Democracy shouldn’t end at the login screen.

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As Christopher Finlay (DurhamU) suggests perhaps the lesson to take from Hannah Arendt's Origins of Totalitarianism, is as much abut the way she thought about the current events of her time as the conclusions she drew about them.

We need to be 'actively thinking in the now, and trying to grasp an emergent “something” on its own terms – a threat that is taking shape, but which hasn’t yet fully revealed itself', not necessarily trying to fit it into old models!

#politics
https://theconversation.com/how-hannah-arendt-can-help-us-understand-this-new-age-of-far-right-populism-269626

Welcome to the Trump economy!

According to the US Travel Association, total inbound international visits to the US are projected to fall by approximately 6.3 % compared to 2024. Visits from Canada alone are down 24 %.

And these numbers are in a year where tourism was partly saved by the fact that travelers had already booked their trips before Trump returned. 2026 could turn out even worse.

Source: https://www.travelandtourworld.com/news/article/tourism-crisis-hits-the-united-states-in-2025-as-international-visitor-numbers-plunge-while-mexican-travel-surges-defying-global-trends-and-saving-us-tourism/

🇺🇸‼️🇺🇦 Trump to POLITICO:

Zelensky doesn’t have anything until I approve it. So we’ll see what he’s got.

"Russia can stop the war anytime by leaving Ukranian land."

#Putin #Russia #Ukraine #USPol #Trump #PutinWarWarCriminal #RussiaIsATerroristState

UN experts raise ‘grave concern’ over treatment of Palestine Action-linked hunger strikers | UK news | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/dec/26/un-experts-raise-grave-concern-over-treatment-of-palestine-action-hunger-strikers

"Special rapporteurs say handling of prisoners raises questions over UK’s obligations under human rights laws"

#Palestine #Israel #UK #PalestineAction #UN #HumanRights
@palestine@lemmy.ml @palestine