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Are We Witnessing the Last Ever US Presidential Election?
29 October 2020
, Donald Trump has already threatened to undermine the foundations of American elections. If he wins again, there will be little to stop him, argues CJ Werleman

Dishonest, Extreme, Corrupt: Coming of Age in the Era of Trump
22 October 2020
, CJ Werleman wonders if the new generation of voters will have normalised the extraordinary values and actions of an unprecedented President

America’s Revealing Gun Splurge Crisis
19 October 2020
, CJ Werleman explores what the increase in gun purchases in the US during the Coronavirus pandemic and following social and political unrest uncovers about how systemic issues in American society are approached

With the Climate Emergency Intensifying & Democracy Crumbling, an Inquiry into Murdoch has Never Been More Urgent
16 October 2020
, CJ Werleman reports on calls for a royal commission into News Corp in Australia, following James Murdoch’s comments that his father’s media empire ‘legitimises disinformation’

A Fatal Fallacy: Trump’s ‘Silent Majority’ Myth is Fomenting Civil War
12 October 2020
, The President of the United States has legitimised radical, deeply-conservative groups that believe their values are being attacked, contends CJ Werleman

Mike Pence’s Dangerous Vision for an Extremist Christian America Should Not Be Overlooked
8 October 2020
, The Vice-Presidential Debate should remind the US electorate that Pence only appears somewhat acceptable in comparison with Donald Trump, argues CJ Werleman

Rape and Caste Supremacism in India
5 October 2020
, CJ Werleman argues that the rape and murder of a Dalit woman in Hathras is another alarm bell indicating the extent of the human rights crisis in India

A Message to the US Media: Biden and Trump Are Not ‘The Same’
2 October 2020
, The false equivalence awarded to Donald Trump and Joe Biden is grossly misleading and a danger to democracy, argues CJ Werleman

Modern Day Islamophobia Starts with the US and Israeli Right-Wing but Ends With Saudi Arabia and the UAE
28 September 2020
, CJ Werleman traces the evolution of a plan to equate Islam with ‘terrorism’ to an ideology deployed by Arab Gulf leaders and autocrats everywhere

Rewriting Victims of Rape into the History of War
25 September 2020
, A new book by foreign affairs journalist Christina Lamb asserts a shameful truth: that rape is a rule not an exception of war but is the one least spoken of

How Can Liberal Democracy Respond to the Rise of QAnon?
21 September 2020
, CJ Werleman explores the overlap between those with hard right beliefs and people with a desire to lead alternative lifestyles via the conspiracy theory group which believes Donald Trump is saving the world from cannibals and paedophiles

Genocide Denialism Flourishes in the Social Media Age
17 September 2020
, CJ Werleman looks at the proliferation of genocide denial, from the Shoah to Bosnia, and how this enables continued killing and repression in Syria and China

Trump’s A Deadly Liar – Why Won’t America’s Mainstream Media Say So?
14 September 2020
, CJ Werleman explores the repercussions for US democracy of the press not saying it like it is when it comes to the President

Donald Trump and the Coronavirus – A Death Cult
11 September 2020
, CJ Werleman argues that the more deadly the US President’s actions become, the more backing he receives from his most ardent supporters

The Rise of QAnon and the Danger of a Conspiracy Theory-Based Terrorism Wave
7 September 2020
, Following COVID-19 denial demonstrations in the UK, US and Europe, CJ Werleman explores the driving force behind such movements and what they mean for democracy

‘China Must Give the UN immediate and Unfettered Access to Uyghur Camps’
1 September 2020
, CJ Werleman reports on new accounts of how the Muslim minority is being persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party in Xinjiang and why the international community needs a wake-up call

EXCLUSIVE ‘Death is Everywhere’: Millions More Uyghurs Missing
24 August 2020
, CJ Werleman reports on evidence that up to nine million Uyghurs are unaccounted for and allegations Chinese authorities plan to kill, incarcerate or convert the whole population

An Anti-Muslim Obama Conspiracy Put American Democracy on the Brink of Collapse
20 August 2020
, CJ Werleman traces the rise of the modern conspiracy theory and how it has been harnessed by Donald Trump to destroy democracy from within

Trump’s Planned Election Heist Presents an Unprecedented Crisis for Democracy
17 August 2020
, With US voters heading to the polls on 3 November, CJ Werleman sets out why he believes the next five months could be some of the most dangerous ever for America – and the rest of the world

China’s War on Critics and Democracy
13 August 2020
, CJ Werleman speaks to Drew Pavlou about his experience of the force of Chinese Communist Party repression – when he held a protest at his university in Australia

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