lawmakers in Five States Propose Bills to Criminalize Peaceful Protest
In North Dakota, Republicans introduced a bill that would allow motorists to run over and kill any protester obstructing a highway. By Spencer Woodman.
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Pictures From Women’s Marches Around the World
Crowds in hundreds of cities around the world gathered Saturday in conjunction with the Women’s March on Washington.
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2016: The nation’s cartoonists on the year in politics
Every month political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other head-slapping events in the world of politics. The fruits of these labors are hundreds of cartoons that entertain and enrage readers of all political stripes. Here's an offering of the best of this year's crop, picked fresh off the Toonosphere. Edited by Matt Wuerker.
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Thirty things you didn't know about the EU referendum
A review of five of the best EU referendum books offers up some surprising insights into the campaigns and landmark vote. By Andrew Sparrow.
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The horrors of 2016 could have been stopped – with better defenses
Donald Trump and other monsters of this new era were always there. They just triumphed because centrists blocked those who could keep a lid on them. By Sam Kriss.
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Democracy Is Dying as Technocrats Watch
Assaults on democracy are working because our current political elites have no idea how to defend it. By William Easterly.
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A brief history of the times the US meddled in others’ elections
So, Americans are outraged that Russia may have attempted to interfere in US elections. From Italy to Guatemala, Indonesia to Afghanistan, people ask “So, how does it feel?” By T.J. Raphael.
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CIA meddled in ‘hundreds’ of elections
US government “propagandists” push for a foreign policy of “intervening around the world,” former presidential candidate and founder of the Institute for Peace and Prosperity, Dr. Ron Paul, told RT in a wide-ranging interview that also touched on Syria. “I think they’re just agitating, because they lost the election. They’re throwing out accusations and they have no proof,” the former Republican congressman for Texas said.
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[1.85% of] Electors demand intelligence briefing before Electoral College vote
The request represents the latest effort by Democratic electors to look to the Electoral College as a possible bulwark against a Trump presidency. By Kyle Cheney and Gabriel Debenedetti,
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Hostile Takeover
“The election campaign was the struggle for control of corporate management, Hillary Clinton seeking to fend off a hostile takeover by Donald Trump, the lady and the lout both standing four square and true blue for the freedom of money, steadfast and vigilant against the freedoms of movement and thought.” By Lewis Lapham.
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The End of the Anglo-American Order
For decades, the United States and Britain’s vision of democracy and freedom defined the postwar world. What will happen in an age of Donald Trump and Nigel Farage? By Ian Buruma. (Nov. 29, 2016)
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Investigative Reporter Greg Palast: GOP Stole 2016 Election Using Voter Suppression, Purging Ploys
“It was stolen in Florida, it was stolen in Arizona, it was stolen in North Carolina, Pennsylvania. Possibly Ohio, Wisconsin and Michigan,” Palast told Truthdig. (Nov. 16, 2016)
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