by Tony Wikrent
Strategic Political Economy
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Posted on April 14, 2024 by Conor Gallagher
Database Exposes ‘Illicit Network Undermining Democracy Around the World’
Brett Wilkins, April 05, 2024 [CommonDreams]
“Coups. Assassinations. Riots. Detentions. Disinformation. We know the tactics that have been deployed to undermine our democracies. But who is behind them?”
Progressive International (PI) asks and answers this and other questions with an extensive new database published Wednesday that connects the dots in what the leftist group calls the “Reactionary International“—a loose global network of right-wing leaders and organizations working to subvert democratic institutions.
PI calls it an “illicit network undermining democracy around the world.”….
A cursory search of the database’s contents shows users can:
- Learn about Israel’s NSO, Rayzone, and Team Jorge, and how a team of Tel Aviv tech entrepreneurs fuel unrest in Latin America;
- Meet the Grey Wolves, Turkey’s roving death squad with links to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the ethno-nationalists in his governing coalition; and
- Explore the global network of the Falun Gong, its Trump-connected media outlet The Epoch Times, and its traveling dance troupe known as Shen Yun….
Global power shift