- What’s Left of Democracy if Our Fate Is Just Decided by a Coal Baron? ❧ Current Affairs https://www.currentaffairs.org/2022/07/whats-left-of-democracy-if-our-fate-is-just-decided-by-a-coal-baron 170 comments environment
- With the Left set for victory, Ecuador’s democracy is under attack https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/f/stark-choices-for-ecuadorians 24 comments worldnews
- Poland’s campaign against the press could devastate what’s left of its democracy https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/polands-campaign-against-the-press-could-devastate-whats-left-of-its-democracy/2020/10/23/871c7a74-0f0d-11eb-8074-0e943a91bf08_story.html 23 comments europe
- Robert Reich: It's not about Right vs Left. It's about reclaiming American democracy from the oligarchs | Opinion https://www.newsweek.com/robert-reich-oligarchy-democracy-2020-1447978 167 comments politics
- This Political Scientist Says the Left Needs to Battle for Democracy As Viciously as the Right Fights for Power https://www.thenation.com/article/this-political-scientist-says-the-left-needs-to-battle-for-democracy-as-viciously-as-the-right-fights-for-power/ 352 comments politics
- Democracy and politics on the left: "Much of what Bernie Sanders has said in his bid for president in USA this year wasn’t really leftist politics; it was just common sense and fairly basic social and political analysis." http://nation.com.pk/columns/18-aug-2016/democracy-and-politics-on-the-left 1196 comments politics
- Multinationals Are Plotting to Steamroll What's Left of Our Democracy to Make Huge Profits http://www.alternet.org/economy/huge-multinationals-are-plotting-steamroll-our-democracy-their-hunt-profits 3 comments politics
- Why I Left America: The Rise Of Elitism And The Death Of American Democracy http://www.bidstrup.com/exile.htm 3 comments reddit.com
- 16 years left to rebuild democracy or let it revert back to totalitarian rule http://www.yoursdaily.com/different_views/what_happened_to_our_democracy 3 comments reddit.com
- To fix American democracy, the left should commit to these four steps https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/feb/17/american-democracy-four-pillars-activism-arlie-hochschild?cmp=share_iosapp_other 7 comments politics
- 'Democracy in the US is a fraud’: Left Forum debates next steps for Sanders movement https://www.rt.com/usa/343942-left-forum-day-two/ 17 comments politics
- Hong Kong pro-democracy politicians say that Beijing's national security law has left Hong Kong gasping https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1528958-20200528 54 comments worldnews
- Why the Left Should Care About Blockchain Identity and Quadratic Voting feat. Paula Berman from Democracy Earth https://theblockchainsocialist.com/why-the-left-should-care-about-blockchain-identity-and-quadratic-voting-feat-paula-berman-from-democracy-earth/ 3 comments ethereum
- How Washington’s Elite Learned to Love Policy Wonks: They believe democracy is best left to the experts. https://newrepublic.com/article/154137/washingtons-elite-learned-love-policy-wonks 8 comments politics
- The umbrella group leading Sudan's pro-democracy movement has called for a nationwide campaign of civil disobedience, days after a bloody military crackdown left dozens dead. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-48569624 7 comments worldnews
- Richard Stallman urges rejection of anti-piracy web blocking: Italy's AGCOM about to give itself the power to remove content and block websites without the need for any legal process. Stallman says Italians should use “what’s left of their democracy” to oppose such measures http://torrentfreak.com/richard-stallman-urges-rejection-of-anti-piracy-web-blocking-110705/ 3 comments technology
- Richard Stallman urges rejection of anti-piracy web blocking: Italy's AGCOM about to give itself the power to remove content and block websites without the need for any legal process. Stallman says Italians should use “what’s left of their democracy” to oppose such measures http://torrentfreak.com/richard-stallman-urges-rejection-of-anti-piracy-web-blocking-110705/ 28 comments worldnews
- America’s Real Divide Isn’t Left vs. Right. It’s Democracy vs. Oligarchy - When oligarchs fill the coffers of political candidates, they neuter democracy https://www.commondreams.org/views/2019/07/09/americas-real-divide-isnt-left-vs-right-its-democracy-vs-oligarchy 129 comments politics
- "Europe needs a real opposition party, and the European center left desperately needs a viable agenda. Transforming themselves into a real opposition party in Brussels could meet both needs and save both social democracy and the European project." http://www.vox.com/2016/6/29/12033278/european-parliament-opposition-party? 7 comments europe
- Defending Democracy Through Elections Won’t Be Enough to Stop Fascism: The left must present a radical alternative to both fascism and capitalist democracy. https://truthout.org/articles/defending-democracy-through-elections-wont-be-enough-to-stop-fascism/ 44 comments politics
- Jim Balsillie : ‘Data is not the new oil – it’s the new plutonium’ - Lawmakers told technology is disrupting governance and if left unchecked could render liberal democracy obsolete https://business.financialpost.com/technology/jim-balsillie-data-is-not-the-new-oil-its-the-new-plutonium 239 comments technology
- Why Leftists Should Vote for Hillary Clinton: A Donald Trump presidency would be a disaster—for the left, for liberal democracy, for most ordinary citizens and especially those who are not white men, and for the world. https://www.dissentmagazine.org/blog/last-call-leftists-vote-hillary-clinton 36 comments politics
- The European Union is not a conspiracy against democracy | The hard left should be careful what it wishes for. An end of ‘Brussels’ would not lead to better capitalism. http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jun/30/eu-democracy-left-brussels-capitalism?cmp=fb_cif 8 comments europe
