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Online Community Development
fromTruthout
8 hours ago

What Do Authoritarians Fear Most? People Who Stick Up for Each Other.

Solidarity among communities is essential for resilience against economic and social pressures exacerbated by conflict and local challenges.
Cryptocurrency
fromnews.bitcoin.com
20 hours ago

Scarcity, Surveillance, and the Return of Hard Power Week In Review

Bitcoin remains above $71,000, indicating institutional demand and potential for broader adoption amid macroeconomic developments and a 4-year cycle breakout test.
#iran
World news
fromThe New Yorker
5 days ago

What People in Iran Are Thinking Right Now

A civilization faces imminent destruction due to escalating tensions and threats surrounding Iran's political situation.
World news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
5 days ago

How US, Israel are waging a war on Iranian culture, education

US and Israel's attacks on Iran aim to destroy Iranian cultural identity and heritage, resulting in significant damage to educational and cultural sites.
World news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
5 hours ago

Iranian authorities remain defiant, urge supporters to stay in streets

The US delegation failed to gain the trust of Iran in negotiations to end the war, according to Iranian officials.
World news
fromwww.dw.com
4 days ago

Iran doubles down on executions

Iran has executed multiple political prisoners amid ongoing conflict, with at least two dozen more facing imminent execution.
Privacy technologies
fromnews.bitcoin.com
1 week ago

Iran's Internet Blackout Hits 35th Day as Citizens Risk Their Lives Reaching Out

The Iranian regime's digital blockade has lasted over 810 hours, severely limiting citizens' internet access and risking severe punishment for attempts to bypass it.
World news
fromThe New Yorker
5 days ago

What People in Iran Are Thinking Right Now

A civilization faces imminent destruction due to escalating tensions and threats surrounding Iran's political situation.
World news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
5 days ago

How US, Israel are waging a war on Iranian culture, education

US and Israel's attacks on Iran aim to destroy Iranian cultural identity and heritage, resulting in significant damage to educational and cultural sites.
#russia
London politics
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 day ago

Police begin arrests at UK protest against Palestine Action ban

Hundreds protested in Trafalgar Square against the ban on Palestine Action, leading to arrests and calls for free speech and government accountability.
fromTruthout
3 days ago

Reenacting Normalcy While Trump Threatens To Kill Civilizations Is Wrecking Us

The cycle of dread and panic, of being driven to the edge at full speed before someone slams the brakes, harms our nervous systems, and has the potential to break our spirits.
NYC politics
Germany politics
fromenglish.elpais.com
4 days ago

All democracies are perishable: Hitler's rise to power as a warning about the present

The book 'Les Irresponsables' by Johann Chapoutot examines the rise of Hitler and its parallels to contemporary authoritarianism.
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 days ago

The Guardian view on North Korea and the Kims: whoever's at the helm, the regime serves only itself | Editorial

Kim Ju-ae's public appearances alongside her father have emphasized her military credentials, including driving a tank, and state media has described her as a great person of guidance.
Women in technology
Europe politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 days ago

From stink bugs' to enemies of the people': how Viktor Orban blazed a trail for Trump's media assaults

Viktor Orban's vision includes purging journalists and civil society organizations, reflecting a broader trend of media repression in authoritarian regimes.
fromwww.dw.com
3 days ago

Russia labels human rights group Memorial 'extremist'

The Supreme Court's ruling stated that Memorial and its supporters are 'clearly anti-Russian in nature and are aimed at destroying the basic foundations of Russian statehood, violating its territorial integrity, and eroding historical, cultural, spiritual, and moral values.'
Russo-Ukrainian War
World politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

The Guardian view on Myanmar's forgotten war: the military cosplay democracy but people demand the real thing | Editorial

China's support for Myanmar's junta highlights the ongoing struggle for democracy amid military control and widespread violence against civilians.
US Elections
fromThe Nation
2 weeks ago

No Kings! No Wars!

The No Kings movement protests against Trump's authoritarianism and military actions, drawing parallels to the abuses of King George III.
UK politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

They can reach me wherever': China using financial tactics to coerce people who flee, says report

Transnational repression tactics by Hong Kong authorities target dissidents abroad, using financial means to intimidate and control them.
#human-rights
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 month ago
World politics

Human Rights Watch director: AI, in the hands of autocratic governments, will accelerate their ability to control and surveil the population'

Left-wing politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Trump's sanctions against a UN human rights expert show free speech is dying |

Israel has committed genocide against the Palestinian people, as concluded by multiple international human rights organizations and experts.
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 month ago
World politics

