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Hungary election
Hungary
The opposition understood the assignment.
The Hungarian 3-step plan to beat an authoritarian.  Autocrats around the world will study Orbán’s successes: how to consolidate power over time, how to reward loyalists, how to weaken watchdogs, and how to loot the state while...
Member Spotlight
Empowering Youth and Women for Elective Political Power in Nigeria
Following their earlier story, Children and Young People Living for Peace (CYPLP) returns with a second event contribution to the International Democracy Community. This September initiative marked International Democracy Day...
GARBERVILLE
COLUMN How Local Authorities Can Arrest Federal Agents
The Case of an Unarmed Hippie Takes on New Relevance
IDC Theme of the Month
Digital Democracy & e-Governance: How Digital Tools are Reshaping...
On the International Democracy Community (IDC) platform, we're introducing monthly themes inspired by the...
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Newsletter
Democracy Resilience Doesn't Exist; Your AI 'Civic Assistant...
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SRINAGAR (KASHMIR)
ASIA DEMOCRACY CHRONICLES A Long, Long Night in the Valley
Beneath the roaring jets lies a valley haunted by unending violence
SACRAMENTO
COLUMN Don't Run Kamala! Save Local Democracy Instead
VP Harris Should Start a New Authority to Defend Local Autonomy
LOS ANGELES
COLUMN What Churchill Would Tell a Besieged City
"We shall fight on the beach... on the freeways... and in the Home Depot parking lots"
LONGUEUIL (QUEBEC)
NATIONAL CIVIC LEAGUE Even the Losers Embrace the Outcome
On Citizens' Assemblies and Losers' Consent
DEMOCRACY LOCAL
NEW BOOK "The U.S. vs. Us: Essays from California As It Leaves America
The debut book from Ostrich Farm Press, Democracy Local's book arm.
ALEPPO
COLUMN World War 3 Has Come to Your Hometown
Attacks by authoritarian national governments on their own cities aren't just local conflicts. They...
ALEPPO
NEWSLETTER Apocalyptic Democracy, Self-Defense; Worthy Books
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