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‘An affront to our democracy’: Retired judge who advised Pence will tell Jan 6 panel Trump’s plan was to ‘steal America’s democracy’

‘The treacherous plan was no less ambitious than to steal America’s democracy’

The Independent UK

Tunisia's Saied unpicks young 'Arab Spring' democracy

President Kais Saied has gathered nearly all state power in his hands after dismantling much of Tunisia's young democracy over 11 turbulent months. But as he prepares for a referendum to approve his changes, challenges loom ever larger.

Reuters

Myanmar junta calls return of executions 'required action'

Myanmar ruling military on Thursday defended a planned execution of two prominent democracy figures as lawful and required, defying international criticism for resuming capital punishment after a three-decade hiatus.

Reuters

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What happened on 6 January 2021?

Botched assault on cradle of American democracy by misguided Donald Trump supporters remembered as deeply shameful climax to his chaotic and divisive reign

The Independent UK

Editorial: The success of the 'big lie' in GOP primaries endangers the party, and democracy

Last month we listed some encouraging examples of candidates who won recent Republican primaries despite rejecting former President Donald Trump’s false claim of a stolen 2020 election. Now comes The Washington Post to establish, ominously, that this isn’t necessarily the norm in this midterm election year. An analysis by the…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

PRO: Universal voting makes sense for a full and healthy democracy

In our book “100% Democracy: The Case for Universal Voting,” E.J. Dionne and I make a case for universal voting — that voting should be a required civic duty for every American citizen.

Tribune News Service

CON: Mandatory voting is a bad, unconstitutional idea

A handful of countries, most notably Australia, impose mandatory voting, with citizens facing fines and punishments if they don’t appear at the polls. And every few years, somebody proposes bringing this practice to the United States as a good-government reform that would allegedly improve the health of our democracy.

Tribune News Service

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Pro-Trump Republicans’ primary wins raise alarm about US democracy

Crucial races from Nevada to South Carolina returned candidates who back ‘big lie’ of stolen election while Democrats lost Hispanic votes in south Texas

The Guardian - US

Mélenchon’s lesson to the left: less socialism, more social democracy

From the leader of France’s Nupes coalition to Bernie Sanders, radical left firebands are shifting their focus and style, says King’s College London’s Paolo Gerbaudo

The Guardian - UK

South Africa's epochal 1976 uprisings shouldn't be reduced to a symbolic ritual

On the morning of Wednesday, 16 June 1976, young students from schools across Soweto set out on a march through the sprawling black township outside Johannesburg. The march was to amplify their opposition to the apartheid government’s new school-language policy that would see Afrikaans replace English as their main medium…

The Conversation

Jan. 6 hearings: Therapy, no catharsis

No reasonable person can doubt the proof of Trump's criminality. But "reasonable" is pretty much irrelevant

Salon

Thai opposition files no-confidence motion against 'flawed' PM

Thailand's opposition parties on Wednesday filed a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha and 10 cabinet ministers, accusing them of graft, economic mismanagement and of undermining democracy and clinging to power.

Reuters

Jay Ambrose: Trump vs. Democrats on who is worse

Congressional Democrats have started a multi-network TV series on the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, and a federal judge has said what so many others are saying. If successful in its purpose, the wild, furious, deadly and disgusting eruption to keep Joe Biden out of the White House on the basis…

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Liz Cheney's lonely fight against the extremist wing of the GOP

It shouldn't make headlines when a member of Congress upholds their sworn oath to "support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic." But Rep. Liz Cheney, R.-Wyo., stands out as one of the few elected Republicans in Washington willing to put country before…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

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Congress Protest: Last 8 years will be seen as dark chapter of democracy, says Ashok Gehlot

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Wednesday said the last eight years will be seen as a 'dark chapter' in the history of independent India, and urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to make an appeal for peace amid rising communal tension. Read more on Dynamite News:

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Election denier Marchant is the Republican nominee for Nevada secretary of state

Jim Marchant becomes the latest election-denying GOP candidate to take a step closer to running elections in their state — a trend that has alarmed experts on democracy.

The Conversation

After years of breaking the rules, Boris Johnson must now hope his MPs won't change the only one keeping him in office

Britain has no single document which outlines what its democracy looks like. The British constitution is made up of huge amounts of legislation, all of which can be rewritten if needed, and rules and traditions which are widely accepted by all politicians.

Bangkok Post

Urgent UN appeal to Myanmar junta to halt executions

The United Nations rights chief said Tuesday Myanmar's junta has likely committed crimes against humanity and urged authorities to stop planned executions, including of prominent democracy activists.

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Daily Record

Nicola Sturgeon offers to negotiate independence referendum with 'democracy denier' Boris Johnson

The First Minister has yet to detail what her 'lawful' alternative is to the UK Prime Minister's refusal to grant powers to stage a legal referendum.

Chicago Tribune

Commentary: Democrats’ efforts to register more young people to vote critical to democracy

On Nov. 9, the day after the midterm elections, Americans will wake up to one of two realities. One may well be the beginning of the end of functioning government and fundamental constitutional rights. The other could result in continued progress on goals such as stronger background checks, lower prices…

The Independent UK

What happened on 6 January 2021?

Botched assault on cradle of American democracy by misguided Donald Trump supporters remembered as deeply shameful climax to his chaotic and divisive reign

The Independent UK

Michelle Obama urges voters to stay engaged in anxious times

Former first lady Michelle Obama is urging Americans not to tune out a gridlocked political system but realize that voting and enlisting millions of new voters is a pathway to eventual change

Chicago Sun-Times

Jan. 6 committee and Trump’s ‘Big Lie’

Will voters reward those who spread the lie or hold their representatives accountable? We need a new surge from idealists and reformers to overcome the cynics that put democracy at risk.

Al Jazeera

US slaps visa restrictions on 93 Nicaraguan officials

Biden administration accuses designated judges, prosecutors and lawmakers of helping ‘undermine democracy’ in Nicaragua.

Sports Illustrated

A High School Football Coach, His Covenant and the Separation of Church and State

The Supreme Court is expected to side with a public school football coach who prayed on the field. Many fear the decision will erode a bedrock of American democracy.

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