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Jane Fonda will headline a concert in New York City on Sunday night
billed as a celebration of First Amendment freedoms,
scheduled on the same evening as the UFC Freedom 250 fight card at the White House.
The 90-minute event,
“Rise Up, Sing Out: A Concert for the First Amendment,”
will feature Ms. Fonda alongside
Bette Midler, Joy Reid, Patti Smith,
Rufus Wainwright, Sasha Allen and Broadway Inspirational Voices
and will be available to strea…

Jane Fonda to host First Amendment concert countering White House UFC event
JANE FONDA to host counterprogram to UFC Freedom 250: "Music has long been a tool to stand up to authoritarianism..."

"Some of my liberal friends have urged the rest of us on the left to stop obsessing over distant foreign wars, stop lambasting the Democratic and #Labour parties for their (clear) complicity in war crimes. They want us to focus instead on the very real threat from rising authoritarianism in the US and the UK. But the opposition to the destruction of Gaza – and now also

#Иран, где аятолл у власти сменили военные из КСИР, пошёл по северокорейскому пути регулирования интернета. Раньше доступ в интернет предоставлялся всем желающим, теперь для этого нужно специальное разрешение ("Internet Pro"), а всем остальным доступна лишь Национальная информационная сеть, иранский аналог Кванмёна.

From the Open Internet to Internet Sovereignty: Death of the Global Internet - Filterwatch
The Islamic Republic of Iran is entering a new era of digital authoritarianism with the role of a long anticipated, discriminatory system of internet access. On April 14th, Sattar Hashemi, the ICT Minister, unveiled the government’s plan in an op-ed for Shargh daily using terms like, “internet sovereignty,” "strategic infrastructure," “digital governance,” “stable communications,” and

Trump's gerrymandering push wasn't subtle.
He wanted Republican House control. Virginia can counter with a voter approved measure.
Don't let authoritarianism win.
Vote YES on April 21st. #VirginiaVoteYes
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Aaron Black (@aaronblack.bsky.social)
Trump's gerrymandering push wasn't subtle. He wanted Republican House control. Virginia can counter with a voter approved measure. Don't let authoritarianism win. Vote YES on April 21st. #VirginiaVoteYes

As Trump's Poll Numbers Fall, His Authoritarian Instincts Grow More Extreme (Sasha Abramsky/The Nation)
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-authoritarianism-polls/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260501/p48#a260501p48

@… great talk. Lots of food for thought. https://cfp.gulas.ch/gpn24/talk/TVNEUB/

RE: https://toot.cafe/@baldur/116517473443533667
A thousand times this. The kneejerk anti-Chinese everything is such a pain because it means we fail to learn lessons that are well known and fail to do things that work easily.
Doesn't mean it's not also a regime with some real strong authoritarianism, with some real problems.

Amnesty International
and dozens of U.S. civil and human rights groups issued a
“World Cup travel advisory” Thursday,
warning tournament visitors of
“rising authoritarianism and increasing violence” in the United States
during Donald Trump’s aggressive immigration enforcement.

Amnesty International warns World Cup visitors of US authoritarianism
Amnesty International and U.S. civil rights groups have issued a “World Cup travel advisory," warning visitors about “rising authoritarianism and increasing violence" in the U.S. under President Donald Trump's immigration policies. The advisory Thursday highlights potential arbitrary entry denials and invasive searches. It cites aggressive immigration enforcement in cities like Los Angeles and Chicago, which have led to accusations of racial profiling. Tourism officials have condemned the a…

Three Lessons From Hungary on How to Beat Competitive Authoritarianism (Gabriela Greilinger/Talking Points Memo)
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/three-lessons-from-hungary-on-how-to-beat-competitive-authoritarianism
http://www.memeorandum.com/260413/p68#a260413p68

What does wealth inequality matter?
Here are three key takeaways from the afternoon’s panels.
⚠️When wealth buys political influence and legal immunity, democracy is threatened
⭐️Hélène Landemore of Yale University argued that wealth inequality isn’t inherently problematic, but becomes dangerous when wealth offers disproportionate influence in other spheres, including political power.
⭐️Wojciech Kopczuk of Columbia University echoed this, emphasizing that wealth is a c…

Why does wealth inequality matter?
A symposium organized by the Stone Center at MIT examined the origins, mechanisms, and political consequences of wealth inequality, and delivers key insights on wealth and political power, authoritarianism, democracy, and the racial wealth gap.