Russian opposition figure detained ahead of Moscow protest
Lyubov Sobol was taken away by officers ahead of the unauthorised rally over the exclusion of prospective Moscow city council ...
Tag: Democracy
Demonstrators arrested ahead of Moscow election protest
The decision to bar some opposition candidates for allegedly insufficient signatures on nominating petitions has already sparked several protests.
Ex-colonel says US at risk of ‘dangerous takeover’ by elitist ‘cretins’
Former US army colonel Lawrence Wilkerson has criticised the Donald Trump administration and US political elites, calling them “cretins”. He ...
Lloyd Russell-Moyle voluntarily sets a new democratic standard for selecting Labour MPs
How MPs are chosen is a key battle for who controls the party between the Labour left and right. Lloyd ...
The Irish government is using an obscure law to ‘sabotage and subvert’ democracy
A member of the Irish parliament has accused the government of being undemocratic due to its ability to stop bills ...
Assange is being prosecuted for ‘exposing the crimes of empire’, says award winning journalist
Award-winning journalist Christopher Hedges accused the UK and US authorities of 'judicially lynching' Julian Assange. Speaking outside Westminster Magistrates' Court, ...
With UK increasingly divided, a new report calls for sweeping change to fix the country’s ‘crumbling’ political system
Ten years after the expenses scandal which shattered confidence in British politics, campaign group Electoral Reform Society (ERS) has delivered ...
Why British politics is so messed up and in need of a radical overhaul
Earlier this month, the Conservative Party suffered a local election wipeout, losing over 1,300 councillors. Smaller parties and independent candidates, ...
The Game of Thrones finale reminds us that elites don’t want the masses involved in politics
WARNING: The following contains major spoilers about Game of Thrones season eight. You have been warned! Game of Thrones ...
Running for election taught me that if you want to change the country, stop sitting on the sidelines and get involved
On 2 May 2019, I did something I once could never have imagined: I ran for election. And it’s led ...
Tories won less than half the vote but took every seat on this council
All the votes have now been counted for the English local elections. And it was very bad news for the ...
Police filmed shooting at protesters in one of Africa’s ‘most stable’ Western-backed democracies
Protests erupted in Benin, western Africa, after a controversial election in which there was effectively no opposition party. Police were ...
The humiliating moment Tony Blair destroys his own argument for a people’s vote
Tony Blair spoke to BBC Newsnight on 19 March. And with one sentence, he seemed to destroy his own argument ...
The House of Lords needs ‘total reform’ according to the person writing Corbyn’s constitutional policy
The House of Lords has long been a feature of British politics. But the person responsible for developing Labour's constitutional ...
These trade unionists want to overthrow the ‘creaking establishment’, starting with the House of Lords
It's no secret that our political system is out-of-date. And there are few things that show this as clearly as ...
After the Luciana Berger controversy, one devastating thread exposes why Labour needs to democratise fully now
After the recent Luciana Berger no-confidence controversy, questions are again being raised over the quality of Labour's 'member-led' democracy. And a devastating ...
BREAKING: A US-backed coup is taking place in Venezuela right now. Imperialism is alive and well.
As The Canary has reported recently, the US has been laying the groundwork for another coup in Venezuela. And as of 23 ...
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