liberty vs. war: a brief history
there is commonwealth of the children of God and his voice should be obeyed. ..…
there is commonwealth of the children of God and his voice should be obeyed. ..…
“Among the most damaging words to our democracy during the Trump era,” RootsAction.org co-founder Jeff Cohen tells me, “have been these six words: ‘Let’s wait for the Mueller report.’ ... Mueller’s report on Russian interference in our 2016 election and its findings impact the very..…
In 1821, after nearly 400 years of Ottoman oppression, the Greeks bound together under a flag bearing the cross to fight for freedom and justice in the land which gave the world democracy. ... Finally, I also ask Hellenes throughout the Diaspora to take a moment to acknowledge and pay their respects..…
He removed the word “Islamic” from the official name of country and declared it as the “Republic of Pakistan”. ... He removed the word “Islamic” from the official name of country and declared it as the “Republic of Pakistan”. ..…
Had Democrats not won, I would have been much, much more nervous, and even more deeply worried about the viability of American democracy. ... ZIBLATT In other countries, say, Hungary, Turkey, Venezuela, democracy has died. ..…
Nuttaa Mahattana, a democracy activist who is facing four sedition charges, said the reports of ballot irregularities paled in comparison to the overall imbalance built into the Thai political system by the military-backed constitution. . ..…
While progressives are pleased with the seriousness with which the Democrats are apparently continuing their congressional investigations, Congress as an institution cannot escape having played a major role in undermining democracy in the U.S. by ceding much of its power in recent decades to the..…
>34 In the US, the idea of 'market democracy obtained the status of just such morality system during Cold War. >35 For its part, Russia abandoned Soviet system of values to discover the older historical value of the strong state. ..…
Over the course of U.S history, these policies, sometimes termed democracy, have enriched the lives of most Americans and have not led to dictatorship and collapse. ..…
Ryan is repeating the old responsibility language conservatives have developed to shift people's thinking about government and democracy away from the idea that We the People are in this together, toward idea that we should all be on our own. ... Rand taught that democracy is a statist...…
Imagine democracy with rule of law and coherent structures for determining policy.. There is so much that needs doing elder care, retrofitting buildings to be efficient, fixing up parks, teaching — you know, the list of things that democracy would put resources into to make people's..…
, The Democratic Republic of Germany, or communist Hungary, becomes, The peoples Republic of Hungary. ... How sad, it will end the American Republic and liberty worldwide. . PS. ..…
Confirmed: The Donetsk People’s Republic Seeks to Join the Russian Federation By Adam Garrie, May 13, 2017 . . ..…
Indeed, it was Obama’s 2015 characterization of Venezuela as a “national security threat” that set the stage for the Trumpistanis’ would-be Bushwhacking of Venezuelan democracy, just as President Clinton laid the groundwork for the unusually disastrous invasion of Iraq in 2003 by declaring..…
Father of American Democracy, Leicestershire, England.. Mary's Church, Chelmsford and Town Lecturer 1626-1629, of Connecticut 1636, 'Father of American Democracy... ..…
While the election of Donald Trump signals troubling level of Russian investment in domestic US politics, what is most dangerous here is the complicity of Trump and Putin, along with wide range of other nationalist leaders throughout Europe, in loose movement that is hostile to core elements of..…
He is the author of Democracy and Police, regularly about procedure and law enforcement... ..…
The very foundation of liberal-capitalist democracy seemed to be crumbling. The New Republic magazine proclaimed, “At no time since the rise of political democracy have its tenets been so seriously challenged as they are today.” ..…
But in the world of the interventionist-welfare state, democracy became the center of life, and where those holding or wanting office could offer other in exchange for campaign contributions and votes on election day.. The seeming crisis of democracy and the failure of the liberal order..…
The white supremacist movement has certainly internationalised online, but a pivotal mechanism of its transmission and legitimisation has operated via our institutions of democracy. ... They have an insidious agenda with dangerous ideals that threaten the core of democracy. . ..…
Monroe claimed that European monarchies and colonialism were incompatible with the notions of democracy and republicanism that were featured in the New World. ... The US is no longer a republic; it is an empire. The atrocities that the empire has committed continue to mount with no end..…
What the junta had billed military takeovers and fitful experiments with democracy... ..…
He has been published in New York Times Book Review, Dallas Morning News, Orthodox Life, Front Porch Republic, The American Scene, and Culture11, and is columnist for The Week. ..…
