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HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@InternetDev" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>InternetDev</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FRpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FRpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SeparationOfChurchAndState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SeparationOfChurchAndState</span></a></p><p>(2/n)</p><p>...history of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democracy</span></a> with regard to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Racism</span></a>.</p><p>I'd be curious to know what's your viewpoint on this.)</p><p>........</p><p>Despite the slight Inaccuracies of the EN translation, I find what you wrote so interesting, that not only FR 🇫🇷 speakers should be able to read it.<br>The separation of Church and State is one of the core principles in Western <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democracies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democracies</span></a>, and not only the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> are struggling with it due to the onslaught of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Christofascists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Christofascists</span></a>:</p>
Mark<p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> Make <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Votes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Votes</span></a> Matter</p><p>In most <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/democracies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracies</span></a>, a multi-party system is fine. World’s most successful democracies have broad range of parties reflecting different viewpoints working together in country’s interest</p><p>UK voting system built to stifle political diversity</p><p>If held under First Past the Post, 2029 election will be little more than a lottery</p><p>MPs elected with fewer than 1 in 4 of constituents</p><p>We’ll almost certainly end up with government the vast majority opposes.</p><p><a href="https://makevotesmatter.org.uk/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">makevotesmatter.org.uk/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Joseph Lim :mastodon:<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> is trying to build a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/farright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>farright</span></a> international<br>"Trump's meddling in other <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democracies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracies</span></a> in the name of "free speech" serves powerful interests in te <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a>: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bigtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bigtech</span></a> cos tt do not want to be <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/regulated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>regulated</span></a> by foreign <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/governments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>governments</span></a>.. Far-right <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politicians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politicians</span></a> have also copied fr one another what scholars hv called "worst practices" for undermining democracies.. a pliant <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a> Party will not question his abuse of te 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers Act"<br><a href="https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/3077933/trump-is-trying-to-build-a-far-right-international" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinio</span><span class="invisible">n/3077933/trump-is-trying-to-build-a-far-right-international</span></a></p>
Feike 🇪🇺🇳🇱<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@TheZeldaZone" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>TheZeldaZone</span></a></span> well, you know that the first amendment and other similar articles in <a href="https://toot.community/tags/constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>constitution</span></a>|s of <a href="https://toot.community/tags/liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>liberal</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/democracies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracies</span></a>, give you the right to <a href="https://toot.community/tags/freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freedom</span></a> of speech. That means the <a href="https://toot.community/tags/GOVERNMENT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOVERNMENT</span></a> cant <a href="https://toot.community/tags/censor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>censor</span></a> anyone or spread <a href="https://toot.community/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a>. It doesnt mean <a href="https://toot.community/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mastodon</span></a> domains cant censor your <a href="https://toot.community/tags/NSFW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NSFW</span></a> content!</p>
libramoon<p><a href="https://staceyabrams.substack.com/p/what-i-said-on-jimmy-kimmel-about" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">staceyabrams.substack.com/p/wh</span><span class="invisible">at-i-said-on-jimmy-kimmel-about</span></a></p><p>What I Said on Jimmy Kimmel about <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a><br>There’s a 10-step playbook for how <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democracies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracies</span></a> die—and we’re already at step nine.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StaceyAbrams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StaceyAbrams</span></a></p><p>..."We stop it by organizing. By voting. By speaking up, even when it’s hard.</p><p>We stop it by showing people that democracy can deliver—for their families, their futures, and their fundamental rights.</p><p>Autocracy is not inevitable. But neither is democracy.</p><p>It’s a choice."...</p>
Sacre<p>Of the 10 current <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BRICS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BRICS</span></a> countries (2025), 3 are <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democracies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracies</span></a>: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Brazil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Brazil</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/India" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>India</span></a>, and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/South" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>South</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Africa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Africa</span></a>. 7 are <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarian</span></a> or <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hybrid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hybrid</span></a> regimes: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Egypt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Egypt</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ethiopia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ethiopia</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Iran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Iran</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Saudi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Saudi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Arabia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Arabia</span></a>, and the United Arab Emirates (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UEA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UEA</span></a>). In short: Only 3 out of 10 are full democracies. The group is therefore mostly <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarian</span></a> or <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/semi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>semi</span></a>-democratic.</p><p>As a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Brazilian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Brazilian</span></a> I am <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ashamed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ashamed</span></a> to be part of this group!</p>
