America's border and the rule of law: Are we becoming a terror state? - Salon.com
A legal scholar argues that Trump's lawless border policies threaten to undermine civil liberties for all of us| Salon.com
Free speech in Britain is on life support| UnHerd
Autocrats of the world, unite!| New Statesman
In a fact-free and shockingly authoritarian rant on Truth Social on the morning of August 18, convicted felon/adjudicated sexual […]| AnneLandmanBlog
If you’re hungering for another opportunity to protest Trump’s authoritarian takeover of the country, Montrose and Ouray County Indivisible groups […]| AnneLandmanBlog
A new study has revealed the secret minds of vegetarians, says Steven Tucker. It turns out many are preening, authoritarian, sociopathic control-freaks, just like Greta Thunberg. Who knew. The post New Study Reveals the Secret Minds of Vegetarians: Many Are Preening, Authoritarian, Sociopathic Control-Freaks, Just Like Greta Thunberg appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.| The Daily Sceptic
The evolution of Trump's political philosophy from "Hitler did some good things, too" to "no more elections."| Unprecedented
Without a community, we look to “strongmen” to save us. What we really need is each other. The post The Country of My Birth Is Losing Its Democracy. It Can Happen Here Too. appeared first on OtherWords.| OtherWords
The mob-style shakedowns of colleges, networks, law firms, and businesses are the through line of the Trump era. The post Extortionist-in-Chief appeared first on Washington Monthly.| Washington Monthly
Reports and other media articles over the past month detail the ways in which the technology and norms underpinning China’s surveillance industry are proliferating in other countries around the world. This week, Emily Baker-White at Forbes published an investigation finding that Intel, which recently agreed to give the U.S. government a ten-percent stake in the […]| China Digital Times (CDT)
Trump’s Alaska summit was more than diplomatic theater, it exposed how authoritarians weaponize our collective amnesia to reshape narratives and seize control The post The Alaska Spectacle and the War on Memory appeared first on Coda Story.| Coda Story
A legal scholar argues that Trump's lawless border policies threaten to undermine civil liberties for all of us| Salon.com
[Though this video is not recent, the authors’ discussion remains relevant today.] Fair Observer Founder, CEO & Editor-in-Chief Atul Singh and retired CIA Officer Glenn Carle dissect the question: “Donald Trump 2.0: Are lunatics now running the asylum?” Speaking from his experience in intelligence and analysis, Glenn delivers a sobering assessment of US President Donald… Continue reading FO° Talks: Donald Trump 2.0: Are Lunatics Now Running the Asylum? The post FO° Talks: Donald Tru...| Fair Observer
In this essay I explore techno-surveillance and its normalization in society. I summarise a new study revealing how WiFi and 5G signals can be used to identify us with high accuracy - WhoFi. Current regulatory frameworks are inadequate to protect against such ambient surveillance. This is not something to resign ourselves to, as it could be used to usher in a more authoritarian response to disruption and collapse. We can join a political push towards stricter regulations, such as requiring co...| Prof Jem Bendell
What is needed to stop the trend towards socialism and despotism is common sense and moral courage.| Foundation for Economic Education
An August 12 article in the local publication The Revolutionist by Jacob Richards titled “GJPD Cameras Accessed Five Times During […]| AnneLandmanBlog
The Stanford Daily, Stanford University’s independently run student newspaper, and two of its student staff, are suing Marco Rubio, in his capacity as Secretary of State, and Kristi Noem, in her capacity as Secretary of Homeland Security, for violating their First Amendment rights. . The suit argues that the administration’s reliance on the Immigration and Nationality Act to censor and punish lawfully present noncitizens is unconstitutional. From the suit: Secretary of State Marco Rubio...| Daily Nous
On the anniversary of Russia's 2008 invasion of Georgia, an increasingly autocratic Georgian government toes the Kremlin line, blaming its predecessors for "instigating" war The post Why Georgia’s National Memory is on Trial appeared first on Coda Story.| Coda Story
Will the U.S. have free and fair elections next year? The post Creating Budapest on the Potomac appeared first on The Globalist.| The Globalist
The scriptures are very clear about the kind of people Christians should be. This includes the types of behaviors we should demonstrate and the way we should treat others (all others). Many “Christians” in the United States have somehow managed to subvert their religious beliefs in the service of political fascism – which includes racism, ... Read more The post Anti-Christ appeared first on Insight.| Insight
