The Russo-Ukrainian war is a conflict that has been going on since 2014, beginning with the illegal annexation of the Crimean Peninsula, and an uprisal of Russian separatists in the Donbas-region. At that time, international media corporations wrote about the…
Continue reading Western Media Coverage and the Ukrainian Invasion
Bolivia had an institutional change when the referendum and subsequent implementation of the new Political Constitution of the State were held where it became known as the Plurinational State of Bolivia; the change of CPE promised to be the answer…
A conservative-led government passes a slew of laws that target the ability of schools to teach about subjects that could create “division” or stoke anti-patriotic sentiment in a legislature dominated by one party silencing the opposition voices. This sounds like…
Solomon Island is a tropical island nation somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. That’s honestly the first thing that came into my mind before writing this. It’s a country of roughly 650 000 people east of Papua New Guinea. Despite its…
Like many others across the world, South Africans are increasingly taking note of Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine. This is not necessarily because we all have some particular geopolitical interest in the conflict, but we know such repercussions are felt.…
Continue reading Putin’s War finds friends at South Africa’s Western Cape Provincial Parliament
In a recent interview with experienced pollster John Della Volpe and youth activist David Hogg, the founder of the youth-led gun control advocacy group March For Our Lives, National Public Radio journalist Juana Summers discussed the high political engagement of…
On January 15th, of 2021, Libel contributor Viljami Kaskiluoto wrote an article entitled “A Violent End to Trump’s Era”. While my fellow writer made some excellent points, I must however disagree with some ideas presented in his January article. Where…
Continue reading One Year Later: Reflecting on the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol
New Caledonia just held a referendum on independence. The results are in, and to say that the anti-independence camp dominated this referendum would be an understatement: over 90 % have said no to independence and seeing that this is the…
How long have you been active in politics in general, and in Ógra specifically? I have been active in politics since 2014 and then I got involved in Ógra at the end of 2015. The start of 2016 is when…
Continue reading Interview with Holly Clinton from Ógra Fianna Fail
Russia’s Duma (lower chamber of the parliament) election has been neither free, nor open. The ruling “United Russia” has allegedly won a constitutional majority, enabling the regime of President Putin to formally legalize any of its decisions. The brutal oppression…
Continue reading The Bitter-Sweet Election Victory of Putin’s “United Russia”
