#democraticbacksliding — Public Fediverse posts
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When a citizen points to their country's constitution as evidence that their government's actions are unlawful, that apparently renders the citizen a foreign agent. The message should be clear to all those even considering lending the country the benefit of the doubt: "Freedom has no place in Russia!" (https://reason.com/2026/07/22/russia-labels-libertarian-party-a-foreign-agent-effectively-ending-its-political-activity/)
#Russia #freeSpeech #VladimirPutin #authoritarianism #democraticBacksliding #anarchism #liberalism #libertarianism -
When a citizen points to their country's constitution as evidence that their government's actions are unlawful, that apparently renders the citizen a foreign agent. The message should be clear to all those even considering lending the country the benefit of the doubt: "Freedom has no place in Russia!" (https://reason.com/2026/07/22/russia-labels-libertarian-party-a-foreign-agent-effectively-ending-its-political-activity/)
#Russia #freeSpeech #VladimirPutin #authoritarianism #democraticBacksliding #anarchism #liberalism #libertarianism -
When a citizen points to their country's constitution as evidence that their government's actions are unlawful, that apparently renders the citizen a foreign agent. The message should be clear to all those even considering lending the country the benefit of the doubt: "Freedom has no place in Russia!" (https://reason.com/2026/07/22/russia-labels-libertarian-party-a-foreign-agent-effectively-ending-its-political-activity/)
#Russia #freeSpeech #VladimirPutin #authoritarianism #democraticBacksliding #anarchism #liberalism #libertarianism -
When a citizen points to their country's constitution as evidence that their government's actions are unlawful, that apparently renders the citizen a foreign agent. The message should be clear to all those even considering lending the country the benefit of the doubt: "Freedom has no place in Russia!" (https://reason.com/2026/07/22/russia-labels-libertarian-party-a-foreign-agent-effectively-ending-its-political-activity/)
#Russia #freeSpeech #VladimirPutin #authoritarianism #democraticBacksliding #anarchism #liberalism #libertarianism -
Per #MadeleineRogers [1], the abuse of procedures like fast-tracking is a component of #DemocraticBacksliding that is "buried in confusing complexities that are difficult for non-experts to disentangle,... outside of the attention of the general public". Rogers gives an analysis + specific suggestions [1] of how to improve #DemocraticResilience [2] before it's too late. Not easy because of the complexity, but doable.
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_resilience#Parliamentary_procedure
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Per #MadeleineRogers [1], the abuse of procedures like fast-tracking is a component of #DemocraticBacksliding that is "buried in confusing complexities that are difficult for non-experts to disentangle,... outside of the attention of the general public". Rogers gives an analysis + specific suggestions [1] of how to improve #DemocraticResilience [2] before it's too late. Not easy because of the complexity, but doable.
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_resilience#Parliamentary_procedure
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Per #MadeleineRogers [1], the abuse of procedures like fast-tracking is a component of #DemocraticBacksliding that is "buried in confusing complexities that are difficult for non-experts to disentangle,... outside of the attention of the general public". Rogers gives an analysis + specific suggestions [1] of how to improve #DemocraticResilience [2] before it's too late. Not easy because of the complexity, but doable.
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_resilience#Parliamentary_procedure
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Per #MadeleineRogers [1], the abuse of procedures like fast-tracking is a component of #DemocraticBacksliding that is "buried in confusing complexities that are difficult for non-experts to disentangle,... outside of the attention of the general public". Rogers gives an analysis + specific suggestions [1] of how to improve #DemocraticResilience [2] before it's too late. Not easy because of the complexity, but doable.
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_resilience#Parliamentary_procedure
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Per #MadeleineRogers [1], the abuse of procedures like fast-tracking is a component of #DemocraticBacksliding that is "buried in confusing complexities that are difficult for non-experts to disentangle,... outside of the attention of the general public". Rogers gives an analysis + specific suggestions [1] of how to improve #DemocraticResilience [2] before it's too late. Not easy because of the complexity, but doable.
