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A short biography of journalist Kotoku Shusui, who helped introduce anarchism to Japan and was executed for treason.

He is now independent. he says he wants to become elected in order to bring about change to the system. we didn't get real democracy in the past and also maybe the next ten years. but we are hopeful, were hopeful for universal suffrage. we hope for a real democracy in hong kong. but if we don't do anything, we get nothing. hong kong was promised a high level of autonomy and political freedom 50 years after it was returned to china from the uk. 2022 marks just 25 years since the handover. critics claim beijing is moving towards full control of the city. in the uk — polls closed just over an h...

To become closer to universal suffrage is the only way we as americans can express our voice and hold elected leaders accountable, whether they're democratic or republican or independent. it doesn't matter. it's the only way we can hold them accountable. we can fire them if they're doing bad things or rehire them if they're doing gad things. it's the most fundamental way we can express our preference, and when it gets undercut like it has been here in texas as you listed out there, what happens is as you begin to have a tyranny of the minority, and so we're supposed to have majority rule with ...

More and more people have been unrepresented in the state, and more and more people have not had any ability to express their voice and hold leaders accountable. >> only because you're such a nerd to bring up world statistics day will i give you the second question, matt, because i can't even believe you just brought that up. how would federal voting rights legislation help combat this power grab we're seeing in places like exactly where you are, texas? >> well, the voting rights act as you all know in the '60s was passed to ensure people of all races, colors, creeds, whether you lived in a ru...

Voting that we don't want to vote or, two, when we lose elections, lie and dispute the election results. they do not want to be held accountable. >> yeah, indeed. jacob, you had a chance to talk with the leading candidate, larry elder, the right wing radio host. you tried. we played it last night. we had to chop it up. it took so long. five times to get him to say he would simply respect the results of the election. i don't think he ever actually answered your question. you also got a chance to ask the current governor about what larry elder did last night. what did he say to you? >> essential...