Left-wing populism
Political ideology that combines left-wing politics and populist rhetoric and themes
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| October 2025 | A video from a July 2021 online interview with Jennifer Granholm resurfaced, showing Porter shouting at an employee to 'Get out of my fucking shot!' |
| October 10 2025 | Sanders released a government report criticizing artificial intelligence, warning it may cause 100 million Americans to lose their jobs. |
| October 8 2025 | Porter drew significant criticism after a contentious interview with CBS News Sacramento Correspondent Julie Watts, where she threatened to walk out and displayed frustration with follow-up questions about voters who supported Donald Trump. |
| October 1 2025 | A book by a French-Syrian journalist claimed Islamists had 'infiltrated' the party, with La France Insoumise threatening legal action in response. |
| 2025 | Maduro chanted 'Attention, attention, Maduro is also a soldier of Perón'. |
| September 2025 | The Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) achieved a significant electoral success by winning 40 seats in the local elections of North Rhine-Westphalia, marking an important milestone for the newly formed political party. |
| September 2025 | Accused Israel of genocide in Gaza, stating 'The intent is clear. The conclusion is inescapable: Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.' |
| September 2025 | Omar introduced a war powers resolution to prevent the Trump administration from conducting future strikes in the Caribbean following a US attack on a Venezuelan boat. |
| September 2025 | Sanders criticized Democratic Party officials for not supporting Zohran Mamdani after his victory in the New York City mayoral primary. |
| 2025 | Sponsored the 'Block the Bombs Act' to stop U.S. provision of offensive weapons to Israel and endorsed Sanders' Joint Resolutions of Disapproval for weapons sales to Israel. |
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Die Linke (The Left) party performance across various German states, with notable strong showings in Berlin (12.2%), Thuringia (13.1%), and Hesse (10.9%)
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| 2025 | The party shows particularly strong performance in North Rhine-Westphalia with 11.8% support, contrasting with lower or unavailable results in other German states. |
| September 2025 | The Kyle Kulinski Show ranked as the 46th top-rated podcast on YouTube in the United States. |
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Membership grew to 115,000, with 60% of new entries being under 35 and largely female, increasing women's proportion from 40% to 44.5%.
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| 2025 | PDP elected governors in the 20th Congress, including Angelica Amante (Agusan del Norte), Melecio Go (Marinduque), Humerlito Dolor (Oriental Mindoro), and Pam Baricuatro (Cebu). |
| 2025 | Shirlyn Bañas-Nograles elected as the District Representative for General Santos's lone congressional district in the 20th Congress of the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino (PDP). |
| 2025 | Konstantopoulou clarified her stance on currency, stating she never advocated for a return to the drachma and reiterated the party's position on monetary sovereignty and alternative digital currency options. |
| 2025 | Left Bloc suffers further electoral setback, receiving only 2.0% of votes and reducing to 4 seats in legislative elections. |
| 2025 | The party suffered its worst result ever, winning 2% of the popular vote and returning only one member to the Assembly, losing more than half of its 2024 voters. |
| 2025 | Led by Roberto Almada, Left Bloc received 1,586 votes (1.1%) in Madeira and failed to win any seats. |
| 2025 | The Federal Agency for Civic Education reiterated its classification of BSW as 'left-wing in terms of economic policy' while noting the party's conservative positions on social policy. |
| 2025 | Partido Demokratiko Pilipino is active in the 20th Congress of the Philippines, representing the party's current political engagement. |
| 2025 | Yamandú Orsi of the Broad Front becomes president of Uruguay and joins the São Paulo Forum |
| 2025 | Reiwa Shinsengumi participated in the House of Councillors election, successfully winning 6 seats, which was an increase of 1 seat compared to their 2019 election performance. |
| 2025 | Reiwa Shinsengumi planned to participate in the House of Councillors election with 24 candidates, continuing their role as an opposition party, with vote details yet to be determined. |
| 2025 | Raúl Grijalva's tenure as a Justice Democrats representative ends due to his death after serving from 2003 to 2025. |
| 2025 | Experienced a political shift, moving to a minority position with 64 seats, with 1 seat result still to be determined. |
| 2025 | Reiwa Shinsengumi increased their vote count to 46,743 votes (0.88% of total votes) in the Tokyo prefectural election, led by Taro Yamamoto. |
| 2025 | Continuing her role as Vice Ranking Member on the Committee on Oversight and Accountability and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. |
| 2025 | Citizen Revolution Movement further increases its National Assembly vote share to 41.32%, solidifying its political position. |
| 2025 | Luisa González loses the presidential election to Daniel Noboa again, winning 44% of the vote, and refuses to concede, alleging unsubstantiated claims of electoral fraud. |
| 2025 | Party presidential candidate receives 44.40% of votes in the election. |
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Party membership grows to 115,000, with 60% of new entries being under 35 and largely female, increasing the proportion of women from 40% to 44.5%.
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| 2025 | Opposed American strikes on Iranian nuclear sites, stating it was 'absolutely and clearly grounds for impeachment'. |
| 2025 | The Estonian Centre Party was the sole political party to vote against a constitutional amendment that removed voting rights in local elections for non-citizens, which predominantly impacted Russian citizens and stateless residents in Estonia. |
| 2025 | Sahra Wagenknecht criticizes the BSW's participation in the Thuringia government following a poor performance in the German Federal election, specifically accusing state organization leader Katja Wolf of being partly responsible for the party's electoral failure. |
| 2025 | The party secured 4.98% in the national German election and 1.8% in the European Union election, establishing its presence in the political landscape. |
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Die Linke shows a potential resurgence, with increased support in several states, including 8.8% nationally and 11.2% in a specific state, suggesting a possible political recovery.
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Die Linke participated in Hamburg state parliament elections, obtaining 11.2% of votes and securing 2 seats.
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The party won 8.8% of votes in the German federal election, securing 64 seats in the Bundestag.
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| 2025 | Working Families Party endorsed Newark mayor Ras Baraka for the New Jersey gubernatorial race and 13 state legislative candidates, with special focus on Chigozie Onyema (28th district) and Katie Brennan (32nd district). |
| 2025 | Greg Casar succeeds Pramila Jayapal as chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. |
| 2025 | Completed her term as U.S. representative from California. |
| 2025 | BSW participated in the Hamburg state election, receiving 1.8% of votes, becoming the eighth-ranked party and maintaining an extra-parliamentary status. |
| 2025 | Lateefah Simon, U.S. representative from CA-12, delivered the Working Families Party's State of the Union response. |
| 2025 | Party aims to have no more than 2,000 members by the German federal election. |
| 2025 | Partido Demokratiko Pilipino announced its senatorial candidates for the Philippine general elections, including prominent figures such as Ronald 'Bato' Dela Rosa, Bong Go, and other politicians, lawyers, and public personalities. |
| 2025 | The BSW anticipates potential political consequences in the federal election, criticizing the constitutional court protection amendment as 'undemocratic'. |
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