Right now, we are living in a global period of democratic decline and the rise of A form of top-down political system that concentrates state power in the hands of a single leader and/or group of close allies. Learn more . From Moscow to Manila, from Brasilia to Budapest, from Warsaw to Washington, D.C., authoritarian leaders, parties, and movements are on the rise.
Fueled by misogynist A system of social control characterized by rigid enforcement of binary sex and gender roles. Learn more , A social movement based on a belief in biologically determined racial hierarchies, often with the ultimate goal of establishing an all-White nation state. Learn more , and neoliberal capitalism, it would be a mistake to think that the U.S. is immune to broader global trends. So, how do we get from here, perhaps the brink of authoritarianism, to the just, inclusive, multi-racial democracy that we seek?
Don’t miss this discussion and Q&A session about reining in racial The belief in the primacy of “the nation” as the most important political allegiance, that every nation should have its own state, and that it is the primary responsibility of the state and its leaders to preserve the nation. Learn more and In the classical definition, a system in which governmental leaders are clergy. Learn more , along with their authoritarian cousins: The economic, social, and political position that centers individual freedom, undergirded by a weak government and unfettered, free-market capitalism. Learn more , surveillance and monopoly capitalism, and oligarchy.
Featuring
- Tarso Luís Ramos, Executive Director of Political Research Associates
- Dania Rajendra, Director of the Athena Alliance
