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The Left's Hungry Game for Consensus: Reform, Revolution, Betrayal! Safe Spaces!

evildevil wrote in ontd_political Jan 09, 2017 23:48

May You Live in Interesting Times with a Hue of Orangeness.

Economic issues are not separate from “identity” issuesBuilding the largest possible movement to not only tackle the immense, and intensifying, problems facing humanity and the environment but to overcome these problems is our urgent task. Given the position the Left finds itself in today ( Read more... )

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Have we learned anything?

soleiltropiques wrote in ontd_political Jan 03, 2017 01:13

More than 1,000 migrants storm border at Spain's Ceuta

Five Spanish policemen and 50 members of the Moroccan forces were injured, including one who lost an eye.

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Syria: Iraq 2.0 But Better!

evildevil wrote in ontd_political Dec 17, 2016 15:00

White Helmets Will Be Greeted As Liberators!

UPDATE: EVA BARTLETT'S BLOG

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EU survey: 27% say rape sometimes acceptable

soleiltropiques wrote in ontd_political Nov 30, 2016 20:56

EU survey: 27% say rape sometimes acceptable

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The Economist Shocked that Globalized Neoliberalism has Created Global Misery.

evildevil wrote in ontd_political Nov 22, 2016 23:57

Rampant Capitalism Emboldens Global Basket of Deplorables to Hate Each Other.All around the world, nationalists are gaining ground. Why ( Read more... )

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Marine Le Pen, Beppe Grillo, Geert Wilders, Frauke Petry: has their big moment arrived?

amw wrote in ontd_political Nov 12, 2016 22:57

Dogged by the migration crisis and the traumatic business of Brexit - to name just two current, existential challenges to their project - those who run the European Union felt they had enough on their plates before Donald Trump seized the White House ( Read more... )

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Thousands Take Part in Anti-Government Protest in Hungary

hobbits_friend wrote in ontd_political Oct 17, 2016 08:32

Thousands of people in Hungary protested on Sunday against government corruption and to demand the preservation of press freedoms.

A rally called by civic groups and small opposition parties was held on Free Press Road, a traditional location for protests but made more symbolic by last week's closure of the largest opposition newspaper.

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Chuck Tingle’s “Pounded by the Pound” is the satirical Brexit erotica we need right now

flashsword wrote in ontd_political Jul 05, 2016 05:38

There have been very few bright moments following Britain’s disastrous decision to leave the European Union in last week’s Brexit referendum. But one of the few - and one of the funniest - comes to us courtesy of our old friend, satirical erotica author Chuck Tingle.

The book's real, the review's real and I've finally found something to laugh ( Read more... )

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Brexit Leader Boris Johnson Rules Out Bid To Be Next British Prime Minister

mimblexwimble wrote in ontd_political Jun 30, 2016 13:28

LONDON, June 30 (Reuters) - Former London mayor Boris Johnson, favorite to become Britain’s prime minister, abruptly pulled out of the race on Thursday, upending the contest less than a week after leading the campaign to take the country out of the EU ( Read more... )

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Brexit May Well Never Happen

sugartitty wrote in ontd_political Jun 28, 2016 07:03

The victors are already looking sheepish about leaving the EU. Maybe they won’t!The “Leave” campaign won an unexpectedly decisive majority in Thursday’s referendum on Britain’s EU membership. So why do Brexit’s biggest backers already seem so discombobulated ( Read more... )

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