Elections
Britain’s snap election: Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party vows tough fight
April 19, 2017Labour says it will offer an alternative to a government that has failed to rebuild the economy while delivering falling living standards and damaging cuts to schools and healthcare.
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Late surge for the left in French presidential race
April 17, 2017If Mélenchon survives to face Marine Le Pen, French voters will be presented with a choice akin to Rosa Luxemburg’s famous option of “socialism or barbarism.”
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Sanders-backed Democrat nearly flips Trump district in Kansas
April 13, 2017Republicans poured in money to bolster Estes against his Sanders-backed challenger James Thompson. They barely managed a victory in Kansas’ Trump-voting 4th district.
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Special election today in Kansas shakes up GOP
April 11, 2017If Democrat James Thompson beats Republican Ron Estes it will be “a shot heard round the world,” a thumbs down on the Trump agenda.
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Lenín wins in Ecuador
April 4, 2017Left-wing candidate Lenín Moreno bucked Latin America’s regional trend to the right in Sunday’s election for Ecuador’s presidency, winning 51 to 49.
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