Human Rights Watch director: AI, in the hands of autocratic governments, will accelerate their ability to control and surveil the population'

fromwww.dw.com
3 weeks ago

Why Syria's new alcohol ban is about much more than beer

"The news was both surprising and upsetting. Damascus has historically been a city that embraces everyone and diversity is its true identity. This decision makes us feel like we're losing a part of the city's open spirit. It's not just about the drink itself, but about freedom of choice."
Social justice
World news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
5 days ago

Palestine weekly wrap: Protests sweep West Bank after death penalty law

Israeli strikes on Gaza escalate, and a new law imposing the death penalty on Palestinians has sparked widespread protests and international condemnation.
Russo-Ukrainian War
fromwww.aljazeera.com
4 days ago

Nobel Prize Committee condemns Russian move to criminalise rights group

Memorial won the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize for documenting human rights abuses in Russia and faces designation as an extremist organization by Russian authorities.
fromSecurityWeek
2 weeks ago

Iran Built a Vast Camera Network to Control Dissent. Israel Turned It Into a Targeting Tool

On Feb. 28, Israel vividly demonstrated the potential of such systems to be hacked and used against adversaries when Israel tracked down Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei with the help of Tehran's own street cameras - despite repeated warnings that Iran's surveillance systems had been compromised.
World politics
NYC parents
fromThe Atlantic
4 weeks ago

Today's Atlantic Trivia: Authoritarianism

The Madres de la Plaza de Mayo, a group of mothers whose children disappeared during Argentina's dictatorship, continue protesting weekly in Buenos Aires nearly five decades after their movement began in 1977.
Mental health
fromwww.dw.com
4 weeks ago

War, oppression and fear: In Iran, traumas are accumulating

Chronic exposure to violence, political repression, and economic hardship in Iran significantly increases rates of mental illness, PTSD, anxiety, and depression while eroding social relationships that provide resilience.
Left-wing politics
fromThe Atlantic
3 weeks ago

Trump Is Betraying Iran's Pro-Democracy Protesters

Trump promised support to Iranian pro-democracy protesters but abandoned them when their quick victory became unlikely, treating them as disposable allies while considering deals with the existing regime.
fromianVisits
1 month ago

Official announcement: It's time to end the tyranny of officially

Once upon a time, adding official to an announcement served a purpose. It distinguished fact from rumour, press release from pub chat. Sensible. Helpful. Civilised. But in recent years, the word has gone rogue. Nothing can simply happen anymore. It must be officially announced.
Media industry
World news
fromwww.npr.org
1 week ago

China's Communist Party investigates ex-Xinjiang leader Ma Xingrui

Former Xinjiang party chief Ma Xingrui is under investigation for suspected violations of discipline and law amid ongoing scrutiny of China's treatment of ethnic minorities.
World politics
fromwww.aljazeera.com
4 weeks ago

The battle on the propaganda front intensifies

Iran employs asymmetric economic tactics against U.S.-Israeli military superiority while misinformation complicates public understanding of the conflict.
Philosophy
Tyranny corrupts all psychic faculties into servants of lawless appetite, with reason producing ideology to rationalize control rather than ceasing to function.
Privacy professionals
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago

The Chinese government's ChatGPT account revealed a global operation to silence dissidents

China operates large-scale coordinated inauthentic campaigns using hundreds of staff and thousands of fake accounts across social media platforms to silence political critics globally.
#internet-censorship
fromSilicon Canals
1 month ago
World politics

How Iran built a parallel internet and what it reveals about the future of digital authoritarianism - Silicon Canals

fromSilicon Canals
1 month ago
World politics

How Iran built a parallel internet and what it reveals about the future of digital authoritarianism - Silicon Canals

World news
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Internet blackout is tool of desperate regime to isolate Iranians, say experts

Iran implemented a near-total internet blackout following military strikes, primarily through intentional government action rather than infrastructure damage, to prevent coordinated opposition and maintain regime control.
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 weeks ago

Five arrested in Cuba after protest at local Communist party office

Videos shared on social media show the protesters ransacking the office, removing documents, equipment and furniture, and burning everything in the street. A smaller group also threw stones. What began peacefully, after an exchange with the authorities in the area, degenerated into vandalism against the headquarters of municipal committee of the Communist party.
World news
US politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Trump-led abuses amid democratic recession' put human rights in peril, HRW report says

Global democratic backsliding endangers human rights and the rules-based order, with concentrated assaults on US democratic institutions and accountability mechanisms.
#internet-blackout
Arts
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

On Censorship by Ai Weiwei review are we losing the battle for free speech?

