The real winner tonight is democracy. And I am someone who believes we should be pro-Europe, but not the European Union.' . ..…

Constitution, then, our primary fight must be to return our system back to republican form of government, and stamp out pure democracy.  ..…

Democracy starts with narrative and the aspirations contained within them. . ... The reform of the Senate is mandatory for Malaysia to become a full democracy. . ..…

America's conception of its own democratic experiment has fit the pattern of fundamentalism ever since President Woodrow Wilson entered America into World War I on the premise of making the safe for democracy. ..…

For many, the 2019 off cycle in Commonwealth of Virginia was pill to swallow. ..…

Charlie Baker and Massachusetts Republican Party, powerful new SuperPAC that backs candidates Baker supports has stepped into public view and gotten involved in elections. ..…

2016 report by International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance on turnout showed that Israel ranks higher than Canada, Germany and even Greece the mother of democracy where voting is compulsory by law. ... It's noteworthy that in that same index, Belgium, the seat of..…

Democracy and street protest - Part - I . . Opinion . . November 3, 2019 . . . . ... On the contrary, this strengthens participatory democracy. Protest is essential to have more responsive democratic governance. ..…

From Hansard: Suspension of democracy . by . MP: My question is for the Prime Minister. ..…

What Is Christian Democracy? Politics, Religion and Ideology . Carlo Invernizzi Accetti . . ... And indeed, Christian Democracy has much to recommend it over populism. ..…

Whether Buchanan is telling us, as April, that democracy is in a  death spiral or more recently, that it's  dying species, I'm not sure that he's providing concept of his key term. ... economic and social results they demand, what does that portend for democracy's future... ..…

Fesitvities Tiananmen Square for the 70th anniversary of People's Republic of China, Beijing,  October 2019 Reuters Jason Lee When Xi's generation departs the political scene, CCP will mark in its evolution. ... The most effective argument for democracy must be one that is prudential,..…

From this perspective, Mueller's gift to US democracy was a report that refrained from triggering the impeachment process, and that laid bare the mendacity, corruption, and crimes so that voters would mobilize to exercise their power and responsibility to replace bad leaders.. ..…

It would do politicians no harm to make the case for judges, to be reminded that in democracy they have no right to rule on politics.. ..…

The UN is on collision course with democracy. This comes after the news that Australia has been deplatformed at the UN climate summit.. The UN is on collision course with democracy... Not that she is not correct the UN is by definition anti-democratic.  ..…

In our representative democracy, they envisioned a legislature that imposed new laws only after careful thoughts, rigorous debate, and responsible compromise. . ..…

President Bidhya Devi Bhandari today said the constitution promulgated by Constituent Assembly had institutionalised the federal democratic republic.. At programme organised at Sheetal Niwas, on the occasion of Constitution Day, the constitution had adopted major characteristics of..…

By democracy we mean government that does what its citizens prefer, It's appropriate on Constitution Day to remember that our government was not designed to be democracy, if. Democracy, in that sense, opens up the opportunity for government to abuse its power, and therefore the..…

The American democracy was undertaken as an extension of the Enlightenment. ... The basics of the contemporary problem were outlined by Plato in The Republic. ..…

Senior government officials on Thursday defended Kingdom's homegrown democracy, and hit back at criticisms from foreign countries and former leaders of Supreme Court-dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party. Cambodia and Democracy press conference held by Government Spokespersons Unit at..…

Politically, the government ended its strict press censorship and reduced restrictions on freedom of expression, speech assembly, releasing thousands of political prisoners, including then democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi.. ... Myanmar's democracy will not last, except will be consigned..…

Yes, this republic had counter-majoritarian aspects, in Senate, the presidential veto and Supreme Court. ... and then intervening in, Europe, opponents of U.S intervention began to push back by arguing that U.S was not, fact, democracy, in email.. ..…

the focus of this essay is not Russia, it's important to recognise that October Revolution inspired Europe, from Munich Soviet Republic to Hungarian Soviet Republic. ..…

And the reactionary position in this conflict, has its own peculiar history in the ideological battles of the founding and in the institution that defined American republic as much as any other.. ..…

Most importantly, the court’s ruling confirms its disregard for democracy. ... The court was not oblivious to the threat to democracy posed by the banking union. ..…

