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📢 Democracy Lighthouse Speakers’ Corner is now live! Join our interactive forum for reflection, dialogue and informed discussion about democracy and its future. Share your ideas and connect with a global community committed to democracy. 💬 Join the conversation: speakerscorner.democracyligh…

📣 Launching tomorrow: Democracy Lighthouse Speakers’ Corner! A new space for reflection, dialogue and informed commentary on democracy and its future. Share your ideas, join the discussion and connect with others passionate about democracy. 🌍💬 Join us from 28 October! #Democracy #speakerscorner #forum

Democracy Needs Your Voice! At a time when democracy faces serious challenges around the world, we need more spaces where people can exchange ideas, challenge assumptions, share experiences and imagine new possibilities. That’s why we’re launching Speakers’ Corner, an open forum where everyone is welcome to join the conversation about democracy and its future. Whether you’re an activist, scholar, student or simply someone who cares about democracy, we want to hear from you. Democracy Lighthouse Speakers' Corner is launching on October 28!

The September edition of the Digest is now live! It features an interview with @merkel_wolfgang, articles by @JDRnow and @larbi_sadiki, and a short video from @jkeaneSDN on his latest book Demagogues and Despots. Read the September edition below. Democracy Lighthouse Digest democracylighthouse.com/demo…

Following the AfD’s recent electoral success in Saxony-Anhalt, @merkel_wolfgang joined to discuss what its rise means for German democracy, whether the political “firewall” has failed, and the debate over banning the party. Watch the full video here... youtu.be/BFhMdwEmj50?si=ehxU…

The August edition of the Digest is live! This month: 🎙️@CheeSoonJuan on democratic resilience 📚Katia Chornik on Music and Political Imprisonment in Pinochet’s Chile 🪳@Planet_Deb on what India’s “cockroaches” can teach the world about resistance democracylighthouse.com/demo…

Chee Soon Juan, the leader of the Singapore Democratic Party, joined John Keane, a member of Democracy Lighthouse, to discuss resilience. View more videos like this one on the Democracy Lighthouse website democracylighthouse.com/

The latest edition of the Democracy Lighthouse Digest is now live! It features an interview with @harsh_mander on the BJP's different idea of India. It also includes @Planet_Deb article on the emergence of the cockroach movement in India and a link to the latest book from @itihaasnaama and @OrnitShani on the making of India's constitution. Read the full digest here democracylighthouse.com/demo…

Meet the researchers behind Democracy Lighthouse! Read the latest articles from our research team on the Democracy Lighthouse website. democracylighthouse.com/late…

Indian activist and writer @harsh_mander is our June Democracy Feature. In this extract from a longer interview with Democracy Lighthouse, Harsh discusses the emergence of the @CJP_2029 and what this means for India's democracy. Watch the full interview at the link below or on the Democracy Lighthouse website. youtube.com/watch?v=53C8iUqA…

Assembling India's Constitution by @itihaasnaama and @OrnitShani is our feature book in June. In this paradigm-shifting history, two leading historians of India re-examine the making of the Indian constitution from the perspective of the country's people. Assembling India’s constitution is published by @CambridgeUP and is available to purchase for 35GBP. View this book and more at democracylighthouse.com/late… #fromtheshelf #latestbook #India #democracy

The latest edition of the Democracy Lighthouse Digest is live! In this edition @Planet_Deb looks at 'A White Supremacists Passage to Modi's India,' and Pedro Aibéo looks at the relationship between democracy and architecture. This edition also includes the latest book from @jkeaneSDN on "Demagogues and Despots." It concludes with a commentary from @merkel_wolfgang about the urgent need for democratic resilience. Read the full version at: democracylighthouse.com/demo…

Bulgarian political scientist and author Ivan Krastev is our March democracy feature. In this video Krastev talks about the present state of democracy and what it means to fall in love with the future, again. Watch the video below or on youtube at youtube.com/watch?v=Kku00iyr…

#Fromtheshelf @CiroMurayamaMx latest book El Futuro Que Se Escapa is a must read. It examines how Mexico, which began the millennium on the road to becoming a successful nation became, a quarter of a century later, a country characterised by democratic erosion, economic stagnation, and a population that suffers from inequality, precariousness, and violence. The Future is Nearly Gone (in Spanish) is published by Planeta Publishing Corporation and is available to purchase for 22USD.

#Fromtheshelf @DouglasKMurray latest book "On Democracies and Death Cults" confronts what he views as the most pressing issue of our time: why Western support of the Palestinian cause is ultimately playing into the hands of a much more dangerous force. The central argument of On Democracies and Death Cults is that Israel’s commitment to fundamental Western values has made it a beacon of progress in a region dominated by authoritarianism and extremist violence. This book is as controversial as it is timely. Reviewers have pointed to the book’s factual errors, its propaganda qualities, and silence about genocide. Literary editors of leading British newspapers have so far ignored the book while several Berlin bookshops have refused to stock it. But a Times of Israel reviewer hailed it as a ‘book of monumental significance’ and even ‘one of the most important books ever written’. On Democracies and Death Cults is published by Harper Collins and is available to purchase for 18USD

The February edition of the digest is now live! In this edition, @Planet_Deb examines the emergence of authoritarian neoliberalism in India, and Jordan Ryan assesses the democratic degeneration in the United States a year into the second Trump administration. This issue also includes the latest book from @DouglasKMurray on “Democracy and Death Cults.” It concludes with a commentary from @merkel_wolfgang on the AfD’s rise in Germany and the pertinent question: can party bans save democracy? Read the full version at democracylighthouse.com/demo…