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NFP’s Unity Problem
(KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA) - In the fallout of the French municipal elections in the middle and late March this year, the parties that make up the left-wing alliance Nouveau Front Populaire (New Popular Front) have a choice to make in regards to the La France Insoumise (France Unbowed) conundrum - specifically whether including this far-left party in a grand coalition of the left come the next presidential elections in 2027 and the parliamentary elections in 2029. This comes a


The G-Word Haunts PA Primaries
Image of Gaza courtesy of WikiMedia By - New Jersey Roundhead NEWARK, NJ - Pennsylvania, like many states, is expected to have a series of rather contested primaries compared to previous years. Many are putting their focus on the primary to unseat Ryan Mackenzie in Pennsylvania’s seventh district. That seat sees the former prosecutor and union buster Ryan Crosswell go up against the president of the firefighters, and a candidate endorsed by Bernie Sanders, Josh Shapiro, and B


Why I put America Last
By United States Semiquincentennial Commission and Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv (per source) - https://manage.america250.orghttps://manage.america250.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/America250-CivicPower-MS-FINAL.pdf, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=150294247 (CHESTERTOWN, MD) – There is this idea that has perniciously infiltrated American society that we are all Americans first. That's about our allegiance to decency, humanity, and morals. We ar


The Future of Hungary
By The White House - https://www.flickr.com/photos/202101414@N05/54908790930/, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=181766119 (KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA) - On Sunday, Hungarians head to the polls with a smell of change in the air. For the first time since his first election in 2010, Viktor Orbán seems mortal, as his far-right populist party, Fidesz, is facing a big challenge by Péter Magyar and his centre-right TISZA Party. For an essay that concerns ev
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