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Leaked Documents Hint at CIA Ties to NED's Mysterious Role in Indonesia's Democracy

Leaked documents that have surfaced via MintPress News paint a different picture, implying that the NED may be operating as a front for the CIA and actively strategizing to instigate a "color revolution" within Indonesia.

There Was a Time When America Brought Democracy to Iraq

There Was a Time When America Brought Democracy to Iraq

The story is very simple. A video that tells you all that has to be said about American 'freedom' and 'democracy'. #iraq #democracy #war

Mahathir Wants A Two-party System But Ku Li Hopes For A Stronger Monarchy

Mahathir Wants A Two-party System But Ku Li Hopes For A Stronger Monarchy

MALAYSIA’S democracy is in disarray. Party-hopping is widespread, and betrayals and coups have become the standard for forming new governments. All of this is detrimental to the country’s stability and economic prosperity. But what is the remedy to this thorny problem? Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad expressed strong opinions

Learning From The Jan 6 Chaos In Democracy

Learning From The Jan 6 Chaos In Democracy

When the United States sneezes, global democracy is sick! China believes in the second part of this statement, that is democracy in the US is crumbling. The communist country, however, fails to see beyond the violent Jan 6 incidents and the impact it will have on the world. They also

The Urgent Need to Renovate Democracy

The Urgent Need to Renovate Democracy

Democracy is sick. It is not American democracy alone that is sick. Democracy around the world is sick. Analysts around the world are diagnosing the weaknesses to find the leading causes of this sickness. This is what American analysts are saying. President Donald Trump has damaged the democratic process with

Aung San Suu Kyi

Aung San Suu Kyi faked it. The army did not buy it!

Palestinian journalist Dr Ramzy Baroud says both the military and Aung San Suu Kyi have betrayed democracy in Myanmar. He says the military coup is an unwarranted action but Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) rule was never really democratic. Myanmar was far from being a true democracy

Biden Should Not Overlook India’s Fast-Declining Democratic Standards

The arrest of Disha Ravi, a 21-year-old climate activist, has Time magazine questioning US President Joe Biden on his ignorance of the state of India’s democracy. Time is now asking whether Biden and the United States can overlook India’s fast-declining democratic standards. The daily assaults on civil liberties

China is intent on undermining democracy abroad

China is “intent on undermining democracy abroad”, says a handbook for democracies (whatever it means). It says the anti-China efforts should focus on the role of the rebirth of the Quad. Quad, formed in 2007 has U.S., India, Japan an Australia as partners. The handbook says the Quad can

Anwar is possibly the last great saviour of the people

There is no politician like Anwar Ibrahim in Malaysia. Unique in all aspects. A survivor of all sorts of political tribulations and betrayal. And yet, he is still fighting for one thing: For the betterment of the people of Malaysia. Among the elderly politicians who have ruled Malaysian politics since

Bruneau Laurette

A democratic revolution is brewing in tiny Mauritius

In this week’s series on the turbulence that is hitting countries with a democratic system, we look at Mauritius. Saturday last, a massive crowd shocked the regime in power in Port Louis. The 50,000 or more people, organisers say it was around 150,000, that descended to Port

The symbolic demolition of democracy?

From India to America a disturbing trend is catching attention and is becoming a new norm. It is the destruction of historical sites and icons for political gains. The use of symbols to twist democracies, to gain popularity or to advance a cause is not new. But for a long

Should officials quit when accused of wrongdoing?

For us, living in democratic societies, whether it is a full-blown democracy or one with adaptations, wrongdoing among elected officials should not be tolerated. But for sometime now, in countries like Malaysia or Mauritius, elected officials are holding to their posts in desperation. Ministers, MPs and others accused and even

Democracy: Is it a way of life?

If you live in a country which claims to be a democratic country, you probably know it is a country where capitalism in rife and the success of the democracy will depend on the rich as well as on the poor. Yes, in a democracy, there are chances you find

Mauritius: The instability of alliances

Two alliances are in a dog fight for rural votes in Mauritius but the country has a history of failed alliances since 1983’s betrayal of the 60-0 government https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The only alliances that survived the full term in

MMM stands to gain in Labour-MSM mudslinging

BY DF, PORT LOUS, MAURITIUS https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The electoral campaign in Mauritius has reached the critical phase. We are in the last 8 days and observers are still unable to clearly state who they think the population will vote for.

The MMM is ripe for Mauritius, what are you waiting for?

https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); After 50 years of struggle, Berenger and the MMM are ready for an even greater impact and they can save the country from the abyss Many Mauritians do not know or do not care about how deep-rooted is

Mauritius: Raping our democracy 'Xplik ou k'?

https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); By D.F., Port Louis As a daily driver, my routine is to switch on the radio every morning on the way to work. For almost 4 years, I have been a faithful of the radio interactive show

Hong Kong's solution lies in street politics?

The protest in Hong Kong does not stop even after Carrie Lam, the Chief Executive of Hong Kong announced that the bill is “dead”. Instead, it becomes bigger due to various complicated factors. To this day, the protest still shows no signs of ending. The impact of the Hong Kong

How are the dictators using democracy to bully you?

How do you vote for dictators, without you knowing whether they are dictators abusing the democratic system to win power and bully your entire nation? In the United States, the President has superpowers. But he is not called a dictator. They do not like this word in the West. In

PM Mahathir the unlikely reformer

PM Mahathir has a daunting task of getting Malaysia onto the rails of democracy. Donald Horowitz (Australian Financial Review), raises the question of democracy in Malaysia. “An unlikely reformer, Mahathir has the capacity to get things done,” said Horowitz. As head of the smallest party in a four-party coalition (Horowitz

What is the crime?

What is the crime? When you are in a democracy and you are accused but you refuse to admit it. It is a crime. And with news, fake or not, going around in Mauritius that you are blackmailing those who sabotaged you? It is a crime of the highest degree