Mark<p>EU to help <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Moldova" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Moldova</span></a> fight hybrid attacks from agents of autocracy ahead of September <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/elections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>elections</span></a></p><p>We are committed to protecting you against <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/HybridAttacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HybridAttacks</span></a> &amp; the energy shocks that your country has been a victim of, von der Leyen said following the EU-Moldova summit</p><p>Who is behind those attacks is clear to all of us here. These are the same agents of <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> trying to undermine our <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/democracies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracies</span></a> everywhere in <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kyivindependent.com/eu-pledges-to-help-moldova-counter-hybrid-threats-by-agents-of-autocracy-von-der-leyen-says-06-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kyivindependent.com/eu-pledges</span><span class="invisible">-to-help-moldova-counter-hybrid-threats-by-agents-of-autocracy-von-der-leyen-says-06-2025/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/RussianAggression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RussianAggression</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/HybridWarfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HybridWarfare</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/RussianPropaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RussianPropaganda</span></a></p>
FREE🇵🇸PALESTINE, CRUSH ZIONISM<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@augieray" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>augieray</span></a></span> i believe thay it isnt just the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>usa</span></a>, but most <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/democracies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracies</span></a> world wide! Plutocract rule at the behest of oligarchs, tyrants rule via failed accountability.</p><p>It was the rule, indeed the duty, of every citizen of ancient athens to rise up &amp; strike tyrants down.</p>
The Japan Times<p>Taiwan, under constant threat from AI-powered disinformation by authoritarian regimes, has emerged as a global leader in digital democratic defense. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/06/30/world/taiwans-digital-defense-of-democracy/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/commentary/20</span><span class="invisible">25/06/30/world/taiwans-digital-defense-of-democracy/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/commentary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>commentary</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/worldnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>worldnews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/taiwan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>taiwan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/china" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>china</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hackers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hackers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/artificialintelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>artificialintelligence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democracies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cyberattacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cyberattacks</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Ronald <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Reagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Reagan</span></a> declared in 1981 that “it is <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dictatorships" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorships</span></a>, not <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracies</span></a>, that need militarism to control their own people &amp; impose their system on others.” His successor, George H. W. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Bush" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bush</span></a>, did the same in 1992, talking about American presidents confronting the Warsaw Pact, which had been “lashed together by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/occupation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>occupation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/troops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>troops</span></a> &amp; quisling governments &amp;, when all else failed, the use of tanks against its own people.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmericanAutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanAutocracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Bolton accompanied <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> to the 2018 summit, where a memorable photo emerged of Trump seated across from other world leaders w/ his arms folded in defiance [petulant brat].</p><p>“[He] Never seemed to understand that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> had been kicked out of the G8 for invading <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a>,” Bolton said. He said Trump also could not comprehend that the partnership “was a group of like-minded industrial <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracies</span></a>. Apparently, still doesn’t understand.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/G7" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>G7</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@insomniac" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>insomniac</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@Dingsextrem" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Dingsextrem</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@noelreports" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>noelreports</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Legal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InternationalRelations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InternationalRelations</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RuleOfLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RuleOfLaw</span></a><br>(1/n) </p><p>All (Western) <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democracies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracies</span></a>, constitutional or not, as well as the whole Post-WWII international framework with the UN, ICC, etc. are based on the rule of law.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a>, and others, are trying to destroy this security framework.<br>Even in the Middle Ages, there were international treaties. Without them, there is constant war. </p><p>Before the law, all parties are to be treated...</p>
