Left-wing populism
Political ideology that combines left-wing politics and populist rhetoric and themes
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| 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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Die Linke
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. |
| June 2025 | Indivisible and other organizations coordinated No Kings protests in over 2,000 U.S. communities as a countermove to Trump's U.S. Army 250th Anniversary Parade. |
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Die Linke
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
Die Linke participated in Hamburg state parliament elections, obtaining 11.2% of votes and securing 2 seats.
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Die Linke
The party won 8.8% of votes in the German federal election, securing 64 seats in the Bundestag.
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| June 10 2025 | Supreme Court upheld and ratified Fernández de Kirchner's six-year imprisonment and lifetime ban from public office, also mandating the recovery of 84,000 million Argentine pesos from the Vialidad corruption case. |
| June 2025 | Endorsed Zohran Mamdani in the New York City Democratic mayoral primary, with Politico noting her endorsements are highly sought after by liberal Democrats. |
| May 2025 | Permanently banned from running for presidency in future elections. |
| May 2025 | Working Families Party expected to consolidate endorsement and select a single candidate to rank first in the New York City mayoral primary. |
| May 12 2025 | The Webby Awards ceremony was held, where MeidasTouch Podcast hosts Ben, Brett, and Jordy Meiselas accepted the Podcast of the Year award, with Molly Jong-Fast presenting the honor. |
| May 10 2025 | Camille Villar and Imee Marcos were accepted as guest candidates for the party, two days before the midterm elections. |
| May 2025 | Vice President Kamala Harris praised Ocasio-Cortez for 'speaking with moral clarity', while JD Vance expressed concern about her potential presidential run, calling it 'the stuff of nightmares'. |
| May 2025 | Ocasio-Cortez raised $9.6 million with an average donation of $21 in the first quarter of 2025, the highest amount she had ever received. Vice President Harris praised her for 'speaking with moral clarity'. |
| May 2025 | Pressley introduced the bipartisan HEALTH for MOM Act with Zach Nunn and Lauren Underwood to expand maternal healthcare access. |
| 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). |
| April 2025 | A month-long internal power struggle within the Thuringian BSW concludes with Katja Wolf retaining her position as state organization leader. Wolf successfully defeated Anke Wirsing, who was backed by party founder Sahra Wagenknecht, in a contested candidacy. |
| April 2025 | The Hill reports that Indivisible Project has received over $7.6 million from Open Society Foundations since 2017. |
| April 2025 | The MeidasTouch Podcast was awarded Podcast of the Year at the 29th Annual Webby Awards. |
| April 10 2025 | Richard Mata, a pediatrician and content creator, joined the slate, completing the 'Duter-Ten' lineup. |
| March 2025 | Working Families Party announced a 'Working Families slate' of four candidates for the New York City mayoral ranked-choice Democratic primary: Adrienne Adams (city councillor), Brad Lander (city comptroller), Zohran Mamdani (state assemblyman), and Zellnor Myrie (state senator). |
| March 23 2025 | In an ABC News interview, Sanders expressed support for Trump's immigration policy and approach to the fentanyl issue, stating that 'nobody thinks illegal immigration is appropriate'. |
| March 2025 | Sanctioned by the U.S. Department of State under 'significant corruption' charges. |
| March 2025 | Tlaib called for sanctions and an arms embargo against Israel after attacks on the Gaza Strip, describing it as an 'apartheid regime' carrying out a 'genocide'. |
| March 2025 | A chapter of Indivisible organized a protest outside a Tesla store in Milford, Connecticut, with around 300 people in attendance. |
| March 2025 | The Mad River Valley chapter of Indivisible protested JD Vance's ski trip visit in Vermont, holding signs calling him a 'traitor'. |
| 2025 | Greg Casar succeeds Pramila Jayapal as chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. |
| March 2025 | Media Matters identified MeidasTouch as the 4th most popular progressive online show across streaming and social media platforms, with 6.4 million total viewers. |
| March 13 2025 | Federal Constitutional Court ruled against BSW's recount appeal, stating election review is a matter for the Bundestag. |
| 2025 | Completed her term as U.S. representative from California. |
| March 11 2025 | BSW appealed to the Federal Constitutional Court for a nationwide election recount, citing vote irregularities and potential missed threshold crossing. |
| March 11 2025 | Katie Porter announced her candidacy for the 2026 California Governor race, emphasizing her motivation to stop potential harm to Californians in her campaign launch video. |
| 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. |
| March 2025 | In a March interview, Sanders praised certain border immigration policies while simultaneously calling for comprehensive immigration reform and opposing mass deportation. |
| March 2025 | Ocasio-Cortez spoke out against the federal budget proposal, criticizing it as empowering Trump and Elon Musk, and urged Democrats to vote against it. |
| March 2025 | Ocasio-Cortez joined Bernie Sanders on the 'Fighting Oligarchy Tour', giving speeches opposing Trump's policies and highlighting economic inequality. |
| 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'. |
| February 2025 | Spoke outside the Capitol, questioning Elon Musk's citizenship loyalty due to his multiple nationalities, drawing significant social media backlash. |
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Die Linke
The Left registered 102,412 members as of February 2025.
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| February 2025 | Evo Morales left MAS after being prohibited from running for president in the 2025 general election, joining the Front for Victory. |
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This contents of the box above is based on material from the Wikipedia articles Ayanna Pressley, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, Evo Morales, MeidasTouch, Indivisible movement, Partido Demokratiko Pilipino, Estonian Centre Party, Congressional Progressive Caucus, Bernie Sanders, Marcy Kaptur, Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance, Katie Porter, Rashida Tlaib, Movimiento al Socialismo, Citizen Revolution Movement, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Working Families Party & Die Linke, which are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.