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Katrín Jakobsdóttir Joins Progressive International, Warns of Right-Wing Surge
Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir has taken a seat on the advisory council for Progressive International, a new left-wing alliance. The advisory council, of which Katrín is now a member, is a group of left-wing politicians, activists and intellectuals who are responsible for…
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Iceland’s Prime Minister Joins Bernie Sanders’ Progressive International
Katrín Jakobsdóttir, Iceland’s left-wing Prime Minister, announced on Facebook her support for a new international progressive movement, Stundin reports. In the first of a series in The Gaurdian, Yanis Veroufakis echoed Bernie Sanders call for the founding of a ‘Progressive International’. Bernie…
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Bernie Sanders Praises Iceland For Equal Pay Law
The US Senator offered praise for Iceland on Facebook for being the first country to make equal pay for men and women legally binding. The law was actually passed last year, with overwhelming support from Icelandic voters, but went into effect this…
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If Icelanders Could Vote For The Next US President
A new poll has revealed who Icelanders would vote for if they had a voice in the upcoming US presidential elections. RÚV reports that, according to a new poll from Maskína, 53% of respondents said they would vote for Hillary Clinton if…
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Is Iceland Feeling The Bern?
The US Presidential primary season is currently a hot topic in international news, including here in the small, remote, but nevertheless internet-connected isle of Iceland. And whilst short-fingered vulgarian Donald Trump has been grabbing many headlines with his hateful racist nonsense and…