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From a pro-democratic perspective, civil society and new media organisations are surging in the aftermath of the Orban regime.
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Green Candidate's Narrow Presidential Victory Remakes Austrian Politics
Alexander Van der Bellen, an independent candidate backed by the Austrian Green Party, fought neck and neck with far-right Freedom Party candidate Norbert Hofer and scratched out a narrow victory in the historic election.
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"Educational Excellence"? Brits Critical of Government Academies Say Think Again
“It is a complete bonfire of pay and conditions," said David Gilchrist of the Anti-Academies Alliance, who claims the government has "no evidence to back up the claim that academies improve educational standards – in fact the opposite is true."
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Doctors Be Damned: Unfair Health Contract Sparks Exodus of UK Medical Professionals
The government's new contract is "a deliberate process to undermine, fragment and cheapen the entire workforce and enable a transition to a U.S.-style, insurance based system – which is less fair and is not cheaper, far from it."
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New UK Health Contract A Disaster: "I Can't Work For A Government That Clearly Despises Me"
Defying an unprecedented wave of strikes by the British medical establishment, the government announced last week that junior doctors must accept increased working hours, reduced pay and a removal of safeguards against overworking.
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150 London Students Launch Rent Strike Demanding Lower Housing Costs
Students at University College London announced this week that they'd be withholding a total of £250,000 in rent payments unless their school reduced rent costs by 40%.
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Junior Doctors In Britain Launch Nationwide Strike Opposing Changes To Pay and Conditions
Unionized doctors across the U.K. have committed to strike today, providing emergency care only as they challenge government healthcare in a way unseen since the 1948 introduction of Britain's National Health Service.
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Privacy Advocates In Uproar Over UK Cyber Surveillance Bill
Following terror attacks on Paris last month, the spectre of a Draft Investigatory Powers Bill now looms over Britain as lawmakers debate instituting the most invasive cyber-surveillance regime to date.
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Journalists Lash Out Against Proposed Laws Restricting UK Press Freedom
Britain's media has been flooded with petitions, emotional speeches and general confusion about the government's proposed changes to Freedom of Information requests, which signal a chilling of press freedom.
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UK Lawmakers Revolt, Britain Up In Arms Over Proposed Cuts to Tax Credit Benefits
For the first time in a century, the House of Lords voted down a financial package approved by the House of Commons – as the Green Party's Jenny Jones said, "the proposed changes to tax credits were another example of Tory economic illiteracy."
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New Network Of UK Political Activists Builds Power Around Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn
The election of the outspoken left-wing leader marked a sea change in British politics and encouraged droves to jump into party activism – now there's a new way for them to do it with the launch of the grassroots network Momentum.
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The country’s new prime minister, Andy Burnham, has promised a break from the politics of the last 40 years—realizing more broadly that Labour must stand up for the 99% against big business, or the party will become irrelevant.
The tragic shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo is just the latest example of ICE having a fundamental disrespect for human life — further proving why the agency should be stripped of funding and shut down, and its rank-and-file agents and leadership prosecuted.
While the U.S., EU and their allies are enabling Rojava—the strongest force against Islamic State— to fall, it is vital for internationalists to continue to support this beacon of democracy and liberation.
June 23, 2026 may be remembered as the beginning of the end of the Democratic Party establishment.
The current wave of food recalls is a direct byproduct of President Donald Trump’s administration deliberately removing the safeguards put in place aimed at protecting American consumers more than a century ago.
From a pro-democratic perspective, civil society and new media organisations are surging in the aftermath of the Orban regime.
We can still celebrate success while simultaneously putting a cap on net worth.
The country’s new prime minister, Andy Burnham, has promised a break from the politics of the last 40 years—realizing more broadly that Labour must stand up for the 99% against big business, or the party will become irrelevant.
Much like the resistance to AI data centers, the opposition to Flock surveillance cameras has brought the left and the right together against billionaires who are trying to force America into becoming even more of a police state.
Much like the resistance to AI data centers, the opposition to Flock surveillance cameras has brought the left and the right together against billionaires who are trying to force America into becoming even more of a police state.
Posted 1 month 2 weeks ago
The tragic shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo is just the latest example of ICE having a fundamental disrespect for human life — further proving why the agency should be stripped of funding and shut down, and its rank-and-file agents and leadership prosecuted.
Posted 1 month 4 weeks ago
The country’s new prime minister, Andy Burnham, has promised a break from the politics of the last 40 years—realizing more broadly that Labour must stand up for the 99% against big business, or the party will become irrelevant.
Posted 1 month 2 weeks ago
We can still celebrate success while simultaneously putting a cap on net worth.
Posted 1 month 2 days ago
The current wave of food recalls is a direct byproduct of President Donald Trump’s administration deliberately removing the safeguards put in place aimed at protecting American consumers more than a century ago.
Posted 1 week 1 day ago
