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Ex-general Prabowo To Take Office As Indonesia President

Prabowo Subianto will be sworn in Sunday as president of the world's third-largest democracy, Indonesia, with the wealthy ex-general accused of rights abuses taking over eight months after a landslide election win.

International Business Times

‘That’s a good thing for democracy’: Is gambling making politics fun?

Is election betting good fun, civic engagement, or a threat to democracy itself? asks Josh Marcus

The Independent UK

How democracy nearly collapsed — in 1914

Once upon a time, a charismatic demagogue threatened civil war, while elected liberals flailed around helplessly

Salon

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A sense of community and democracy diminished as pre-poll votes sizzle

The way we participate in democracy has changed.

The Canberra Times

Journal of Free Speech Law: "The Fate of American Democracy Depends on Free Speech," by Suzanne Nossel

A new article from the Daedalus (Journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences) Future of Free Speech Symposium.

Reason

Germany Honors Biden For Strengthening Trans-Atlantic Relations

Germany honors President Biden for strengthening trans-Atlantic relations. Biden emphasizes support for Ukraine and the importance of democracy and alliances.

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The electoral college has become a gun held to the head of US democracy

Created as a constitutional afterthought, the system now holds millions of voters hostage to a handful of counties

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JD's Big Lie is even more fascist

Trump's conspiracy theory was vague and self-centered, but Vance's version is about justifying a radical ideology

Salon

Who is Tundu Lissu? Tanzania’s opposition leader is fighting for change in the face of fresh attacks on political freedoms

Tundu Lissu has become the face of opposition in Tanzania following his defiant and unrelenting criticism of the government. Since he came into the national limelight in 1995 when running for a parliamentary seat, Lissu has been a champion of democracy and human rights. He has taken on the ruling…

The Conversation

Who is Prabowo Subianto, the former general who becomes Indonesia’s new president?

A wealthy former general with ties to both Indonesia's popular outgoing president and the country's dictatorial past will be inaugurated Sunday as the nation's new leader

The Independent UK

UK wealth gap surges by nearly 50% in under a decade, research finds

Exclusive: Sir Keir Starmer urged to end ‘moral outrage’ of inequality as charity warns UK wealth gap now only second to US among OECD countries

The Independent UK

1 In 4 Trump Supporters Believe He Should 'Do Whatever It Takes to Assume Office' If He Loses Election: Poll

As the 2024 election nears, Americans express deep divisions on key issues, with inflation and the state of democracy significantly influencing preferences.

International Business Times

Labour’s depressing bid to gag its own MPs

Letters: Labour’s warning to its MPs against tabling amendments to government bills will harm democracy, thinks Victor Anderson. William Wallace fears party whips want to stifle reasoned debate

The Guardian - UK

A Quarter of Republican Trump Supporters Believe He Should 'Do Whatever it Takes to Assume Office if He Loses the Elections": Poll

As the 2024 election nears, Americans express deep divisions on key issues, with inflation and the state of democracy significantly influencing preferences.

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Poland’s Tusk says future of liberal democracy across EU hinges on tougher migration policy

PM dismisses criticism that a plan to temporarily stop accepting asylum applications violates human rights

The Independent UK

China's leader makes rare visit to province facing Taiwan following major war exercises

China’s President Xi Jinping has made a rare visit to a province facing Taiwan, following military exercises mobilizing China’s navy, air force, missile force and land troops to simulate a blockade of the self-governing island democracy that Beijing claims as its own territory and threatens to annex by force

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Bernie Sanders Criticizes Trump For Undermining Democracy

Senator Bernie Sanders voices concern over Trump's threats to democracy and emphasizes the importance of upholding democratic values in the US.

The Conversation

Jokowi was once seen as Indonesia’s ‘new hope’. Instead, he leaves a legacy of democratic backsliding

As Indonesia’s president Joko Widodo (Jokowi) prepares to leave office, Indonesia is still routinely lauded as one of Asia’s most important democracies. Jokowi was first elected, in 2014, on the promise of breaking with the old Jakarta elite and making government more responsive to ordinary people.

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The Conversation

‘Suicide for democracy.’ What is ‘bothsidesism’ – and how is it different from journalistic objectivity?

“Bothsidesism” is a term of disparagement against a form of journalism that presents “both sides” of an issue without any regard for their relative evidentiary merits.

Salon

No one uses electoral college except US

US only democracy in the world where a presidential candidate can get the most popular votes and still lose

GamesRadar

Helldivers 2's massive 63-day overhaul patch is here, bringing an end to a rebalance of "over 70 weapons and Stratagems" while also making certain Terminids explode, for some reason

Now get out there and deliver managed democracy

The Conversation

This year’s Nobel prize in economics awarded to team that examined what makes some countries rich and others poor

The 2024 Nobel Prize in Economics has been awarded to three US-based economists who examined the advantages of democracy and the rule of law, and why they are strong in some countries and not others.

The Conversation

No, the Liberal Party does not have a history of upholding the right to protest in Australia - just look back to the Vietnam War

More than a year after the eruption of conflict between Hamas and Israel, the escalating war in the Middle East is roiling Australian society and politics.

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Former President Trump Suggests Using Military Against 'Enemy From Within'

Former President Trump's controversial remarks on using military against 'radical left lunatics' raise concerns about democracy in the US.

The Conversation

US elections: here’s what’s at stake for Europe, in 3 key areas

Many pundits are claiming that the 2024 contest will be the most important US election since 1860. Most Europeans would also agree. At stake is not just the future of democracy in America, but arguably the future of the post-World War II international order.

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