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_resilience#Parliamentary_procedure
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Backsliding by Procedure: Lessons from Israel and the Role of Courts
—Gonen Ilan, PhD Candidate in Law, Bar-Ilan University; General Secretary of the Israeli Chapter of ICON-S, focuses on…
#Israel #News #democraticbacksliding #Israeliconstitutionallaw #judicialindependence
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https://www.europesays.com/iran/190752/ Backsliding by Procedure: Lessons from Israel and the Role of Courts #DemocraticBacksliding #Israel #IsraeliConstitutionalLaw #JudicialIndependence
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Redefining EU membership: from enlargement to belonging
Recent contributions to this series have shown how enlargement has returned to the centre of European geopolitics. Vera Tika argues…
#Politics #Albania #democraticbacksliding #differentiatedintegration #differentiatedmembership #easternenlargement #EmmanuelMacron #EUaccession #EUEnlargementDilemmas #EuropeanPoliticalCommunity #friedrichmerz #geopolitics #Moldova #UkraineWar #WesternBalkans
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Redefining EU membership: from enlargement to belonging https://www.byteseu.com/2117942/ #Albania #DemocraticBacksliding #DifferentiatedIntegration #DifferentiatedMembership #EasternEnlargement #EmmanuelMacron #EUAccession #EUEnlargementDilemmas #EuropeanPoliticalCommunity #FriedrichMerz #Geopolitics #Moldova #UkraineWar #WesternBalkans
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Redefining EU membership: from enlargement to belonging
Recent contributions to this series have shown how enlargement has returned to the centre of European geopolitics. Vera Tika…
#Europe #EU #Albania #DemocraticBacksliding #differentiatedintegration #differentiatedmembership #easternenlargement #EmmanuelMacron #EUaccession #EUEnlargementDilemmas #EuropeanPoliticalCommunity #EuropeanUnion #FriedrichMerz #geopolitics #Moldova #Ukrainewar #WesternBalkans
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EU Heavyweights Push Enlargement Reform to Prevent Another ‘Orbán Scenario’
A joint proposal by Germany, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg advocates stronger safegua…
#Hungary #HU #Europe #Europa #EU #accession #Article7 #democraticbacksliding #enlargement #EUtreaties #euronews #EuropeanCommission #EuropeanUnion #fundamentalvalues #hír #hungary #Hungarynews #Magyarország #nuclearoption #proposal #reform #RuleofLaw #Safeguards #veto #ViktorOrbán
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EU Heavyweights Push Enlargement Reform to Prevent Another ‘Orbán Scenario’
A joint proposal by Germany, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg advocates stronger safeguards enabling the European Union…
#Europe #EU #accession #Article7 #DemocraticBacksliding #Enlargement #EUtreaties #Euronews #EuropeanCommission #EuropeanUnion #fundamentalvalues #Hungary #Hungarynews #nuclearoption #proposal #reform #RuleofLaw #safeguards #veto #ViktorOrbán
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https://www.europesays.com/people/109762/ EU Heavyweights Push Enlargement Reform to Prevent Another ‘Orbán Scenario’ #accession #Article7 #DemocraticBacksliding #Enlargement #EUTreaties #Euronews #EuropeanCommission #EuropeanUnion #FundamentalValues #Hungary #HungaryNews #NuclearOption #proposal #Reform #RuleOfLaw #safeguards #veto #ViktorOrbán
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Turkey: Erdoğan moves to bury the opposition
The defeat of Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán sent a clear warnin…
#Hungary #HU #Europe #Europa #EU #authoritarianism #civicspace #civilsociety #competitiveauthoritarianism #democraticbacksliding #EkremImamoglu #elections #electoralcompetition #hír #hungary #judicialindependence #judiciary #Magyarország #Opposition #ÖZGÜRÖZEL #Politics #RecepTayyipErdogan #Repression #RepublicanPeople'sParty #Turkey #WestAsia
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Turkey: Erdoğan moves to bury the opposition https://www.byteseu.com/2081571/ #Authoritarianism #CivicSpace #CivilSociety #CompetitiveAuthoritarianism #DemocraticBacksliding #Ekremİmamoğlu #Elections #ElectoralCompetition #Hungary #JudicialIndependence #Judiciary #opposition #OzgurOzel #Politics #RecepTayyipErdoğan #repression #RepublicanPeoplesParty #Turkey #WestAsia
