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Facing choice between democracy, autocracy | Letters to the Editor | hjnews.com - The Herald Journal

No youre not dreaming theres actually some good news to share today.

On Monday night the House of Lords voted to protect our right to protest! They rejected every amendment that the government shoved into the Policing Bill at the very last minute. Thats a clear win for our democracy and our freedoms.

Its beyond fitting that the huge protests against the Bill played a key role in defeating the government. People power is alive and well.

Thank you to everyone that marched, emailed MPs, signed petitions and demanded change. This wouldnt have been possible without you.

Now the Bill will go through a stage known as ping-pong. Thats where it goes back and forth from the Commons to the Lords before it becomes law. But some of the worst protest bits that the Lords rejected now cant be added back in. Thats because the government added these as last-minute amendments to avoid scrutiny.

So ironically, its these failed underhand tactics that mean were now safe from:

But we cant fully celebrate just yet. There are still many proposals in the Bill which pose a huge threat to our civil liberties. As it stands the Bill will make causing serious annoyance a crime a direct threat to effective protest. MPs can also try to bring back plans to restrict noise and banning protests around parliament, because they were in the Bill from the start.

The Bill also still contains other oppressive bits. For example the part criminalising trespass will endanger Roma, Gypsy and Traveler communities way of life. Then theres the expansion of suspicionless stop and search (not relating to protest). This will disproportionately target Black men and boys.

That said, what we achieved as a collective movement this week is very significant. It shows what we can do when we work together. And whilst we cant get complacent, its important to stake stock.

I read something from activist and writer Shanice McBean that resonated with me. Small victories will be vital; they will sustain you, keep the movement alive and allow people to believe that victory is possible.

There is more work to do to protect our civil liberties and stop the most unjust parts of the Bill. So lets keep up the momentum, weve got an important couple of weeks ahead!

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A win for democracy and the right to protest - Greenpeace UK

The novel coronavirus pandemic has wreaked havoc on public health in most countries, but it has had severe effects on five major democracies: the United States, Brazil, India, Indonesia, and the Philippines. These states have five of the highest death tolls and caseloads from COVID-19 of any countries, and all have struggled to control the pandemic. Democracy itself is not the reason for their public health failures. Other democracies, such as Australia and Canada, have not only produced effectual public health responses but also taken robust measures to mitigate the pandemics effect on inequality.

Instead, the vast social and economic inequalities in these five ethnically and racially diverse countries have made the pandemic harder to control. These states have failed to handle the novel coronavirus in part because they have never addressed their historical internal divides, which COVID-19 has brutally revealed. In addition, leaders in these states who have attacked political systems and social cohesion have hindered the pandemic response.

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For more on how inequality has hampered COVID-19, see my new adaptation of my CFR Discussion Paper COVID-19 and its Effect on Inequality and Democracy: A Study of Five Large Democracies, for the East Asia Institute in South Korea.

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How Inequality and Democratic Regression Have Made COVID-19 Worse - Council on Foreign Relations

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WASHINGTON Wade Henderson, interim president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, will testify today before the House Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties on the ongoing pervasive racial discrimination at the ballot box.

We are now on the edge of a precipice. Too many people in positions of power around the country are trying to take us back to a world reminiscent of Jim Crow a world of exclusion, control, and violent inequality. This assault on democracy has only grown in momentum since the 2020 election, with new and increasingly dangerous tactics that continue to undermine free and fair representation, Henderson said in his testimony.

The question is now: How must Congress meet this moment? And the unequivocal answer is that Congress must rise to this challenge and do everything within its power to move to debate and pass the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act by any means necessary. Lets be clear: We have approached the time of dealing with the contradiction of what we say we are as a democratic republic, and what we actually are. In this perilous moment, Congress must carry out its duty and swiftly act to make real the promise of our democracy for all.

Read his full written testimony here.

