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How Viktor Orbán Is Fighting – And Losing – The Digital Battle In Hungary

How Viktor Orbán Is Fighting – And Losing – The Digital Battle In Hungary

by Blaire Brandt | Sep 10, 2025 | Analysis, EA Birmingham, Europe, Populism in Action, Populism in the World, What's New, World

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Hungary’s Fidesz Party have launch a Fight Club digital media campaign — and they are getting beaten at it.

Mamdani’s New York Win: A Template to Vanquish Destructive “Populism” in the US, UK, and Beyond

Mamdani’s New York Win: A Template to Vanquish Destructive “Populism” in the US, UK, and Beyond

by Hasan Patel | Jun 27, 2025 | Populism in Action, Populism in the World, US, What's New

Zohran Mamdani’s lesson: “If progressive politics can get its act together, then assumptions of Trumpist and divided America can be upended”

Ukraine War, Day 1,196: Kyiv Again Strikes Putin’s Prized Kerch Bridge

Ukraine War, Day 1,196: Kyiv Again Strikes Putin’s Prized Kerch Bridge

by Scott Lucas | Jun 4, 2025 | Europe, Populism in Action, Russia, World

Ukrainian forces again strike Kerch Bridge, Vladimir Putin’s flagship symbol of his quest to conquer Ukraine, in large explosion on Tuesday.

How to Counter the Hard Right’s “Flooding the Zone”

How to Counter the Hard Right’s “Flooding the Zone”

by Hasan Patel | Apr 2, 2025 | Analysis, EA Birmingham, Populism in Action, UK, US, World

Countering politicians, mainly from hard right populist movements, who “flood the zone” to dominate news cycle & divert attention from issues.

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