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Autocracy, Inc. Book quote, p. 10 – 11: Autocrats opposition to democracy has its roots in the very nature of the democratic political system, in words lik...
on Sep 6
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Defending Democracy – 21 November 2024
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This week's Defending Democracy post is out. Get the latest on defending democracy and defeating autocracy. battalion.mobileatom.net/defen… #ActivityPub #...
on Thu, 8PM
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"Umberto Eco’s List of the 14 Common Features of Fascism"
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Se me ocurre necesario compartir. Traduzco la parte mas importante citando artículo y autor. "Umberto Eco’s List of the 14 Common Features of Fascism" in...
on Nov 9
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Defending Democracy – 07 November 2024
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This week's Defending Democracy – 07 November 2024 is out. This is a bad week, but our work is more important than ever, so please read: battalion.mobilea...
on Nov 7
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Stieg Larsson’s double life as an anti-far right activist
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Via The Guardian: The boy who kicked the hornets’ nest: Stieg Larsson’s double life as an anti-far right activist. theguardian.com/books/2024/nov… #b...
on Nov 4
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Invisible Rulers book quote, p. 4: Regarding the anti-vax movement in 2015 -> I could tell that the tactics were applicable to more than a small fight in Cal...
on Nov 3
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Autocracy, Inc. Book quote, p. 49: Corruption was not a minor side effect of the Bolivarian revolution. It lay at the heart of the autocracy that replaced de...
on Oct 30
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Autocracy, Inc. book quote, p. 48: Admirers were attracted by the anti-americanism, the neo-Marxism, and the populism of Chavez, the images created by propag...
on Oct 29
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Autocracy, Inc. Book quote, p. 46: Jorge Giordani, a Marxist economist who was once Chavez’s minister of economy and finance, has estimated the amount stol...
on Oct 28
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Autocracy, Inc. Book quote, p. 46: Transparency Venezuela , a non-profit that monitors corruption, has documented 127 cases of large-scale corruption connect...
on Oct 27
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Autocracy, Inc. Book quote, p. 45: Billions of dollars from Petroleos de Venezuela, the state oil company, made its way into banks around the world. battali...
on Oct 27
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Welcome to this week’s “Defending Democracy”.
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Welcome to this week’s “Defending Democracy”. It’s your source for curated news affecting democracy in the cyber arena with a focus on protecting de...
on Oct 24
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Autocracy, Inc. Book quote, p. 45: Like Putin, Chavez slowly broke democratic institutions – the press, the courts, the civil services, various ombudsmen -...
on Oct 24
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Autocracy, Inc. Book quote, p. 44 – 45: Chavez, like Putin made a political calculation, one designed not to make his country prosperous but to keep himsel...
on Oct 22
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Autocracy, Inc. Book quote, p. 44: Like Putin, Chavez made a choice. No one forced him to turn Venezuela into a kleptocracy, and even his own intelligence ch...
on Oct 21
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Defending Democracy is back on schedule
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After a month of holidays and hurricanes, Defending Democracy is caught up and back on schedule. Get the latest and the threats to democracy and responding t...
on Oct 20
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Autocracy, Inc. Book quote, p. 41: To stay in power, modern autocrats need to be able to take money and hide it without being bothered by political instituti...
on Sep 16
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Autocracy, Inc. Book quote, p. 42: Kleptocracy and autocracy go hand in hand, reinforcing each other but also undermining any other institutions that they to...
on Sep 16
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Autocracy, Inc. Book quote, p. 37: 13+ people with proven links to Russia mafia are known to have owned or done business is Trump-branded properties. Even wh...
on Sep 15
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Autocracy, Inc. Book quote, p. 30: Instead, it represented something new: a full-blown autocratic kleptocracy, a mafia state build and managed entirely for t...
on Sep 14
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Defending Democracy – 12 September 2024
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This week's edition of Defending Democracy is out. battalion.mobileatom.net/defen… https://battalion.mobileatom.net/defending-democracy-12-september-2024/
on Sep 13
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Autocracy, Inc. Book quote, p 27: Everyone assumed that in a more open, interconnected world, democracy and liberal ideas would spread to the autocratic stat...
on Sep 9
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Autocracy, Inc. Book quote, p 27: The last British governor of Hong Kong said that Britain was delusional for imagining a wealthier China would automatically...
on Sep 9
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Autocracy, Inc. Book quote, p. 7: Autocrats employing the Maduro model of governance are willing to see their country enter the category of failed states, if...
on Sep 2
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Autocracy, Inc. Book quote, p. 5: Autocracy, Inc., offers its members not only money and security but also something less tangible: impunity. #books #democra...
on Aug 31
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Autocracy, Inc. Book quote, p. 5: If their only enemies had been the Venezualan or Belarusian regimes, protests might have won. But they were fighting autocr...
on Aug 30
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Autocracy, Inc. Book quote, p. 3: Autocrats bonds with each other, and with their friends in the democratic world, are cemented not through ideals but throug...
on Aug 30
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Defending Democracy – 29 August 2024
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Explore this week's "Defending Democracy" – 29 August 2024. battalion.mobileatom.net/defen… #democracy #autocracy #elections #BigTech #BigMedia https://...
on Aug 29
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Autocracy, Inc. Book quote, p. 1: The propagandists share resources – the troll farms and media networks that promote one dictator’s propaganda can also ...
on Aug 28
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Autocracy, Inc. Book quote, jacket: The members of Autocracy, Inc. aren’t linked by a unifying ideology but rather a common desire for power, wealth, and i...
on Aug 28
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Jacket: Today’s autocracies are supported by a web of kleptocratic financial structures, surveillance technologies, and professional propagandists who oper...
on Aug 27
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anhaltenden Wartungsarbeiten wurden angehalten
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Durch einen angehaltenen Zug mussten unsere Wartungsarbeiten spontan unterbrochen werden. Der Ausfall der Karte, der Statistiken, wie auch keepitup werden si...
on Oct 26, 2023