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In what has been widely seen as the most significant prosecution against violent left-wing extremism in Germany in over two decades, four individuals were sentenced in May 2023 to prison terms for violent attacks. These attacks targeted real and alleged right-wing extremists. The case has raised fears that Germany is on the brink of a left-wing terrorism resurgence. The trial and in-depth media reporting sheds new light on Lina Engel, the alleged coordinator of the group; its other members; and the attacks they conducted in the years 2018-2020. Elements from the network continue to be active, with several members in hiding and authorities concerned over further radicalization., On May 31, 2023, the State-level Higher Regional Court in Dresden sentenced four individuals, including Lina Engel, (a) a female university student and leader of the violent left-wing extremist group, [...]

The victory of the far right in two German state elections is “extremely worrying,” said Markus Wehner in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . The anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) won [...]

The Conservative Party accepted a donation from climate science denier Laurence Fox’s media outlet less than two weeks before the general election, DeSmog can reveal. The (https://search.electoralcommission.org.uk/English/Donations/C0583682) 5,000 donation was [...]

By Emile Chabal Supporters of the La France Insoumise party light celebratory flares in Paris after results projected a left-wing coalition lead in the French legislative election on July 7. [...]

Right-wing influencers -- including Dave Rubin, Tim Pool, and Benny Johnson -- are asserting that they are “victims,” duped into an alleged Russian interference operation after the U.S. Department of [...]

Italy's foreign policy will remain focused on its traditional priorities, namely European and transatlantic co-operation. As public opinion in Italy is firmly pro-EU, we believe that the FdI-led government will [...]

We expect the fallout from the Israel-Hamas war to fundamentally undermine Mr Netanyahu's reputation and that of his multiparty government, leading to its downfall as internal friction deepens and key [...]

Paris New talks: The hard-left France Unbowed party threatened to impeach Emmanuel Macron (left) this week for failing to appoint its candidate as prime minster. Macron has rejected the 37-year-old [...]

(https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbd4228a3-eae9-427c-aeb0-723bf5a11bfc_640x480.jpeg) We have learned to expect the unexpected in American politics. But would we ever have expected a vice presidential candidate to insult European immigrant groups like it is 1916 [...]

Brazilians will next vote in October, in nationwide local elections, which will serve as a bellwether of sentiment towards Lula's left-wing government and support for right-wing parties ahead of the [...]

BY IAN BREMMER With so many elections in big countries this year, it’s a good time to look at how the politics of democracies is shifting. But this is no [...]

In This Issue / Best of the blogs What the new left should do now https://project-syndicate.org Recent elections in France and Britain, and America’s presidential campaign, “show the dilemmas left-leaning [...]

Naomi Abramowicz Göteborgs-Posten Greta Thunberg may be the “figurehead of the young climate movement,” said Naomi Abramowicz, but she doesn’t speak for all young Swedes. Her peers are moving away [...]

France has come together once again to block extremists from power, said Paul Quinio in Libération . The nationalist, anti-immigrant National Rally (RN), led by Marine Le Pen, had appeared [...]

In This Issue / Politics & economics France in uncharted waters The snap election delivered a stalemate. Matthew Partridge reports There were “gasps of horror” and tears from Marine Le [...]

(https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F54963809-3b10-4486-b762-aa91da8ae852_769x554.jpeg) Yesterday, (https://www.wonkette.com/p/would-somebody-let-this-poor-republican) Wonkette reported on Wednesday’s congressional hearing in which myopic former wrasslin’ coach Jim Jordan accused a bunch of ad executives of colluding to not advertise on conservative [...]

THE LABOUR PARTY'S https://www.economist.com/leaders/2024/07/05/labour-has-won-the-british-election-now-it-has-to-seize-the-moment in Britain's general election seems to have bucked the trend of declining support for social-democratic parties, particularly in the face of fervour for the populist right. [...]

New Delhi, July 10 -- Why are Europe's young voters moving towards right-wing parties? I ask this because it is the young who are angry about inaction on climate change, [...]

Byline: Meera Emmanuel 'Why such omnibus petitions that too in Public Interest Petition. Is the High Court meant for such petitions?' the Court asked the petitioner's counsel today. The Karnataka [...]

What happened A loose alliance of left-wing parties is on course to become France's biggest parliamentary bloc, beating both the far-right and President Emmanuel Macron's coalition in the most momentous [...]

In This Issue / Politics & economics The far-right steps up in the Netherlands After months of negotiations following an election that “sent shock waves through the Dutch political system”, [...]

(https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F694b5432-214f-406e-8bdb-61f4bd57d460_360x223.gif) Tabs gif by your friend Martini Glambassador! This is happy, and how we all should do: In the French elections, hundreds of centrists and leftists dropped their campaigns, uniting [...]

Keir Starmer is poised to become the UK's next prime minister. He's had help opening up about his personal story from an unlikely source: Barack Obama. Experts say Obama could [...]

