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Less leadership, more democracy: lessons from a craft brewer's management crisis

Craft beer brewing was born back in the 1980s, and while the start was slow, it’s since become a big business. One of the success stories is Scotland’s BrewDog, which was founded in 2007 by James Watt and Martin Dickie. Fifteen years after they pulled their first pint, BrewDog has…

The Conversation

Nancy Pelosi’s Taiwan trip puts US analysts and Democrats on edge

Experts and officials raise concern over timing of trip even as Republicans hail House speaker

The Guardian - US

U.S. must remember vow to support Taiwan, Pelosi says in Washington Post

The United States must remember its vow "to support the defense of Taiwan" as its democracy remains "under threat" from China, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in a Washington Post opinion piece published on Tuesday, moments after she arrived in Taiwan on a visit that risks bringing relations between…

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America’s allies are watching the Jan. 6 hearings. They are worried about US democracy

WASHINGTON — Three European diplomats opened the door to the ambassador’s residence and offered up a Cognac and a request for anonymity.

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: How building bonds with our neighbors can help sustain our democracy

At the end of February 2020, I was scheduled to fly from my home in Brooklyn to play three concerts in the Pacific Northwest. I was glued to news reports of a new type of virus rapidly spreading in Seattle. I read about the outbreak in an assisted living home…

Tribune News Service

Commentary: If we don’t stop single-issue advocacy, we risk losing democracy altogether

My friends have it wrong. I recently reached out to many of them about an effort to combat the intentional efforts by “big lie” candidates to take over nonpartisan election positions in key states where, had they been in place, the 2020 election may have gone to Donald Trump. Many…

Tribune News Service

GOP theory aims to overturn democracy

Supreme Court may decide that state legislatures have control over congressional elections, not state law

Salon

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Bihar: Opposition slams J P Nadda for his BJP's supremacy remark

PATNA: Opposition parties on Monday flayed BJP's national president J P Nadda for his statement that all other political parties will vanish and only BJP will exist in the country.

The Times of India

We must confront hard truths exposed by Jan. 6 hearings

It may be hard for many people to believe just how extreme Trump’s movement and his political supporters have become, and just how much of a threat to democracy they pose as we approach this year’s congressional elections.

Chicago Sun-Times

Letters to the Editor — August 2, 2022

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The Hindu

Reengineering India’s consciousness

India’s democracy has been successfully hacked and progressive forces need hard course-correction in any fightback

The Hindu

Central bank digital currencies could mean the end of democracy

In recent years, we have witnessed a growing interest in the idea of central bank digital currencies. Similar to cash, central bank digital currencies are a form of money issued by central banks.

The Conversation

This summer may be one of the most consequential in US democracy

The Long Summer of 2022 began in May, when the abortion opinion draft leaked, and continued through a series of brutal rulings and congressional hearings

The Guardian - US

Sorry, Andrew Yang – a new third party won’t fix America’s political problems

Those who care about democracy should advance the Democratic party. Anything else is a vanity project

The Guardian - US

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Sudanese Protesters Face Tear Gas as Anti-military Campaign Enters 10th Month

Thousands of protesters marching towards Sudan's presidential palace were blocked by police firing tear gas, as an anti-military campaign entered its 10th month. Protests have continued weekly since an Oct. 25 military takeover that halted a transition to democracy and plunged the country into turmoil. Military leaders have said they…

Evening Standard

Sting calls war in Ukraine ‘an absurdity based on a lie’ during concert in Poland

He also warned the audience during a concert in Warsaw that democracy is under threat worldwide

WEKU

Pelosi confirmed details of her trip to Asia, but did not say if she'll visit Taiwan

The speaker of the House will stop in four Asian countries this week, but made no mention of a possible stop in Taiwan. Rumors she might visit the island democracy has fueled tension with China.

The Independent UK

Ramos, ex-Philippine leader who helped oust dictator, dies

Former Philippine President Fidel Valdez Ramos, a U.S.-trained ex-general who saw action in the Korean and Vietnam wars and played a key role in a 1986 pro-democracy uprising that ousted a dictator, has died

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Sting Warns during Warsaw Concert of Threats to Democracy

British musician Sting interrupted a concert in Warsaw on Saturday evening to warn his audience that democracy is under attack worldwide and to denounce the war in Ukraine as “an absurdity based upon a lie.” He asked a popular Polish actor, Maciej Stuhr, to come onstage to translate his warning…

The Independent UK

Sting warns during Warsaw concert of threats to democracy

British musician Sting has interrupted a concert in Warsaw to warn his audience that democracy is under attack worldwide

The Guardian - US

US faces new era of political violence as threats against lawmakers rise

Members of the House will now get up to $10,000 to upgrade their home security as experts warn such threats endanger the health of US democracy

The Conversation

South Africa is trapped again: what kind of leaders can set the country free

Former South African president Thabo Mbeki recently painted a gloomy picture of the country and its prospects. He said the governing African National Congress (ANC), led by President Cyril Ramaphosa, did not have a national plan to address the country’s many socio-economic problems. These include high and growing unemployment, inequality,…

Salon

How we can win the education wars

Education is under attack — because it is essential to democracy. Educators can fight back, and turn the tide

The Hindu

Strengthening liberal democracy is essential for growth: Raghuram Rajan

The under-performance of the country in terms of economic growth “seems to indicate the path we are going on needs rethinking”, said former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan at the All India Professionals Congress conclave

The Hindu

BJP runs parallel governments through Governors, alleges TN CM Stalin

“Let us dedicate ourselves to save democracy,” Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin added.

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