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K Sello Duiker, a rock star of South African literature, died 20 years ago. How his work lives on

K. Sello Duiker was regarded as a “rock star” of South African literature. He was one of a group of budding black South African novelists of the late 1990s and early 2000s who emerged with democracy in 1994. They stirred up the country’s literary scene with their irreverent take on…

The Conversation

‘Has the world gone mad? It has’: foreign reporters share a view of Trump from abroad

Journalists from countries that have seen challenges to democracy give their view on the second Trump presidency

The Guardian - US

US rejects Venezuelan President Maduro's reelection, but keeps financial lifeline for his government

In 2022, the White House granted Venezuela a financial lifeline “to support the restoration of democracy” after President Nicolás Maduro promised to work toward an open presidential election, granting U.S. energy giant Chevron a permit to pump and export Venezuelan oil despite sanctions

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Thousands Gather In Israel As Nation Awaits Hostage Return

Thousands gather in Israel for hostages' return amid calls for peace and democracy. Protesters demand release of captives held in Gaza and a comprehensive ...

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What is an oligarchy, and is the United States poised to become one?

In his farewell address, outgoing US President Joe Biden warned “an oligarchy is taking shape in America of extreme wealth, power and influence that literally threatens our entire democracy”.

The Conversation

How constitutional guardrails have always contained presidential ambitions

As Donald Trump’s second inauguration fast approaches, concerns he threatens American democracy are rising yet again. Some warnings have cited Trump’s authoritarian rhetoric, willingness to undermine or malign institutions meant to constrain any president, and a combative style that strives to stretch executive power as far as possible.

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Are the young really so down on democracy?

Letters: The trend for young people to express support for ‘strongmen’ dictators is alarming but seems to be waning, writes Dr Craig Reeves, while Derrick Joad says democracy has failed them and Jane Ghosh is glad she won’t be around for a 1930s rerun

International Business Times

Oligarchs Already Own Much Of US - Can They Buy Democracy?

They increasingly own everything from access to space to how we get news on Earth and now outgoing President Joe Biden warns America's new breed of Donald Trump-allied oligarchs could gobble up US democracy itself.

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Biden’s farewell warning to America; strikes on Gaza ahead of ceasefire; and curing a fear of flying

In final public address of his presidency, Biden says growing power of ultra-wealthy threatens US democracy

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Former detained journalist Greste goes on hunger strike

The extension of a prison sentence of a democracy activist in Egypt is prompting a hunger strike to draw attention to the injustice of his case.

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Biden warns of dangerous threat of new age of ‘robber barons’ in farewell presidential address

Biden attacks ‘tech industrial complex’ as he closes a half-century in public life with Oval Office speech

The Guardian - AU

I owe Alaa Abd el-Fattah my life, which is why I am going on a hunger strike to help free him

If anybody represents the very British values of democracy, respect for human rights, justice and due process, it is the Egyptian activist

Salon

"Small acts of resistance and defiance"

A conversation with Virginia Kase Solomón, president and CEO of Common Cause, ahead of Donald Trump's inauguration

The Independent UK

‘Frankly sick’: Conservatives fume over release of Jack Smith report on Trump’s 2020 election plot

Republicans rubbish special counsel’s findings on president-elect’s attempt to overthrow democracy as ‘not a big deal’, labelling it instead ‘a one-sided, prosecutor’s version of reality’

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Why Canada needs to embrace innovations in democracy

According to a recent poll conducted by Ipsos for Global News, Canadians’ top priorities are the cost of living, health care, and housing availability and affordability.

The Conversation

What one university’s 30-year transformation reveals about Afrikaans and language planning in South Africa

When South Africa became a democracy in 1994, five of the country’s universities used Afrikaans as a medium of instruction. There were also two bilingual universities teaching in Afrikaans and English.

The Guardian - UK

Big tech is picking apart European democracy, but there is a solution: switch off its algorithms

The latest actions of Musk and Zuckerberg are a sign of things to come, but the EU already has the power to give people back control, says Johnny Ryan, director of Enforce, a unit of the Irish Council for Civil Liberties

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