In this episode of FO° Talks, Fair Observer Chair Claire Whitaker and retired CIA officer Glenn Carle discuss US President Donald...| Fair Observer
Victims of transnational repression (TNR) in the UK may lose trust in the British system to take the threats to them seriously, a Select Committee inquiry has been told in relation to cases linked to the governments of Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the UAE. In written evidence published by the UK parliament’s Joint Committee […]| FairSquare
source: https://www.kff.org/key-data-on-health-and-health-care-by-race-and-ethnicity/?entry=health-status-and-outcomes-birth-risks-and-outcomesThe rightwing extremist war on DEI intensifies by the week, it appears. And the scope of its prohibitions expands as well. Universities throughout the United States are being bullied through the threat of the loss of Federal funds -- sometimes in the billions -- unless all traces of DEI programs, offices, webpages, and staff are erased. But recall what...| Understanding Society
It seems possible that this dulling may contribute to my current state of political fecklessness: while before I felt able to fight, now, with the situation seeming so much worse than in 2016, there are times I wish it would all just go away. I am used to being at least externally “okay,” even when many others are not. Whether rising above or cowering in fear, I lose my capacity to act from a grounded center. The post American Resistance: A Mayflower Meditation by Elizabeth Cutter Ev...| ROOM A Sketchbook for Analytic Action
The United States is known globally as the country of freedom, looked to by the international community for inspiration. After the end of its military dictatorship in the late 1980s, Brazil sought to create a brand new constitution with its civil liberties partially based on the American Bill of Rights. However, in its convoluted 320 […]| The Chicago Thinker
It appears that whenever expert civil society organizations release a legal analysis of draft laws that restrict fundamental rights and freedoms, authoritarian governments learn from their mistakes and avoid them in the next round. One could witness such a situation when the Foreign Agents Registration Bill was introduced in the Slovak parliament last spring, and the public watchdog and advocacy organization VIA IURIS tried to stand against this legislation. In one year, the Slovak parliament...| Verfassungsblog
In Rome, Italy, tourists flock each day to marvel at the grandeur of ancient ruins: the Colosseum, the Roman Forum, and the Pantheon. Yet integrated into the city’s familiar landmarks are structures far newer, and far more politically charged. Buildings like the Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana—nicknamed the “Square Colosseum —stand as stark reminders of a...| The Science Survey
Touch silence, touch joy, touch Earth —three daily practices to keep a stable heart in authoritarian times. I find them in the dawn chorus.| Priscilla Stuckey
FairSquare has today joined with the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Development, Human Rights Watch, and Reprieve to call on the British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to use his government’s deepening links with Bahrain to advocate for the release of the country’s political prisoners. In a letter sent on 9 July, sent after a meeting […] The post British PM urged to use influence in support of Bahrain’s political prisoners appeared first on FairSquare.| FairSquare
Ninety U.S.-based civil society groups have warned FIFA that it risks becoming a “public relations tool to whitewash the reputation of an increasingly authoritarian government”, in a joint letter that calls on FIFA to publicly urge the US government to reverse immigration policies and practices introduced by the Trump administration. The letter describes how repressive […]| FairSquare
Is the Kremlin’s contested influence in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia a sign of its waning relevance? The post Resisting the Authoritarian Playbook in the South Caucasus appeared first on Coda Story.| Coda Story
On May 1st 1925, with Mussolini already in power, a group of Italian intellectuals publicly denounced Mussolini’s fascist regime in an open letter. The signatories [...] The post A Century Later: A Renewed Open Letter Against the Return of Fascism appeared first on The New Fascism Syllabus.| The New Fascism Syllabus
Trump's actions on immigration, fiscal policy, privacy, and war make MAGA Republicans angry. This was always going to be the outcome.| Orthodox Reflections
The sunlight of Mao Zedong Thought illuminates the road of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution (1966). Shanghai People’s Fine Arts Publishing House Propaganda Group (上海人民美术出版社宣传画组) Chai…| The Confucian Weekly Bulletin
