βοΈ What happens to democracy when truth no longer anchors political life?
Valeriia Shaliakhina reviews Michael Patrick Lynchβs "On Truth in Politics," a book that argues democracy cannot survive without a shared respect for facts and knowledge. π
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βοΈ The El-Hishri case, now before the ICC, marks an important milestone in accountability for crimes against humanity committed in Libya. Yet the Court still falls short of delivering full accountability, Omer Shatz (@front-lex.bsky.social) argues in his op-ed.
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βοΈ The mechanism of former Hungarian PM Orbanβs defeat reveals a structural vulnerability in every authoritarian project: the insider who turns, Andris Zimelis argues in his op-ed. ππΊπ³οΈ
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ποΈ In the second part of the podcast, Karolina LendΓ‘k-KabΓ³k and Lucija BalikiΔ discuss why mixedness should be treated as a long historical process instead of a simple past-present comparison.
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βοΈ Hungaryβs βelectoral revolutionβ swept away Fideszβs 16-year rule. But in many marginalized rural communities, the revolution barely arrived.
Vera Messing and Judit Durst examine how media isolation and clientelist dependency sustained the party's support.
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βοΈ Ruth GazsΓ³ Candlish and Tatev Hovhannisyan reflect on why feminist resistance today is becoming as much about rebuilding democratic life as it is about opposing backlash.
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βοΈ Trump may be trying to protect the fossil-fuel order. But his strategy could end up hastening its erosion.
Deborah Martinez asks whether the green transition can break with the politics of coercion, extraction, and dependence. ππ±
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ποΈ Ancient Greece and Rome are often celebrated as the foundations of democracy. But how have they also been
used to legitimize exclusionary politics?
@curtisdozier.bsky.social joins #RevDemPodcast to discuss the political afterlives of classical antiquity.
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ποΈ In our new interview, @gabor-halmai51.bsky.social analyzes the potential for restoring rule of law in Hungary, legal accountability, a possible new constitution, and the rule of law beyond legalism. ππΊππΊ
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ποΈ In the newest episode of our series produced in collaboration with @jodemocracy.bsky.social, Ghia Nodia discusses Georgiaβs fragile hybridity, the foreign agents law, and the resistance by civil society.
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