#SPAIN: Negotiations Nearly Complete To Re-Install Socialist PM Sanchez

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A deal between the Socialist Party (PSOE) and the Catalan Republican Left (ERC) that would pave the way for caretaker Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez to be voted back into office by Congress in early January nearly done.

The PSOE won the repeat general election in November, but as at the April polls fell well short of a majority.

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#GERMANY: Social Democratic Party Youth Leader: Nationalize BMW, Take Its Profits, "Overcome Capitalism"

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The leadership of Germany's center-left government party, the Social Democratic Party (SPD), has distanced itself from the leader of its own youth movement, Kevin Kühnert, after he called for major German companies like BMW to be nationalized.

"Without collectivization overcoming capitalism is unthinkable," the 29-year-old Kühnert told Die Zeit weekly. Kühnert, who heads the "Jusos," or Young Socialists, said that distribution of BMW's profits should be democratically controlled, which meant there could be no "capitalist owner" of the company.

Kühnert also called for an end to property ownership as a business model. His remarks prompted one SPD leader to ask, "What was he smoking? It can't have been legal." And a member of parliament to decry his remarks as "scaring off voters."

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#VENEZUELA: Maduro Dictatorship Hold Election For New Assembly Widely Condemned As A "Sham"

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There was a light turnout for the selection of a 545-members of the National Constituent Assembly, whose candidates were hand-picked by the Socialist regime of Nicolas Maduro. The Assembly will replace the current opposition-controlled parliament, and it is feared it will quickly write a new constitution giving Maduro's party absolute power. These elections take place after more than three months of protests that have left more than 120 deaths all over the country. The US and some South American nations have condemned the one-sided election as a "sham."

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#FRANCE: Failed Socialist Pres. Cand. Founds New Political Party "First of July Movement"

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France's failed Socialist presidential candidate Benoit Hamon on Saturday announced his departure from the crisis-hit party to establish a new "First of July movement" aimed at rebuilding the ailing left. "Today I have decided to quit the Socialist Party. I am leaving the party but I am not giving up on the socialist ideal," said the 50-year-old as he launched his new movement before a 11,000-strong crowd in Paris.

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#ALBANIA: Pro-EU Socialist Party Wins PM Vote, Secures Parliamentary Majority

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Albania's left-wing Socialist Party secured a second governing mandate in the June 25 parliamentary elections, winning a majority of seats in parliament, nearly complete results show. The election is seen as a key benchmark to the country's bid to launch membership negotiations with the European Union. With more than 95 percent of the ballots counted, the Socialists of Prime Minister Edi Rama won about 48 percent of the votes, or 74 places in the 140-seat parliament.

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#UK: Critics Say Leaked Labour Party Platform Is "Return To 1970s"; Features Nationalization Of Services

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A leaked copy of the draft campaign platform of the Labour Party has unveiled a left-wing vision for Britain, including promises to re-nationalize industries and impose wage caps on companies. Under the plan a Labour government led by Jeremy Corbyn would bring the railways, some energy firms, and Royal Mail back into public ownership, according to a 43-page document leaked to two national newspapers.

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#VENEZUELA: Oppo. Denounces "Coup" As Maduro-Friendly Court Disbands National Assembly, Seizes Control

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Venezuela's opposition is calling the Supreme Court's move Thursday to dissolve the opposition-controlled Congress and assume full control over all branches of government a "coup." The court is the virtual puppet of Socialist Pres. Maduro. There was swift and widespread international condemnation of the annulment of the National Assembly. The head of the Organization of International States, Luis Almagro, said the Venezuelan court had dealt the final blows to democracy.

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#HUNGARY: Socialists Choose Popular Mayor To Run As PM In 2018

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The Hungarian Socialist Party has named the 43-year-old mayor of Szeged, László Botka, as its candidate for prime minister in the next parliamentary elections, expected in April 2018. Mr. Botka was merely 29 years old when he was first elected as mayor of Hungary’s third largest city in 2002 and he has since been re-elected three times. In the most recent 2014 municipal elections, Mr. Botka won in a landslide victory against his Fidesz opponent, beating him by 22 percent.

#VENEZUELA: South American MERCOSUR Trade Group May Expel Venezuela

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The coordinators of MERCOSUR - a trade association consisting of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Venezuela - may decide as early as Aug. 23 to expel Venezuela, which joined in 2012. A meeting in Montevideo, Uruguay will discuss legal sanctions on Venezuela, which self proclaimed itself the presidency of the group on July 30, and is also allegedly not complying with over 200 rules and regulations, requirements they agreed to when they joined. Venezuela could then lose its full member status.