Following is an important message from Indivisible Grand Junction for participants in the national No Kings Day protest on June 14, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. at Canyon View Park, 730 24 Road, in Northwest Grand Junction at 24 and G Roads:| AnneLandmanBlog
The Trump-backed ex-President looks destined for jail. The Jair Bolsonaro who appeared in court was a far cry from the aggressive and crude public persona with which the Brazilian public has become accustomed over the last 40 years. On the stand, he did his best to appear humble and charming. In short, he didn’t threaten […] The post Bolsonaro Takes Stand in Coup Trial appeared first on BRASILWIRE.| BRASILWIRE
The United Nations Working Group (UNWGAD) on Arbitrary Detention has this week ruled that the British-Egyptian writer Alaa Abd el-Fattah is being arbitrarily detained in Egypt in violation of international law. In a detailed 15-page opinion, the panel of independent UN experts found that Alaa’s continued detention is unlawful on multiple grounds. These include a […] The post UN body rules Alaa Abd el-Fattah’s detention arbitrary, former Ambassador calls for travel advice changes appea...| FairSquare
NGOs, academics, writers, whistleblowers and football supporters’ groups are among those who today condemned serious ongoing misgovernance at football’s world governing body FIFA in a joint statement published on the ten year anniversary of the notorious arrests of senior FIFA officials in Switzerland.| FairSquare
On May 10th at the Chicago Thinker’s American Identity Summit, Nikolas Ferreira, a 28-year-old conservative rising star and the most| The Chicago Thinker
Tara Westover's memoir, Educated, resonates with me because I too was shaped by authoritarianism. And it's as old as the Roman Empire.| Priscilla Stuckey
More than 100 British parliamentarians, and 32 human rights organisations, have written to the British Prime Minister urging him to use all the tools at his disposal to free the British-Egyptian prisoner Alaa Abd el-Fattah. Alaa’s mother Laila Soueif has been on hunger strike in support of him since September 2024. In a letter sent […] The post Parliament, NGOs urge British PM to act to free Alaa Abd el-Fattah appeared first on FairSquare.| FairSquare
I have a new piece out for Sublation on the state of democracy in the United States. There’s no paywall. You can read it here: https://www.sublationmag.com/post/how-democracies-cry-the-endless-wailing-of-levitsky-and-ziblatt| Benjamin Studebaker
Resisting authoritarianism is about remaining engaged, remaining receptive and, above all, not turning away The post How to find your voice when you are being silenced appeared first on Coda Story.| Coda Story
As Harvard University is leading a rebellion against the Trump administration’s far-reaching intervention into university practices under the pretext of fighting antisemitism on campus, Heyleh Doutaghi (Deputy Director of the Law and Political Economy Project and an Associate Research Scholar at Yale Law School), a colleague and dear friend of mine, is packing her bags to leave the US.| Legal Form
My mother has been in the hospital for the past month, in and out of intensive care; so, my time to post on BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY has been constrained. In addition, I have been writing responses …| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
On January 24, 2017, Polish journalist and activist Martin Mycielsky published a piece on Twitter called “Year 1 Under Authoritarianism: What to Expect.” He did this warn Americans about what to expect during Trump’s first year in office, and to encourage us to fight back. (Interestingly, the document is still there, on Musk’s “X.”) Later ... Read more The post 15 Features of Authoritarianism appeared first on Insight.| Insight
Telos 210 considers the ways in which state power interacts with popular attitudes and social institutions in order to establish the basis for sovereignty and law.| Telos Press
There’s a reason why the chainsaw is such an apt symbol for the current assault on American science: because you can cut a tree down in minutes, but growing it back takes decades.| Total Internal Reflection
Journal of Political Risk, Vol. 13, No. 3, March 2025 By Anders Corr The Chinese Communist Party is reacting to the Trump administration’s revolution in U.S. foreign policy with a full-court press in the media. President Donald Trump’s overtures to … Continue reading →| Journal of Political Risk
Hakeem Jeffries had better eat his Wheaties.| The Dispatch
Faint but there: Moonbow In late 2016, a . . . situation, let’s call it, battered my town. A neo-Nazi site had picked up a disagreement over a local building’s ownership, and the result was months …| Antonia Malchik
By Mónica Roa, Puentes One way to understand our time is as a battleground of intense narrative disputes. On one side, the climate emergency, the impact of artificial intelligence on […]| Horizons