Ai Weiwei persistently provokes authority and challenges Chinese cultural norms through confrontational art and activism, facing censorship and state repression.
Philosophy
fromApaonline
1 month ago

'Totalitarian' Technologies and the Transformation of the Political World: A Radical Cold War Critique

Modern Cold War technology was viewed by many political theorists as inherently totalitarian, shaping society's structures, enabling propaganda, control, and genocide, not merely neutral tools.
US politics
fromThe Nation
2 months ago

Freedoms Under Threat

Independent, progressive journalism holds the powerful accountable, centers marginalized communities, exposes distortions, and relies on reader support to sustain urgent coverage.
Social justice
fromTruthout
1 month ago

Living Under a Concentration Camp Regime - and Fighting Back

Mass detention systems expand through legal 'end runs' and normalization; rapid U.S. detention infrastructure growth signals a dangerous escalation requiring organized resistance.
US politics
fromThe Atlantic
2 months ago

How Autocrats Meddle With Elections

More than 60,000 North Carolina ballots were challenged in 2024, including longtime voter Dawn Baldwin Gibson's early ballot in the state Supreme Court race.
World politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Autocracy is rising in the west. But the global south proves it's not inevitable | Kenneth Roth

Autocrats face growing internal pressure from their populations, while democracy remains valued globally despite Western challenges from far-right movements and disaffected voters.
fromSlate Magazine
1 month ago

Can Iranians Rise Up? He Already Tried

As recent demonstrations showed, a sizable segment of the Iranian people already opposes the regime. But when President Trump told them to 'take over your government,' it seems unlikely he considered how the regime responded to those protests, or other movements for a more open Iranian society.
World news
Social justice
fromAxios
2 months ago

Leaders urge action in 2026: "We are on the brink of tyranny and authoritarianism"

Authoritarian-style enforcement is eroding civil rights, protest freedoms, and democracy, prompting state and local legal actions and demands for inclusive civil rights strategies.
US politics
fromAdvocate.com
2 months ago

Trump is pulling America under authoritarian rule, international human rights groups warn

United States shows democratic backsliding: erosion of civil liberties, weakened rule of law, normalization of coercive state power, and targeted attacks on marginalized groups.
#iran-protests
#splinternet
Social justice
fromwww.dw.com
2 months ago

How nonviolent protest can break autocratic rule

Nonviolent, creative community tactics, including singing, noise, patrols and boycotts, are being used in Minneapolis and globally to resist ICE actions and drive political change.
World politics
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

Iran rejects fictional narratives' of power grab after protest killings

Iranian authorities deny French media reports claiming former President Rouhani attempted to overthrow Supreme Leader Khamenei during recent protests, characterizing the claims as false propaganda.
World politics
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

What Happens to Your Identity Under a Dictator

Authoritarian surveillance and fear force self-censorship, creating a split between public persona and authentic self that causes lasting psychological harm.
World news
fromTruthout
2 months ago

Police States Are Terrifying, But They Are Brittle. I Witnessed This in Tunisia.

A mass movement in Tunisia toppled a 24-year dictator fifteen years ago, showing how quickly entrenched authoritarian systems can collapse.
fromwww.dw.com
2 months ago

Iran: Reformists arrested as crackdown on dissent widens

Iranian security forces have arrested several figures from the country's reformist movement, local media reported on Monday, as Tehran's crackdown on dissent continues to widen. Those arrested include Azar Mansouri, the head of the Reformist Front, which represents several factions, former diplomat Mohsen Aminzadeh and Ebrahim Asgharzadeh, who was part of the group that stormed the US Embassy in Tehran in 1979.
World politics
World news
fromwww.dw.com
2 months ago

How an Assad-era law is threatening Syrian civil society

Law No. 93 of 1958 remains in force in Syria, allowing the state to control, restrict and dissolve civil society organizations without judicial oversight.
World news
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

Stephens: Dissidents are silenced, and the West moves on

Jimmy Lai, a Hong Kong pro-democracy media founder, received a 20-year prison sentence after years of activism and escalating Beijing-led crackdowns on Hong Kong freedoms.
World news
fromLondon Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
2 months ago

Putin is abusing INTERPOL to 'pursue critics' such as journalists and those connected to Ukraine - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

INTERPOL is being exploited by Russia to pursue critics, journalists, activists, and others internationally, undermining protections against political persecution and neutral legal mechanisms.
World news
fromRadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
2 months ago

Iran's Internet Blackout Persists As One Report Says Protest Death Toll May Exceed 30,000

Iran's nationwide Internet blackout persists over 400 hours while reported protest fatalities vary widely, with some estimates exceeding 30,000 and independent verification limited.
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