Threats to Democracy

Threats to Democracy

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Threats to Democracy
Threats to Democracy
"Coups of a Feather"

"Coups of a Feather"

The similarities between Brazil's insurrection and Jan 6 may be due to "authoritarian learning"

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Annika Brockschmidt
Jan 15, 2023
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My latest piece for Religion Dispatches:

“The images were eerily similar: Insurrectionists were storming the halls of Congress, beating police officers who tried to fend them off, wreaking havoc in the offices of legislators, desecrating the very symbol of democracy itself—all in the name of an allegedly stolen elect…

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