Journal of Political Risk, Vol. 13, No. 2, February 2025| Journal of Political Risk
Victor Klemperer’s diary is a remarkable testimony on life in Nazi Germany told from the perspective of someone whom the state sought to eradicate from the population—and it makes for chilling reading today. The post I Shall Bear Witness – Victor Klemperer in His Time, and Ours appeared first on The New Fascism Syllabus.| The New Fascism Syllabus
Ben-Ghiat, Ruth. Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2021. The United States’ recently-held presidential election in November 2024 has thrown [...] The post Review: Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Strongmen appeared first on The New Fascism Syllabus.| The New Fascism Syllabus
The Trump administration has dismissed public pleas for mercy for transgender youth and instead launched a full-scale attack against trans people.| Slate Magazine
In a world that demands that you listen to others before yourself, sovereignty of mind is the first prerequisite of democracy.| Priscilla Stuckey
With the latest trans military executive order, the administration has given up all pretense of "evidence-based care," and has moved to the kind of dehumanization meant to justify atrocity.| www.erininthemorning.com
Flags of the USA and China on a semiconductor. William Potter.| Journal of Political Risk
Legal theorist Richard Sherwin discusses the emotional and axiological excess underneath the passion to change constitutions.| Blog of the APA
An interview with Estela Aranha, who forced Michael Shellenberger to apologize after exposing his manipulation of data to build a false narrative about “totalitarian” Brazil By Brian Mier On April 3, Michael Shellenberger tweeted a series of excerpts from emails by X executives dubbed, “Twitter Files Brazil”, which alleged to expose crimes by Brazilian Supreme […] The post Brazilian lawyer exposes deceit at heart of “Twitter Files” appeared first on BRASILWIRE.| BRASILWIRE
A major new report from FairSquare, published today, identifies serious structural flaws within FIFA, football’s global governing body, that have resulted in the organisation contributing to a wide range of social harms, not least very serious and systematic human rights abuses, and that preclude it from fulfilling one of its core stated objectives of developing […]| FairSquare
Rep. Susan WildRanking Member, Subcommittee on Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International OrganizationsMay 7, 2024, Hearing: “Brazil: A Crisis of Democracy, Freedom, and Rule of Law?” Opening Statement Thank you, Mr. Chairman. With all due respect to everyone involved in this hearing, I’d like to say at the outset that this is not the […] The post US Congresswoman Takes Down Fantasist Republican Committee Hearing on Brazilian Democracy appeared first on BRASILWIRE.| BRASILWIRE
Amongst the general educated public in America, the eminent political theorist Hannah Arendt is probably best known for her concept of “the banality of evil,” which she discusses in her 1963 book about the trial of the Nazi war criminal, Adolf Eichmann. One indicator of just how famous the phrase “banality of evil” became is […] The post Hannah Arendt on Statesmanship appeared first on Starting Points.| Starting Points
An interview with Estela Aranha, who forced Michael Shellenberger to apologize after exposing his manipulation of data to build a false narrative about “totalitarian” Brazil By Brian Mier On April 3, Michael Shellenberger tweeted a series of excerpts from emails by X executives dubbed, “Twitter Files Brazil”, which alleged to expose crimes by Brazilian Supreme […]| BRASILWIRE
Holy Ghosted by Tiffany Yecke Brooks will show readers how to recognize the tactics of spiritual abuse—and save their faith.| EerdWord
Date/Location: May 22-23, 2025 / Warsaw, Poland| ECPS
Democracy is under threat in Central America and authoritarianism is on the rise and poses challenges for US policy towards the region.| The Dialogue
Rep. Susan WildRanking Member, Subcommittee on Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International OrganizationsMay 7, 2024, Hearing: “Brazil: A Crisis of Democracy, Freedom, and Rule of Law?” Opening Statement Thank you, Mr. Chairman. With all due respect to everyone involved in this hearing, I’d like to say at the outset that this is not the […]| BRASILWIRE
Since the beginning of its mandate, the newly elected (2023) Slovak government has been spreading discriminatory, homophobic, and xenophobic narratives, and proposing new policies, usually without any public debate or negotiations with the professional public. The new Minister of Culture is Martina Šimkovičová from the Slovak National Party (SNS), who formerly worked at the private television station Markíza (from which she was fired after her hateful comments against refugees on social m...| ARTMargins
My recent ban shows how Codes of Conduct easily turn a community authoritarian.| Felipe Contreras