The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights is a coalition charged by its diverse membership of more than 230 national organizations to promote and protect the rights of all persons in the United States. The Leadership Conference works toward an America as good as its ideals. For more information on The Leadership Conference and its member organizations, visit http://www.civilrights.org.

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Henderson to Congress: Protecting Our Democracy Has Never Been More Important - Civilrights.org

WASHINGTON, D.C. Today, Senator Rick Scott spoke on the Senate floor ahead of the vote, led by Senate Democrats, to fundamentally change the legislative filibuster and destroy the rights of the minority party in the Senate. Last week, Senator Scott wrote an op-ed for Fox News in response to President Biden and Senate Democrats complete hypocrisy shown in their attempts to end the filibuster rule.

See more in the video or Senator Scotts full remarks below.

Like many of my colleagues, I often speak about my family here on the Senate floor. As most of my colleagues know, I grew up poor and spent years of my childhood living in public housing. I never knew my biological dad, and my mom and adopted father did the best they could for our family with the very little we had. I think that small part of my life is well known, but what may be new to some people is to learn that my parents were Democrats.

Sadly, the Democrat Party my parents belonged to no longer exists. Todays Democrat party would be totally unrecognizable to my parents, just as it is to millions of Americans all across our country right now.

I am a proud Republican, and its no secret that I am trying to expand my party, but I still believe in the benefits of our centuries old two-party system. It makes our nation stronger, pushes us to listen to both sides, work together and leads to progress. Thats why the filibuster is so important.

As a rule, the filibuster embodies what is most essential to the survival of our Republic it weakens the sometimes-attractive nature of tribalism and bolsters the importance of, and need for, consensus when crafting policy. The filibuster protects our democratic process thats why the founders designed the Senate to operate this way as a cooling saucer that could resist the temptation of political expediency that leads our country to wild swings in policy and position.

I make this point not only to highlight the foolishness of doing away with this rule, as my Democrat colleagues would like to do, but to draw attention to the gravely concerning abandonment of democratic principles we see in todays Democrat Party.

I take no joy in saying this, but todays Democrat Party has become the new Anti-Democracy Party. The terrifying examples of this are all around us: packing the Supreme Court, pushing a radical federal takeover of state elections, ignoring our laws on border enforcement and criminal prosecution; and forcing unconstitutional vaccine mandates on American workers. None of these things give more power to the people we are elected to represent.

What these dangerous ideas show is that todays Democrats dont believe the people are capable of getting it right. Democrats dont think their ideas can win enough elections to control a majority in the Senate. Senator Schumer said as much just last week. He said that if the Democrats dont pass their Corrupt Politicians Act, they will lose their majority. A party that once prided itself on being a voice for working Americans is now turning to authoritarian tactics to impose its will on government by force because it does not trust the decisions voters will make.

In trying to pack the Supreme Court, Democrats are saying they do not trust the decisions of state legislatures bodies comprised of the peoples elected representatives.

In pushing their federal takeover of state elections, Democrats are showing that they know their ideas are too radical to win the approval of voters, so they need to leave the back door open for fraud and the dilution of votes to win elections and stay in power. Thats why they want to give non-citizens, those here illegally and who may be dangerous criminals, the sacred right to vote.

In pushing an unconstitutional vaccine mandate, Democrats are making clear that they dont trust the American people to make smart decisions for themselves and their families when it comes to their own health.

In the eyes of todays Democrat leaders, disagreement is intolerable. There are no more opponents, only racists. They allow no room for compromise because all who disagree are evil, bigoted and backward. When the ruling class strips the people of their voice, Democracy dies. When the elites in Washington decide they know better than the families they are supposed to represent, our American experiment fails.

It is a sad day when I think about how unrecognizable todays Democrat Party would be to my parents. Not because it has naturally evolved or modernized, but because its abandoned the principles it once fought so hard to protect. I know these words will upset many of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle. I hope they do, and I hope it drives them to refocus their party back where it belongs on the needs of American families.

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Sen. Rick Scott: Democrats Have Become the Anti-Democracy Party - Senator Rick Scott