A successful democracy requires the full participation of its citizens. ... Lawrence Goldstone, “America’s Relentless Suppression of Black Voters,” The New Republic, October 24, 2018, available at https://newrepublic.com/article/151858/americas-relentless-suppression-black-voters...…

Google’s Plan to Hack Democracy . . Google’s Plan to Hack Democracy . . . ... Google’s Plan to Hack Democracy . . . Big Tech companies have changed the Internet from an instrument of democracy to a tool for authoritarians. . ..…

Based on UNESCO's published findings, several other empirical studies concluded that racial democracy was, fact, ideology that occluded racism and made it more difficult for Black and Brown Brazilians to close opportunity gaps with the population. ... Consequently, criticizing and threatening to..…

Then later he was given the opportunity to Israeli democracy and he has made the most of the opportunity.. ..…

The issue for me, however, is that the problems religious conservatives face are not because of democracy's flawed design they're because of humanity that rebels against both God and nature. ... Yet American democracy, is approximately just society, relative to most others, built on..…

Open Democracy . Donate Now Donate . . . . . . . . . . Stories . . . June 20, 2019 |  Open Democracy, Democracia Abierta . ... July 27, 2017 |  Open Democracy . Elections Do Not Mean Democracy . Aman Madan . . . . . ..…

Chesterton spoke of a democracy of the dead, by which he meant that the people is the civilization and in. In 1994, the ambition to weaken the traditional family through the logic of democracy was announced to the world by General Assembly of United Nations. ..…

Petra Costa's Edge of Democracy is sprawling nonfiction epic depicting the rise then fall from power of Brazil's Workers Party, with the senate's from office of left-leaning President Dilma Rousseff.  . ... The documentary also covers Brazil's decades of military rule, the restoration of..…

We can divide these parties into three groups National League for Democracy and democracy parties and Union Solidarity and Development Party and its allies. ... KZM NLD was ally of parties like SNLD, which opposed the regime and strong desire for democracy and federalism. ..…

Because it concentrates wealth, capitalism is antithetical to democracy. ... Through the concentration of economic power, capitalism is antithetical to democracy. ..…

The establishment of developed form of democracy requires the discovery of pathway that will implement the will of people. ... Given that all people will have equal rights and the power of evaluation, and that they can give their rewards and punishments to other people regardless of any written..…

Switching parties, which Plaza Pública described as “a practice adverse to democracy,” is common in Guatemala. ..…

It perceives Hong Kong's calls for democracy including Tibet, Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, Macau, and Taiwan.. ..…

And while a diversity of views would represent social vitality in a functioning democracy, in the winner-take-all American system, it represents continued rule by the oligarchs. . ... Tacticians for the political establishment(s) understand that electoral politics is antithetical to..…

The Islamic republic was proclaimed on April 1. . ‘The Great Satan’ . ... u=https%3A%2F%2Fdailytimes.com.pk%2F405212%2Fkhomeini-father-of-irans-islamic-republic%2F')'> . ..…

Promoted by successively broader legislative and popular initiatives, this dynamic has already chipped away at the institutional and normative foundations of Israel’s democracy. ... It is this design to end Israel’s democracy with a whimper that is now, finally, being challenged. . ..…

For over two years, the media have been pounding out endless series of variations on this major theme, namely, that democracy is under attack by conspiracy of Russians and neo- Nazis that magically materialized out of the ether during Summer of 2016. ..…

Back then, prime Alexis Tsipras declared that Greece has proved that democracy cannot be blackmailed Greece has made choice and one. ... Taking page out of Spanish, SYRIZA hopes to entice KINAL's disappointed voters by presenting New Democracy as neoliberals increasingly veering towards..…

Runciman's suggestion that political constitutions have life cycle is reminiscent of Oswald Spengler, the author of The Decline of West and the exemplary political and writer of Weimar Republic. Rather is not the more likely outcome reconfiguration of American democracy like the one that..…

At Judiciary Committee hearing that Attorney General Barr refused to attend, Nadler acknowledged the dangers to democracy that lay in increasing lack of transparency and accountability.. ..…

By Israel Democracy Institute... subscribe to the daily edition. The Times of Israel, all rights reserved. ..…