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https://www.europesays.com/people/102233/ Turkey: Erdoğan moves to bury the opposition #authoritarianism #CivicSpace #CivilSociety #CompetitiveAuthoritarianism #DemocraticBacksliding #EkremImamoglu #Elections #ElectoralCompetition #Hungary #JudicialIndependence #Judiciary #opposition #OzgurOzel #Politics #RecepTayyipErdoğan #repression #RepublicanPeople’sParty #Turkey #WestAsia
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Bulldozer (In)Justice in India: Encountering Demolition and Dispossession
https://onceinabluemoon2021.in/2026/05/30/bulldozer-injustice-in-india-encountering-demolition-and-dispossession/
#BulldozerJustice, #Hindutva, #Ethnocracy, #ImpunityLoop, #WaqfAmendmentAct, #MuslimDispossession, #DemocraticBacksliding, #Domicide, #IndiaHumanRights, #ForcedEvictions, #JCBAccountability, #CorporateComplicity, #ManufacturedIslamophobia, #GenderedViolence, #IndiaIsraelParallel, #BabriMasjid, #BJPIndia, #HumanRights, #Fediverse, #OpenAccess, #ActivistScholarship, #OnceinaBlueMoonAcademia, -
https://www.europesays.com/people/64140/ Peter Magyar demands President Tamás Shujoki resign by May 31 | Ukraine news #DemocraticBacksliding #HungaryPolitics #May31Deadline #News #PeterMagyar #PeterMagyarTamásShujokiResignationHungaryPoliticsMay31DeadlineDemocraticBacksliding #TamásShujokiResignation
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Ah, the sweet smell of liberty in the morning. Or is that gunpowder and our freshly-shot dog?
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Ah, the sweet smell of liberty in the morning. Or is that gunpowder and our freshly-shot dog?
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Ah, the sweet smell of liberty in the morning. Or is that gunpowder and our freshly-shot dog?
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Ah, the sweet smell of liberty in the morning. Or is that gunpowder and our freshly-shot dog?
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Ah, the sweet smell of liberty in the morning. Or is that gunpowder and our freshly-shot dog?
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Gerrymandering or not, however you slice it, this does not change my view that drawing districts ought to be a process left to independent commissions based on as transparent and nonpartisan a methodology as possible. The United Kingdom knows better than to have politicians pick voters, as does even Brazil.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5856022-redistricting-supreme-court-voting-rights-act/
#democraticBacksliding #democracy #electionReform #elections #gerrymandering #partisanship #redistricting #SCOTUS #VotingRightsAct #voterSuppression
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Gerrymandering or not, however you slice it, this does not change my view that drawing districts ought to be a process left to independent commissions based on as transparent and nonpartisan a methodology as possible. The United Kingdom knows better than to have politicians pick voters, as does even Brazil.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5856022-redistricting-supreme-court-voting-rights-act/
#democraticBacksliding #democracy #electionReform #elections #gerrymandering #partisanship #redistricting #SCOTUS #VotingRightsAct #voterSuppression
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Gerrymandering or not, however you slice it, this does not change my view that drawing districts ought to be a process left to independent commissions based on as transparent and nonpartisan a methodology as possible. The United Kingdom knows better than to have politicians pick voters, as does even Brazil.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5856022-redistricting-supreme-court-voting-rights-act/
#democraticBacksliding #democracy #electionReform #elections #gerrymandering #partisanship #redistricting #SCOTUS #VotingRightsAct #voterSuppression
#USPolitics -
Gerrymandering or not, however you slice it, this does not change my view that drawing districts ought to be a process left to independent commissions based on as transparent and nonpartisan a methodology as possible. The United Kingdom knows better than to have politicians pick voters, as does even Brazil.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5856022-redistricting-supreme-court-voting-rights-act/
