civil society

“A president who wants to be bound by no law or Constitution is perpetuating a unified assault on American traditions. ... He’s declared a war—on culture, on history, on science, on knowledge itself. . .He’s delegitimizing news organizations and assaulting the First Amendment, threatening to defund them. He’s dictating what universities can teach. He’s targeting law firms and the judicial branch— foundations of an orderly and civil society.”

This is an attack on our sovereignty and our civil society.

The referendum was initiated by a citizens' initiative and supported by civil society groups and trade unions, all of whom campaigned for the Yes vote.

The American people and their leaders overestimated the strength and vibrancy of their democracy and civil society.

Historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat recently warned that the speed of Donald Trump and his forces’ attacks on democracy and civil society is more like a coup than autocratic capture.