Left-wing politics
Political ideologies favoring social equality and egalitarianism
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| 2025 | Patricia Stephenson became the party's first elected Senator, winning a seat on the Labour Panel. |
| 2025 | Social Democrats achieved 1 seat in the Seanad election, indicating a minor representation in the parliamentary chamber. |
| 2025 | The BSW anticipates potential political consequences in the federal election, criticizing the constitutional court protection amendment as 'undemocratic'. |
| 2025 | Fonda was awarded the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award. |
| 2025 |
Diversity, equity, and inclusion
Axios conducted a poll indicating that over 50% of Americans across demographics reported DEI initiatives had no impact on their jobs. Among those who experienced an impact, most said DEI had benefited rather than hindered their work environment.
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| February 2025 | Colorado State University's Young Democratic Socialists of America (YDSA) chapter held a demonstration advocating for the university to become a sanctuary campus, delivering a petition with over 3,000 student signatures to the university administration in response to Trump administration executive orders on immigration. |
| January 20 2025 |
Diversity, equity, and inclusion
President Trump issued an executive order calling DEI efforts 'illegal and immoral discrimination programs', demanding shutdown of governmental DEI programs by January 23.
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| 2024 | Dublin Bay South TD Eoin Hayes was suspended from the party after providing incorrect details about the sale of his shares in Palantir, a software firm supplying technology to the Israeli Defence Forces. |
| 2024 | Social Democrats released a manifesto with significant disability policy proposals, including pledging to create a Senior Minister for Disability position and introduce a weekly Cost of Disability payment if elected to government. |
| 2024 | In their election manifesto, the Social Democrats pledged to deliver 50,000 affordable purchase homes and 25,000 cost rental homes over five years if elected to government. |
| 2024 | Social Democrats improved their local election performance, increasing first preference votes to 63,273 (3.4% of total, ranking 5th) and winning 16 seats, representing a significant growth in electoral support. |
| 2024 | The party introduced a manifesto plan to establish a €10 million fund for bringing Palestinian children to Ireland for medical treatment. |
| 2024 | Social Democrats contested the election with Holly Cairns as leader, significantly improving their performance by securing 4.8% of first preference votes, becoming the 4th most popular party, and increasing their parliamentary seats to 5 while remaining in Opposition. |
| 2024 | Sinn Féin allowed the UK's ban on puberty blockers to be extended to Northern Ireland, effectively closing access to gender-affirming healthcare for transgender individuals. |
| 2024 | In the United Kingdom general election, Sinn Féin became the single largest party representing Northern Ireland in Westminster. |
| 2024 | In the Republic of Ireland local elections, Sinn Féin secured 11.8% of the vote. |
| 2024 | Michelle O'Neill became the first Irish nationalist First Minister of Northern Ireland, representing a historic moment for the party. |
| 2024 | Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance participated in the European Parliament election with Fabio de Masi as the list leader, securing 2,453,652 votes (6.17% of the total), which resulted in a new representation in the Non-Inscrits (NI) group. |
| 2024 | Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) was announced, causing concern among the Brandenburg branch of Alternative for Germany (AfD) about potential vote loss in the upcoming September 2024 Brandenburg state election. |
| 2024 | Sahra Wagenknecht offered a potential coalition government to the CDU for the state elections in Saxony, Thuringia, and Brandenburg, contingent on no majority being possible without the AfD. |
| 2024 | Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance achieved notable election results in multiple German states, including 13.5% in Berlin, 11.8% in Saxony-Anhalt, and 15.8% in Thuringia during state elections. |
| 2024 | Fonda was a featured guest at 350.org's Food & Water Watch event. |
| 2024 |
Diversity, equity, and inclusion
Academy Awards introduced new eligibility requirements mandating that films must meet two of four diversity standards to qualify for best-picture nomination.
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| 2024 |
Diversity, equity, and inclusion
MIT becomes the first major university to announce the removal of diversity statements from all faculty position applications.
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| 2024 | DSA endorsed state-level Uncommitted campaigns in the Democratic primaries to protest the Biden administration's stance on the Israel–Hamas war, and made no endorsement in the general presidential race. |
| December 2024 | The Bundestag voted to incorporate the Federal Constitutional Court's structure (16 judges and two senates) into the basic law, with all parties except the AfD and BSW supporting the measure. |
| December 2024 | Wagenknecht declared that she condemns the war in Ukraine and considers politicians who start wars, including Vladimir Putin, to be criminals. |
| December 2024 |
Diversity, equity, and inclusion
The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held in Alliance for Fair Board Recruitment v. SEC that the SEC lacked the authority to approve Nasdaq's board diversity rules.
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| December 11 2024 | Dietmar Woidke formed the Woidke IV Cabinet in Brandenburg, creating the first nationwide red-purple coalition with the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW). |
| November 2024 | In the general election, the Social Democrats nearly double their number of TDs from 6 to 11, tying with Labour as the fourth-largest party in Ireland. |
| November 16 2024 | The Bavaria state branch of the BSW is established with 80 initial members. |
| October 20 2024 | The Baden-Württemberg state branch of the BSW is founded with 54 initial members. |
| October 12 2024 | The Hesse state branch of the BSW is established. |
| September 2024 | The BSW wins between 11% and 16% of votes in three eastern state elections in Saxony, Thuringia, and Brandenburg, and becomes part of governing coalitions in Thuringia and Brandenburg. |
| September 2024 | Jane Fonda joined over 125 actors, directors, and musicians in signing an open letter urging California Governor Gavin Newsom to sign SB 1047, an AI safety bill aimed at holding companies liable for damages caused by their AI models. |
| September 2024 |
Diversity, equity, and inclusion
Human Rights Campaign poll found that 80% of LGBT Americans would boycott companies that repeal DEI programs, and 19% would quit their job if DEI initiatives were removed from their workplace.
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| September 22 2024 | BSW participated in Landtag elections in Brandenburg, Saxony, and Thuringia, with 13 candidates elected to the Brandenburg state parliament despite being largely unknown. |
| September 22 2024 | The Rhineland-Palatinate state branch of the BSW is founded with 55 initial members. |
| September 16 2024 | The Lower Saxony state branch of the BSW is established with 62 initial members. |
| September 14 2024 | The Bremen state branch of the BSW is founded with 24 initial members. |
| September 7 2024 | The North Rhine-Westphalia and Saxony-Anhalt state branches of the BSW are established, with 113 and 46 initial members respectively. |
| August 2024 | Sahra Wagenknecht gave an interview addressing the Israel-Hamas war, criticizing the destruction in Gaza while affirming Israel's right to exist and defend itself against Hamas, and calling for a ceasefire. |
| August 2024 | Cori Bush lost the Democratic primary election for her seat to Wesley Bell. |
| July 2024 | The DSA's National Political Committee revoked its endorsement of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez due to her stances on Palestine, though the New York City DSA chapter continued to endorse her. |
| July 14 2024 | The Berlin state branch of the BSW is founded with 81 initial members. |
| July 11 2024 | DSA pulled its endorsement of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez after she hosted an online panel discussion about antisemitism, which the organization viewed as a 'deep betrayal'. |
| June 2024 | Social Democrats ran 78 candidates in local elections, with 35 successfully elected, including 10 on Dublin City Council where they became the second largest party. |
| June 2024 | The party wins 6.1% of votes in the European Parliament elections. |
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