#democraticBacksliding #democracy #electionReform #elections #gerrymandering #partisanship #redistricting #SCOTUS #VotingRightsAct #voterSuppression
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Gerrymandering or not, however you slice it, this does not change my view that drawing districts ought to be a process left to independent commissions based on as transparent and nonpartisan a methodology as possible. The United Kingdom knows better than to have politicians pick voters, as does even Brazil.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5856022-redistricting-supreme-court-voting-rights-act/
#democraticBacksliding #democracy #electionReform #elections #gerrymandering #partisanship #redistricting #SCOTUS #VotingRightsAct #voterSuppression
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“The Day After” for Another Broken Democratic Polity https://www.byteseu.com/1965912/ #ConstitutionalChange #DemocraticBacksliding #HungarianConstitution #Hungary #RestorativeConstitutionalism
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One of the most dangerous myths about democratic norms is that they collapse only when a majority rejects them.
That’s rarely how it happens.
When violations of dignity, equality, or restraint are repeated often enough, and face few consequences, the boundaries of what feels acceptable begin to move.
Not all at once. But steadily.
That is how the moral environment of a society changes.
https://associationredefine.substack.com/p/before-the-violence-there-were-speeches?r=6l8ed8#Democracy #RuleOfLaw #PoliticalDiscourse #DemocraticBacksliding
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One of the most dangerous myths about democratic norms is that they collapse only when a majority rejects them.
That’s rarely how it happens.
When violations of dignity, equality, or restraint are repeated often enough, and face few consequences, the boundaries of what feels acceptable begin to move.
Not all at once. But steadily.
That is how the moral environment of a society changes.
https://associationredefine.substack.com/p/before-the-violence-there-were-speeches?r=6l8ed8#Democracy #RuleOfLaw #PoliticalDiscourse #DemocraticBacksliding
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One of the most dangerous myths about democratic norms is that they collapse only when a majority rejects them.
That’s rarely how it happens.
When violations of dignity, equality, or restraint are repeated often enough, and face few consequences, the boundaries of what feels acceptable begin to move.
Not all at once. But steadily.
That is how the moral environment of a society changes.
https://associationredefine.substack.com/p/before-the-violence-there-were-speeches?r=6l8ed8#Democracy #RuleOfLaw #PoliticalDiscourse #DemocraticBacksliding
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One of the most dangerous myths about democratic norms is that they collapse only when a majority rejects them.
That’s rarely how it happens.
When violations of dignity, equality, or restraint are repeated often enough, and face few consequences, the boundaries of what feels acceptable begin to move.
Not all at once. But steadily.
That is how the moral environment of a society changes.
https://associationredefine.substack.com/p/before-the-violence-there-were-speeches?r=6l8ed8#Democracy #RuleOfLaw #PoliticalDiscourse #DemocraticBacksliding
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One of the most dangerous myths about democratic norms is that they collapse only when a majority rejects them.
That’s rarely how it happens.
When violations of dignity, equality, or restraint are repeated often enough, and face few consequences, the boundaries of what feels acceptable begin to move.
Not all at once. But steadily.
That is how the moral environment of a society changes.
https://associationredefine.substack.com/p/before-the-violence-there-were-speeches?r=6l8ed8#Democracy #RuleOfLaw #PoliticalDiscourse #DemocraticBacksliding
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@irina @EUCommission Also it's IMO gross violation of freedom of speech, freedom of association.
It is my opinion that the hypocritical mask of the West slipped and the true, contemptible, authoritarian, totalitarian nature of the so called Western alleged democracies is revealed.
