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Caro S.<p>This was a great episode. Nesrine Malik is someone worth listening to.</p><p><a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mMNf4VZE8EI&amp;list=PLLkT5TSHWFSZJeAga5pdyL6pJ9hC6h6H6&amp;index=2&amp;pp=iAQB" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">m.youtube.com/watch?v=mMNf4VZE</span><span class="invisible">8EI&amp;list=PLLkT5TSHWFSZJeAga5pdyL6pJ9hC6h6H6&amp;index=2&amp;pp=iAQB</span></a></p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/UKpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKpol</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Sudan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sudan</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/WesternDemocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WesternDemocracy</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/voters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>voters</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/centrism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>centrism</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Timmermans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Timmermans</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/PvdA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PvdA</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/LabourParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LabourParty</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/InternationalRuleBasedOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternationalRuleBasedOrder</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/UN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UN</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Gramsci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gramsci</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/rupture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rupture</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/KierStarmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KierStarmer</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/interconnectedness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>interconnectedness</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/refugees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>refugees</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>war</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/far_right" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>far_right</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/gaslighting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gaslighting</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>palestine</span></a></span> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/ArabWorld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArabWorld</span></a></p>
Caro S.<p>"He and I and a couple of other writers were out to dinner that night and I was talking about this idea that the load bearing beams of Western society were sort of falling apart. This notion of equal justice and respect for the law, of international human rights, and so on and so forth."</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/omar-el-akkad-on-genocide-complicit-liberals-and-the-terrible-wrath-of-the-west/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/omar-el-akkad-on-ge</span><span class="invisible">nocide-complicit-liberals-and-the-terrible-wrath-of-the-west/</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>palestine</span></a></span> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/WesternDemocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WesternDemocracy</span></a></p>
Caro S.<p>Elections, Accountability and Democracy in Ancient Athens</p><p>"But, today I want to investigate with you whether elections are really democratic at all, let alone function as expressions of the will of the people and as a form of accountability? To get at this problem, I want to look back to the first democracy, the democracy of ancient Athens and to think about the nature of Athens’ democracy, what were its ideals, what were some of its practical manifestations and, finally, what a fuller understanding of the Athenian model might offer us as Americans when considering our own assessments of democracy and its mechanisms. Specifically, did the Athenians conceive of elections as fundamental to their democracy? Were elections an expression of the DEMOS? And, finally, were they a measure of accountability for officials?" Rebecca Futo Kennedy, 2012</p><p><a href="https://rfkclassics.blogspot.com/2012/05/elections-accountability-and-democracy.html?m=1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">rfkclassics.blogspot.com/2012/</span><span class="invisible">05/elections-accountability-and-democracy.html?m=1</span></a></p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>election</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>America</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Classics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Classics</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/ClassicalAthens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClassicalAthens</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/AncientAthens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AncientAthens</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Athens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Athens</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/accountability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>accountability</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vote</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/WesternDemocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WesternDemocracy</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>histodons</span></a></span></p>
Caro S.<p>Vivafalastinleen on TikTok. CW eye contact</p><p>For those who think genocidaires are a viable option just because they're "democrats" or "liberals"</p><p>"Here's something people don't seem to understand. If they're comfortable killing other people, eventually they'll be comfortable killing you. If they're comfortable acting genocide against one group of people, they'll eventually are comfortable acting genocide against you. You are not exempt from the rules of violence that they set."</p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>genocide</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/WesternDemocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WesternDemocracy</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/EuropeanUnion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanUnion</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/StopCopCity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopCopCity</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/CovidIsNotOver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CovidIsNotOver</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/PalestineGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PalestineGenocide</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>justice</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/RuleOfLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RuleOfLaw</span></a></p>
Wokebloke for Democracy<p>“This week, two of the largest countries in Europe have chosen the same path that Spain chose a year ago: rejection of the extreme right and a decisive commitment to a social left that addresses people’s problems with serious and brave policies,”<br>- Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez<br><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/july-7-2024?r=63j6s&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=email" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/heatherc</span><span class="invisible">oxrichardson/p/july-7-2024?r=63j6s&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=email</span></a><br><a href="https://libretooth.gr/tags/WesternDemocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WesternDemocracy</span></a> <a href="https://libretooth.gr/tags/Vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vote</span></a> <a href="https://libretooth.gr/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://libretooth.gr/tags/Oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oligarchy</span></a></p>
MusiqueNow :pride: ✡️ 🇵🇸 :anarchismhebrew:<p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/PoliticsJoe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticsJoe</span></a> <br><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/YanisVaroufakis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>YanisVaroufakis</span></a> : <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/WesternDemocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WesternDemocracy</span></a> is a MAFIA</p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Capitalism</span></a> is dead and so are we</p><p><a href="https://invidious.jing.rocks/watch?v=w6H6tvVuGgo&amp;listen=false" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">invidious.jing.rocks/watch?v=w</span><span class="invisible">6H6tvVuGgo&amp;listen=false</span></a></p>
Martin Nutty<p>5) This article was published 3 days prior to the <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/DublinRiots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DublinRiots</span></a> and gives a small sense of the odd alliance that is the <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/FarRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FarRight</span></a> and how they use <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> to promulgate their dreck</p><p>What’s odd about the alliance? I find it head scratching that the associated ragey posts are directed at <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Migrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Migrants</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/ReproductiveRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReproductiveRights</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Vaccines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vaccines</span></a> to name just 4 areas. All topics sure to drive wedges in <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/WesternDemocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WesternDemocracy</span></a>. The question is at the behest of who and why?</p><p><a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2023/11/20/spread-of-false-information-on-social-media-soared-since-pandemic-study/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">irishtimes.com/politics/2023/1</span><span class="invisible">1/20/spread-of-false-information-on-social-media-soared-since-pandemic-study/</span></a></p>
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