Three important reports by Freedom House, Economist, and V-Dem, institute associated with Sweden's Gutenberg University, of democracy around the world. ... Freedom House Report, Democracy Retreat, notes declines in treatment signs of in the acceptance of refugees for resettlement, and..…

D Is for a Dictatorship Disguised as a Democracy . By . The Rutherford Institute . ... When our own government treats us as things to be manipulated, maneuvered, mined for data, manhandled by police, mistreated, and then jailed in profit-driven private prisons if we dare step out of line, we are..…

Despite enormous hardships caused by Trump war by other means, Venezuela's military, government officials, and most ordinary people support Bolivarian democracy, wanting it preserved and protected.. ... Separately, he found even the media still presented it as force for democracy —..…

Writing during Great American Revolution, Thomas Jefferson, one of the founding fathers of United States of America, contended that the price that each individual has to pay for democracy is constant vigilance. ... perilous example of the distortion of the popular will is the in Weimar..…

There is agenda to split Central African Republic into two, driven by Muslim countries and with the complicity of various other countries hiding in Niger, and Libya. ..…

Venezuelan Collectives: Defending Social Democracy . by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) . ... Democracy the way it should be in Venezuela affirms speech, media, academic, and other fundamental freedoms. . ..…

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..…

US policy will continue to support Venezuela using sanctions and diplomatic pressure against Maduro ignoring the coup plot to topple the preeminent democracy.. ..…

Greek Plato, in his book, Republic, considers democracy inferior form of government and holds the view of its likely deterioration into despotism.. The popular country that adopted democracy with its systems of separation of powers and of checks and balances.. ..…

The talk, Democracy in Era of Demagogues, was hosted by the South Asian Studies Council. ..…

Is Johnson destroying British democracy? | eurotopics.net Direkt zum Inhalt . . ... Czech Republic . Language of media outlet . Czech . Type of media outlet . ..…

They say Electoral College system, distorts the one-person, one-vote principle of democracy because electoral votes are not distributed according to population.. ... In, the democracy does not appear in Declaration of Independence, Constitution, or any other of our founding documents.  ...…

The platform, Shareholder Democracy, will enable millions of Americans to vote on pending 2019 shareholder resolutions at six pharmaceutical companies. ... David Apgar, the founder of Shareholder Democracy Network and former small-business fund manager and author of Risk Intelligence .. ..…

The district soviets are the least known form of workers’ democracy in 1917. ... In every way these Soviets seemed to be workers’ democracy in action. ..…

This empirical, real world approach to democracy makes it possible to examine the social conditions that give rise to torture, and the uses to. ... The historical narrative of Torture and Democracy complicates Foucault's account considerably, colonialism, and slavery and then carries..…

Our media alert highlighted that even the very names of 'our newspapers propagate myth of neutral, reliable news or defender of democracy. ..…

President Tshisekedi struck deal with former President Kabila's coalition on govt formation and took steps to open political space, as senatorial elections sparked protests and violence persisted east and centre. ..…

The feeling of the nation must be quickened the conscience of the nation must be roused the propriety of the nation must be startled the hypocrisy of the nation must be exposed and the crimes against God and man must be proclaimed and denounced. from A Democracy in Exile Fights Against Fascism..…

Christopher Browning, the historian of genocide, has essay about 21st Century American democracy and its enemies, including the important one. ... If the US has someone whom historians will look back on as the gravedigger of American democracy, it's Mitch McConnell. ..…

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..…

Bahia Amawai is US and Texas-based specialist who helps autistic and speech-impaired children overcome their impairment.. ..…

 They do this to shift the citizenry into believing we are democracy. ... Alexis de Tocqueville, 2007, Democracy America, Volumes and 2, Unabridged, p 127... ..…

What shameful position for country that takes in calling Islamic Republic with majority citizens claiming to be ardent observers of Islamic principles regardless of the sect they claim their allegiance to. ..…

Israel’s “gatekeepers” vs. democracy . . Israel has no written constitution – but all the same, it is steeped in a deep and dangerous constitutional crisis. ... First, the political Left supports the legal fraternity as they work to transform Israel into a post-democracy ruled by..…

