8legs: Janine di giovanni

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After years spent documenting state terror, I know it when I see it. And I see it now in the US and Israel | Janine di Giovanni

Di Giovanni warns democracies like the US and Israel are adopting the methods of regimes they once condemned.
The piece links security rhetoric to evasive laws that erode constitutional protections.
Activists, journalists, and academics face punitive threats and surveillance.
The author cites historical examples of state violence to illustrate a pattern of fear-driven governance.
The piece argues that fear and censorship become internalized, chilling public discourse.
The Reckoning Project, led by di Giovanni, contextualizes war crimes as part of the current trend.
The article points to abuses by ICE as an example of state terror in democratic states.
The author warns that non-state actors can normalise coercive governance through selective enforcement.
The piece asserts that the UN's role is compromised as it becomes sidelined.
Di Giovanni reframes democratic erosion as a slow, insidious shift rather than abrupt crisis.

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