From Germany and France to Poland and Spain, the far-right made inroads into the youth vote in key states in this EU election - as a generation that has grown up amid constant crises seeks new answers and follows politicians fluent in TikTok and YouTube....
Finland’s results in the European election bucked a continent-wide trend of rising support for parties on the outer fringe of right-wing politics, with the Left Alliance and the National Coalition winning big at the expense of the nationalist Finns Party....
Maybe two things; people see what the far right is currently messing up in the Finnish government, and Russia (& China) focused on Germany and France so the election was cleaner. Sweden’s Left also had a huge jump
Yep. From a minor party to second place, with a small campaign and core leftism program. Li has been the straight shooter calling bullshit out for years and suddenly it worked. Absolutely amazing
“straight shooters calling bullshit out”, and instead their style of discourse “avoids giving offense”,
I want to highlight that Andersson is still respectful and not offensive. The callouts are done honestly
Totally agree that leftism in a global sense needs to shift communication towards a more active and hopeful future. Everyone else is just sticking to the status quo or worse.
In Finland that trick has gone already. Right wing ran immigration support to the ground so far right got votes with their campaign of “cars are burning and hand grenades are flying” (they’re not).
So hopefully this election is a first in the counter wave to that.
Some right wing voters are probably thinking that but maybe it’s like the qanon prophecies: all the spooky predictions are now gonna happen any day now but the date gets always moved
They created a panic. Migration officials said that we’re not in a crisis, the capacity and logistics to help people across the border are good. The right wing government made a huge media hassle that the border needs to close and have been finding ways to continue it indefinitely without a real solution to make the situation workable. Now they’re trying to pass the evaluating of each migrant to the border control workers (they’re protesting) instead of professionals.
The far right party has many connections to Russia (and China) but have shifted their communication to hide that. They’ve voted against sanctions towards Russia but their main nazi has done doctorate work on Ukraine and seems conflicted on his allegiances.
Ukrainian president unleashes on Beijing, saying it’s helping Moscow threaten countries with higher food and fuel prices to convince them not to attend June 15-16 meeting....
Maybe try: America’s racists are as vile as Europe’s racists are as vile as Asia’s racists are as vile as Africa’s racists are as vile as Oceania’s racists are as vile as… Antarctica’s?
Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to halt the war in Ukraine with a negotiated ceasefire that recognises the current battlefield lines, four Russian sources told Reuters, saying he is prepared to fight on if Kyiv and the West do not respond....
Putin also doesn’t recognize Zelensky as the leader now that Ukraine hasn’t had the possibility of doing their next election, so it’s a mystery who is Russia’s puppet they’re ready to negotiate with.
There are also upcoming negotiations in Switzerland, which Russia might want to sidetrack with a rearming “truce”
Nah, the capitalists just pitted them and migrating people towards tension for a smoke screen while making working class life harder overall. Immigration opposers have been and consistently keep on being wrong with their paranoia.
Proposed restrictions on LGBTQ+ rights have proven far harder for politicans at home and abroad to unite against than the government’s “foreign agent” bill....
President Volodymyr Zelensky believes that Ukraine’s partners “are afraid of Russia losing the war” and would like Kyiv “to win in such a way that Russia does not lose,” Zelensky said in a meeting with journalists attended by the Kyiv Independent....
If they’d be true independence aspiring breakaway regions, Russia shouldn’t have a problem with neutrally supervised original population referendums but alas
Wasn’t shrapnel found with NK markings? Yeah sure that could be planted if we reach far. Meh everything is conspicuous propaganda in these post-truth times
That is so sad, these kinds of times should already be over in humanity’s history. Why doesn’t anyone have a solution? Are the war mongering powers just waiting for the new nuclear deterrent? Future AI terminators pls just go straight to Russia/China/USA leadership and let the humans be
Historians might look back and see that we now have already been in WW3, Hybrid Warfare / New Generation Warfare has been running rampant for a while between the global superpowers
There’s also conscription in places which don’t attack others, because of an attack threat from a neighbor. I just hope that whatever helps humanity forward, goes to the root cause. Imperialist state oligarchs are a good start. And other billionaires
Europeans view immigration with increasing suspicion. Seven out of 10 Europeans believe that their country takes in too many migrants, according to a survey carried out by BVA Xsight for ARTE Europe Weekly, a project led by the French-German TV channel ARTE GEIE and which EL PAÍS has participated in, as part of the countdown to...
