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<description><![CDATA[From the University of Virginia’s Democratic Futures Project, "The Power of Many" brings you the voices of democracy advocates, activists and scholars from around the world. We unpack the urgent challenges facing nonviolent resistance, while exploring how to breathe life into democracy and human rights movements.

Join our hosts, Félix Maradiaga and Emily Mellen, as they engage guests from around the world in conversations that connect on-the-ground activism with scholarly insight, building bridges between theory and practice. Maradiaga is a democracy advocate and Nobel Peace Prize nominee. Mellen is a scholar of fascism and the communications lead for UVA's Office of Global Affairs.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Sochua Mu, president of the Khmer Movement for Democracy, discusses what brought her to engage in Cambodian politics, her current exile and the political climate in her home country. As new laws try to strip opposition leaders of their citizenship, Cambodia is becoming a hotbed for cybercrime. In the diaspora, Mu and others have founded the Kem Ley Freedom Academy, which educates youth on democratic principles and inspires them to lead Cambodia into a more hopeful future.
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<itunes:subtitle>Forget the stereotypes. Gen Z has a role to play in bringing down autocracy.</itunes:subtitle>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>Polish youth activist Dominika Lasota discusses her journey from a shy teenager to a leading figure in transnational climate and social justice movements. Lasota highlights how climate justice, women's rights and democracy are interconnected. And she calls for reinvigorating democracy with a sense of global solidarity and community-focused climate action. Not recognizing our interdependence? As Lasota might say, “That’s delulu, honey.”</p>]]></description>
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<itunes:subtitle>In Venezuela, a dictator is out. What does this mean for the struggle against autocrats around the world?</itunes:subtitle>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>Freddy Guevara joins us from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, where he works as a research fellow at the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation. Guevara is the former vice president of the Venezuela's parliament, a freedom fighter, and is now a global democracy advocate. Before being forced into exile, he was a key figure in the opposition movement against the regime of Nicolás Maduro. Guevara responds to the recent U.S. operation to depose and capture Maduro, the uncertain situation in his home country, and what this means for democracy movements worldwide.</p>]]></description>
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