🌎 Discussion: The Spread of Fascism/Theocracy/Authoritarianism

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Control, censorship and ‘penalties’: inside the Assad regime’s propaganda arm

For years reporters at Syria’s state news agency had to toe the line. As life in Syria grew harder, so did the their work

www.theguardian.com

 

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Germany, France and Poland condemn violence in Georgia, stress support for pro-democracy movement

The foreign ministers of Germany, France and Poland have expressed concern about “the political crisis” in Georgia, two days after former soccer player Mikheil Kavelashvili was formally inaugurated as president of the South Caucasus nation, cementing the ruling party’s grip in what the opposition ca

apnews.com

 

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Trump’s killing of Qassem Suleimani led to fall of Assad, says Tugendhat

Ex-security minister says assassination ordered by Trump set off chain of events that led to revolution in Syria

www.theguardian.com

 

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I hope they don't think this is going to inspire Amerto join up.....

 

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Should be the same in the US as well.

 

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Marvel Rivals Bans Winnie The Pooh From Game Chat, Here’s Why

The honey-loving childrens' character cannot be mentioned in the Marvel Rivals chat.

thedirect.com

 

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Higher Education Must Champion Democracy, Not Surrender to Fascism

Critical education must become a key organizing principle to defeat the emerging authoritarianism in the US.

truthout.org

 

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South Korea's presidential security chief defies Yoon arrest bid as deadline looms​

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/south-korea-protesters-rally-against-yoon-arrest-deadline-looms-2025-01-05/

The chief of security for South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said on Sunday he could not cooperate with efforts to arrest the impeached leader, in remarks that could push the political crisis towards another high-stakes confrontation.

"Please refrain from insulting remarks that the presidential security service has been reduced to a private army," he said in a statement, adding that it had provided security to all presidents for 60 years, regardless of political affiliation.

The comments came after a Seoul court rejected a complaint from Yoon's lawyers that the arrest warrant was illegal and invalid, the Yonhap news agency said. Telephone calls to the court to seek comment went unanswered.

In Sunday's statement, Park dismissed as "preposterous" an accusation by the main opposition Democratic Party that he had ordered presidential security officers to use live ammunition if they got "caught short" in Friday's standoff.

 

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Half a million suspected Nazi collaborators are named in the Netherlands

Eight decades after the Holocaust, the list was made public in the country of Anne Frank as a law prohibiting its release expired on New Year’s Day.

www.nbcnews.com

 

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Austrian chancellor quits as bid to form coalition without far right falls apart

The surprise collapse of talks talks aimed at cobbling together a centrist coalition that could serve as a bulwark against the far-right Freedom Party (FPO) leaves President Alexander Van der Bellen with few options.

www.nbcnews.com

 

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‘The tyrant is gone and the nightmare is done’: Syrian exiles hope for a brighter future

Syrians who fled Bashar al-Assad’s reign of terror now consider moving home as the country starts a new chapter

www.theguardian.com

 

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Austria's far-right gets chance to lead a government for first time since World War Two

After a coalition-building stalemate between the country's centrist parties, President Alexander Van der Bellen was forced to invite the Freedom Party to form a government.

www.google.com

 

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Ford and Musk. They Made Cars. They Backed Fascists.

Each age’s premier industrialist has had appalling politics.

prospect.org

 

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Venezuelan President Maduro to be sworn in again despite serious doubts over election results

President Nicolás Maduro is about to extend his increasingly repressive rule over Venezuela until 2031

abcnews.go.com

 

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Elon Musk and Peter Thiel: The billionaires fomenting a global race war

The tech bros' strategy to protect their wealth is to direct fear and hostility towards 'the Other' - migrants, Muslims, the 'woke'

www.middleeasteye.net

Here’s why Joe Rogan’s ‘plan’ for conquering Mexico is so dumb

During his podcast Wednesday, Joe Rogan floated yet another delusional idea: expanding the U.S. territory into Mexico. The suggestion had some laughing at its absurdity and others balking at its ignorance, especially since Rogan didn’t seem to fully...

www.dailykos.com

 

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President officially arrested over martial law after court approves warrant request

President Yoon Suk Yeol was arrested, Sunday, over his botched martial law imposition.

www.koreatimes.co.kr

 

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Exclusive: German ambassador warns of Trump plan to redefine constitutional order, document shows

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/german-ambassador-warns-trump-plan-redefine-constitutional-order-document-shows-2025-01-18/

The briefing document, dated Jan. 14 and signed by Ambassador Andreas Michaelis, describes Donald Trump's agenda for his second White House term as one of "maximum disruption" that will bring about "a redefinition of the constitutional order - maximum concentration of power with the president at the expense of Congress and the federal states."

"Basic democratic principles and checks and balances will be largely undermined, the legislature, law enforcement and media will be robbed of their independence and misused as a political arm, Big Tech will be given co-governing power," it says.