Tag: authoritarian government

Acclaimed filmmaker Raoul Peck says authoritarianism did not suddenly arrive with Donald Trump — it has been decades in the making. In this exclusive conversation with the SF Bay View, the director of Orwell 2+2=5 explains why George Orwell remains essential reading, how propaganda and historical amnesia fuel modern power, and why neutrality is itself a political choice. Peck argues that democracy demands more than voting; it demands action.

On Aug. 7, Paul Rusesabagina, president of the Hotel Rwanda Rusesabagina Foundation, sent an open letter to international political and civil society leaders asking them not to bother with the upcoming Rwandan parliamentary elections. The letter follows: Please ignore Rwanda. Parliamentary elections are coming up in Rwanda this September, and the world should ignore them.