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The Global Spring@TheGlobalSpringOct 14
washingtonpost.com/world/202… #Burnham #AndyBurnham #Britain #Streeting #G7 #revolution #NoKings #FightOligarchy "Unprecedented challenges" Decentralise the #G20 federations to confederations of fully sovereign polities
India’s Modi faces unprecedented challenge to power as youth mobilize

India’s Modi faces unprecedented challenge to power as youth mobilize

Until this month’s “cockroach” protests over changes to India’s voter rolls, the prime minister’s political might went all but unchallenged among the nearly billion-strong electorate.

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csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2… #NoKings #FightOligarchy #democracy #democracymatters #EELV #Faure #Burnham #AndyBurnham #protests "Parallels with 1968 revolution"
French protests draw parallels with 1968 student demonstrations

French protests draw parallels with 1968 student demonstrations

Demonstrations about the country’s education system are drawing parallels with the country’s pivotal May 1968 student revolution.

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The Global Spring@TheGlobalSpringOct 17
macleans.ca/politics/im-23-a… #Alberta #BritishColumbia #Manitoba #Cascadia #selfdetermination #democracy #NoKings #FightOligarchy #protests Reform the #G20 federations to unions/leagues of independent provinces or counties Decentralize power and wealth
I’m 23, and I Support a Sovereign Alberta - Macleans.ca

I’m 23, and I Support a Sovereign Alberta - Macleans.ca

In Canada, my generation’s prospects look bleak. That’s why I’m voting to leave.

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reuters.com/world/european-g… #Faure #EELV #France #Melenchon #Macron #démocratie #Burnham #AndyBurnham #EU #EUCO #Costa #NATO #OTAN #NAVO #Rutte L’heure est venue Décentraliser la fédération française pour en faire une confédération de régions pleinement souveraines
Governments warn citizens over security in France after riots

Governments warn citizens over security in France after riots

Governments in Europe and Asia, including China, on Monday advised citizens travelling to France to avoid large crowds and exercise caution, ​warning of a deterioration in security conditions after...

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standard.co.uk/news/politics… #Burnham #AndyBurnham #SNP #Plaid #Yorkshire #EastAnglia #England #Cornwall #Ireland #Think32 #IrishUnity #Newcastle #FreeTheNorth #Scotland #SNP Decentralise the #UK from a federation to a union of independent polities Build real #democracy
PM offers Scotland more powers in bid to move past ‘old politics of conflict’

PM offers Scotland more powers in bid to move past ‘old politics of conflict’

Andy Burnham said he wanted to offer a new model of ‘regional, economic empowerment’ during a trip north of the border.

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The Global Spring@TheGlobalSpringOct 20
nytimes.com/2026/10/20/opini… #FightOligarchy #NoKings #Burnham #AndyBurnham #EELV #Faure #Melenchon A new social contract #Democracy rather than #oligarchy
Opinion | France Comes Unglued, Again

Opinion | France Comes Unglued, Again

A model for progressive policies has become a model for their flaws.

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The Global Spring@TheGlobalSpringOct 20
cnn.com/2026/10/20/economy/f… #NoKings #FightOligarchy #G20 #G7 #Burnham #AndyBurnham #EndLondonrule #Brexit #RejoinEU A new egalitarian order to spread across the world?
France’s crisis sounds familiar. Is America next? | CNN Business

France’s crisis sounds familiar. Is America next? | CNN Business

France is on fire, and it faces a political and an economic reckoning that feels dangerously familiar to Americans.

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The Global Spring@TheGlobalSpringOct 28
newstatesman.com/politics/uk… #Burnham #AndyBurnham #Brexit #RejoinEU if they dissolve the clause in the Lisbon Treaty that centeralised decision making in the European Commission #EUCO should be the only forum for #European cooperation
PMQs: Andy Burnham can't dodge Brexit questions

PMQs: Andy Burnham can't dodge Brexit questions

The PM has made no secret of the fact he thinks the UK's Brexit deal isn't good enough

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The Global Spring@TheGlobalSpringOct 7
centralbylines.co.uk/politic… #Burnham #AndyBurnham #Labour It is vital to create real #democracy
Did Andy Burnham just ditch First-past-the-post?

Did Andy Burnham just ditch First-past-the-post?

Has the time for proportional representation finally arrived and what is driving electoral change forward?

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The Global Spring@TheGlobalSpringOct 14
thenation.com/article/world/… #Burnham #AndyBurnham Shift from a competitive to a cooperative social norm
Andy Burnham’s Speech to the Labour Party Conference Could Be the Start of a Positive Social-Demo...

Andy Burnham’s Speech to the Labour Party Conference Could Be the Start of a Positive Social-Demo...

