Drawing on decades of research and a wide range of historical and global examples, from 1930s Europe to contemporary Hungary, Turkey, and Venezuela, to the American South during Jim Crow, Levitsky and Ziblatt show how democracies die—and how ours can be saved.
An important piece of context for the current escalation of conflict in #IsraelPalestine that I've rarely seen mentioned in mainstream reporting concerns the #GreatMarchOfReturn, a series of large (and largely peaceful) weekly protests in #Gaza near the border fence that were sustained through most of #2018 and #2019, and which were met with enormous amounts of sustained lethal violence by the #Israeli armed forces. The #MassProtests each Friday were attended by crowds ranging in size from 10,000 to 50,000, many of them children and teens (more than 50% of Gaza's population is under the age of 18). Participants were regularly targeted by Israeli Defence Force (IDF) snipers using a combination of live ammunition, rubber bullets and tear gas canisters (the latter typically fired directly at protesters), and even some tank rounds. Over time, hundreds of #Palestinians were killed and many thousands seriously wounded.
The original idea for the demonstration was for hundreds of thousands of unarmed Palestinians to peacefully walk up to the fence, take down a section, then cross a few kilometres into the land beyond, where they would set up a temporary tent city.
I’m not sure I’d call the Social Democrats in either country country “leftist” (they’re center-left and the “center” portion is more relevant), but it’s fairly likely that the Scholz’ party copying the Danish route would work. The issue is that the SPD’s approach is that it was half-hearted. If you want to win over xenophobes you have to mean it. For now the assumption with voters is that Scholz and the other SPD people are all bark and no bite.
This is my website which was basically in the works since I started #CodingBootcamp beginning of #2019. I'm very happy with it but it's a big work in progress. Still I managed to release it a couple weeks ago! 💪
Scholz says that Germany needs to expand deportations of rejected asylum-seekers (english.elpais.com)
My Love for Evermore - The Hillbilly Moon Explosion (ft. Sparky from Demented Are Go) - 2019 (www.youtube.com)
I'd like to pack this in, and take you to the stars...
Endurant - Bloodywood - 2019 - a salute to the survivors of bullying - [Indian Folk Metal] (www.youtube.com)
This goes out to the silent who fight the urge to get violent...
THE FINE PRINT - The Stupendium - 2019 (www.youtube.com)
Welcome to space...
China has used Cuba as spy base for years, US official says (www.theguardian.com)
Chinese intelligence collection from Cuba predates the Biden era, with facilities upgraded in 2019, White House official says