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Iran: unions and civil rights groups demand democracy and social justice

Forty-four years after Iranians rose up against their hated monarch in February 1979, a group of 20 organisations engaged in long-term social and economic struggles – including labour unions, teachers, women’s groups and youth and student movements – issued an ultimatum to the government of the Islamic Republic.

The Conversation

Thailand improves but still ‘not free’

Thailand has improved slightly in an annual assessment by Freedom House but remains “not free” overall, the US democracy research group said on Thursday.

Bangkok Post

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Global declines in democracy may be slowing, Freedom House says in a new report

The report, "Freedom in the World 2023," finds that the gap between the number of countries where freedom has improved and where it has declined is at its narrowest in 17 years.

WEKU

Tunisia's Saied to dissolve municipal councils ahead of local elections

Tunisian President Kais Saied said late on Wednesday he will dissolve municipal councils months before they were due to be elected, further dismantling the systems of government developed after the 2011 revolution that brought democracy.

France 24

Trump's revenge tour: Republicans beware

The former president vows to go on a tour of retribution. Who will he hit first?

Salon

Prominent Hong Kong union leader arrested after prison visit -source

Hong Kong police on Thursday arrested veteran union leader Elizabeth Tang after she visited her pro-democracy activist husband who is jailed at a high security prison, according to a source close to the couple and domestic media.

Reuters

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Trudy Rubin: Netanyahu's attack on Israel's judiciary also impacts the United States

It is quite stunning to watch the elected leader of a democracy drag his country toward authoritarianism and a civil war — and all for egotistical reasons.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Tunisian President to Dissolve Municipal Councils Months before Local Elections

Asharq Al-Awsat

Democracy's global decline hits "possible turning point," report finds

A 17th straight year of decline, but reasons for optimism.

Axios

Anderson Cooper says Tucker Carlson would have been ‘wetting his pants’ if he was in Capitol riot mob

Cooper said Carlson was trying to ‘rewrite history’ about one of the ‘biggest threats to American democracy’

The Independent UK

Why the 2024 election cycle could result in more threats to US democracy

“I am your warrior. I am your justice. And for those who have been wronged and betrayed: I am your retribution.” These were the words of former US president Donald Trump during an address to the annual Conservative Political Action Conference on March 4. In a speech laced with threats…

The Conversation

What MTG's "safe space" would look like

When Marjorie Taylor Greene talks of a "safe space" of civil war she is making an existential threat to the nation

Salon

Media warnings are too little, too late

The media's belated coverage of the GOP's anti-democracy attacks will never catch up

Salon

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Trudeau orders probe into alleged election meddling by China

PM Trudeau and Canadian security officials have acknowledged interference attempts by China in Canada’s elections.

Foreign Policy

U.S. Hailed Nigeria Election Results While Election Observers Cried Foul

When and how Washington congratulates foreign leaders on contentious election victories matters.

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Tunisia’s one-man show: bad for the country and its people

Editorial: A democracy would get the bailout the country needs. A dictatorship will find getting the money much harder

The Independent UK

After World Cup win, Argentina has eyes set on an Oscar too

Less than three months after Argentina won its third soccer World Cup trophy in Qatar, there is growing excitement about the possibility that the country could take home another major prize – an Academy Award

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The Conversation

Americans remain hopeful about democracy despite fears of its demise – and are acting on that hope

President Joe Biden will convene world leaders beginning on March 29, 2023, to discuss the state of democracies around the world.

Salon

How to survive the culture wars

Author Justin Gest on why Americans need to start communicating with one another again

Axios

Biden commemorates "Bloody Sunday" in Selma by pushing voting rights reform

"Selma is a reckoning. The right to vote and to have your vote counted is the threshold of democracy and liberty," the president said Sunday.

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on local journalism’s decline: bad news for democracy

Editorial: The lack of reliable information not only weakens communities, but allows disinformation to flourish

Bangkok Post

The perils of populism

The upcoming election isn't only inducing the spirit of democracy as well as sheer excitement over the pending political dramas and rivalries. It is also taking us back to populism -- a political approach that tries to win over the hearts of ordinary people who feel their concerns have been…

Salon

Biden backs GOP effort on justice reform

Biden is backing a Republican effort to block D.C. lawmakers from setting their own criminal justice laws

The Conversation

Mexico protests: fears for democracy prompt mass demonstrations

Electoral reforms proposed by the Mexican government have sparked huge protests across the country. Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets in more than 100 towns and cities in opposition to legislation passed by the government of Andrés Manuel López Obrador. The reform will slash funding to the…

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