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Israel-Palestine conflict divides South African politicians – what their responses reveal about historical alliances

Hamas’ brazen and deadly attack on Israel on October 7 elicited varied responses within the South African political scene. These diverse reactions reflect the long history, since before democracy in 1994, of South African engagement with the Israel-Palestinian conflict. The conflict holds symbolic significance for many in the country.

The Conversation

Protester on stage disrupts Keir Starmer speech to Labour conference

Man sprinkles Labour leader with glitter, shouting ‘true democracy is citizen-led’ before being hauled off

The Guardian - UK

Economic Freedom Fighters became South Africa's third largest political party in just 10 years. What's behind its electoral success

South Africa is drawing nearer to a landmark national general election in 2024. Based on recent electoral trends and opinion polls, the governing African National Congress (ANC) is expected to drop below 50% of the national vote for the first time since democracy in 1994.

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NewsClick FIR: Group accused of ‘sabotaging’ 2019 electoral process merely issued a letter?

In March 2019, a group of people signed a letter urging opposition parties to unite ahead of the general election that year and “undo the most insidious actions of the Modi regime”.

Newslaundry

Who are People Demand Democracy? The group that stormed Keir Starmer speech

A UK-based protest group introduced themselves to the public this afternoon by aggressively handling Keir Starmer during an address to the Labour…

The National (Scotland)

"The old Right has left the building"

Power expert explains how MAGA is "consciously manipulated" by "a fear and loathing of liberals"

Salon

‘Our time will come’: Thai leader prevented from becoming PM hails dawn of a new era

Pita Limjaroenrat says time is on the side of his youthful Move Forward party that took on the establishment and shook up Thailand’s ‘half-baked democracy’

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‘People want change but fear the guns’: Fighting for democracy in Eswatini

Activists criticise ‘sham’ parliamentary elections in the Southern African monarchy, where political parties are banned.

Al Jazeera

Top Republican urges party to end ‘civil war’ and elect House speaker this week

Texas congressman Mike McCaul calls on House to unify and ‘move quickly’ because ‘we cannot paralyze democracy’

The Guardian - US

It's vital, not dangerous, to question democracy, Mr Seymour

Rawiri Waititi's comments about the ‘tyranny of the majority’ was recognition that simply adding up votes and handing control to the group who gets the most is indeed dangerous, argues Rob Campbell

Newsroom.co.nz

Democracy Awakening review: Heather Cox Richardson’s necessary US history

The Boston College professor offers a valuable primer on Republican extremism – but also progressive achievement

The Guardian - US

Nobel peace prize 2023: award for Iranian women's rights protester highlights fight against declining democracy around the world

One hundred days after Iranians first protested the killing of 22-year-old Kurdish woman, Mahsa Amini for wearing her hijab incorrectly, Narges Mohammadi sat down in her prison cell to write a letter to the country’s women. She promised: “We shall not back down until the moment of victory, meaning the…

The Conversation

‘An end of American democracy’: Heather Cox Richardson on Trump’s historic threat

The historian and Substack superstar says the US is in peril not seen since the civil war – and Joe Biden is its best defender

The Guardian - US

Robert Fyson obituary

Other lives: History lecturer and Liberal party politician who wrote a book on democracy in the Isle of Man

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Salon

One nation on two divergent paths

Joe Biden and Donald Trump offer two very different lessons about America

Zenger

Historian Questions Outrage Over Trump’s Private Remarks On Veterans

Victor Davis Hanson challenges former aides' sudden objections and highlights potential damage to democracy

The Independent UK

AP, theGrio join forces on race and democracy panel discussion, as 2024 election nears

The Associated Press and theGrio have come together for a candid conversation about issues facing Black Americans ahead of the 2024 election and amid high levels of polarization

The Hindu

Letters to The Editor — October 5, 2023

Readers’ mail to The Hindu’s Letters to The Editor

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The Independent UK

MSNBC host Ali Velshi's 'Small Acts of Courage' will be published next spring

MSNBC host Ali Velshi is drawing upon the personal past for an upcoming book about democracy

The Conversation

How Europe’s authoritarian populists maintain the illusion of a free press

Authoritarian leaders might be good at damaging democracy, but unless they are pure dictators they often still need to worry about winning elections. In the last few years, Europe has seen the rise of a number of authoritarian populists who rely on winning mass support among ordinary people – as…

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The Voice Referendum: How To Find Out If You Qualify To Vote Early And Where You Can Do It

Over 2 million people have already voted in the Voice to Parliament referendum according to the Australian Electoral Commission.

The Hindu

Black day for Indian democracy: TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee after release from police detention

TMC's Abhishek Banerjee decries "black day for Indian democracy" as police detain him and other party leaders after sit-in at Union Rural Development Ministry. He accuses BJP of snatching rights of people of Bengal and Delhi Police of manhandling elected representatives. TMC to march to Raj Bhavan on Oct 5…

The Hindu

PM Modi says he rejected KCR request to join NDA

PM Modi reveals K. Chandrasekhar Rao sought BJP's support after GHMC polls. He declined to "cheat people of Telangana" and asked KCR about corruption. KCR wanted to handover power to son, but Modi said this is democracy, not a kingship.

The Times of India

Abhishek Banerjee blasts Delhi police action at Rajghat

KOLKATA/NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Monday questioned the BJP's idea of "democracy" after Delhi cops broke up his press conference at Rajghat and gave his party's protesters five minutes to disperse after a two-hour dharna.

The Guardian - US

Abortion, guns, democracy: US rights at stake as supreme court term begins

As rightwing supermajority starts third term, legal experts ask how far it will go in reconfiguring the legal landscape of US

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