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”
Since the emergence of COVID, and the coincidental normalisation of ‘working from home’ within the UK, we seem to have seen more and more forms of corruption and deceit in our politics. Whether this be because the rate of it…
Continue reading An Analysis of the Different Forms of Abuse of Power in the UK
Taiwan has been on the news pretty much continuously since the start of October. The country celebrated its national day on the 10th, which angered China because what wouldn’t anger China these days. Every time Taiwan acts like a country…
In a time of American history where division seems to be sowed between every friend and neighbor, the need for compromise and unification is urgent and dire. While seeking for inspiration to discuss the divides in America, as well as…
Continue reading Reunification: A Discussion with United Rural Democrats President Joe Sheperd
September saw many interesting elections around the world. In many places our liberal brethren made substantial gains or at least managed to shield themselves from losing seats. I’ll go through some of the global elections and give a fairly overall…
Continue reading Liberal September: How Did Liberals Do in this Month’s Elections?
