Putin approves changes allowing him to stay in power until 2036
Mar 10, 2020 – By Andrew Osborn and Tom Balmforth MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday opened the door to constitutional changes that would allow him […]
Bernie Sanders can’t be bought – his campaign is making me strangely hopeful
SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN By Arwa Mahdawi Confidence in democracy has been taking a hammering, so how refreshing to see a politician with big ideas win hearts and minds Democracy did […]
I spoke to experts on authoritarian rule about Trump’s behavior this week. They say 2020 could be our last free election
‘Inevitably, the people who last in the cabinet of an authoritarian leader are people who end up doing his personal-slash-official business, because you can no longer separate the two’ […]
The impeachment trial proved Republicans will hold onto power no matter what. I worked in US intelligence and I’m worried
The only way Trump and his associates can prevent themselves from going to jail in 2021 is to remain in power, no matter the actual results of the election […]
How anti-Muslim war makes US democracy impossible
Source: MONDOWEISS By Edward Curtis, who is professor of religious studies at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. He is author of Muslim American Politics and the Future of U.S. Democracy (NYU Press, 2019). […]
Equatorial Guinea: Swiss to auction 25 supercars seized from son of Equatorial Guinea dictator
Luxury cars seized from vice president Teodorin Obiang Nguema are expected to fetch $18m at Geneva auction Agence France-Presse Sun 29 Sep 2019 A collection of luxury cars […]
Indonesia’s criminal code: what is it, why does it matter, and will it be passed?
Violent protests have stymied the draft bill that contains controversial measures on sex, abortion and blasphemy Kate Lamb in Jakarta Thu 26 Sep 2019 1. What is the […]
British politics is awash with oil money – only when we flush it out can we save the planet
Oil executives gave £390,000 directly to the Tories after Theresa May became prime minister. Surprise, surprise, their 2017 manifesto included a commitment to build upon support for the industry […]
The West is silent over the death of a man it once called the great hope of Arab democracy
The lack of comment from our heads of state is positive encouragement to every Middle Eastern leader who now knows their own misdeeds will go unpunished Robert Fisk @indyvoices The […]
Egyptian democracy died yesterday in a prison cage alongside Morsi
To me, when you die in a dictator’s prison – even if you are not Egypt’s only elected president – then you are, in some sense, murdered Robert Fisk @indyvoices […]
Muslim Voters Won’t Forget Which Democrats Had Ilhan Omar’s Back
“It makes it very clear which Democrats are open and willing to stand up for justice,” said one Muslim voter. By Rowaida Abdelaziz Christina Ali is a 25-year-old nursing student […]
Egypt begins vote on extending El-Sisi’s rule
REUTERS April 20, 2019 El-Sisi cast his ballot at a polling station in the eastern suburb of Heliopolis in the Egyptian capital Supporters argue that El-Sisi has stabilized Egypt […]
Switzerland just overturned a referendum – there’s no reason we can’t do the same
Please send your letters to letters@independent.co.uk Letters The Independent Voices Now that the circumstances have changed, we deserve the right to have our say ( Alamy Live News. ) With […]
Indonesian Minorities Pessimistic as Presidential Election Looms
Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata and Ahmad Syamsudin Jakarta 2019-04-08 Supporters of Prabowo Subianto display a huge Indonesian flag during a rally for the opposition presidential candidate at Gelora Bung Karno Stadium […]
The Guardian view on Algeria’s ousted president: what next?
Editorial Protesters have forced the departure of Abdelaziz Bouteflika. But that may prove to be the easy part Wed 3 Apr 2019 Algerians celebrate after the country’s veteran president, […]
The only way to defeat Daesh
Mar 27,2019 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) captured, finally, the last Daesh enclave in Deir Ezzor province in Syria, near Baghouz town, after weeks of stiff resistance by the […]
Laila Lalami: ‘White supremacists target Muslims but the threat isn’t taken as seriously as other forms of terror’
Interview Hadley Freeman The Moroccan-born author talks about finding her voice, who gets control of the narrative and how it feels to be a Muslim in America today @HadleyFreeman Fri […]
Venezuela: ‘Let Trump be Trump’
Jan 29,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – Gwynne Dyer The decision to promote Juan Guaidó as a rival president to Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela was clearly made in Washington, not in Caracas. […]
We’ve seen the west’s approach to Venezuela before – in Syria, Egypt, Afghanistan, need I go on?
Instead of pleading with those who will not support him, the self-proclaimed interim president of Venezuela might want to take a closer look at who his foreign friends are Robert […]
A view from Turkey: Democracy is awesome – when it’s on the US-EU’s terms
HAKKI ÖCAL @hakkiocal After getting 67 percent of the national votes, the next day Reuters reports, “A bag of rice on a hungry family’s kitchen table could be the key […]