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Zelenskyy visit opens rift in GOP

Too many Republicans still refuse to stand up for Ukraine — and for democracy — against their MAGA brethren

Salon

Jan. 6 takeaways: From Trump's lies to the 'unimaginable'

The House Jan. 6 committee has released its final report on the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol

The Independent UK

Elon Musk’s Twitter polls are a perversion of direct democracy. Here are the real governance models that underpin his rule

Elon Musk puts up a cynical veil of stakeholder governance and democracy, while in reality instating a tyrannical rule.

Fortune

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Zelenskyy's Christmas message to America

Ukraine's leader came to D.C. in the same week Congress referred Trump for prosecution. It's a powerful symbol

Salon

West Africa has experienced a wave of coups - superficial democracy is to blame

West Africa has seen coups and military takeovers in three countries in 2022. Like those of the past, they came with promises of a quick return to civilian regimes once socio-economic and political challenges had been met. The challenges are usually listed as inept governance, corruption, rising insecurity and popular…

The Conversation

Ukraine's Zelenskiy Tells US Congress Aid Is ‘Not Charity’, Urges More Support

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told the US Congress that aid to Ukraine was an investment in democracy and "not charity" as he invoked American battles against the Nazis in World War Two to press for more assistance for his country's war effort. Zelenskiy's comments on Wednesday come as Republicans - some…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia dismissive of Ukraine getting U.S. Patriot missiles

Moscow said on Thursday that Ukraine acquiring Patriot missiles from the United States, announced during President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's visit to Washington, won't help settle the conflict or prevent Russia from achieving its goals.

Reuters

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Zelenskyy to Congress: 'Your money is not charity'

WASHINGTON — Making a dramatic, risky wartime visit to Washington on Wednesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy strategized privately with President Joe Biden at the White House, addressed a packed joint session of Congress and delivered an impassioned pitch for sustained U.S. military aid for his country.

Los Angeles Times

World Cups are fine, but rugby league's the greatest game of all

Like other fans, I don't care that my chosen sport is only played on the east coast in Australia, and by only a handful of nations overseas.

Newcastle Herald

Shortlist Announced For First ‘European Capital Of Democracy’

Three cities have been shortlisted by an expert jury and will be voted on by citizens.

Zenger

Twitter has been important for disability activism – that's being lost under Elon Musk

Before purchasing Twitter, Elon Musk said that a public platform for free speech is a “societal imperative for a functioning democracy”. As part of this, he claimed that Twitter being “maximally trusted and broadly inclusive is extremely important to the future of civilisation”.

The Conversation

Jan. 6 and the question of democracy

Trump's rioters represented a deep, dark current in American history: Restricting democracy to a chosen few

Salon

Hey, Democrats: No more "triangulation"!

After the 2022 midterms, the Bill Clinton strategy of constant rightward shift is bound for history's dustbin

Salon

Spanish PM vows to end ‘unjustifiable’ block on court changes

Conservative judges froze passage of measures meant to overhaul appointments to their court

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The Guardian - US

10 hearings, 1,000 interviews, millions of documents: the House panel has spoken

The evidence points to the fact that the former commander-in-chief is likely a criminal who committed a ‘crime against democracy’

Al Jazeera

Sudanese security forces tear-gas pro-democracy protesters

Thousands of demonstrator in Khartoum demand an end to military rule and justice for those killed since last year’s coup

The Conversation

Young people around the world can save democracy — but they need our help

A photograph recently circulated on social media purportedly showing two Chinese professors in Shanghai standing between a squad of police officers and students protesting the government’s zero-COVID policies.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Overseas China 'police' accused of repression

THE HAGUE -- A recent report by a Spanish NGO has drawn renewed attention to the activities of so-called Chinese "overseas police" service stations, which monitor Chinese democracy activists and others living abroad.

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Foreign Policy

2022: The Year the Good Guys Struck Back

After years of rising authoritarianism and xenophobic populism, democracy is strengthening. But a long struggle lies ahead.

Los Angeles Times

Doyle McManus: Democracy around the world is looking a little healthier, at least next to the alternative

More than a decade ago, scholars began pointing to a troubling global trend: a "democratic recession." Dozens of countries were drifting away from democracy toward authoritarianism.

Salon

Here are the lessons, Democrats

Democrats have an opportunity to seize the moral high ground as the party of justice. Will they take it?

Tribune News Service

As he preps for 2024, Biden has finally found his footing as president

A week before the midterm election, President Joe Biden pitched senior advisers on his closing argument to American voters — a sweeping address in which he’d once again insist that democracy itself was on the ballot.

The Conversation

A knife-edge election in Fiji sees power shift – and a chance to bring back real democracy

When the final election results were announced around 4pm on Sunday, many Fijians, at home and around the world, breathed a collective sigh of relief: the government of coup-maker Frank Bainimarama looked like it had finally been defeated at the ballot box.

The Conversation

How the 20 year rule of Recep Tayyip Erdogan has transformed Turkey

In 2002, Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party, Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi (AKP), obtained a parliamentary majority in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. The seemingly unstoppable rise of political Islam throughout the turbulent 1990s had finally culminated in a much-dreaded loss for a Kemalist political establishment committed to…

WEKU

There is pressure on the Tunisian president after election turnout was less than 9%

Tunisians on Saturday voted to elect a new parliament, to the backdrop of a soaring cost-of-living crisis and concerns of democracy backsliding in the North African country.

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