Large hoardings Jaipur, the capital of one of the five poll-bound states India, call upon the voters to celebrate the democracy festival tyohar, Hindi word for religious festival. ..…

In democracy, taxes play role — the elected representatives, have responsibility to discharge their personal tax obligations and ensure enforcement of tax laws across the board. The analysis of Decade of Democracy and first 100-days of Government of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf shows that we..…

The National Coalition Government of Union of Burma was made up of exiled pro-democracy leaders. ... The looming storm cloud of state disintegration via any of Myanmar's often irascible ethnicities is fear, stoked by the propaganda, and has been exacerbated through inside the in the years since..…

Conservatives will argue that America is Republic not democracy and Founders wrote Constitution protecting the rights of the minority against the tyranny of the majority. ..…

The American Republic Is Dead . By . admin . Oct 28, 2018: 2:50 am . . . ..…

Here's the truth about the pollution report Trump tweeted... ..…

Amid the new revelations about the shocking death of Jamal Khashoggi, Democracy Now speaks with journalist and Pulitzer Center Grantee Sarah Aziza about Saudi Arabia's long history of targeting dissidents... ... Rick Rowley was interviewed on Democracy Now on September 14th about his..…

The victory of Popular Front in 1936 saved French democracy and led to the defeat of demoralized and divided France in 1940, followed by Vichy with Nazi Germany while enthusiastically pursuing its own authoritarian counterrevolution.. ..…

The coalition has few members, such who have reined in at least some of the government's efforts to assault the basic components of democracy. ..…

Philippine Daily Inquirer records 265 deaths of suspected criminals and drug users between June, Rodrigo Duterte assumed office, and July 18. © 2016 Reuters. ..…

In Sweden, democracy defeated populism curb welfare for unsuccessful asylum-seekers, strengthen identity checks, prohibit failed asylum-seekers. ..…

Dr Triffitt then fails to distinguish between democracy and government and politics and policy.   ... The alternative is to believe Australian democracy will magically right. ..…

Freedom, justice and democracy: Catalan Republic . A joint article by all Catalan political prisoners and exiles, on the occasion of Catalonia’s National Day . . 5 min. ... This September Eleventh we will fill Barcelona with freedom, justice, democracy and republic. ..…

So I was pleased when I gave another presentation on democracy to the Communities Control conference Melbourne few weeks ago the recording of. ... This entry was posted Democracy, Economics and policy, Education, Ethics, Sortition and citizens juries. ..…

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea . . . . Inter-Korean Summit Press Corps . . . . . ... Secretary-General Guterres, who attended the Games, said that though the Olympic tradition of peace and cooperation was a global one, it had special resonance on the Korean Peninsula.  . 27 April,..…

Leader of rebel group Patriotic Movement for Central African Republic Mahamat al-Khatim 27 Aug resigned from his position as in charge of special mixed security units in centre-north zone. ..…

So, in democracy, what are we to make of this. Well, you might take some responsibility steering us though the mess you made, and we all know what happened there. ..…

The conservatives tell the public that American democracy is in which money and special interests manipulate public opinions and rig the system for their own benefit — House of Cards of democracy. The liberals promote it in contrast to one-party rule at home, and as something China..…

In essay, Yale Juan Linz observed that aside from United States, only Chile has managed century and half of relatively undisturbed continuity under government — and Chilean democracy broke down in the 1970s... ..…

The Illusion of Democracy . By Gilbert Mercier NEWS JUNKIE POST . Oct 27, 2014 at 1:39 pm . ... They have transformed democracy into a parody of itself and a toxic form of government. ..…

The Islamic Republic of Gaza . . June 19, 2007 . . . . 'I like this violence ... ..…

A Partial Victory For Democracy . . July 24, 2002 . U.S. District Judge Peter Dorsey struck a blow for democracy in Connecticut on Tuesday by ruling that this state's restrictive nominating process is unfair. . ..…

Commonwealth Court, the least-understood court in this state, is unique to Pennsylvania. ... Cohn possesses temperament, sense of fairness and energy level that would serve her well on Commonwealth Court.. ..…

McHale said his legislative service, Conservation and Consumer Affairs committees, has given him insight into the issues that often come before Commonwealth Court. ..…