Having successfully used the Soviet Union and the supposed threat of “godless communism” to justify the conversion of the federal government from a limited-government republic to a national security state, America’s military-intelligence establishment was bound and determined to keep things..…
He added, Given the necessity of maintaining stability and calm in the region, the Islamic Republic of Iran underlines the reinforcement of convergence and cooperation among regional countries in fight against Zionist expansionism and aggressions, and campaign against terrorist groups... ..…
James Bovard is the author of “Attention Deficit Democracy” (Palgrave, 2006) and “Lost Rights” (St. ... We can talk about peace, love, and democracy, but I don’t think anyone really knows how to stop this.” ..…
De Blasio also said that as a progressive what he sees in Israel is not its technological and material achievements but “I see a multi-racial democracy,” one that guarantees health care. ..…
Out of the 32 parties, nearly half are allied with USDP, and the majority are currently unrepresented Parliament, including the Peace for Diversity Party, National Development Party and New National Democracy Party and other minor ethnic parties. ... USDP and military lawmakers had also opposed..…
She said that her organization and other civil society groups are preparing to send letter to National League for Democracy- appointed U Win Myint this week in. ... Despite the city of Mrauk-U being under huge threat National League for Democracy and its appointee, Rakhine State Chief..…
In speech at Mobilization for Peace outside of Miraflores Palace on Saturday, President Maduro described how the country is facing the strongest imperialist aggressions that Republic has ever survived in 200 years.. Maduro said the people continue to be the guarantee of peace,..…
And yet, as of today, no voter has seen ad, poster, or speech for that election the law prohibits campaigning more than 17 days prior to the election.. ..…
Chief Police Officer Johnson wrote to Legislative Assembly inquiry saying, On the face of it, possession of cannabis would remain in the ACT by effect of Commonwealth law.. ... This would mean users caught with small amounts of cannabis could face maximum $8000 fine or up to two years in jail..…
The People's Republic of China, India, Bangladesh and Philippines are target countries for waste-to-energy conversion, titled. ..…
A 1947 army report concluded that the reason that the United States had developed the atom bomb while Nazi Germany had failed was that “science under fascism was not, and in all probability could never be, the equal of science in a Democracy.” ... Their solution was “free” science in a..…
The parade took place in front of President of Republic, Prokopis Pavlopolos... ..…
After the coup, political party gatherings were banned and pro-democracy activists and other dissenters were regularly arrested, interrogated and imprisoned. ..…
“The nation with the closest political and social values to my own is the People’s Republic of China.” . . ... In 1959, the government of NATO member the Federal Republic of Germany was hugely embarrassed when Jewish graves across Germany were desecrated with Nazi swastikas. ..…
The demands of the strike are respect for the popular will, overthrow of the system, democratic second republic of justice and liberty, departure of Sidi Said and upholding the dignity of the in free and UGTA.. ..…
An opposite assessment would have meant that the current President cheated with a hostile foreign power to subvert US democracy. . ..…
The New York Times described it (8 September) as ‘further evidence of what amounted to unprecedented foreign invasion of American democracy.’ ... Even if one ignores that RT has fewer than 30,000 daily viewers, the report chiefly faulted the network ‘for highlight[ing] criticism of alleged..…
“The Islamic Republic of Iran will closely monitor all future developments and will adopt appropriate policies in cooperation and consultation with the Syrian government and other countries,” he highlighted. . ..…
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell noted Mueller’s conclusion that there was no effort by Trump’s campaign to conspire with Russia but said he was disturbed by ongoing Russian efforts to “interfere with our democracy” and looked forward to reviewing additional information from the special..…
In a healthy democratic republic the party would be dead already, and a new one would’ve taken its place fueled by fresh energy and enthusiasm but the donor-class corruption is so deeply entrenched that that possibility has seemed like a fantasy. . ... The excessive schadenfreude over being..…
The text reiterates the prevailing consensus that the admission of the Federal Republic of Germany as member of the Security Council is priority of Franco- German diplomacy.. ..…
The old prelate was born in Shanghai in 1932, just a year after Mao Zedong founded a sort of Soviet republic in Jiangxi. . ... In 2018, as many as 48,365 people were baptized in the churches and parishes of the People’s Republic of China. . ..…
I discuss those issues in this blog post – Balance sheet recessions and democracy (July 3, 2009). . ..…