Live on Democracy Developments Worldwide
My friend joined us live tonight to explain what is happening as citizens push back against autocracy in Brazil and Serbia, and as Israel gears up for its election Tuesday. He characterizes Trump and his international cronies as “Greater MAGA,” a phrase at the Talking Points Memo coined.
This is a scholarly but accessible explanation from Ami, a Pulitzer Prize winner, and you’ll walk away from our conversation understanding what mattered most in Brazil and Serbia—youth mobilization—and how we can use that here.
“This country is better than that” seems to be the way anti-corruption sentiment was put into action in those two elections. It seems designed for us to adapt here, for both 2026 and 2028, when above all else, turnout and commitment to voting will matter. If Brazil and Serbia can do it, we can too. As I wrote in my book, “Voting allows us to alter the course of history.”
We’re in this together,
Joyce