But the autumn budget to be released at the end of October will offer needed details.

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10tv.com/article/syndication… #NoKings #FightTheOligarchy #EndLondonRule #Burnham #AndyBurnham #democracymatters #FightOligarchy Young people across the world are ready for real #democracy
Clashes erupt in Albania as protesting students join anti-government movement

Clashes erupt in Albania as protesting students join anti-government movement

Police have clashed with student demonstrators for a second day in Albania’s capital Tirana, firing water cannons at protesters. They have joined a long-running...

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theguardian.com/business/202… #Labour #LibDems #Burnham #Corbyn #KeirStarmer #LisaNandy #AngelaRayner #FreeTheNorth #wellbeing #permaculture #coops @CoopParty #Resilience? Local production of basic goods, by worker-owners
Leavers’ pride may not endure as Britain’s poverty rises

Leavers’ pride may not endure as Britain’s poverty rises

The emotional three-word catchphrase ‘get Brexit done’ has been replaced by a new one: ‘supply chain issues’

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irishtimes.com/opinion/2022/… #FreeTheNorth #Northumbria #Burnham #Manchester #Yorkshire #Cumbria #Mercia #Lancashire #Newcastle #Leicester #Birmingham #Think32 #Stormont #IndyWales #Senedd #Holyrood #Indyref2 #England #Labour "Great Britain: A polity on its way out" #EndLondonRule
Fintan O’Toole: Both Queen Elizabeth and Boris Johnson embody a polity on its way out

Fintan O’Toole: Both Queen Elizabeth and Boris Johnson embody a polity on its way out

Fintan O’Toole: Britain is now living in The Long Goodbye

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walesonline.co.uk/news/polit… #Lab21 #Labour #Burnham #KeirStarmer #IndyWales #Plaid #RachelReeves #FreeTheNorth #AndyBurnham #Indyref2 #Northumbria #SNP "Rebuild the #UK so we're together by consent Mutual respect, proper participation, radical re-direction of power to local places"
Drakeford slams says UK Government is 'incompetent to its core'

Drakeford slams says UK Government is 'incompetent to its core'

Wales' First Minister didn't hold back in his conference speech

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nytimes.com/video/world/euro… #EFA #Faure #Melenchon #EELV #Paris #France #Macron #Lecornu #Burnham #AndyBurnham #EUCO #Costa #EuropeanParliament C’est le moment de décentraliser le pouvoir et la richesse Vive la révolution
Video: France to Extend Curfews After Largest Riots in Years

Video: France to Extend Curfews After Largest Riots in Years

France’s prime minister said partial curfews in several cities across the country would be extended, as the government tried to reassert control after the largest riots in years.

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bloomberg.com/opinion/articl… #Burnham #AndyBurnham #Debt #IMF #WorldBank #ECB #BOE #Healey #Faure #EELV "No room to maneuver" with the French financial crisis and unrest on the streets Compel high-net-worth people to lend to governments at 1%
A French Accident Waiting to Happen

A French Accident Waiting to Happen

By certain numbers, France’s finances don’t look so bad. In euro-zone reality, there’s no room to maneuver.

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The Global Spring@TheGlobalSpringOct 8
theguardian.com/politics/202… #Lescure #Macron #EELV #Faure #Burnham #AndyBurnham #Falconer #Stubb #Rutte #Costa #RejoinEU if they rescind the clause in the Lisbon Treaty that centralised decision making in the #EuropeanCommission #EUCO should be the only forum
French minister invites UK to ‘come all the way back’ to the EU

French minister invites UK to ‘come all the way back’ to the EU

Finance minister, Roland Lescure, welcomes Burnham’s pledge to explore closer ties with bloc

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politico.eu/article/emmanuel… #NoKings #democracy #FightOligarchy #Resist #TheResistance #EELV #Faure #Melenchon #Burnham #AndyBurnham #Macron #Lecornu #France A right to protest? Apparently not
Macron tells local authorities to ban non-union protests on Saturday

Macron tells local authorities to ban non-union protests on Saturday

Demonstrations have been banned outright in Lyon ahead of a planned day of protests at the weekend.

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The Global Spring@TheGlobalSpringOct 24
politico.eu/article/france-p… #NoKings #FightOligarchy #Resist #Resistance #protest #protestors #EUCO #Costa #Burnham #AndyBurnham #democracy #oligarchy #plutocracy #Faure #EELV #Melenchon #Lecornu Heavy-handed policing in #France
Tensions flare up across France as marches come to an end

Tensions flare up across France as marches come to an end

Police made 1,314 arrests on Saturday, but a tense evening gave way to a “calm night,” said the French Interior Ministry.

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