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From Apartheid South Africa to DiEM25: Lessons for Europe’s Left

DiEM25

The speaker reflects on their political awakening in apartheid South Africa at the age of fourteen, where interactions with young activists from the banned African National Congress ignited a lifelong commitment to social change. Drawing an analogy between navigating life's challenges and driving a …

Tice Taken To Task For Farage Cowardice

Novara Media

Nigel Farage made his victory speech after winning the Clacton by-election but conspicuously absent from the candidate lineup at the official count on Friday morning. Initially, both Farage and Reform UK claimed he did not attend because Essex Police had warned him of a credible threat to disrupt th …

Putin repeats the fate of Nicholas II: a violent overthrow of the dictator

Kanal13

Political strategist Abbas Gallyamov warns that Vladimir Putin faces an urgent need to secure his legacy by finding a successor and retiring before he suffers the same violent fate as Nicholas II or Slobodan Milošević. In an interview with Yevgeny Kiselev, Gallyamov suggests that while it is difficu …

Road to Midterms (Commentary)

ThinkTech Hawaii

With less than ninety days remaining until the 2026 midterm elections, political analysts are observing a familiar pattern where the incumbent party bracing for significant losses despite current polling data showing Democrats leading by seven points. The central irony of this election cycle is that …

GOP Secretly Admits Socialist Will be Harder to Beat Than Moderate Democrats

The Humanist Report

The video argues that the Republican Party has privately admitted Democratic Socialists are a more formidable electoral threat than moderate Democrats, yet they publicly promote the myth of socialist unelectability to manipulate their opponents. This strategy is illustrated by leaked memos from GOP …

You’re Getting Fooled By “Stupid Politicians” - Eric Weinstein

Chris Williamson

Eric Weinstein opens his discussion with a deep dive into Karl Marx's *The Communist Manifesto*, specifically focusing on the German phrase regarding wiping out what has been to arrive at what can be unburdened by it. He connects this Marxist concept of erasing history and memory—exemplified by Mao …

Will Trump & Elon Musk’s Friendship Last? - Andrew Schulz

Chris Williamson

Andrew Schulz predicts a significant conflict between Elon Musk and Donald Trump within the next three years, driven primarily by clashing egos rather than policy differences. He argues that both men possess immense power and self-centered beliefs, creating a dangerous dynamic where neither is willi …

Saagar Enjeti: Politics, History, and Power | Lex Fridman Podcast #167

Lex Fridman

In this episode of the Lex Fridman Podcast, political correspondent Saagar Enjeti joins to discuss power dynamics, historical analysis, and human nature, bringing a copy of Ian Kershaw's two-volume biography on Hitler as a gift. The conversation centers on how charismatic leaders like Adolf Hitler a …