It’s just that the austerity cuts on basic living necessities create more instability, for native-born and new members of a society. But that’s probably the purpose, masses are easier to control when they struggle and are helpless
Mentioned this elsewhere; With the upcoming European trip including Hungary, China keeps finding right wing partners, and unusually often from the ultra/alt/anti-EU reactionary sects. Wonder why they don’t collaborate with left
And after the news about what’s going on in Africa, their imperialism seems to have racial/racist/xenophobic subjucative motives as well
EU nations could proactively promote progressive activism in the population of Russia and white hat hacking to disable Russian state cyber & resource infrastructure.
Organizers of the Eurovision Song Contest said Thursday they reserve the right to remove any Palestinian flags and pro-Palestinian symbols at the show next week in Sweden....
Helsinki District Court handed Vastaamo’s former CEO Ville Tapio a three-month suspended prison sentence in April last year on a data protection charge because he did not fulfil General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) requirements. This verdict was appealed by both Tapio and the prosecutor, and the appeal hearing will begin in May 2025.
Apparently iirc the company had no security at all. Kivimäki didn’t ‘hack’; the username & password was some default setup. Not to take away from his assholery, but the responsibility for this horrific case doesn’t seem to apply in a justified manner.
Ville Tapio, the former CEO of Vastaamo, was fired and also prosecuted following the breach. Ransom_man bragged about Vastaamo’s sloppy security, noting the company had used the laughably weak username and password “root/root” to protect sensitive patient records.
Investigators later found Vastaamo had originally been hacked in 2018 and again in 2019. In April 2023, a Finnish court handed down a three-month sentence for Tapio, but that sentence was suspended because he had no previous criminal record.
Tapio should get a prison sentence as well instead of a few months of house arrest / electronic surveillance. Absolutely criminally complicit
A U.S. Navy ship and several Army vessels involved in an American-led effort to bring more aid into the besieged Gaza Strip are offshore of the enclave and building out a floating platform for the operation that the Pentagon has said will cost at least $320 million....
Huh. This is their newest discord announcement, just two hours after that IGN article has been updated
Thanks for letting us know that some PS Plus subscribers have been unable to access the free next gen update of Fallout 4 on PlayStation. This issue has now been successfully resolved. Subscribers who have previously received Fallout 4 from the PlayStation Plus Collection should now be able to access the update as intended.
I still see it with a price. Some users have reported that it’s fixed??
Edit: there’s a new menu to add the PS5 version to your library, currently only visible on the console. The PS app and web store don’t have it
North Korea criticized the United States for supplying long-range missiles to Ukraine, state media KCNA reported on Monday, citing a statement from the defence ministry....
Last month, Putin called Navalny's demise "sad" and said he had been ready to hand the jailed politician over to the West in a prisoner exchange provided Navalny never return to Russia. Navalny's allies said such talks had been under way [...] Washington had not absolved the Russian leader of overall responsibility for Navalny's...
Yes, exactly. We’ll never see an official order from Putin to off Navalny or a similar one from anyone who was in on the Epstein collusion so a claim like “Trump, Clintons and the British royals didn’t kill Epstein” can be always made
US designates Nordic neo-Nazi group as terrorists | CNN Politics (www.cnn.com)
‘Crime is out of hand’: how young people turned to far right in east German city (www.theguardian.com)
Germans under 25 gave the AfD 16% of their vote in the European elections, with particular support in the east...
How the far-right gained traction with Europe's youth (www.reuters.com)
From Germany and France to Poland and Spain, the far-right made inroads into the youth vote in key states in this EU election - as a generation that has grown up amid constant crises seeks new answers and follows politicians fluent in TikTok and YouTube....
No right wing wave in Finland as Left Alliance take record result in EU elections (yle.fi)
Finland’s results in the European election bucked a continent-wide trend of rising support for parties on the outer fringe of right-wing politics, with the Left Alliance and the National Coalition winning big at the expense of the nationalist Finns Party....
Russian warships will arrive in Havana next week, say Cuban officials citing 'friendly relations' (apnews.com)
Zelenskyy accuses China of helping Russia sabotage peace summit (www.politico.eu)
Ukrainian president unleashes on Beijing, saying it’s helping Moscow threaten countries with higher food and fuel prices to convince them not to attend June 15-16 meeting....
Visibly Distressed Putin Pals Shaken Up by Trump Verdict (www.thedailybeast.com)
‘People ask me to use another door’: MEPs on bias, whiteness and rise of far right (www.theguardian.com)
From being repeatedly asked for ID to feeling threatened by harmful rhetoric, politicians say lack of diversity is undermining work of EU...
