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Election of Yesterday/Today: Taiwan

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On January 13, 2024
Due to my failure to think about time zones properly, this one didn't get written until after the result. The current ruling Democratic People's Party, will remain in power. Their presidential candidate, the current vice president, William Lai Ching-te, has won the election, giving the ruling...
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Unions and Global Democracy

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On July 22, 2022
Two interconnected things are happening globally. First, democracy is under attack from right-wing forces. Second, unions are under attack from the same right-wing forces plus a lot of neoliberal centrist types who don't value them. Unions are absolutely vital for a functioning democracy. As the...
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Hong Kong

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On July 6, 2020
Peter Fitzgerald, amendments by Globe-trotter / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0) We haven't blogged much about Hong Kong recently. The news, as readers probably now, has been pretty grim. On June 30, Beijing enacted a National Security Law that, in effect, ended any guarantee of Hong Kong's...
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