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Interview: Why the world is losing faith in democracy
In the heady days of 1989, nondemocratic regimes fell like dominoes to the peaceful march of activists across Eastern Europe. Even China briefly appeared vulnerable to popular demands for a voice in how the country is ruled -- until the crackdown at ...
Tags: Democracy, Elections, Freedom of the Press, Philippines, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
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Former Vermont Gov. backing VA House of Delgates candidates
Former Vermont governor and Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean is throwing his weight behind Democratic candidates in the 2013 House of Delegates election. Dean, who lost the Democratic primary for president in 2004, announced Tuesday...Tags: Democracy, Elections, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Hampton Roads, Primaries
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The starkly new face of the Netherlands' monarchy
AMSTERDAM — Even by the unconventional standards of the Dutch, their new king is going to be a bit of a novelty. He has a license to fly commercial airliners. He's married to a South American, a lively Argentine who's more popular than he is. He...
Tags: Elections, Amsterdam (Netherlands), Heads of State, United Kingdom, Charles, Prince of Wales
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'Right wing' doesn't equal 'terrorist'
"If history were to repeat itself," warned President Franklin D. Roosevelt in his 1944 State of the Union address, "and we were to return to the so-called normalcy of the 1920s, then it is certain that even though we shall have conquered our enemies on...Tags: Radio, Paul Ryan, Elections, World War I (1914-1918), Barack Obama
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Playwright drags Chile's conscience into the spotlight
The stage lights rise, and Michelle Bachelet — former political prisoner, torture victim and socialist president of Chile from 2006 to 2010 — braces herself to deliver a dramatic farewell speech. "Pardon me if I offend the fascists," she tells...
Tags: Music Industry, Skype, Arts and Culture, Celebrities, Justice and Rights
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David Graeber looks at the Occupy movement, from the inside
"It's a difficult business," writes David Graeber, "creating a new, alternative civilization." Just open a window or turn on the TV — the same old civilization is rotting all around us. Budget cuts, police shootings, endless and ever-broadening...
Tags: Democracy, Occupy Wall Street, American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), Philosophy, Book
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'Arab Spring,' once an inspiration, now a more cautionary tale
Two years ago, the "Arab Spring" that deposed dictators and demagogues was an inspiration to hundreds of millions of repressed souls across the Middle East who yearned for a say in how they were governed. Today, with the Egyptian economy in ruins,...
Tags: Arab Spring, Democracy, Religious Conflicts, Iran, Lebanon
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Beyonce and Jay-Z save communism
The communist regime in Cuba was just about to come tumbling down, ending decades of dictatorship and opening the way for freedom and democracy. But before that could happen, Jay-Z and Beyonce took a trip to the island. So Cuba's despotism can expect to...Tags: Foreign Aid, Economic Sanctions, Travel, Fidel Castro, Government
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Global Voices: An artist's take on dictatorship's legacy
Anila Rubiku grew up in a country that no longer exists, at least not the isolated, repressed and paranoid state that was Albania before Eastern Europe’s anti-Communist revolutions. The Balkan country that broke away from its iron-fisted mentors...
Tags: Interior Policy, Landforms, Abusive Behavior, Petroleum Industry, Arts and Culture
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Excerpt: 'The Third Coast' by Thomas Dyja
From his stove, Nelson Algren saw a dark shape stumble out of the bar across Wabansia Avenue. It teetered once, then slumped under the Nectar Beer sign, sizzling neon in the bitter February cold. Eight degrees, an army fatigue jacket, and too many shots...Tags: Carl Sandburg, Langston Hughes, Newspaper and Magazine, Abusive Behavior, World War I (1914-1918)
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COLUMN: Thatcher's vigorous virtues effective
Washington Post Writers GroupWASHINGTON -- She had the eyes of Caligula and the lips of Marilyn Monroe. So said Francois Mitterrand, the last serious socialist to lead a major European nation, speaking of Margaret Thatcher, who helped bury socialism as a doctrine of governance....Tags: Philosophy, Unions, Margaret Thatcher, United Kingdom, Tony Blair
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Election Cross-Endorsements Serve Voters
The Hartford CourantIn the past few years, there has been a disturbing push in a number of states toward limiting the right to vote and raising barriers to participation in democracy. Not in Connecticut. When it comes to ensuring an inclusive and fair democracy that...Tags: Libertarian Party, Democracy, Elections, Unemployment Benefits, Slavery
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