Five Star leader Di Maio steps down as shaky Italian coalition seeks to avoid snap election
Luigi Di Maio has resigned as leader of the anti-establishment Five Star Movement in a step that will shake up Italian politics and prompt fears of a snap election after months of internal party dissent and coalition More...
When a ‘climate election’ goes wrong
Body: All is not lost. Danny Chivers offers four movement-building strategies for the years ahead. climate justice election Climate justice Contributor: Danny Chivers Doesn’t More...
Irish PM to Ask President to Dissolve Parl’t Ahead of General Election
Last week, Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said that he had made up his mind over the exact date of the general election, but was eager to meet his cabinet and the head of the main opposition party. Sputnik News – More...
Labour leadership election: Go on the offensive against the right wing!
One week in, and the first round of the Labour leadership contest is over. Already, leadership hopeful Clive Lewis is out of the race, leaving five candidates remaining. In reality, however, the election is a More...
Israeli press review: Knesset to decide on Netanyahu’s immunity before election
Israeli press review: Knesset to decide on Netanyahu’s immunity before election Meanwhile, defence ministry admits killing of Palestinian mother was ‘aggressive act’, and Meretz-Labor More...
Labour Leadership Election 2020 Candidate Profile: Keir Starmer
Following December’s disastrous election defeat, the Labour Party will be electing a new leader to replace the outgoing incumbent, Jeremy Corbyn. As part of the impending leadership election, Evolve Politics More...
Facebook bans deepfakes ahead of US election, but vows no collateral damage against satire or parody videos
Facebook has announced a new policy to tackle machine learning and AI-manipulated ‘deepfake’ videos on the platform ahead of the 2020 US presidential election but claims satire and parody videos will be spared. Under More...
Jeremy Corbyn 2020 leadership election
Jeremy Corbyn leaves the Labour offices following the NEC meeting that decided a timetable for the election of his successor Morning Star More...
Venezuela parliament speaker election: Chaos inside & outside, Guaido accused of provocation after he was ‘denied’ entry
Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido has been accused of pulling a PR stunt after a dramatic video showed him mounting a fence to enter the parliament, as it voted to replace him as the head of the legislature. The More...
Bid to keep Netanyahu out of PM’s office after election because he’s facing bribery charges shot down in court
Israel’s High Court of Justice has refused an attempt to keep Benjamin Netanyahu from taking the office of prime minister should his party win the snap election in March, over the corruption charges against him. A More...