#authoriatrianism #totalitarianism #mask #maskslipped #hypocrisy #narcissism #contempt #contemptible #west #western #democracy #democraticbacksliding
#democracybacksliding #authoritarian #totalitarian #freedomofspeech #freedomofassociation #euregime -
@irina @EUCommission Also it's IMO gross violation of freedom of speech, freedom of association.
It is my opinion that the hypocritical mask of the West slipped and the true, contemptible, authoritarian, totalitarian nature of the so called Western alleged democracies is revealed.
#authoriatrianism #totalitarianism #mask #maskslipped #hypocrisy #narcissism #contempt #contemptible #west #western #democracy #democraticbacksliding
#democracybacksliding #authoritarian #totalitarian #freedomofspeech #freedomofassociation #euregime -
@irina @EUCommission Also it's IMO gross violation of freedom of speech, freedom of association.
It is my opinion that the hypocritical mask of the West slipped and the true, contemptible, authoritarian, totalitarian nature of the so called Western alleged democracies is revealed.
#authoriatrianism #totalitarianism #mask #maskslipped #hypocrisy #narcissism #contempt #contemptible #west #western #democracy #democraticbacksliding
#democracybacksliding #authoritarian #totalitarian #freedomofspeech #freedomofassociation #euregime -
@irina @EUCommission Also it's IMO gross violation of freedom of speech, freedom of association.
It is my opinion that the hypocritical mask of the West slipped and the true, contemptible, authoritarian, totalitarian nature of the so called Western alleged democracies is revealed.
#authoriatrianism #totalitarianism #mask #maskslipped #hypocrisy #narcissism #contempt #contemptible #west #western #democracy #democraticbacksliding
#democracybacksliding #authoritarian #totalitarian #freedomofspeech #freedomofassociation #euregime -
@irina @EUCommission Also it's IMO gross violation of freedom of speech, freedom of association.
It is my opinion that the hypocritical mask of the West slipped and the true, contemptible, authoritarian, totalitarian nature of the so called Western alleged democracies is revealed.
#authoriatrianism #totalitarianism #mask #maskslipped #hypocrisy #narcissism #contempt #contemptible #west #western #democracy #democraticbacksliding
#democracybacksliding #authoritarian #totalitarian #freedomofspeech #freedomofassociation #euregime -
Obama’s Calm Reply to Trump’s Racist Meme Missed a Five-Alarm Moment
Dr. Eddie Glaude argues Obama’s polished reply to Trump’s racist meme failed to confront the urgency of rising authoritarian politics.
#authoritarianism #civicEngagement #democracy #DemocraticBacksliding #DonaldTrump #EddieGlaude #Obama #politicalAccountability #racism https://wp.me/p1OjMZ-oIg -
Obama’s Calm Reply to Trump’s Racist Meme Missed a Five-Alarm Moment
Dr. Eddie Glaude argues Obama’s polished reply to Trump’s racist meme failed to confront the urgency of rising authoritarian politics.
#authoritarianism #civicEngagement #democracy #DemocraticBacksliding #DonaldTrump #EddieGlaude #Obama #politicalAccountability #racism https://wp.me/p1OjMZ-oIg -
Achieving meaningful lives within planetary boundaries?
"Renewables are already much cheaper than fossil fuels. Alas, fossil fuels are up to three times as profitable. Thus capital forces governments to link electricity prices to the price of the most expensive liquified natural gas, not of cheap solar energy. Similarly, building and maintaining motorways is many times more lucrative for private contractors, car manufacturers and oil companies than a modern network of superfast, safe public railways. So capitalists continue to push our governments to subsidise fossil fuels and road building, even while the world burns."
"...Capital uses every tool at its disposal – debt, sanctions, coups and even outright military invasion to keep southern economies subordinate."
