Democracy

Don’t Believe The Simulated Coup D’État In Guinea-Bissau

December 1, 2025 The Black Alliance for Peace. Educate! coup, Democracy, Elections, Guinea-Bissau, Neo-Colonization

It is important that African (Black) people around the world not fall for the latest amateurish attempt by the neo-colonialist puppet government in Guinea-Bissau, led by President Umaro Sissoco Embaló, to subvert the democratic will of the Bissau-Guinean people. Before completing the country’s November 23rd election process, military leaders loyal to Embaló suspended it and seized “total control” of the country, claiming to have done so to prevent election manipulation. The Black Alliance for Peace’s (BAP) Africa Team and U.S. Out of Africa Network (USOAN) unite with the assessments and positions of our member organizations.

Interfering In The Interference: Trump, WOLA And Honduran Elections

November 30, 2025 Adrienne Pine, Popular Resistance. Educate! Democracy, Elections, Honduras, Imperialism, US Intervention

Trump’s surprise promise to pardon convicted drug trafficker and former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández on the eve of today’s Honduran presidential election, in combination with his directive to Hondurans earlier in the week that they vote for Hernández-allied candidate Nasry Asfura Zablah have interfered with the carefully planned interference already underway in Washington. While Trump prefers the brutish approach that succeeded in keeping his friend Milei in control in the recent Argentinian election, other Washington actors have long maintained a different approach to regime change of coordinated messaging between politicians and organizations across the political spectrum to give the appearance of an unbiased shared concern based in human rights and democracy.

President Maduro Proposes Commune-Based Electoral System

November 29, 2025 Orinoco Tribune. Create! Communes, constitutional reform, Democracy, Direct Democracy, Electoral system, Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela

President Nicolás Maduro visited the Simón Bolívar Socialist Commune in Caracas’s 23 de Enero parish Thursday, where he praised Venezuela’s communal democracy as direct and real and called for a new electoral system rooted in the communes. He announced that “starting with the next popular consultation, in addition to the prizes for the most active communes, the most-voted communal circuit in each state will automatically have all seven projects submitted by the community approved”—meaning they will receive state funding.

Ecuador: Clear Response From The People To The Fascist Noboa

November 17, 2025 Resumen English. Resist! Daniel Noboa, Democracy, Ecuador, Elections, Neoliberalism

The results of the popular consultation and referendum in Ecuador, held this Sunday, gave a clear advantage to the “No” option on the four key questions promoted by the government of US backed President Daniel Noboa, in a day characterized by high citizen participation. The initiatives promoted by President Noboa, supposedly focused on “protecting national sovereignty”. According to data from the National Electoral Council (CNE), with more than 90% of the votes counted, the “No” vote exceeds 52% of the votes. This rejection is concentrated on the proposals to allow the installation of foreign military bases, eliminate state funding for political parties, reduce the number of assembly members, and convene a Constituent Assembly.

Teamsters Highlight Renewed Militancy At 50th Annual TDU Convention

November 16, 2025 Dan DiMaggio, Labor Notes. Organize! Democracy, Rank and File, Teamsters, Unions, Worker Rights and Jobs

At the 50th annual Teamsters for a Democratic Union convention, 550 Teamsters talked about building power in their workplaces, from UPS barns to school bus yards to the San Diego Zoo. They swapped tips on running for local union office and debated TDU’s strategic priorities. A major theme at the convention, held in Chicago November 7-9, was the union’s renewed militancy. Teamsters elected Sean O’Brien in 2021 to head the 1.3-million member union; the TDU-backed O’Brien-Zuckerman Teamsters United slate ran under the slogan “new leadership and a new direction.”

Africa’s Recent Elections: Crisis And A Continent’s Youth In Revolt

November 14, 2025 Nicholas Mwangi, People's Dispatch. Strategize! Africa, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Democracy, Dictatorship, Elections, Neocolonialism, Neoliberalism, Political repression, Tanzania, US Imperialism

The past few months have seen three elections across Africa, in Tanzania, Cameroon, and Côte d’Ivoire. Each exposed a deepening democratic crisis on the continent. While the ballot boxes were filled and the slogans of “stability” and “unity” were loudly proclaimed, the underlying reality was very different; repression, exclusion, and a profound disconnect between the political class and the masses, especially youth. In all three cases, aging leaders clung to power through electoral processes that were anything but democratic.

Honduras Under Increasing Threat As Election Nears

November 8, 2025 Committee of Families of Disappeared Detainees in Honduras, Popular Resistance. Educate! Democracy, Election, Honduras, US Interference

Just one month before the November 30 vote for a new President of Honduras, as reported by Progressive International, leaked recordings unveiled a plot to manipulate logistics on election day, create chaos, and invite the US embassy to declare someone other than Rixi Moncada as the victor. Moncada, the governing party candidate, is leading by 14 percentage points in recent polls. As the government applies the Constitution to protect the votes of the Honduran people, it finds itself obliged to take measures that are easily criticized if viewed out of context.

Recounting The Government’s Deceit, Murders And Denial Of Democracy

November 8, 2025 Bruce K. Gagnon, Organizing Notes. Educate! Assassinations, Book Review, Deep State, Democracy

I’ve recently finished reading the latest James Douglass exceptional historical treasure entitled Martyrs to the Unspeakable: The Assassinations of JFK, Malcolm, Martin, and RFK. Having previously read his remarkable book JFK and the Unspeakable I had a good clue what to expect from this new undertaking. I was not disappointed as I read this excellent recounting of our government’s deceit, arrogance, murderous past, wars, and denial of democracy. I am certain that any person wishing to understand our current political situation will greatly benefit from reading this monumental recounting.

