Written By: nickkelly - Date published: 9:03 am, June 16th, 2024 - 15 comments
Last weekend the EU elections saw a significant increase in support for the populist/alt-right in European elections.
I deliberately avoid using the term far-right. It would be too simplistic and inaccurate to paint a picture of Europe re-living the 1930s and entering fascism. It is not.
Written By: Incognito - Date published: 6:18 pm, May 22nd, 2021 - 91 comments
When democracy and free speech are hijacked to silence others, they can no longer support their principles and become a contradictio in terminis.
Written By: Incognito - Date published: 12:45 pm, April 9th, 2020 - 124 comments
National is trying to steal show political leadership and relevance by launching a petition.
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Written By: Bill - Date published: 7:43 am, November 25th, 2018 - 84 comments
I don’t generally have a problem with clowns. But these clowns are dangerous. When mainstream media promotes centrist clowns promoting fascist clowns….
Written By: lprent - Date published: 7:55 pm, June 9th, 2018 - 63 comments
As we enter the era of relative world wide population declines, we are are seeing populist movements trying to put the finger in the dike. The two are related. Big cities beset by congestion and housing issues as the young flood into them. Populistic movements driven from left-behind areas. Voting patterns show the distinct differences between the large urban centres and those in the declining regions.
Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 9:58 am, March 17th, 2017 - 18 comments
I guess it’s good that some parts of the world are going nuts at a slower rate than others?
Written By: Stephanie Rodgers - Date published: 8:30 am, February 10th, 2015 - 19 comments
Feinstein Doak has a post up with the Top Political Facebook Posts of 2014, and the results are interesting.
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