Germany’s Far-Right Party Is Running Hateful Ads on Facebook and Instagram (www.wired.com)
Exclusive: Putin wants Ukraine ceasefire on current frontlines (www.reuters.com)
Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to halt the war in Ukraine with a negotiated ceasefire that recognises the current battlefield lines, four Russian sources told Reuters, saying he is prepared to fight on if Kyiv and the West do not respond....
Study says Europeans fear migration more than climate change – DW – 05/08/2024 (www.dw.com)
Georgia’s other Russian-style law is fueling a bitter culture war (www.politico.eu)
Proposed restrictions on LGBTQ+ rights have proven far harder for politicans at home and abroad to unite against than the government’s “foreign agent” bill....
Zelensky: 'Our partners fear that Russia will lose this war' (kyivindependent.com)
President Volodymyr Zelensky believes that Ukraine’s partners “are afraid of Russia losing the war” and would like Kyiv “to win in such a way that Russia does not lose,” Zelensky said in a meeting with journalists attended by the Kyiv Independent....
Biden driving China, Russia into 'shocking' partnership, expert warns: 'Blunder of the highest order' (www.foxnews.com)
Kim's sister denies North Korea has supplied weapons to Russia (apnews.com)
Gunman Who Shot Slovak PM Linked to Pro-Russian Extremist Group (www.kyivpost.com)
Slovakia's prime minister injured in shooting (apnews.com)
https://i.imgur.com/5mJe9WY.mp4...
Germany may introduce conscription for all 18-year-olds (www.telegraph.co.uk)
Chinese woman jailed for reporting on Covid in Wuhan to be freed after four years (www.theguardian.com)
Citizen journalist Zhang Zhan’s search for the truth during the early days of the pandemic was seen as a threat by the authorities...
Seven out of 10 Europeans believe their country takes in too many immigrants (english.elpais.com)
Europeans view immigration with increasing suspicion. Seven out of 10 Europeans believe that their country takes in too many migrants, according to a survey carried out by BVA Xsight for ARTE Europe Weekly, a project led by the French-German TV channel ARTE GEIE and which EL PAÍS has participated in, as part of the countdown to...
Bone rule (slrpnk.net)
Sorry, man. Can’t come over tonight, I’m working overtime at the hotdog factory, putting bones in these wieners
Just How Dangerous Is Europe’s Rising Far Right? (www.nytimes.com)
Xi Jinping to visit France, Hungary and Serbia amid EU trade tariff row (www.theguardian.com)
China’s president arrives as EU anti-subsidy investigations and tensions over espionage, Ukraine and Taiwan continue...
EU and NATO condemn Russian cyber attacks against Germany and Czechia (www.euronews.com)
Organizers of Eurovision Song Contest ready to remove Palestinian flags or symbols (apnews.com)
Organizers of the Eurovision Song Contest said Thursday they reserve the right to remove any Palestinian flags and pro-Palestinian symbols at the show next week in Sweden....
Court hands Kivimäki 6-year prison sentence in historic hacking case | Yle News | Yle (yle.fi)
Plato’s final hours recounted in scroll found in Vesuvius ash (www.theguardian.com)
What they learned is, to me, much less interesting than how they learned it.
US military ships are working to build a pier for Gaza aid. It's going to cost at least $320 million (apnews.com)
A U.S. Navy ship and several Army vessels involved in an American-led effort to bring more aid into the besieged Gaza Strip are offshore of the enclave and building out a floating platform for the operation that the Pentagon has said will cost at least $320 million....
Those Who Own Fallout 4 via PS Plus Collection Do Not Get Free Next-Gen Update, Bethesda Confirms (www.ign.com)
North Korea criticizes US for supplying long-range missiles to Ukraine, KCNA says (www.reuters.com)
North Korea criticized the United States for supplying long-range missiles to Ukraine, state media KCNA reported on Monday, citing a statement from the defence ministry....
Police arrest [far-right] Finns Party MP over nightclub shooting [in Helsinki, Finland] (yle.fi)
Edited a shorter ChatGPT summary due comment:...
US intelligence believes Putin probably didn't order Navalny to be killed, Wall Street Journal reports (www.reuters.com)
Last month, Putin called Navalny's demise "sad" and said he had been ready to hand the jailed politician over to the West in a prisoner exchange provided Navalny never return to Russia. Navalny's allies said such talks had been under way [...] Washington had not absolved the Russian leader of overall responsibility for Navalny's...