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Kamala Harris to call for urgent action on AI threat to democracy and privacy

US vice-president to say short-term problems with technology as pressing as existential ones, before UK summit

The Guardian - UK

GOP ready to exploit their own "crisis"

The GOP's speaker debacle has resulted in the most radical leader of the House of Representatives in history

Salon

Kerala Piravi: Governor, Chief Minister and Leader of Opposition extend wishes to people of State and Malayalis across the world

Kerala celebrates Kerala Piravi. Governor, Chief Minister, Opposition Leader extend wishes, urge unity to take State to new heights and safeguard its status as beacon of democracy and secularism.

The Hindu

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Kamala Harris Looks Ahead To 2024 Election, Focused On Biden’s Reelection

Vice President Harris discusses immigration, Biden's age, and the importance of democracy.

Zenger

Yang Hengjun’s family urges Albanese to negotiate with China for jailed Australian writer’s release

Democracy activist ‘hasn’t enjoyed any direct sunlight for over four years’ and his children fear their father risks being left to die in a Chinese prison

The Guardian - AU

Young, female voters were the key to defeating populists in Poland's election – providing a blueprint to reverse democracy's decline

The results of Poland’s parliamentary elections held on Oct. 15, 2023, have been lauded as a blow against populism – and they may also hold important lessons for reversing democracy’s decline.

The Conversation

BJP is mutilating the world’s largest democracy in India, alleges T.N. CM Stalin

CM Stalin alleges PM Modi has deprived States of their rights, seeks to establish unitary leadership & PM with unitary powers. He urges Centre to accept Rajamannar Committee's recommendations to ensure State autonomy & federal govt at Centre. People should vote for I.N.D.I.A. bloc to protect States & India.

The Hindu

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Worrying shift in Australian attitudes to democracy

New research from a leading university has uncovered shifting attitudes towards democracy among Australians.

AAP

Oliver Hartwich: Reclaiming democracy in Poland

Poland’s opposition also won the election, even though it is taking a long time to change the government. But that change, when it finally happens, will be a change for the better, writes Dr Oliver Hartwich

Newsroom.co.nz

Geopolitical chess game: Why India has no interest in serving as a western pawn

Canada’s deepening divide with India following its accusation that the Indian government was responsible for the murder of Canadian citizen Hardeep Singh Nijjar has revealed a cynical truth: the West’s interest in democracy and rules-based international order is largely empty rhetoric.

The Conversation

Readers reply: which electoral system is the fairest?

The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts

The Guardian - UK

From right to buy to housing crisis: how home ownership killed Britain’s property dream

Margaret Thatcher’s ‘property-owning democracy’ project drove a mass sell-off of social housing. After more than 40 years of soaring prices and growing inequality, is it time to change course?

The Guardian - UK

Chinta warns Jagan govt. against ‘tampering with’ education sector

Chinta Mohan warns YSR govt. against tampering with education sector. He claims democracy is in crisis in AP & condemns govt.'s liquor policy. He accuses YSRCP of vendetta politics & demands release of N. Chandrababu Naidu. He says Congress image is improving & predicts regional party alliance with Congress will…

The Hindu

How a South Dakota priest inspired 125 years of direct democracy — and the fight to preserve it

Thanks to a rabble-rousing, socialist priest, it’s a milestone year for direct democracy in the U.S. The practice of citizen-originated ballot measures began 125 years ago when South Dakota became the first state to have them

The Independent UK

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Al Jazeera

Q&A: NUG’s first Rohingya minister says Myanmar in ‘unified revolution’

Aung Kyaw Moe says the civilian government working to remove the military has a vision of a more inclusive Myanmar.

The Conversation

'I see no happy ending' − a former national security leader on the Gaza hostage situation

Hamas took more than 200 people hostage during its deadly rampage in Israeli border towns on Oct. 7, 2023. Among the hostages are children and the elderly. While four of them have been released, the fate of the rest is unknown, as Qatar serves as an intermediary in working to…

The Guardian - US

Mike Johnson helped Trump on January 6 - now he’s a threat to democracy

Louisiana congressman known as ‘Maga Mike’, elected House speaker Wednesday, is staunch Trump supporter and election denier

The Conversation

Christian leaders in Ghana are trying to reshape government – it may not end well

Ghana is constitutionally a secular state. This means religious liberty is guaranteed, and all citizens are free to believe and manifest any religious faith. No political parties are allowed to base their appeal on religion.

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SNP president to give lecture highlighting ‘severe threat to democracy’ in Scotland

SNP PRESIDENT Michael Russell is to highlight a “severe threat to democracy” in Scotland in Glasgow University's 2023 Thomas Muir Lecture.

Salon

Emmer in, out: MAGA cult's death spiral

For Trump loyalists, the possibility of total government collapse is basically a positive

Al Jazeera

Hong Kong to introduce own national security law in 2024

The move follows Beijing’s move to impose a national security law following the 2019 mass protests for democracy.

WEKU

More Americans say they support political violence ahead of the 2024 election

Nearly a quarter of Americans believe that "patriots may need to resort to violence to save the country" while an overwhelming majority think democracy is at risk in a new PRRI survey.

The Conversation

The thorny issue of 'race' in South African politics: why it endures almost 30 years after apartheid ended

“Race” continues to have much political salience in South Africa, a country where, in the past, perceived differences of skin colour were used to construct a hierarchy of “races”, with whites at the top, to justify their political economic domination.

The Hindu

PDP leaders detained, not allowed to protest in solidarity with Palestine: Iltija Mufti

PDP accuses J&K L-G's administration of denying permission to protest civilian deaths in Palestine, detaining party leaders. 1,500 children killed in Israeli attacks, phosphorous bombs used against civilians. PDP selectively targeted, leaders forced to quit. India's largest democracy denying right to raise issues of people.

Salon

The perfect recipe for fascism

Professor Gavriel D. Rosenfeld on the toxic stew of tax cuts to rich people while placating racist scapegoating

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