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- The failed promises of tech liberation https://flux.community/matthew-sheffield/2023/01/richard-barbrook-californian-ideology-libertarianism-neoliberalism/ 89 comments
- The Progressives' Liberal Democracy Has Failed. Radical Decentralization Is the Answer. | José Niño https://mises.org/wire/progressives-liberal-democracy-has-failed-radical-decentralization-answer 19 comments goldandblack
- Pope: Market capitalism has failed in pandemic, needs reform - “Neo-liberalism simply reproduces itself by resorting to magic theories of ‘spillover’ or ‘trickle’ — without using the name — as the only solution to societal problems” https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/04/pope-capitalism-pandemic-failed-425993 53 comments worldnews
- It’s Trump’s Revolution | His supporters wanted a bulwark against liberalism. But his failed presidency is pushing the country to the left. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/13/opinion/sunday/trump-presidency.html 31 comments politics
- It’s Trump’s Revolution | His supporters wanted a bulwark against liberalism. But his failed presidency is pushing the country to the left. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/13/opinion/trump-presidency.html 318 comments politics
- Liberal candidate Georgina Downer to return to Victoria after twice failing to win SA seat of Mayo https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-11-06/liberal-candidate-georgina-downer-moving-back-to-victoria/11675940 3 comments worldnews
- How liberalism became ‘the god that failed’ in eastern Europe https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/24/western-liberalism-failed-post-communist-eastern-europe 32 comments europe
- Stephen Moore Blames ‘Stupid And Evil’ Liberals For Failed Fed Bid https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/stephen-moore-blames-stupid-evil-liberals-failed-fed-bid 27 comments politics
- Trump's Plot To Destroy Liberalism Will Fail. Here's Why. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/58ae0681e4b01f4ab51c75dc 14 comments politics
- PC brigade 'failing victims of sex abuse': Minorities tsar slams liberals over Muslim criminals http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3416571/pc-brigade-failing-victims-sex-abuse-minorities-tsar-slams-liberals-muslim-criminals.html 3 comments worldnews
- Liberal activists see Bernie Sanders as champion for causes failed by Obama http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/liberal-activists-see-bernie-sanders-as-champion-for-causes-failed-by-obama/2015/07/19/8b5fc752-2e09-11e5-8353-1215475949f4_story.html?tid=sm_tw 176 comments politics
- How Hillary will fail liberals http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2014/08/14/how_hillary_will_fail_liberals_123657.html 25 comments politics
- Liberal activist group admits it failed to disclose lobbying http://washingtonexaminer.com/liberal-activist-group-admits-it-failed-to-disclose-lobbying/article/2547848 3 comments politics
- Why Conservatives are Wrong When They Say Liberalism Will Fail http://www.politicususa.com/conservatives-wrong-liberalism-fail.html 3 comments politics
- David Brooks On Liberal Stimulus: "If they mostly fail, then liberalism will suffer a grievous blow, and conservatives will be called upon to restore order and sanity". http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/24/opinion/24brooks.html?_r=1&ref=opinion 5 comments business
- NY Times/Krugman: Why John McCain failed: "Reality has a clear liberal bias" (well duh!) http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/26/opinion/26krugman.html?_r=1&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=all&oref=slogin 3 comments politics
- Having spent 20 years and millions of dollars “loudly and bitterly attacking the liberal leanings of American campuses,” conservatives “have failed to make a dent in how undergraduates are educated.” http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/22/education/22conservative.html?_r=1&oref=slogin 3 comments politics
- Jackson Browne singer, songwriter, liberal activist sues McCain campaign for failing to obtain a license to use one of his songs in a television commercial. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/14/jackson-browne-sues-mccai_n_118977.html 15 comments politics
- DeSantis tries to prove liberals hate immigrants as much as he does, fails https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/09/desantis-tries-fails-to-prove-liberals-hate-migrants-too.html 535 comments politics
- How India’s liberals and opposition can start winning the battle of ideas: We failed to make a case for Articles 35A and 370. If you don’t make a case how do you win? https://theprint.in/opinion/how-indias-liberals-and-opposition-can-start-winning-the-battle-of-ideas/274181/amp/?__twitter_impression=true 4 comments india
- It's time to 'take out' environment ministers who fail on climate, says Oliver Yates - The long-time Liberal party member wants to take on Josh Frydenberg to start a people power campaign not only in Australia, but around the world https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/jan/30/its-time-to-take-out-environment-ministers-who-fail-on-climate-says-oliver-yates 10 comments worldnews
- Erdoğan says US-led coalition failed to keep its promises, Turkey will liberate Al-Bab http://www.dailysabah.com/war-on-terror/2016/12/27/erdogan-says-us-led-coalition-failed-to-keep-its-promises-turkey-will-liberate-al-bab 3 comments worldnews
