Tag: Global Affairs

US Democratic Party Consensus on Israel

Biden’s Progressive Agenda Blown off Course? The Biden Administration came to power on January 20, 2021, with huge challenges not least of which were tackling the Covid-19 crisis and its related economic impact.  From a progressive perspective, Biden has been enormously successful in pursuing a raft of policies many of

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The Progressive Britain Podcast

US politics with Andy Laub

https://media.acast.com/progressivebritain/uspoliticswithandylaub/media.mp3   Joe speaks to next gen fellow at Foreign Policy for America, Andy Laub, about the current state of US politics, the legislation going (or rather not going) through congress, and the big challenges facing Biden and Harris on immigration and foreign policy.

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The Progressive Britain Podcast

How organisers turned Georgia blue and flipped the US Senate, with Nse Ufot, CEO of The New Georgia Project

https://media.acast.com/progressivebritain/howorganisersturnedgeorgiablueandflippedtheussenate-withnseufot-ceoofthenewgeorgiaproject/media.mp3   Pearl and Joe speak to Nse Ufot, CEO of the New Georgia Project, about how she organised on the ground in Georgia in advance of November’s election and January’s crucial Senate run-offs and what she thinks Democrats must do to win again in 2022.

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Alexander Perry

The Promise of the Biden Plan

In the third of a three part series, Alexander Perry considers the implications of the Biden presidency for climate action Click here to read the first part of this series, and here to read the second part. Calls for engagement with environmental issues have grown louder since climate science broke

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Adolf Tobena

Fragmented Catalonia

With the NGEU programme, Spain has a chance to make its economy more sustainable, inclusive and resilient. Whether it does so remains to be seen

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Alexander Perry

Biden’s green agenda

In the first of a three part series, Alexander Perry considers the implications of the Biden presidency for climate action President Biden’s proposed environmental policies are some of the boldest in US history, and formed a conspicuous cornerstone of his election campaign. After initial criticism during the Democratic Party primaries

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Paula Gomes Moreira

Brazil’s path to illiberal populism

COVID-19 might strengthen the shift towards illiberal populism underway in Brazil The period between 1974 to 2005 was marked by an increasing number of states becoming democratic for the first time. However, from around 2006 this scenario began to change, with a movement away from democratic principles in many countries

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The Progressive Britain Podcast

US Election Special, Part II with Tiara Polite

https://media.acast.com/progressivebritain/uselectionspecial-partiiwithtiarapolite/media.mp3   For the second of two US Election Special episodes, Frankie speaks to her old friend and roommate Tiara Polite, Digital Organiser for Our Future Florida, who’s on the ground in one of the crucial swing states for November 3rd. They talk voter suppression, Biden’s campaign tactics and the

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