Democracy is in crisis around the world, while authoritarianism is on the rise in a growing number of countries. Existing democratic institutions are hollowed out and increasingly unable to respond to the authoritarian wave.
Russia * International Repression * Argentina * India * Mexico * Uganda * Puerto Rico * UK * Spain
Trump Lies About Robert Mueller’s Testimony. Groove In G | Playing for Change. American Swamp | Four-Part Special Series. Student Debt in the U.S. Reaches an All-Time High. Opposition Leader Challenges Boris Johnson.
Seth takes a closer look at President Trump lying about Robert Mueller’s congressional testimony.
Fed -up with the imperial adventures of their own western capitalist governments, some radicals wrongly side with foreign dictators in the name of anti-imperialism. The book under review aims to move beyond a disabling “the West and the rest” binary.
Twitter has released a dataset of 3,836 accounts that were used by Russian trolls in 2016—accounts that had put out nearly 10 million tweets and accumulated 6.4 million followers. That data informed Symantec’s new report.
Breaking up big tech; Internet iron curtain; Ditching the social network; Vaccinating against fake news; Big media, little media; Going indie; WhatsApp hacked
New Trump tax facts hint at massive cheating and vulnerability to Russian influence
International Day of Peasants' Struggle * Morocco * Sudan * Algeria * Climate Crisis Protests * Russia * Nicaragua
Spies, politics and murder in Channel 4’s poised new 1945-set espionage thriller.
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