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r/centerleftpolitics • u/aslan_is_on_the_move • 2h ago

Ukraine ends transit of Russian gas to EU

bbc.com

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r/centerleftpolitics • u/aslan_is_on_the_move • 1h ago

In Jab at Musk, Scholz Condemns Foreign Interference in German Election

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r/centerleftpolitics • u/No-Sort2889 • 8h ago

The End of the Line for Red State Senate Democrats - Sabato's Crystal Ball

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r/centerleftpolitics • u/DonSalaam • 5h ago

Veteran Israeli Negotiator Gershon Baskin: Netanyahu Remains Obstacle to Ceasefire Deal

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r/centerleftpolitics • u/aslan_is_on_the_move • 15h ago

US strikes several Houthis targets in Yemen

jpost.com

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r/centerleftpolitics • u/aslan_is_on_the_move • 1d ago

Israel No Longer Needs to Appease Russia. It's Time to Commit to Ukraine

haaretz.com

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r/centerleftpolitics • u/aslan_is_on_the_move • 1d ago

Green Moves To Protect Medical Pot Caregivers from ‘Undue’ Enforcement

civilbeat.org

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r/centerleftpolitics • u/aslan_is_on_the_move • 1d ago

US says Guantanamo inmate sent back to Tunisia

bbc.com

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r/centerleftpolitics • u/TheWayToBeauty • 1d ago

RADICALIZED REPUBLICANS: Mass Deportation Scheme To Hurt the US Economy More Than the Great Recession

independent.co.uk

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r/centerleftpolitics • u/aslan_is_on_the_move • 1d ago

France's Macron Says Carter Defended 'Most Vulnerable', Promoted Peace

barrons.com

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r/centerleftpolitics • u/aslan_is_on_the_move • 1d ago

Russia and Ukraine exchange hundreds of prisoners of war

bbc.com

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r/centerleftpolitics • u/aslan_is_on_the_move • 1d ago

IDF chief: Israel beat Hezbollah militarily, but ‘true victory’ means reviving north

timesofisrael.com

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r/centerleftpolitics • u/aslan_is_on_the_move • 1d ago

Sadiq Khan and Emily Thornberry among politicians on honours list

bbc.com

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r/centerleftpolitics • u/aslan_is_on_the_move • 1d ago

A Photo of Nancy Pelosi, Rediscovered Decades Later

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r/centerleftpolitics • u/aslan_is_on_the_move • 1d ago

Biden Announces $2.5 Billion in Security Aid to Ukraine

nytimes.com

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r/centerleftpolitics • u/aslan_is_on_the_move • 1d ago

Medicare $2,000 prescription drug cap starts Jan. 1

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r/centerleftpolitics • u/DonSalaam • 1d ago

"Total Moral, Ethical Failure": Holocaust Scholar Omer Bartov on Israel's Genocide in Gaza

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r/centerleftpolitics • u/aslan_is_on_the_move • 2d ago

Vast Majority of Obamacare Applications From Trump-Voting States

newsweek.com

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r/centerleftpolitics • u/aslan_is_on_the_move • 2d ago

Azerbaijan Blames Russia for Plane Crash and Rebukes Kremlin

nytimes.com

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r/centerleftpolitics • u/justin_quinnn • 1d ago

Israel has to ‘stop attacks on hospitals’ in Gaza, says WHO chief Euronews.com Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says medical facilities have once agai…

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r/centerleftpolitics • u/justin_quinnn • 1d ago

LIVE: Sixth baby dies from severe cold in Gaza Al Jazeera One-month-old Ali al-Batran died from hypothermia in Gaza's Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital a da…

google.com

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r/centerleftpolitics • u/aslan_is_on_the_move • 2d ago

Homelessness Nearly Doubled In Hawaii After Maui Fires, New Federal Report Says

civilbeat.org

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r/centerleftpolitics • u/aslan_is_on_the_move • 3d ago

Germany approves new arms exports to Israel despite earlier embargo

jpost.com

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r/centerleftpolitics • u/No-Sort2889 • 2d ago

America might be ready for democratic socialism. It’s not ready for the bill.

vox.com

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r/centerleftpolitics • u/aslan_is_on_the_move • 3d ago

IDF destroys 100-meter Radwan Force tunnel in southern Lebanon full of Hezbollah weapons

jpost.com

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The center left occupies the area of the political spectrum to the right of the far left or left wing, and to the left of the center.

The center left is made up mostly of Social Liberals and Third Way Social Democrats, ideologies that wish to build upon and enhance capitalism, not tear it down.

Recent examples of center-left politics in action are the the New Democrat Coalition in the United States, and New Labour in the United Kingdom.

Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown were the driving forces behind New Labour, and Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton were self-described New Democrats.

There are many center-left political parties all over the globe, here are a few good contemporary examples:

-Minjoo Party of Korea

-Orange Democratic Movement in Kenya

-Democrats 66 in the Netherlands

-Liberal Party of Canada

-Democratic Party in the USA

-Liberal Democrats in the UK

-Danish Social Liberal Party

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We recognize that capitalism has provided substantial freedom, progress, and growth. However, left to its own devices it is a wild animal in need of taming. Center-leftists support regulated capitalism, NOT laissez-faire.

The center-left are generally in favor of market economies, and want to vastly expand civil rights. It is believed that it is needed and just that the government intervene to address certain economic and social issues.

The center-left prefers incremental change and pragmatism over vast sweeping rapid changes and reforms.

The center-left prefers multilateralism and internationalism over unilateralism and isolation.

Center-left political parties in Europe are strongly Pro-European, the European Union has delivered a lasting peace and economic prosperity to the once war-torn continent. Outside of Europe, the center-left supports other similar political and economic unions.

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is one of the most effective keepers of peace and protectors of democracy in the modern world. NATO commits the allies to democracy, individual liberty and the rule of law, as well as to peaceful resolution of disputes. The center-left are supporters of NATO and other treaty organizations.

Intergovernmental organizations like the United Nations maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international co-operation, and are a center for harmonizing the actions of nations.

We have a strong commitment to international trade, we supported the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the North American Free Trade Agreement, and we will continue to advocate and advance similar international trade deals.

The center left is pro-immigration, and believes in freedom of movement.

Climate change is real, and one of the most pressing dangers to humanity currently. The center-left strongly supports taking action to lessen the damage. One action the vast majority of both environmentalists and economists can agree would be a preventative measure is a carbon tax, a tax on carbon emissions. Beyond that we can continue to move away from fossil fuels towards renewable energy sources. We cannot continue to rely on coal and shy away from wind, solar, and nuclear.

Making higher education universally free of charge is actually a regressive policy that benefits the upper and upper middle classes, who can afford to pay for higher education without assistance. We believe in increasing aid to the poorest among us, so that they can be on a level playing field with the privileged.

All of us want universal health care, but there are however different ways to achieve that goal. Single-payer =/= Universal Healthcare. There are multi-payer systems that allow private insurance and government health care to coexist.

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