Coronavirus and Democracy: Conte is Dangerous, Italy is Under Martial Law

Pericolo coronavirus? Mai quanto quelle corone d’Italia unite nella volgare corruzione

Read below the answer of Stefano Vaccara

Democrazia in crisi? Calma, all’ONU se ne discute con una bella IDEA

U.N.

UN Human Rights Day: “Is Democracy Catching the Flu?”

Is world democracy, after years of slow but promising progress, catching an insidious form of institutional influenza? The 74-year old United Nations, on the occasion of the International Human Rights Day, felt that the moment was right for a clinical...

English

Humanity at the Crossroad of Morality: Anti-diversity and the Spread of Populism

byGrace Russo Bullaro

Up to recently, it was possible to imagine a world without national borders. Now the toxic rhetoric of wannabe dictators, white supremacists and hate-mongers in power may tip us over the edge into the kind of dystopia that features the...

Arts

Leonard Cohen’s Prophecy: Democracy is Leaving the USA

byLaura Wagner

And what are we doing as a nation to abort this home-spun tragedy? Mandates have been set by a Council of Conservative Citizens passing legislation eliminating our basic rights….

Nadia Urbinati: il populismo? Non è fascismo e poi le democrazie sono “elastiche”

News

Nadia Urbinati: Populism? It’s not Fascism, and also Democracies Are “Elastic”

byStefano Vaccara

Professor Urbinati recently contributed to the political debate with two important volumes: Utopia Europa, published by Castelvecchi, and Me, the People. How Populism Transforms Democracy for Harvard University Press (coming soon). We met her in her office at the prestigious...

U.N.

World Press Freedom Day at the United Nations: “Post-Truth is Pre-Fascism”

byEmma Bass

Mr. Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the UN, said, “No democracy is complete without access to transparent and reliable information,” and he firmly stated, “It is the cornerstone for building fair and impartial institutions, holding leaders accountable, and speaking truth to...

“L’identità non è di sinistra”? Per allargare lo sguardo, una politica del significato

News

“Identity is not Left-wing”? A Politics of Meaning To Broaden Our Look

bySergio Salvatore

The whole view related to this demand is able to take only a part of the issue into account. It focuses on the effects, but is blind to the cause – namely, it considers the demand for identity as the...

News

Freedom of the Press in Ukraine: The Beastly Grin of Democracy

byKanykei Tursunbaeva

Former representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Massimo Introvigne: "The violence of the group in the video looks very strange. I do not know if they have a relation to the police, but the brutality in attacking a journalist is very...

RFK e la “misteriosa” fine del populismo kennediano

People

RFK and the “Mysterious” End of Kennedy’s Populism

byStefano Vaccara

Fifty years ago, on an important night for the Democratic primaries, candidate Robert F. Kennedy, brother of the former President, JFK, died in Los Angeles. RFK understood right away that, more than Communism, it was the Mafia and its relationship...

News

The State of Denial: Trump, the Gop, and the Quiet Slide from Democracy

byStanton H. Burnett

What, exactly, Donald Trump will be able to get away with in other areas is yet to be seen, and much will depend on the further adventures of the Mueller investigation. Will Trump survive his (or his team’s) alleged collaboration...