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Authoritarianism

International Study Finds US Republican Party Heading Towards Becoming One of World's Most Authoritarian Factions

'Let This Echo Around the World': Nearly 50 Years After US-Backed Coup, Chile Votes to Rewrite Pinochet Era Constitution

Kenny Stancil, staff writer

Citizens in favor of rewriting the Chilean constitution celebrate while awaiting the official results of the referendum at Plaza Italia Square in Santiago, Chile on October 25, 2020. (Photo: Alejandro Olivares/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

"This historic day belongs to those who have struggled for decades, to those who have given their lives, to the tortured, to the mutilated, and especially to those who remain imprisoned."

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Calling Trump a 'Clear Threat to Our Democracy,' Civil Rights Group Sues Admin. Over Voter Intimidation

Kenny Stancil, staff writer

People wait in line outside the Washington Park Library to cast their ballots on the first day of in-person early voting in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on October 20, 2020. (Photo: Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP via Getty Images)

"The court should protect the fundamental right to vote by blocking Trump's...

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'A Source of Inspiration' for Egalitarians Everywhere: Progressive International Celebrates Triumph of Democracy in Bolivia

Kenny Stancil, staff writer

Supporters of Bolivia's leftist presidential candidate Luis Arce, of the Movement for Socialism Party, celebrate on October 19, 2020 in El Alto, Bolivia. (Photo: Gaston Brito Miserocchi/Getty Images)

"Bolivia's election not only showed the world how to defeat authoritarianism...

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Members of a far-right paramilitary group in downtown Stone Mountain, Georgia on August 15, 2020. (Photo: Logan Cyrus/AFP via Getty Images)

'A Threat to a Fair Election': Experts Warn of Danger Posed by Armed Pro-Trump Poll Watchers

President Donald Trump walks with Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley, and others from the White House to visit St. John's Church on June 1, 2020, in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)

As Trump and GOP Openly Hatch Election Theft Plot, Question Grows: 'Which Side Will Our Military Be On?'

'This Is How You Normalize a Madman': Scholars, Press Watchdogs Call on Corporate Media to Treat Trump Like the Authoritarian Threat He Is

'These Are the Actions of a Fascist': Press, Rights Advocates Warn of Dangerous Pattern as Trump Again Lauds Violence Against Journalists

'This Fight Is Not Over': Activists Help ICE Detainee Avoid Deportation Following Alleged Sterilization Procedure at Georgia Facility

From September 18-20, the Progressive International will be hosting its inaugural summit "to confront the central dilemma of our time: Internationalism or Extinction." (Image: The Progressive International)

'Internationalism or Extinction'? Global Coalition Invites Progressives Worldwide to Attend Inaugural Summit

Lawmakers Demand Probe into 'Horrifying' Allegations of Neglect, Mass Hysterectomies at ICE Detention Center

'Forced Sterilization Is Genocide': Rights Groups Condemn ICE Amid Whistleblower's Allegations of Unwarranted Hysterectomies

A police officer aims a projectile weapon at protesters who gathered in a call for justice for George Floyd following his death, outside the 3rd Police Precinct on May 27, 2020 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo: Kerem Yucel/AFP via Getty Images)

"Blood All Over": Physicians' Group Identifies 115 Head Injuries Caused By So-Called "Less-Lethal" Projectiles

'We're With You': ACLU, Press Freedom Advocates Denounce Attack on Journalist by LA Sheriff's Deputies

Demonstrators gathered outside of the condo of President Donald Trump donor and current U.S. Postmaster General Louis Dejoy on August 15, 2020 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Michael A. McCoy/Getty Images)

'Fighting Against Voting Rights Everywhere': Trump, RNC Sue Democratic Montana Governor to Restrict Mail-In Election

'Screams of Torture' as Authoritarian Government in Belarus Continues Attacks on Protesters, Journalists

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Free Press

Free Press and Allies File Lawsuit Challenging Trump's Executive Order Against Social-Media Companies...

ACLU

ACLU Comment on Trump Tweet About Delaying Election

ACLU

ACLU Secures Release of U.S. Resident Unlawfully Detained Under Patriot Act

Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law

Trump’s Memorandum Targeting Undocumented Immigrants in the 2020 Census is Totalitarian and Unconstitutional

350.org

New Brazilian Government Must Uphold Climate Commitments and Safeguard Human Rights

Amnesty International - USA

After Bolsonaro Election, Toxic Speech Must Not Become Government Policy

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Simon Davis-Cohen

Chile, Bolivia, El Salvador Lead On Decolonial Constitutional Change

Marc Edelman

Fascism in America

Robert Freeman

Judge Trump’s Worthiness by Either Past or Future

Daniel Ellsberg

Leaker of Pentagon Papers: Trump Is an Enemy of the Constitution and Must Be Defeated

Luisa Deprez, John Dorrer

Desideratum: Heading Off the Prospects of a Dark and Tumultuous Future

Jeremy Brecher

How We Should Defend Against the Impending Trump Coup

Robert Reich

How You Can Stop America’s Slide Toward Tyranny

Kimberly Atkins

Democracy Isn’t in Peril—It’s on Its Deathbed

Jeffrey C. Isaac

Whatever Removes Donald Trump—a Miserable Bastard—From Public Life Is Good

Robert C. Koehler

Trump and the Lost Country