The Coalition leads in Victorian DemosAU poll, with One Nation posting 21% support
The Coalition is pulling ahead in Victoria, polling at 29%, while One Nation is just two points behind Labor, nine months out from the November election. More
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The Coalition leads in Victorian DemosAU poll, with One Nation posting 21% support
The Coalition is pulling ahead in Victoria, polling at 29%, while One Nation is just two points behind Labor, nine months out from the November election. More
Where Does Kurdistan Stand in Iran’s Recent Protests?
The latest round of protests by the Iranian people against fascism and the dictatorship ruling this land began on December 28, 2025, when the Tehran bazaar took to the streets in response to rampant inflation and the unprecedented fall in the value of the national currency. However, these protests lasted only three days, and following… Continue reading Where Does Kurdistan Stand in Iran’s Recent Protests?
The post Where Does Kurdistan Stand in Iran’s Recent Protests? appeared first on Fair Observer. MoreHow the US Supreme Court’s Conservative Turn Is Reshaping LGBTQ+ Rights Jurisprudence in America
In January 2026, the Supreme Court of the United States concluded oral arguments in two closely watched cases — West Virginia v. B.P.J. and Hecox v. Little — with judgments expected in the coming months. At issue in both cases was whether state laws that barred transgender athletes from participating on girls’ and women’s sports… Continue reading How the US Supreme Court’s Conservative Turn Is Reshaping LGBTQ+ Rights Jurisprudence in America
The post How the US Supreme Court’s Conservative Turn Is Reshaping LGBTQ+ Rights Jurisprudence in America appeared first on Fair Observer. MoreThe Hunt for Nationalism in the Age of Dhurandhar
As the Hindi-language film Dhurandhar is breaking all Indian box office records, it was a strange coincidence to watch it and The Hunt: The Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case, a Hindi-language web series, in the same week. Both pieces of media deal with monumental terrorist attacks, the related national security challenges and the maze of India’s… Continue reading The Hunt for Nationalism in the Age of Dhurandhar
The post The Hunt for Nationalism in the Age of Dhurandhar appeared first on Fair Observer. MoreLosing the Legitimacy War
In a global competition between governing philosophies, democracies seem to have lost both the narrative and the reflexes to fight. Two decades of increasingly urgent warnings from political scientists should have triggered a broad strategic reckoning; instead, the erosion of democracy is often treated as a domestic pathology rather than a global struggle reshaping the… Continue reading Losing the Legitimacy War
The post Losing the Legitimacy War appeared first on Fair Observer. MoreTrump’s Random Walks: Unpredictable Politics and Chaotic Foreign Policy
The Financial Times recently published a comment from an anonymous major oil company executive vis-à-vis investment in Venezuela, “No one wants to go in there when a random fucking tweet can change the entire foreign policy of the country…” Recently, I endured a couple of weeks of people outside the United States explaining to me,… Continue reading Trump’s Random Walks: Unpredictable Politics and Chaotic Foreign Policy
The post Trump’s Random Walks: Unpredictable Politics and Chaotic Foreign Policy appeared first on Fair Observer. MoreUnextinguished Anger: Why Iran’s Streets Keep Rising
Over the past decade, street protests in Iran have erupted repeatedly. At times, economic crises have served as the main trigger; at other moments, political repression or regional tensions have pushed people into the streets. Yet despite the changing causes, the overall pattern has remained strikingly consistent: demonstrations that spread rapidly, a surge of nationwide… Continue reading Unextinguished Anger: Why Iran’s Streets Keep Rising
The post Unextinguished Anger: Why Iran’s Streets Keep Rising appeared first on Fair Observer. MoreXi Jinping’s China: The Coup That Never Was
The coup that never was When the army is restless and distrustful, trouble is sure to come from other feudal princes. — Sun Zi, 6th century BCE The arrest in late January of General Zhang Youxia, Vice Chairman of the Chinese Central Military Commission, spawned rumors of a coup d’état, with fringe Western media sources… Continue reading Xi Jinping’s China: The Coup That Never Was
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