Nando161<p>i wonder why they even call themselves <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/democracies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracies</span></a></p>
Palm Oil Detectives<p>Blissful <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/bonobos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bonobos</span></a> resolve conflict in (mostly) peaceful ways. Maybe they can inspire <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/human" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>human</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/democracies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracies</span></a> to be fairer, kinder and more just? Help these remarkable beings to survive <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Boycottpalmoil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Boycottpalmoil</span></a> 🌴🔥🩸🚜❌ <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Boycott4Wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Boycott4Wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/apes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>apes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/primates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>primates</span></a></p><p><a href="http://palmoildetectives.com/2022/02/20/bonobos-can-inspire-us-to-make-our-democracies-more-peaceful/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">palmoildetectives.com/2022/02/</span><span class="invisible">20/bonobos-can-inspire-us-to-make-our-democracies-more-peaceful/</span></a></p>
federatedalpaca<p><strong>Sunday, May 11, 2025</strong></p> <p>Why Ukraine isn’t building its own version of US Patriot — Witkoff uses Kremlin translators in meetings with Putin: “If they speak to each other in Russian, he doesn’t know what they are saying,” — Zelensky says demilitarized zone idea dead — US approves transfer of 125 long-range missiles, 100 Patriots from Germany to Ukraine … and more</p> <p><a href="https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/05/sunday-may-11-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025</span><span class="invisible">/05/sunday-may-11-2025/</span></a></p>
beSpacific<p>Is It Happening Here? Other countries have watched their <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/democracies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracies</span></a> slip away gradually, w/out <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/tanks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tanks</span></a> in the streets. That may be where we’re headed—or where we already are. <a href="https://archive.is/5cFz9" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.is/5cFz9</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> When <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> ran again, in #2024, his <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/autocratic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autocratic</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/rhetoric" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rhetoric</span></a> was more pitched. He promised <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/retribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retribution</span></a>, a <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/purge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>purge</span></a> of ideological <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/enemies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>enemies</span></a>, and <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/mass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mass</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/deportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deportations</span></a> on flimsy legal pretexts. WH debuted set of lawn signs 2 highlight undocumented people who have been arrested since Trump’s return 2 power</p>
Giuseppe Michieli<p>80 years after Benito <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Mussolini" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mussolini</span></a>’s death, what can <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/democracies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracies</span></a> today learn from his <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/fascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascist</span></a> rise? <a href="https://theconversation.com/80-years-after-benito-mussolinis-death-what-can-democracies-today-learn-from-his-fascist-rise-251154" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/80-years-a</span><span class="invisible">fter-benito-mussolinis-death-what-can-democracies-today-learn-from-his-fascist-rise-251154</span></a></p>
ZZ Bottom<p><a href="https://c.im/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> do not fool yourself, <a href="https://c.im/tags/Democracies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democracies</span></a> are at <a href="https://c.im/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>war</span></a> with both <a href="https://c.im/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> and <a href="https://c.im/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a>, period.</p>
MoscowMigrant<p>That's diplomacy for you. Made by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a>, supported by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a>, paid for by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/India" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>India</span></a>, unnoticed by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>America</span></a>, unfelt by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a>.</p><p>Our only chance lies in the unification of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democracies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracies</span></a>. The current trends of nationalism and division are leading to a strengthening of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/totalitarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>totalitarianism</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/04/13/at-least-21-killed-and-83-injured-in-russian-missile-attack-on-ukraine-s-sumy" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">meduza.io/en/feature/2025/04/1</span><span class="invisible">3/at-least-21-killed-and-83-injured-in-russian-missile-attack-on-ukraine-s-sumy</span></a></p>
just small circles 🕊<p>Rare colored footage taken right near and directly after the end of WWII.</p><p>"The <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Americans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Americans</span></a> had precise ideas on how the Germans were to organize their future. The US occupying forces came with well-prepared plans for the structure of administrative bodies, political parties, and cultural life in this new <a href="https://social.coop/tags/freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freedom</span></a>, with everything based on the model of Western <a href="https://social.coop/tags/democracies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracies</span></a>. At first many Germans had their doubts about this concept."</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/K7JeTqXdH7I?t=2063" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/K7JeTqXdH7I?t=2063</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>