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The challenge of reviving a sense of fraternity

In democratic India, a sense of fraternity as an essential virtue is unavoidable

The Hindu

South Africans are fed up with their prospects, and their democracy, according to latest social attitudes survey

The mood among South Africans has soured. The latest findings from the representative survey that’s done every year by the country’s Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) shows some disturbing new trends.

The Conversation

OPINION - Wake up! Voter ID really is the biggest attack on our democracy for decades

When we think of attacks on democracy, we think of dramatic moments like military coups, but the reality can be more boring, but just as dangerous — like voter suppression. Which is happening here in the UK.

Evening Standard

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GOP tries to block abortion from ballots

"GOP lawmakers pushing these efforts want 41% of voters to block ballot initiatives that 59% of voters support"

Salon

Lord Frost: Brexit has revived British politics and is healing democracy

Former chief Brexit negotiator Lord Frost said leaving the EU had brought politics ‘back to life’

The Independent UK

2024 US presidential elections: Joe Biden, Kamala Harris officially announce re-election campaign

WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden on Tuesday (local time) announced that he will be running for a second term in office, joined by Vice President Kamala Harris as his running mate.

The Times of India

Voter ID will make voting harder for Black and minority ethnic people, Labour MP says

Labour’s Clive Lewis, who chairs the all-party parliamentary group on race, said Voter ID 'undermines the very cornerstone of our democracy' - and urged the Government 'to address the issue of political exclusion'

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Twitter's muddled blue checkpocalypse

Elon Musk's concept of democracy is forcing unwanted blue checks on random celebs, Muppets and dead folks

Salon

Guinea-Bissau, first non-European country to sign environmental democracy treaty

Guinea-Bissau has become the first country outside Europe to join an international agreement on environmental democracy that holds governments accountable for environmental and human rights.

Radio France Internationale

Joe Biden announces 2024 reelection bid

"This is our moment" to stand up to defend the nation and the values it claims to value, Biden says

Salon

President Biden announces 2024 reelection bid

Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., is a co-chair of the Biden-Harris 2024 campaign.

Chicago Sun-Times

Handling of Section 35 challenge could be 'watershed' moment for Scottish devolution

Legal experts said that they hoped judges presiding over the case would be “alive to the dangers to Scottish democracy” when reaching their…

The National (Scotland)

Lachlan and Rupert Murdoch face another giant legal claim over Fox News 'disinformation'

The lawyer representing voting technology company, Smartmatic, says Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch are key to the $US2.7 billion case they have brought against Fox News and Fox Corporation.

ABC News

Leading German news outlet says UK's democracy is 'rotting away' in scathing article

A LEADING German news magazine has said that “the foundation of Britannia’s democracy is literally rotting away” in a scathing article on the…

The National (Scotland)

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Tory MP criticised for Kazakhstan-funded £5k trip to observe elections

Human rights groups raise concerns after UK trade envoy Daniel Kawczynski praised the country’s ‘functioning democracy’

The Independent UK

Guatemala leader in Taiwan expresses 'rock-solid friendship'

The president of Guatemala has appealed to other governments to respect Taiwan’s sovereignty during an official visit at a time when China’s ruling Communist Party is stepping up efforts to isolate the self-ruled island democracy claimed by Beijing as part of its territory

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on India at a crossroads: development, not dictatorship

Editorial: Hindu nationalism in India is writing an epitaph for the country’s experiment with multi-ethnic secular democracy

Nottingham Post

Outgoing Nottingham councillor says Hassan Ahmed expulsion is 'attack on democracy'

A Labour source previously said Hassan Ahmed was thrown out of the party "following proper consideration of evidence"

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The Hindu

A hung Assembly will again become an advantage to the BJP, says CPI

Communist Party of India (CPI) State Committee secretary Siddanagouda Patil has said that it is imperative to defeat the BJP in this Assembly elections in every realm to safeguard democracy. Addressing a press conference in Kalaburagi on Monday, Mr. Patil appealed to people not to vote for the BJP and…

Salon

The corporate attack on democracy

Corporations can't save democracy

360info

Is Taiwan still a ‘beacon of democracy’ in the Chinese world?

Taiwan is celebrated as a vibrant democracy in the shadow of a repressive China, but the complicated reality reveals an opportunity that is yet to be taken.

Newsroom.co.nz

Gore council war could outlast inquiry

Previous council meltdowns in Invercargill and Tauranga show that calling an inquiry won't resolve Gore's mayoral problems - only goodwill and putting the community first

The Guardian - UK

Dominic Raab is just the latest culprit – the public have lost faith in all politicians

Scandal after scandal has left our democracy in extremely poor health

Manchester Evening News

The 'lowest ever turnout' town where 'people think voting won't change things'

Only 5.34 per cent of eligible voters turned up to poll stations in Ashton for the by-election back in December 2022

The Guardian - UK

The Observer view on the growing threat to democracy in India

As his country overtakes China as the world’s most populous, Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government is escalating its attack on civil rights

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