Inside Russia’s Crackdown on Protesters | Vice News

Sergey Ponomarev is a Russian photographer whose work has taken him to places few Western reporters have been allowed to see. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjhqETDDPOk Over the years, Ponomarev gained rare access to one of Assad’s notorious prisons, documented the Russian Army’s annexation of Crimea, and photographed the Kremlin’s brutal crackdown on pro-Navalny protests. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Y0wKNdJ_AI Nadya Tolokonnikova tells…

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Russia at war: what do Russians say? | DW documentary

When Putin launched an invasion of Ukraine, it sent shock waves through Europe. The West expected Russia would see mass protests against the war, but these never happened. The authorities have tightened their grip on dissent. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZoBzUQCjq4 Filmmaker Demian von Osten has lived in Russia for almost five years. He’s seen how people throughout the…

How Jair Bolsonaro Pushed Brazil’s Democracy to the Brink | Vice News

This year, Brazilian democracy -- the fourth-largest in the world -- was pushed to the brink of crisis, as far-right President Jair Bolsonaro convinced his base of heavily armed, God-fearing supporters (adding up to tens of millions of people) that the election was stolen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noP8sLB4LSY VICE News investigates how Bolsonaro, borrowing from Donald Trump and…

Brazil election: Social media content crafted for disruption | The Listening Post

In Brazil’s upcoming election, President Jair Bolsonaro is not going down without a fight. He has raised the prospect of electoral fraud, used old tricks from his media playbook to spread disinformation, and while the public is more attuned to these dangers now than it was in 2018, there is still a lot at stake.…

Trump’s American Carnage | Frontline PBS

From his first days as president to his last, how Trump stoked division, violence and insurrection. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVUs4dS30c0 In the wake of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, FRONTLINE investigates how Donald Trump’s presidency laid the groundwork for bitter divisions, violence and ultimately insurrection. “Trump’s American Carnage” investigates Trump’s siege on his enemies, the media…

Why the Far-Right Is Fawning Over Strongmen | Vice News

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ipf1FAt9c3M From Hungary to Texas, the Breaking the Vote teams travel around the world to trace the steady rise of authoritarianism and its impact in the U.S. RELATED CONTENT:

America’s Authoritarians: The US political divide – Part 1 | People and Power

With guns in their hands and faith in God at their side, many Republicans in the United States continue to believe that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from Donald Trump. As a result, the country remains deeply divided over the last contest for the White House - and the violent attempts at the Capitol that followed to overturn the result.…

Bolsonaro e o ataque à democracia – Steven LEVISTKY

Programa Roda Viva, TV Cultura, 19 de setembro de 2022 O Roda Viva desta semana discute as ameaças à democracia brasileira com o cientista político Steven Levitsky. Professor em Harvard, nos Estados Unidos, Levitsky é referência em estudos sobre a América Latina e um dos autores do best-seller Como as Democracias Morrem. Para Steven Levitsky,…

“Autocrats feel increasingly threatened by democracy” – Kenneth Roth | HRW Chief

Agencia EFE, 13 January 2022 Autocratic regimes globally have been adopting defensive strategies amid widespread discontent and have used the pandemic to quell dissent, Kenneth Roth executive director of Human Rights Watch told Efe on occasion of the watchdog’s yearly report. QUESTION: Is there any reason to believe that democracy could topple existing dictatorships? ANSWER:…

How to build an authoritarian regime (and how to stop one) — Timothy SNYDER

People are overwhelmed by new ideas brought upon by new technologies. Could new media—like the internet—ruin the world before rebuilding it? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_fcX6zIu44 Get ready for a rocky century: there was 150 years after the book was invented before the Great Enlightenment. Timothy Snyder is the Levin Professor of History at Yale University and the author…