Pictured: The flags of MERCOSUR’s five member-states: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Venezuela. 

#VENEZUELA: Desperate For Food, Gov't Uses Forced Labor In The Fields

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The government of Venezuela has issued a decree that "effectively amounts to forced labor" in an attempt to fix a spiraling food crisis, according to a new report from Amnesty International. A Venezuelan ministry last week announced Resolution No. 9855, which calls for the establishment of a "transitory labor regime" in order to relaunch the agricultural and food sector. The decree says that workers can be forcefully moved from their jobs to work in farm fields or elsewhere in the agricultural sector for periods of 60 days.

#SPAIN: New Election Fails To Break Political Deadlock; Left Falls Short

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In Spain's second general election in six months, the conservative People's Party of acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has won most seats in Spain's parliamentary election but is short of a majority. Spain's other main party, the Socialist party, is in second place. The left-wing Unidos Podemos alliance and centre-right Ciudadanos are third and fourth. The vote has failed to break the political deadlock caused by December's inconclusive election.

#BOLIVIA: Socialist Pres. Morales Loses Referendum To Seek Fourth Term

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Socialist Pres. Evo Morales of Bolivia has admitted defeat in a referendum that denied him the right to seek a fourth term as president, in yet another defeat for South America's Leftist leaders. Morales has been one of the most outspoken critics of the United States and capitalism.

#VENEZUELA: Regional Oppo. Ldr. Luis Manuel Diaz Assassinated During Rally

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The Democratic Action party says Luis Manuel Diaz was killed by attackers in a car as he was holding a public meeting in central Guarico state. Opposition leaders blamed militias supporting the governing United Socialist Party of Venezuela. The party of President Nicolas Maduro has so far made no public comment.

#UK: Pro-Corbyn Group "Momentum" Fears Trotskyite Leftists Will "Infiltrate" Them

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Labour Party MPs were alarmed when the new pro-Jeremy Corbyn group, "Momentum," said non-party members could join. Their fears were given greater credence when members of the Trotskyist Socialist Workers Party say they would join the group, possibly tilting it to the extreme Left.

BREAKING: #UK: LABOUR PARTY TURNS HARD LEFT AS JEREMY CORBYN WINS LEADERSHIP

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In a major political re-alignment, hard-left Socialist Jeremy Corbyn has won the Labour Party's leadership contest in a landslide 60% of the vote, burying his three major competitors. A number of current shadow cabinet ministers said they will not take up their positions in Mr Corbyn's cabinet.

#UK: Labour Pty In Turmoil; Coup Threatened If Poll-Leading Leftist Corbyn Elected Leader In Sept.

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Far-left leaning MP Jeremy Corbyn is leading the Labour Party's leadership contest, but party leaders say he will be ousted in a coup of MPs if he wins, and will not be allowed to lead the party into the 2020 elections. Extreme Left-leaning unions are "infiltrating" the party, some assert.

#BOLIVIA: Socialist Pres. Morales "Politicizes" Papal Visit With "Communist Crucifix" Gift; Pope: "This Is Not Okay"

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Pres. Evo Morales has sparked outrage by giving visiting Pope Francis a "Communist Crucifix" during his visit to Bolivia. The hammer and sickle symbol, upon which the crucified Christ appears, was designed by a Catholic missionary who was killed in 1980. The pope was heard to utter, "This is not okay" when receiving it.

#IRELAND: Health Min. Denies Socialist Legislator's Bid To Repeal Abortion Amendment

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Minister for Health Leo Varadkar has rejected a controversial amendment by Socialist Party TD Ruth Coppinger to delete the eighth amendment from the Constitution by referendum. He says it should be the work of the next Dáil. The bill proposes a referendum to remove the 1983 abortion amendment.

Pictured: Dáil member Ruth Coppinger.

#BOLIVIA: Socialist Pres. #Morales Wins Landslide Unprecedented Third Term

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Amid a growing economy bolstered by high worldwide natural gas prices, Bolivia's Socialist President Evo Morales won an unprecedented third term in Sunday's election, winning by nearly 60 points, far ahead of his nearest rival, Samuel Doria Medina, who garnered only 24 percent.

#FRANCE: Socialist Gov'ts "Lurch to the Right" Prompts Rebellion Among Left-Leaning Socialist MPs

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