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Tag: democracy
The Ailing Body of Democracy
A poem on the death of democratic rights in the face of crumbling healthcare during the pandemic.
For Autocrats Like Vladimir Putin, Ruthless Repression Is Often a Winning Way to Stay In Power
And there's not too much the rest of the world can do to stop them.
Satire | What Was I Thinking? Of Course Rihanna Is a ‘Gandhi’, Greta a ‘Drop-Out Celeb’
A satirical take full of leaps of logic on the farmer protests in India and the international voices speaking out about them.
How Many More Battles Are Left?
'How many more shards are left to pierce the flesh, before old wounds heal?'
The Four Pillars That Once Stood in the Way
A poem on how we've got to come together as a society and create change.
Waiting For the Light to Change
A poem about the endless hope for things to get better – at a traffic signal.
‘Lennon Walls’ Herald a Sticky-Note Revolution in Hong Kong
First seen in Prague in 1980, a form of public protest and free expression has spread throughout Hong Kong and around the world.
Why We Need to Rekindle the Politics of ‘Hope’
The rhetoric of hope has all but disappeared. Yet if citizens collectively entertain political hope, it expresses a shared understanding that each member of society deserves to be included …
The Fourth Estate Was Once a Beautiful Place
A comment on the declining standards of the media.