In a politically polarized nation, Americans seem to agree on one issue underlying the 2024 elections — a worry over the state of democracy and how the outcome of the presidential contest will affect its future. They just disagree over who poses the threat. A poll from The Associated Press-N…
Are Virginians concerned about the future of democracy? Are they spooked by the increasingly frequent authoritarian-sounding remarks and overtones voiced by American politicians (and voters) on the right?
In a recent interview with Fox News, former President Donald Trump said he would seek retribution against political rivals if re-elected as US president in 2024. Praising authoritarian leaders such as Kim Jong Un, China's Xi Jinping and Russia's Vladimir Putin, Trump has doubled down on anti-immigration rhetoric resembling that of Nazis.
"How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them," was published in 2018 by Yale philosophy professor Jason Stanley. That work helped inform a conference on "Defending Democracy" Thursday in Blacksburg.
"The 10 tactics of fascism" is a 10-minute YouTube video by Professor Jason Stanley that succinctly summarizes how authoritarians divide other groups and rise to political power.
Millions of people across Turkey on Tuesday mourned the loss of more than 53,000 friends, loved ones and neighbors in the country's catastrophic earthquake a year ago. To mark what it calls the “Disaster of the Century," the government arranged a series of events to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the disaster in southern Turkey. In Antakya, the capital of the southern province of Hatay, angry crowds jostled with police as officials were led to the commemorations. Mayor Lutfu Savas was greeted with chants calling for him to resign, while Health Minister Fahrettin Koca was jeered and booed as he gave a speech. Amid the fog by the Orontes River, people chanted “Can anyone hear me?” — echoing the voices of those buried under the rubble a year ago — and ”We won't forget, we won't forgive." “Some of us were buried alive,” said Mustafa Bahadirli, a 24-year-old in Antakya. “We called our government ‘father’ but the government left us without a father. We were abandoned for days and are still abandoned.” As Turkey mourns tens of thousands dead, surrounded by the ruins of last year's earthquake, FRANCE 24's Angela Diffley is joined by Berk Esen, Professor of Political Science & International Relations at Sabancı University in İstanbul.
"How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them," was published in 2018 by Yale philosophy professor Jason Stanley. That work helped inform a conference on "Defending Democracy" Thursday in Blacksburg.
"The 10 tactics of fascism" is a 10-minute YouTube video by Professor Jason Stanley that succinctly summarizes how authoritarians divide other groups and rise to political power.
