View The American left's free speech reversal: View By Peter Van Voorhis In the 1960s, activists at the University of California, Berkeley started the American free speech movement, where millions of students across the country fought for free speech r 24/04/2017
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France Hologram technology gives a modern twist to French elections It has been a weekend for rallies for most of the candidates with an eye on the French presidency. 05/02/2017
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Portugal Portugal leftist parties clinch historic deal, aim to topple government An unprecedented alliance between Portugal’s centre-left and its radical left looks set to topple the centre-right minority government just weeks 07/11/2015
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Greece Syriza faces internal battle as Tsipras requests party vote Alexis Tsipras was welcomed with applause by members of his party, but has yet to reach a fairytale ending. Speaking in an old cinema, the Greek 30/07/2015
Spain Spain's Podemos tackles first major crisis after co-founder Monedero resigns The resignation of the co-founder of Podemos has plunged Spain’s young left-wing party into its first serious crisis in an important election year 01/05/2015
Greece Golden Dawn rally in Athens provokes anti-fascist protests In the Greek capital thousands of anti-fascist demonstrators took to the streets in a rally against far-right extremism. The protest was in response 01/02/2015
Spain Podemos holds biggest rally yet in Spanish capital and promises election earthquake Tens of thousands of people turned out in Madrid on Saturday for the latest show of strength for Podemos, the new left-wing party that in just a year 31/01/2015
Greece Greeks react with delight and trepidation to Syriza election win The people of Greece are taking in Syriza’s momentous victory in the snap general election. Both Greek and European markets fell on Monday morning 26/01/2015
Greece Celebrations as Syriza supporters look to a future without austerity Jubilation in University Square in central Athens as thousands of Syriza supporters celebrated the landmark win by their anti-bailout party Syriza 26/01/2015
Greece Looming Syriza victory gets mixed reactions in Athens As Greece’s leftist Syriza party looked set for a comfortable victory over the ruling conservatives in the Greek election, our reporter spoke to some 25/01/2015
Greece Is Greece's Syriza a paper tiger that will be tamed by government? Is Greece about to face the music or can a new government get Brussels to change its tune? The last four years have seen the nation lurch from one 30/12/2014
World European left-wing leaders enthusiastic about Greece snap elections The news of the snap elections announced today after the third failure of Greek MPs to elect a president continues to ripple across the political and 29/12/2014
Germany Former East German state Thuringia first to get post-unification leftist leader The former eastern German state of Thuringia looks set to lower the curtain on 24 years of Conservative rule with the swearing-in on Friday of the 04/12/2014
Uruguay Vazquez wins old job back as Uruguay's president Seventy-five-year-old Tabare Vazquez has won Uruguay’s presidential run-off, allowing the leftist ruling coalition to extend its decade in power 01/12/2014
