Power to the people: forgive the tyrantsForgiveness of a dictator and ensuring an end to their actions is more crucial than prosecuting them for war crimes, writes Sholto Byrnes. Refusing to seek vengeance shows victims “to be better than their oppressors”.
Dictators
Honduran coup: take another look at Zelaya’s proposals
Had they come to fruition, the evil schemes of Zelaya (and, for that matter, Chavez) would have resulted in an electoral system rather like Australia’s.
Life was better under communism, say most East Germans
Two decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall, nostalgic has kicked in for the German Democratic Republic. In a new poll, more than half of former eastern Germans defend the GDR.
A dictator primer: how to rig elections
How does a dictator rig an election? Charles Richardson explains as Zimbabwe’s election results are announced.
Sheridan to Musharraf: More massacres, please
The breakdown of democracy in Pakistan has led most normal people to question Western support for General Musharraf. The Australian’s Greg Sheridan is worried, too, but for quite different reasons. He thinks that Musharraf might be insufficiently dictatorial, writes Jeff Sparrow.
