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Did you notice it? After a period of global instability and division, it feels like Australian democracy has just shown us a glimpse of what’s possible. It was an orderly, if at times uninspired, election campaign. Last week, it ended with a thoughtful and gracious concession speech. There is also…

The Conversation

Trans people ‘excluded in heart of democracy’ after Holyrood toilet rule change

The Scottish Trans and Equality Network has hit out at Parliament bosses’ decision following the Supreme Court gender ruling.

The Independent UK

Why the EU is essential — and why Türkiye belongs in the bloc

In an Euroviews exclusive, the leader of Türkiye's Republican People’s Party (CHP) Özgür Özel shares his call for renewed solidarity, shared values, and democratic partnership.

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Freed Palestinian student accuses Columbia University of inciting violence

A Palestinian student arrested as he was about to finalize his U.S. citizenship is accusing Columbia University of eroding democracy with its handling of protests against the Israel-Hamas war

The Independent UK

The attack on public broadcasting is part of a growing threat to press freedom and democracy

In a disturbing parallel between two countries, President Donald Trump’s recent attack on the two largest public broadcasters in the United States mirrors threats to Canada’s own public broadcaster that were recently dodged by the electoral defeat of Conservative Pierre Poilievre.

The Conversation

We can’t just be against Trump. It’s time for a bold, progressive populism

A populist – anti-establishment – revolution was inevitable. But it didn’t have to be a tyrannical one

The Guardian - US

How conspiracy theory gave us Trump

Journalist Phil Tinline explains how the fear of losing democracy gave us America's first autocrat

Salon

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The growing threat to U.S. democracy will literally cost lives

According to a recent survey, most political scientists agree that President Donald Trump is turning the United States government into an autocracy, all too quickly.

The Conversation

Pressure mounts on Bangladesh’s interim leader to hold elections as former premier returns

Khaleda Zia’s party sees her return after treatment in UK as a step towards restoring democracy

The Independent UK

The United States is in a free fall

Trump has been more aggressive in his efforts to destroy democracy than any other autocrat in recent decades

Salon

Does Nayib Bukele’s campaign against democracy give a blueprint for Trump?

El Salvador’s populist leader extols a hardline approach to crime and an assault on civil society – drawing envy from many in the Trump administration

The Guardian - US

Resistance is slowing Trump's sprint

"Pause and delay" tactics are working, experts tell Salon

Salon

Rights groups condemn arrest of Hong Kong activist Anna Kwok’s father and brother

Arrests are the first case of the city’s national security law being used to target the relatives of pro-democracy campaigners

The Guardian - UK

MAGA foreign policy: So much losing!

From the Great White North to Down Under and beyond, Trump's chaos is an unexpected boon for normie democracy

Salon

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The Guardian - UK

Partisan and ‘creepy’ interviews are threat to democracy, Nick Robinson says

Exclusive: BBC presenter warns ‘shared space for national debate’ at risk from platforms that fail to challenge leaders

The Guardian - US

‘What is left of our democracy?’: freed Palestinian human rights advocate warns of US authoritarian rule

Mohsen Mahdawi, student detained by Ice last month, pens blistering attack on Trump’s deportation policies

The Independent UK

Father of US-based pro-democracy activist reportedly arrested by Hong Kong police

This is the first time the city’s national security law has been used to prosecute a family member of an ‘absconder’

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Anthony Albanese Admits Election Day ‘Crisis’ After Missing Out On Democracy Sausage

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has admitted that in the chaos of election, he didn't get to eat a democracy sausage sizzle.

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Newslaundry

Hafta 535: World Press Freedom Day, aftermath of Pahalgam attack

In a special episode for Press Freedom Day, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Manisha Pande and Jayashree Arunachalam are joined by historian and author Ramachandra Guha. The panel begins with a discussion on the history of press freedom in India. Ram reflects on the similarities and differences between 1975’s Emergency…

The Guardian - AU

Uber Eats offers delivery democracy sausages – but is it ‘unAustralian’?

Unlike the traditional snags sold to raise funds for schools and churches that host polling booths, these are prepared at ‘democracy sausage stores’

The Independent UK

Elif Shafak: ‘As a novelist in Turkey, you can find yourself put on trial, prosecuted... almost digitally lynched’

THE SATURDAY INTERVIEW: Nearly two decades after being put on trial for ‘insulting Turkishness’, Shafak has become one of the UK’s most popular authors. Ahead of her appearance at the Hay Festival, she speaks with Annabel Nugent about her latest novel and Turkey’s fraught politics

The Independent UK

How the democracy sausage, a polling day snack, became Australia's election symbol

Many Australians arriving at polling places on Saturday followed their civic duty with a democracy sausage

The Conversation

Perfect storm of tech bros, foreign interference and disinformation is an urgent threat to press freedom

Media freedom has long been essential to healthy democracy. It is the oxygen that fuels informed debate, exposes corruption and holds power to account. But around the world, that freedom is under sustained attack.

The Guardian - UK

We fought and beat the government in the courts because every Briton has the right to protest

The appeal court verdict makes clear these anti protest laws should never have existed. Labour must now reflect on what sort of democracy it wants us to be

The Guardian - US

Extremist blogger to debate Harvard professor at unsanctioned campus event

Event between Curtis Yarvin, a favorite of Vance, and Danielle Allen put on by far-right publishing house

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