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Vietnam’s Political Bloggers Are Imperiled in Crackdown (6/24/2017) - Many have been disciplined, silenced and put away. Last year alone, 18 bloggers and activists 
Key Vietnamese Political Activist Arrested in Crackdown (6/23/2017) - A Vietnamese political activist stripped of his citizenship was detained Friday night
Investors See Benefits to Vietnamese Political Dissent Crackdown (6/22/2017) - Foreign investors are finding an up side to the suppression of dissent in Vietnam
Angolan Journalist Indicted For Exposing Government Corruption (6/22/2017) - Rafael Marques, winner of 2017 NED Democracy Award returns home to legal harassment
Government Retaliates against Kazakhstan Civil Society Groups (6/22/2017) - Kazakhstan began targeting three prominent Almaty-based human rights NGOs for snap tax inspections
Journalists’ Trial Puts Spotlight on Turkey Media Freedom (6/20/2017) - Trial of 17 journalists, accused of being involved in July’s failed coup, got underway Monday
Liberation or Protectionism (6/23/2017) - The western growth machine creates communities with millions of “non-people”, unemployed youth or senior citizens 
South Africa to Hold Secret Vote to Oust President Zuma (6/22/2017) - South Africa’s top jurists ruled parliament can hold a no-confidence vote against the president
VIDEOS: Russian Anti-Corruption Protests Witness Mass Arrests (6/12/2017) - Supporters of protest leader Alexei Navalny mark holiday with more than 200 rallies across the 
Court Dismisses Brazilian Corruption Allegations Against Michel Temer (6/10/2017) - Brazil's embattled President has been cleared of charges that he received illegal campaign funds
Tunisian Anti-Corruption Drive is Worrying Rights Defenders (6/10/2017) - Human Rights Watch warns against recent arrests and disappearances as turn in wrong direction
ANC Closer to Ousting Zuma After New Corruption Accusations (6/9/2017) - South Africa’s African National Congress has been hurt by a new wave of corruption allegations
When Monarchs Run For Elections: Leadership Alternation in Africa (6/22/2017) - A study in which we look at the level of democracy in four countries where 
What Life Is Like for a Soldier in North Korea’s Army (6/22/2017) - North Korea has one of the world’s biggest ground armies with more than 1 million 
The Story of Yemen’s Toppled Dictator Ali Abdullah Saleh (6/21/2017) - Yemen's president for three decades was a wily political operator but a poor administrator
What We Know About Saudi Arabia’s Next King (6/21/2017) - Salman, often referred to as ‘MBS’, has leapfrogged the king’s nephew Mohammed bin Nayef
The Case of Zimbabwe’s Competitive Authoritarian Regime (6/20/2017) - 2017 has already seen Zimbabwe’s social movements scaling down efforts to encourage government to act 
VIDEO: How Saudi’s Cash Machine Is Tied to Egypt Dictatorship (6/20/2017) - In Egypt, dozens of activists have been arrested in a series of sweeping raids in time for world democracy?
The world democracy movement is being driven forward by the relentless advances technology that have defined our era. The internet is the modern version of the printing press on steroids. With each new shipment of devices and each price reduction, the power of the underlying technological revolution is feeding calls for democracy and openness in government. Once online, anyone today has more information at their disposal than the majority of history’s most influential thinkers.
The ongoing push for democracy in Brazil, China, Egypt, India, and Russia (to name a few) have been deeply connected to each other through technology that didn’t exist a few years ago. We are living in an era of world democracy protest that rivals the largest political eruptions of people power in history, while at the same time the number of individuals taking part and the connection between political movements is on an unrivaled historical scale. The same pressures that brought down Egypt’s Mubarak and Libya’s Qaddafi will bring down more dictators until there is none of their kind left.
Yet the time is now for critical support for these fledgling democracy movements. This will be a definitive time in history that is more accurately covered by media that understands how the daily headlines relate to this global expansion of democracy. Which side are the large media companies on today?
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There are also many great non-profit organizations and charities for international democracy that are wonderful places to support. One that is very important to Democracy Chronicles is Freedom House. Freedom House’s Freedom in the World annual reports, its international democracy advocacy and many other heroics represent the best that America has to offer. There is no better illustration of world democracy than the “Map of Freedom in the World” published annually since 1972 by Freedom House. According to Freedom House, in 2013 the world had 43% of its population living in democratic countries and only 35% in non-democratic countries.
Liberation or Protectionism (6/23/2017) - The western growth machine creates communities with millions of “non-people”, unemployed youth or senior citizens 
A New Poem For World Refugee Day (6/20/2017) - Two years ago on World Refugee Day, I published a very personal essay about my 
Study Asks What Candidates Voters Prefer During Economic Uncertainty (6/13/2017) - During economic uncertainty, citizens prefer dominant rather than prestigious candidates
About Hung Parliaments, Minority and Coalition Governments (6/13/2017) - When voters don’t return a clear majority, forming a government can be messy and time 
VIDEO: Global Anti-Corruption Activists Bring Their Battle to Public (6/12/2017) - Video highlights activists fighting corruption across the world shared their stories on Capitol Hill
VIDEO: When Online Social Movements Translate to Offline Results (6/10/2017) - Social media has played a key role in organizing and getting protesters into the streets 
French Women Win Record Number of Seats in Parliament (6/19/2017) - With 38.65% of seat, the election marks a record for female representation in the French 
Manal al-Sharif: The Brave Saudi Woman Who Dared to Drive a Car (6/15/2017) - Manal al-Sharif posted a video of herself driving in Saudi Arabia in 2011 and she 
Women Launch Iranian Wednesday Without Compulsion Campaign (6/15/2017) - Women in Iran launched a campaign called White Wednesday or Wednesday without compulsion
Russian Feminists Take on a Big Role in Protests (6/13/2017) - As tens of thousands of Russians took to the streets, Russian young women were front 
Why Going to See Wonder Woman is a Political Act (6/9/2017) - Political action doesn't always have to take the form of marching or calling your local 
British Women Win Record Number of Seats in General Election (6/9/2017) - A record number of women have been elected to represent the British electorate in general 
On Censorship and Political High School Yearbooks (6/22/2017) - The president has reached out to a group of New Jersey teenagers who recently made 
On the Role of Academics as Fact Checkers in Politics (6/13/2017) - When politicians cherry-pick data and disregard facts, what should we academics do?
Mamá Would Have Been 92 years Old in June 6 (6/10/2017) - Mom like all matriarchs in our family came from a generation that had great work 
Mike Pence is Loyal, But is He Ready to Govern? (6/9/2017) - If the Trump campaign is found to have colluded with the Russian election meddling scandal 
How the Last Election Exposed the Worst American Election Flaws (5/30/2017) - The election of Donald Trump, if nothing else, emphasizes the many flaws in the US 
Big Money Wins Big in LA School Board Race (5/18/2017) - Billionaire backers outspent school board president in the most expensive in LAUSD historyJoin the World Democracy Movement With DC!
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