authoritarian
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The authoritarian regime's state news agency carried news of Kim marking the country's own Liberation Day commemorations with a wreath-laying and guard of honour.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
The researchers are particularly concerned about how such technology could be used in authoritarian countries.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026
Giaconda Belli, a writer and former guerrilla who left the Sandinista party in 1990 and now lives in exile, said she knows firsthand that removing an authoritarian leader is possible.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026
Department of State gave money to groups protecting free speech, human rights and persecuted minorities in poor and authoritarian countries.
From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2026
Everywhere it reflected the authoritarian spandrels of his character, from its surfeit of policemen to its strict rules against picking flowers.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
Soon after, wannabe authoritarians attack the comedians, essayists, playwrights and poets.
From Salon ● Jul. 6, 2026
Thanks to Judge Charles Ouslander for his asylum ruling, which shows the U.S. can still be a beacon for liberty and a refuge for dissidents from the world’s cruel authoritarians.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 28, 2026
"Of course, authoritarians don't like to be laughed at," he says.
From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2025
Stanley said history is full of examples of people not believing the rhetoric of authoritarians.
From Seattle Times ● May 31, 2024
We are not authoritarians, but we must be organizers.
From Violence and the Labor Movement by Robert Hunter
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