Byline: Ben Rosenstock It's no secret that The Boys's political commentary and satire have become increasingly obvious over the years. This was never a subtle show, but season four in [...]

Byline: Just Earth News In a bid to prevent the formation of the country's first far-right government, France's left-wing and centrist parties have withdrawn hundreds of candidates from Sunday's parliamentary [...]

As the whole world knows, French President Emmanuel Macron’s (https://prospect.org/blogs-and-newsletters/tap/2024-06-10-europes-decelerating-drift/) impulsive gamble of calling snap elections backfired spectacularly. The Rassemblement National (RN) party of Marine Le Pen captured one third [...]

Political and economic outlook Chile is a free-market economy with strong macroeconomic fundamentals and independent institutions. It is the world's largest producer and exporter of copper, and is a major [...]

The next election is scheduled for 2027, and we expect parliament to last a full term. The last parliamentary election was in March 2023. Reform leads the government, supported by [...]

What happened France's far-right National Rally party won the first round of snap parliamentary elections on Sunday, taking 33% of the votes, the Interior Ministry said Monday. The leftist New [...]

John Chrastka Founder and Executive Director, EveryLibrary BY ANDREW ALBANESE Amid a continuing surge in book bans and an organized right-wing political attack on libraries, the library community certainly needed [...]

1. Book Banners Hit a Wall in Court In year three of an organized right-wing political attack on the freedom to read, a string of legal victories in federal court [...]

Before the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Germany relished being a geopolitical 'fence sitter'. But now it is in economic and political crisis and parties of the extreme left and right [...]

STEPHANIE SLADE (Photo: Abaca Press/Alamy) IN SEPTEMBER 2021, Hillbilly Elegy author J.D. Vance—then still a long shot candidate for the Republican Senate nomination in Ohio—made an appearance on Fox News’ [...]

Wayne Kramer 1948-2024 Wayne Kramer, died 2 February, age 75. The US guitarist was a co-founding member of MC5 whose incendiary, politically-charged rock music would prove a formative influence on [...]

In This Issue / Politics & economics Macron squeezed between left and right With French voters just days away from going to the polls in the first round of the [...]

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MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” took aim at media outlets circulating “cheap fake” videos of President Joe Biden making him appear to look confused in his surroundings, saying, “They lie about their [...]

In This Issue / Politics & economics The rise of the hard right Nationalists did well in recent EU elections. Matthew Partridge reports Nationalist and right-wing parties won major gains [...]

(https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F528640ab-a2b9-4739-b07a-6e76045cdaec_1600x900.jpeg) On Monday, a Florida court (https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/news/colombia-chiquita-papers/2024-06-10/chiquita-found-liable-colombia-paramilitary-killings) found Chiquita Banana liable for financing a right wing paramilitary death squad and ordered it to pay out $38.3 million to the families [...]

(https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F002c3aef-cc98-42e0-bee0-645f254bd181.heic) This poor cat just learned what new fuckery the Tories are up to. Pic by Lizard 10979, courtesy of Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 There are some days when a [...]

(https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a30da17-6053-414b-87e8-2ea3481ce3e4_1024x683.jpeg) Salem Media Group (little on the nose there, no?), the right-wing Christian media company that produced Dinesh DSouzas 2022 documentary 2000 Mules, has issued an apology for all of [...]

EIU expects the Italian government, the most right-wing since the end of the second world war and led by the country's first female prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, to remain in [...]

The last general election was held on September 13th 2021. The Storting (parliament) cannot be dissolved before completing a full four-year term, meaning that there is no risk of a [...]

Political and economic outlook The Mexican economy is the second largest in Latin America and among the most open in the world, with 14 free-trade deals covering more than 50 [...]

(https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd0b2b315-be35-40c2-89f8-ae72f7196cd6.heic) Dylan Mulvaney, from (https://www.dylanmulvaney.com) her website, celebrating rightwing idiots giving her money to make themselves look like foolish bigots, we guess. Have you ever wondered how the love child [...]

Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott delivered a ringing endorsement of racist, right-wing vigilante violence last Thursday, when he extended a rare state pardon to a bigoted killer who was duly [...]

Practice in Profile Supported by 01 Master-plan model of the new ‘Quartier Am Seebogen’ (AWIG2). Twenty-five thousand people will live/work on a reused 100-hectare airfield on the U2 subway. (Vienna’s [...]

Political risks have eased in Honduras as the president, Xiomara Castro of the left-wing Partido Libertad y Refundación (Libre), begins the second half of her term. In February Libre and [...]

Political stability and governability risks will remain extremely high for the rest of Luis Arce's presidency, which ends in November 2025. The ruling left-wing Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS) has, in [...]

The US Supreme Court ruled yesterday that (https://wapo.st/4aVRB8F) Idaho can go ahead and enforce its ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors. It's the first time the Court has addressed [...]