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Sudan’s Burhan Lifts State of Emergency from Coup

Sudan’s leading general lifted a state of emergency Sunday that was imposed in the country following the October coup he led. The decision by Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, head of Sudan’s ruling sovereign council, came hours after the Security and Defense Council, Sudan’s highest body that decides on security matters, recommended…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Negative views of Russia mainly limited to western liberal democracies, poll shows

Annual global survey of attitudes to democracy finds many countries maintain positive views of Russia

The Guardian - UK

Garland warns of threats to US democracy in Harvard speech

Attorney General Merrick Garland warned of threats to U.S. democracy, citing violence including the 2021 riot at the Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump, rollbacks in voting rights and possible legislative efforts to overturn the outcome of elections.

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O (You Aren’t Fleeing to) Canada

With democracy in danger, some liberals want to run away.

Chicago Sun-Times

UN Envoy Decries Sudan Violence after 2 Killed in Protests

The UN envoy for Sudan on Sunday decried the killing of two people in a violent crackdown against pro-democracy protesters who once against took to the streets of the capital to denounce an October military coup. Hundreds of people marched Saturday in Khartoum, where security forces violently dispersed the crowds…

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN envoy decries Sudan violence after 2 killed in protests

The U.N. envoy for Sudan has decried the killing of two people in a violent crackdown against pro-democracy protesters

The Independent UK

Labour call Boris Johnson a ‘tinpot despot’ and push for vote on ministerial code changes

Labour accuses ‘tinpot despot’ prime minister of ‘watering down standards and integrity’

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Anthony Albanese’s choice of Speaker will be key to transforming our testosterone-fuelled parliament

There is speculation the prime minister might choose a truly independent umpire, with Andrew Wilkie’s name mentioned

The Guardian - AU

Memorial Day: A time to honor fallen heroes and pledge to defend democracy

On the battlefield, soldiers pride themselves on leaving no fellow soldier behind. Let us, as a nation, vow to leave the rights of no citizen behind.

Chicago Sun-Times

Not a sausage on the road to democracy

No sizzle in the drizzle, I grizzled. What's happening to this country?

Newcastle Herald

Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua condemn exclusion from U.S. summit

A bloc of leftist countries meeting in Havana on Friday condemned the exclusion of certain nations from next month's Summit of the Americas, after the United States said that it only wanted the leaders of governments that respect democracy to attend.

Reuters

Doing no justice to a vision of democracy

The existing economic system pursued by the political parties is antagonistic to the model envisioned by B.R. Ambedkar

The Hindu

Editorial: Trump mused about hanging Pence. Voters mustn't let GOP candidates ignore that

Reports that then-President Donald Trump reacted favorably as the Capitol mob chanted “Hang Mike Pence” on Jan. 6, 2021, is a fresh reminder that Trump is, at his core, an aspiring anti-democracy strongman — one who still has a realistic prospect of winning the 2024 GOP presidential nomination. For years…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Commentary: White replacement theory is fascism’s new name

Since Anders Breivik killed 77 people in Norway in 2011, mass murders in the name of white replacement theory (WRT) have become prevalent. Many of these killers, including Breivik; Brenton Tarrant, the Christchurch shooter; and Payton Gendron, the suspect in the massacre in Buffalo, New York, are self-identified as fascists.

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America needs a national conversation on race

The rise in racial hate crimes, white nationalism and voter suppression will pave our way out of democracy if we can’t achieve some consensus on race and racism

Evening Standard

Catherine West MP: I asked Boris Johnson directly about partygate – I’ve never believed his responses

When the Partygate saga first broke, with the footage of Allegra Stratton joking at the mock press conference, the Westminster rumour-mill went into overdrive. For weeks leading up Prime Minister’s Questions on the 8th of December there were growing mutterings of other parties and gatherings at the heart of our…

Salon

After Buffalo, Trump threatens civil war

As the Trump movement builds toward violent conquest, mainstream media keeps pretending it's all a game

The Independent UK

Marcos Jr proclaimed next Philippine president with huge win

Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has been proclaimed the next president of the Philippines by a joint session of Congress following a landslide electoral triumph 36 years after his dictator father was ousted in a pro-democracy uprising

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US threatens sanctions on Sudanese blocking democracy return

The United States is urging rapid progress from military to civilian rule in Sudan and threatening sanctions on anyone impeding the country’s transition to democracy

Bangkok Post

Club karaoke a step too far

Despite our half-baked democracy characterised by a series of coups and street protests, our parliament building should be the subject of our pride -- a pantheon of democracy.

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on public order: criminalising protest is bad for democracy

Editorial: Boris Johnson criticises repressive laws in dictatorships but is emulating them at home

Salon

Eric Holder: Justice is coming for Trump

Obama's first attorney general on the lessons of history, the fight for racial justice and the payback for Jan. 6

France 24

The lessons learned after three months of war in Ukraine

IN THE PAPERS – Tuesday, 24.05.2022: Military analysts weigh in on the major takeaways from Russia's now three-month-old war in Ukraine. We also discuss the results of a major probe on sexual abuse in the Southern Baptist Church across the United States. Finally, what does democracy look like among crows?…

Salon

Bernie declares "war" on AIPAC super PAC

"They are doing everything they can to destroy the progressive movement in this country," Sanders warns

Salon

Reich: GOP billions fund radical agenda

Peter Thiel once wrote, "I no longer believe that freedom and democracy are compatible." He's sure acting like it

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