Democracy's Voice: Power Lies with the People, Not Parties

When digital democracy disappears, so does the power of the people

When civil society is pushed offline, what’s lost isn’t just voices, but history, memory, resistance, and possibilityOriginally published on Global VoicesA Kenyan protester. Image by Emily Onyango on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0). Democracy today is shaped as much online as it is offline. Protests start in encrypted chats; debates unfold in comments, and discourse is filtered through algorithms. The promise of the internet was clear: a space …

Democracy's Voice: Power Lies with the People, Not Parties

Democracy's Voice: Power Lies with the People, Not Parties Okram Ibobi Singh, the leader of Manipur's Congress Legislative Party, asserted that the return of Congress to power hinges on the electorate's decision rather than the influence of BJP leaders. He stressed this during the 9th death anniversary commemoration of former chief minister Rishang Keishing in Imphal.Singh, responding to the BJP's 'Congress Mukt Bharat' campaign, stated that whi…