Commonweal Conversations: Saving Democracy

Monthly virtual discussion program.  Prereading/topic assigned each month.  For more information or to register, go to: https://gacc.retreatportal.com

TOPIC – SAVING DEMOCRACY: In nearly every part of the world, democracy is in decline. Right-wing populists and authoritarian strongmen from Ecuador to Hungary continue to advance their personal interests and silence dissent with unchecked power. A recent report by the advocacy group Freedom House found that civil liberties were widely diminished for the eighteenth consecutive year and, according to the nonprofit advocacy group Protect Democracy, more than one-third of the world’s population currently reside in countries that are becoming less democratic. The United States is not immune from this disturbing trend.