Democracy Fights Back As People Around the World Protest Authoritarian Governments

The people are not going quietly as protests against rising authoritarianism are happening around the world.

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From the historic No Kings protests during Trump’s birthday parade to the protests this weekend against authoritarianism in Budapest and Serbia, the People are not going quietly.

Huge crowds gathered in Budapest, the Hungarian capital, for the city’s 30th annual Pride march, in defiance of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s legal attacks on LGBTQ+ events and community, including a police ban against LGBTQ+ events.

“Tens of thousands of protesters marched through Hungary's capital on Saturday as a banned LGBTQ+ rights rally swelled into a mass anti-government demonstration, in one of the biggest shows of opposition to Prime Minister Viktor Orban,” Reuters reported.

“This is about much more, not just about homosexuality ... This is the last moment to stand up for our rights," Eszter Rein Bodi, one of the marchers, told Reuters.

Serbia Continues Protesting Slide into Authoritarianism

And in Serbia’s capital of Belgrade, a massive anti-g…