- Neoliberalism’s epic fail: The reaction to Hillary Clinton’s loss exposed the impotent elitism of liberalism http://www.salon.com/2016/11/19/neoliberalisms-epic-fail-the-reaction-to-hillary-clintons-loss-exposed-the-impotent-elitism-of-liberalism/ 60 comments politics
- Liberal group demands DNC chairwoman resign: "As DNC chair, you have repeatedly failed to act in the best interests of progressives and the Democratic Party" http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/other-races/265044-liberal-group-demands-dnc-chair-resign 1344 comments politics
- A great run down of why Democrats always seem to fail in getting there logic to the masses and why underestimating Republicans is a terrible strategy when there is so much more liberals could be doing... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/george-lakoff/santorum-strategy_b_1338708.html 5 comments politics
- Most of you seem so surprised Joe Lieberman would stoop so low, when you fail to realize he is not a liberal or a conservative. He is a Politician, and he will cater to whom ever has the biggest bank roll, and in this case it's clearly the insurance companies lobbies. http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/65765-lieberman-doing-nothing-on-healthcare-better-than-public-option 4 comments politics
- Are Liberal Netroots Groups Helping Obama Fail? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeff-cohen/are-liberal-netroots-grou_b_247781.html 6 comments politics
- The largest Dutch liberal political group calls for an end to the failed model of Dutch "tolerance." http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/12/29/europe/politicus.php 3 comments politics
- 'War on drugs' has failed, say Latin American leaders - The Summit of the Americas (to be attended by Barack Obama) in Colombia will admit that prohibition has failed, and call for more nuanced and liberalized tactics http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/07/war-drugs-latin-american-leaders 4 comments politics
- Gurmehar Kaur controversy: Why the Left-liberals failed http://www.dailyo.in/politics/gulmehar-controversy-aap-left/story/1/15912.html 9 comments india
- The problem with CNBC’s moderators wasn’t that they were guilty of “liberal media bias,” [...] it's they were simply bad journalists, failing to distinguish between lines of questioning that could lead to serious policy answers and those that could only elicit evasion or bickering. http://nationalinterest.org/feature/cnbcs-gop-debate-disaster-14201 9 comments politics
- 'Liberator' 3D-printed handgun fails after single shot in Finnish test | Yle Uutiset [test fire @3:40 in video] http://yle.fi/uutiset/liberator_3d-printed_handgun_fails_after_single_shot_in_finnish_test/6643536 7 comments worldnews
- Hamas PM: Only armed resistance will liberate Palestine - Haniyeh tells Tehran conference two-state solution, as proposed by the United States, European Union will fail, and that negotiations with Israel are a "mirage." http://www.jpost.com/middleeast/article.aspx?id=240237 155 comments worldnews
- Cameron says multiculturalism has failed in Britain and it was time to replace Britain's "passive tolerance" with an "active, muscular liberalism" to send a message that life in Britain revolves around certain key values such as freedom of speech, equal rights and the rule of law. http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/02/05/uk-britain-radicalisation-iduktre71401g20110205 151 comments worldnews
- Stalin’s grandson loses ‘bloodthirsty cannibal’ libel case | The grandson of Joseph Stalin has failed in his attempt to win damages from a liberal Russian newspaper that called Stalin a “bloodthirsty cannibal” and said he was responsible for the wartime murder of Polish officers. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/15/joseph-stalin-grandson-bloodthirsty-cannibal-libel-case 8 comments worldnews
- Professor fired for denying an extension to a student because of her father's death. "You are close to failing in any event, so these sorts of excuses - culturally driven and preying on some sort of Western liberal guilt - are simply lame," http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10456446 3 comments reddit.com
- Days before a provincial election in Quebec, a center-right party promising to slash immigration and to kick out all immigrants who fail tests of "values" and the French language is in a dead heat with the incumbent Liberals https://www.lmtonline.com/news/article/political-party-vying-in-quebec-election-promises-13265269.php 10 comments worldnews
- Canada's electronic eavesdropping agency warned Friday that hackers and foreign states may try to sway its elections in 2019, after so-called hacktivists tried but failed to influence the 2015 ballot that brought Justin Trudeau's Liberals to power http://www.france24.com/en/20170616-canada-hackers-targeted-countrys-2015-election-may-try-again 5 comments worldnews
- If the court’s decisions "reflect any particular trend, it is not a growing liberalism, but rather the failure of hard-line conservative activists trying to win in court what they have failed to achieve through legislation." http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/05/opinion/sunday/the-activist-roberts-court-10-years-in.html?smprod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share&_r=1 9 comments politics
- Obama's Surge Has Failed, And Afghans Know It - “Where is the security?” asked Bibi, who...has little good to say about the past decade since the U.S.-led invasion liberated Afghanistan from Taliban rule. “Every day has gotten worse for the last 10 years.” http://www.armytimes.com/news/2011/02/ap-some-afghans-see-persisting-insecurity-021611/ 4 comments politics