Ten Principles Of Next Economy Enterprises

November 2, 2025 Lift Economy. Create! Democracy, New Economy, Solidarity Economy, Transformation

The 10 Principles of Next Economy Enterprises serve as critical guideposts for designing organizations from a socially just and environmentally regenerative perspective. They are emergent and malleable, derived from work with hundreds of social enterprises. Here is an outline of the 10 principles: Meet Basic Needs This principle prioritizes providing human-centered essentials like nourishing food, clean water, shelter, and medicine. It directly challenges the Business as Usual (BAU) economy, which is geared toward fulfilling greed rather than human need, by providing essentials without destroying habitat and ecosystems. Enterprises adhering to this principle also look for ways to consider ecosystem repair as an impact outcome of their business functions.

Mass Opposition To Flock Surveillance Grows In Denver

October 29, 2025 Natalia Marques, People's Dispatch. Resist! City Council, Democracy, Denver, Surveillance

Hundreds packed a conference room in Denver, Colorado on the evening of Wednesday, October 22, after the city’s Mayor Mike Johnston renewed a contract with surveillance company Flock without a public process or City Council vote, according to activists. Just weeks after Denver’s City Council unanimously voted down a two-year, USD 666,000 extension with Flock in May, Johnston’s office approved a shorter-term deal worth USD 498,500, which is narrowly under the USD 500,000 threshold that would have triggered council oversight. “Instead of joining us here at this town hall tonight, the mayor announced this morning that he is again unilaterally extending the city’s contract with Flock,” Katie Leonard, an organizer with the Party for Socialism and Liberation, told the crowd.

How Britain’s Free Zones Are Dismantling Democratic Governance

October 14, 2025 David Powell, The Canary. Educate! Corporate Power, Democracy, Free Trade Zones, United Kingdom (UK), ZEDES

When Rachel Reeves appeared at a Revolut corporate event to announce £110bn in fintech investment, few noticed the extraordinary symbolism. Here was the Chancellor of the Exchequer showcasing a company under active Financial Conduct Authority restrictions for failing to properly handle fraud—restrictions that prevent Revolut from operating as a fully trusted banking institution. Yet Treasury was presenting it as the crown jewel of UK financial services success. This wasn’t awkward optics. It was a signal: in the new economic model being constructed across Britain, institutional integrity is subordinate to investment announcements.

We Who Believe In Democracy Must Fight To Make It Real

September 26, 2025 Luis Feliz Leon, Labor Notes. Strategize! Civil Rights, Democracy, Free Speech, Trump Administration

We wake daily to new spectacles of violence and humiliation: kidnappings in broad daylight, attacks on unions, LGBTQ people, women, and immigrants, the erosion of long-cherished rights. It’s no longer a tricky question whether we have tipped into authoritarianism. The answer is yes. To fight back, we have to confront what the Trump administration is exploiting: fear. We are living in fear, cowed by it. Each workplace and free speech crackdown, each violation of democratic norms, feeds on the paralysis that fear produces. Fear is the fuel of authoritarianism. Democracy is its antidote. But all around us is evidence of how thoroughly democracy has been hollowed out—and it didn’t start with Trump. Democracy is its antidote. But all around us is evidence of how thoroughly democracy has been hollowed out—and it didn’t start with Trump.

Youth-Led Pro-Democracy Movement Makes Gains In Mozambique

September 18, 2025 Tsitsi Bhobo, Waging Nonviolence. Organize! Community organizing, Democracy, Mozambique, Youth Activism

Since the presidential elections in autocratic Mozambique last October that were marred by corruption, according to the opposition and international watchdogs, a nationwide pro-democracy grassroots movement has been notching serious gains. It loosely calls itself Anamalala Ngimi, meaning “We are the solution.” The protests were sparked by Venâncio Mondlane, a 51-year-old political outsider who became the main opposition candidate for president. He began exhorting Mozambique’s youth not to take the fraud lying down during provocative live-streams on YouTube. “We worked via the medium available in the hands of every young Mozambican — a smartphone — and asked them to lead at a community level,” Mondlane said.

The Fight For The Roof Depot Continues

August 30, 2025 Akičita Šuŋka-Wakaŋ Ska, Unicorn Riot. Resist! Democracy, Minneapolis, Roof Depot, Urban Design

Minneapolis, MN — On August 11, 2025, the East Phillips Neighborhood Institute (EPNI) held a press conference in front of the Roof Depot site. They have fought continuously for three years around the Roof Depot issue, which was sparked when the City of Minneapolis wanted to demolish the former Sears warehouse building on 27th Street and Longfellow Avenue. The building had been built when a pesticide plant was in operation nearby, and it had effectively trapped arsenic particulates; this was the main reason the community stopped the demolition – to avoid being poisoned by toxic clouds. The city’s original plan for the site included a public works expansion, which drew pollution concerns over the possible introduction of over 800 diesel trucks moving in and out of the area, kicking up air impurities in the process.

How NYC Teachers Ran A Slate To Build Member Power

August 28, 2025 Olivia Swisher, Labor Notes. Organize! Democracy, New York City (NYC), Teachers, Unions

Teachers measure time in school years, not calendar years. As the new school year begins, I’ve been reflecting on my experiences from last year as an unexpected candidate for president of the 200,000-member United Federation of Teachers in New York City. When last school year started, I was focused on teaching my students, supporting colleagues, and coaching middle school soccer. Running for the highest office in the largest local union in the country was not on my radar. I didn’t see myself as a potential presidential candidate, but fellow organizers within the UFT reform movement did. In January 2025, I accepted the nomination to lead the Alliance of Retired and In-Service Educators (ARISE), a coalition slate uniting three major reform caucuses in the UFT: MORE (the Movement of Rank-and-File Educators), New Action, and Retiree Advocate.

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