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Politics

Democracy

Anthropocentrism and Democracy in Planetary Times

It is time to rethink political regimes in non-anthropocentric terms

April 12, 2023 • by Rafi Youatt
The way forward for our planet and democracy are to acknowledge nature’s own, different political modalities, by recognizing what I’ve elsewhere called interspecies politics. ...

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Anthropocentrism and Democracy in Planetary Times
Democracy

People Power?

The phrase “liberal democracy” has degenerated into an ideological cliché

April 12, 2023 • by John Keane
Democracy is not an all-knowing and arrogant Ideology. It is its antidote. ...

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People Power?
Democracy

Bloodless Democracy?

A response to John Keane

April 11, 2023 • by James Miller
Does democracy offer any kind of solution, however partial, to ecological challenges that are inherently global, not just national, never mind local?...

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Bloodless Democracy?
Activism

Trump Protests in Lower Manhattan: Pro and Con

A photo essay

April 10, 2023 • by Jo Freeman
Trump was taken out a side entrance before all that press even knew he was out of the building...

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Trump Protests in Lower Manhattan: Pro and Con
Democracy

Is Europe’s Democracy in Crisis?

Europe’s democracy is in a good place, but technological changes are challenging it

April 10, 2023 • by Filip Kostelka
Democracy is currently not in crisis and, in fact, we live in one of its best times....

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Is Europe’s Democracy in Crisis?
Democracy

How Democracies Die, Fast and Slow

“The troubling truth is that democracy can be destroyed in multiple ways, in different tempos”

April 10, 2023 • by John Keane
Things are serious: the “great democratic revolution“ of modern times, as Tocqueville once called it, appears to be spluttering to a halt....

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How Democracies Die, Fast and Slow
North America

The People of New York vs. Donald J. Trump

Why Now? With Claire Potter, Episode 19

April 5, 2023 • by Claire Potter
The Former Guy put out a call for his supporters to protest his indictment: this is who showed up...

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The People of New York vs. Donald J. Trump
Democracy

It’s Never the Gun, Is It?

Analyzing the right’s Second Amendment shell game after the tragic Covenant school shooting

April 3, 2023 • by Claire Potter
How do you square support for gun ownership, virtually without restriction, with this terrible, unjust tragedy?...

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It’s Never the Gun, Is It?
Democracy

A Fragile Hope for Democracy in Thailand

An election in May has put the Thai King, the government, and the constitution under pressure. But can the opposition win?

March 29, 2023 • by Tobias Lentz
The May election will be a pivotal moment for Thailand’s democratic future....

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A Fragile Hope for Democracy in Thailand
Politics

Is Ecuador on the Road to Revolution?

Although $36 billion is still missing, socialism is on the rise in Ecuador

March 28, 2023 • by Paloma Velasco
Even right-wing fortresses such as Guayaquil, Ecuador’s economic capital, elected a leftist mayor for the first time in 30 years. ...

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Is Ecuador on the Road to Revolution?
Democracy

The Only Way War in Ukraine Can End

On Jessica Pisano’s Staging Democracy and the function of political theater

March 28, 2023 • by Jeffrey C. Goldfarb, James Miller and Jessica Pisano
Zelenskyy’s approach to political leadership has been focused on creating conditions that allow people to self-mobilize and self-govern....

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The Only Way War in Ukraine Can End
Activism

NYC Climate Action to Stop Dirty Banks

A photo essay

March 23, 2023 • by Jo Freeman
Jo Freeman captures the protest from the streets...

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NYC Climate Action to Stop Dirty Banks
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