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We can move beyond the capitalist model and save the climate – here are the first three steps, Jason Hickel and Yanis Varoufakis
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/commentisfree/2026/feb/12/capitalist-model-climate-growth-capitalism-species-humanity
#FossilFuels #biodiversity #Roads #MobilityDesign #motorways #climate #DeliberativeDemocracy #DemocraticBacksliding #autogolpe #SelfCoup #governance
Image: Houses and landscapes destroyed for every wider roads to provide a conveyor belt for combustion vehicles, Coffs Harbour -
Achieving meaningful lives within planetary boundaries?
"Renewables are already much cheaper than fossil fuels. Alas, fossil fuels are up to three times as profitable. Thus capital forces governments to link electricity prices to the price of the most expensive liquified natural gas, not of cheap solar energy. Similarly, building and maintaining motorways is many times more lucrative for private contractors, car manufacturers and oil companies than a modern network of superfast, safe public railways. So capitalists continue to push our governments to subsidise fossil fuels and road building, even while the world burns."
"...Capital uses every tool at its disposal – debt, sanctions, coups and even outright military invasion to keep southern economies subordinate."
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We can move beyond the capitalist model and save the climate – here are the first three steps, Jason Hickel and Yanis Varoufakis
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/commentisfree/2026/feb/12/capitalist-model-climate-growth-capitalism-species-humanity
#FossilFuels #biodiversity #Roads #MobilityDesign #motorways #climate #DeliberativeDemocracy #DemocraticBacksliding #autogolpe #SelfCoup #governance
Image: Houses and landscapes destroyed for every wider roads to provide a conveyor belt for combustion vehicles, Coffs Harbour -
Achieving meaningful lives within planetary boundaries?
"Renewables are already much cheaper than fossil fuels. Alas, fossil fuels are up to three times as profitable. Thus capital forces governments to link electricity prices to the price of the most expensive liquified natural gas, not of cheap solar energy. Similarly, building and maintaining motorways is many times more lucrative for private contractors, car manufacturers and oil companies than a modern network of superfast, safe public railways. So capitalists continue to push our governments to subsidise fossil fuels and road building, even while the world burns."
"...Capital uses every tool at its disposal – debt, sanctions, coups and even outright military invasion to keep southern economies subordinate."
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We can move beyond the capitalist model and save the climate – here are the first three steps, Jason Hickel and Yanis Varoufakis
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/commentisfree/2026/feb/12/capitalist-model-climate-growth-capitalism-species-humanity
#FossilFuels #biodiversity #Roads #MobilityDesign #motorways #climate #DeliberativeDemocracy #DemocraticBacksliding #autogolpe #SelfCoup #governance
Image: Houses and landscapes destroyed for every wider roads to provide a conveyor belt for combustion vehicles, Coffs Harbour -
Democratic Backsliding in Israel – Episode 1!
More countries around the world are moving away from liberal democracies toward electoral democracies.
Israel has long been considered one of the few countries in the Middle East with free and fair elections and an independent judiciary. Defined as a liberal democracy since 1973, its status changed in 2024 when the V-Dem Democracy Report reclassified Israel as an electoral democracy.
In the first episode, Professor Raphael Cohen-Almagor sheds light on the foundations of Israeli democracy, recent judicial reforms, the link between democracy and the occupation of the West Bank, and possibilities for peace between Palestine and Israel.
The discussion is academic in nature, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Radio Helsinki. Views expressed are those of the guest and the host.
🎧 Listen here: cba.media/755303
#freeradio #graz #radiorevolt # #democraticbacksliding #newseries #democracy
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What Türkiye reveals about post-liberal governance https://www.byteseu.com/1669580/ #AKP #Authoritarianism #ClimateChange #CoupD'etat #coupés #Crises #Crisis #DemocraticBacksliding #emergency #EuropeanUnion #GeziParkProtests #Hungary #istanbul #JUSTICEANDDEVELOPMENTPARTY #LiberalDemocracy #polarisation #populism #PostwarLiberalOrder #StateOfEmergency #Terrorism #Turkey #Türkiye