Democracy

Here’s how democratic your country is:

Eric Zuesse (blogs at https://theduran.com/author/eric-zuesse/) When a nation’s head-of-state has more than half of its residents who choose either “Approve” or “Disapprove” of that leader choose “Approve” and thereofore fewer than half of them choose “Disapprove” for that leader, then this suggests majority-approval of that person’s leadership of the Government; and this generally indicates that […]

The Lies Behind Democracy’s Demise

Eric Zuesse (blogs at https://theduran.com/author/eric-zuesse/) On November 1st, Christopher Black, who is one of the world’s leading international lawyers, headlined “The Collapse of International Law” and made his case that (and how) it was destroyed by the increasing hypocrisy that exists throughout The West and that is actually being applied by The West (though pervasively […]

Cliodynamics

Peter Turchin, author of End Times: Elites, Counter-elites, and the Path of Political Disintegration, (2023), is one of the founders of the new ‘science’ of cliodynamics, a discipline which coalesced in the 1990s, statistical juggling ‘facts’ from the past, stitched together from bare bones (literally) of archeology, climate, geopolitics, crimes, arrests/ executions, wine imports, lots and lots […]

Palestine lives! (But do you condemn Hamas?)

This post is based on a presentation at a panel discussion on “Israeli war against Palestinian people in Gaza” organised by Janhastakshep in Delhi on October 20, 2023. Palestine solidarity protest in Bangalore But do you condemn… We are expected to begin every discussion on the latest phase of the ferocious 75 year old war … Continue reading Palestine lives! (But do you condemn Hamas?) →

Our Democracy is Broken. It’s Time to Give Power Back to the People

There's a palpable sense of anger in the electorates of many Western democracies after decades of being ignored by political elites pursuing their own agendas. It's time to give power back to the people, says Neil Oliver.
The post Our Democracy is Broken. It’s Time to Give Power Back to the People appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

AfD Needle Attack: After a Week of Politically Motivated Denial Prosecutors Admit AfD Co-Chair Was Assaulted

Is there any other developed Western nation where the police, the press and the political establishment react with such indifference to a serious assault on a leading opposition party official, asks Eugyppius.
The post AfD Needle Attack: After a Week of Politically Motivated Denial Prosecutors Admit AfD Co-Chair Was Assaulted appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.