STOP
Across the West, democratic safeguards are slipping. Stop signs force you to pause and act. Each stop sign below marks a concrete threat. Together they map a path toward authoritarianism. To change course towards a humane future, the forces behind those warnings need to be stopped.
- Stop erosion of press freedom
- Stop state‑funded propaganda campaigns
- Stop state‑run media dominance
- Stop digital censorship
- Stop tech‑driven information bans
- Stop propaganda through sports
- Stop targeted hate‑speech laws
- Stop the erosion of independent civil society
- Stop legal harassment of investigative journalists
- Stop abuse of “national security” to silence dissent
- Stop judicial politicisation
- Stop impunity for war crimes
- Stop mass surveillance
- Stop data‑fusion platforms
- Stop algorithmic profiling
- Stop nationalist‑only school curricula
- Stop culture‑war legislation that bans “morally corrosive” art
- Stop the normalisation of weapons and killing in kids’ games
- Stop economic nationalism
- Stop military promotions in schools
- Stop entrenched class systems and widening inequality
- Stop austerity that robs public services
- Stop legislation that weakens unions
- Stop the military‑industrial complex
- Stop endless wars
- Stop corporate media concentration
- Stop selective immigration bans
- Stop mass deportations
- Stop criminalisation of protest
- Stop the deliberate division of people
- Stop cyber espionage targeting citizens
- Stop paramilitary groups
- Stop patriotic education in schools
- Stop police violence
- Stop torture
- Stop the abuse of fear to keep the populace obedient
- Stop targeted economic sanctions
- Stop suppression of NGOs
- Stop green‑wash legislation (half‑measures that look eco‑friendly while polluters stay safe)
- Stop undermining scientific consensus
- Stop corporate‑state collusion
- Stop control of religious institutions
- Stop the nonstop barrage of distractions
- Stop genocide denial
- Stop data‑driven profiling that labels citizens “radicals.”
- Stop the normalization of extremist rhetoric
- Stop apartheid
- Stop the use of emergency decrees that bypass legislative oversight
- Stop the cult of personality
- Stop nuclear weapons