- Meet the Shameless Plutocrats Choking What's Left of Our Democracy. The race for the White House may cost more than two billion dollars. What’s getting trampled into dust are the voices of people who aren't rich. http://www.alternet.org/economy/154137/moyers%3A_meet_the_shameless_plutocrats_choking_what%27s_left_of_our_democracy/ 53 comments politics
- The annual report by Germany's internal security agency lists industrial espionage and left-wing violence as the biggest threats to democracy in Germany. http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,5714893,00.html 3 comments worldnews
- Impeachment in the hall of mirrors: Will this battle save democracy — or end it? | This isn't about Democrats vs. Republicans. It's about whether our democratic institutions have any mojo left https://www.salon.com/2019/10/07/anarchy-fantasy-and-democracy-two-sides-on-impeachment-dont-even-inhabit-the-same-reality/ 28 comments politics
- My Final Break With the Trump State Department—What is there left to defend to foreign audiences, other than a promise that we’re a democracy and that there are future elections to come? https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/26/opinion/trump-state-department.html 13 comments politics
- Murdoch's News Corp: there was just enough democracy left in the institutions of the UK to enable a media giant like News Corp to be held accountable. The US? We shall see. http://www.seeingtheforest.com/archives/2011/07/can_us_hold_cor.htm 88 comments politics
- Hillary Clinton blames Trump for ‘giving aid and comfort’ to Putin before Ukraine invasion|Former secretary of state calls on ‘what’s left of the Republican party’ to stand up against those who are showing support for ‘enemy of freedom and democracy’ Putin https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/hillary-clinton-trump-putin-russia-ukraine-b2023371.html 1077 comments politics
- Left Says Senate Democrats Face Existential Choice: Kill Filibuster or Watch Democracy Die https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/05/11/left-says-senate-democrats-face-existential-choice-kill-filibuster-or-watch 450 comments politics
- Corruption is the elephant in the room - Corruption weakens economies, deepens inequality and undermines democracy. Whatever form it comes in, the citizens are always left to foot the bill. It is time to say enough is enough. http://www.katoikos.eu/dialogue/corruption-is-the-elephant-in-the-room.html 50 comments europe
- Democracy for America, a left-leaning group that endorsed Sanders early on, won’t help him change the minds of superdelegates. “DFA believes that the winner of the majority of pledged delegates should be the Democratic nominee,” said Neil Sroka, a spokesman for the group. http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2016/06/07/hillary-clinton-claims-democratic-nomination/y2cexaoseddxnvb7q93qyk/story.html 6 comments politics
- Israel Prize laureate and renowned scholar Zeev Sternhell fears the collapse of Israeli democracy, and compares the current atmosphere with that of 1940s’ France. The time we have left to reverse this frightening trend is running out, he warns http://www.haaretz.com/news/features/.premium-1.610368 8 comments worldnews
- It's sometimes difficult to wrap your head around the scale and immediacy of the danger that the majority of Americans ignore, to our detriment. The fact is that the vast iceberg of money, stacked in the billions, at this very moment, threatens to sink what’s left of our democracy. http://www.disinfo.com/2012/05/iceberg-ahead-the-big-money-that-is-sinking-democracy/ 3 comments politics
- Democracy And Its Discontents --- Some people (usually of high educational attainment and income) argue that political decisions are too important to be left to the uneducated, manipulable masses. Yet evidence does not suggest the masses are irrational http://whynationsfail.com/blog/2012/3/30/democracy-and-its-discontents.html 5 comments politics
- America's Creeping Police State--Imperialism abroad is destroying what is left of our democracy at home. From warrantless wiretapping to warrantless door-busting, this is what a police state looks like. http://www.alternet.org/rights/151150/america%27s_creeping_police_state?page=entire 25 comments politics
- Military in Capitol Insurrection Should Face Court Martials - Involvement of current and former troops in a failed putsch strikes at the heart of democracy. The response can’t be left to law enforcement alone. https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/capitol-insurrection-court-martial/ 55 comments politics
- Individuals who hold cultural conservative views in Western democracies are most open to authoritarian governance. Within English-speaking Western democracies, those who hold "protection-based" attitudes (cultural conservatism combined with left economic attitudes) are most open to authoritarianism. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/perspectives-on-politics/article/who-is-open-to-authoritarian-governance-within-western-democracies/0adcd5ffe5b7e9267e8283c7561fb6be 265 comments science
- As Secretary of State in 2009, Hillary Clinton helped a right-wing coup in Honduras remove an elected left-of-center president, setting back the cause of democracy and enabling corrupt and drug-tainted forces to tighten their grip on the poverty-stricken country https://consortiumnews.com/2015/08/19/the-honduran-coups-ugly-aftermath/ 42 comments politics
- For fucks sake, Sean Hannity! Listen to this: Hugo Chavez is NOT a dictator! You can hate this guy all you want and agitate your redneck "patriots" against all things left but this guy was freely elected! Venezuela is a democracy. http://www.foxnews.com/video/index.html?playerid=videolandingpage&streamingformat=flash&referralobject=4489492&referralplaylistid=949437d0db05ed5f5b9954dc049d70b0c12f2749 14 comments politics