Geopolitics
Politico – Workers stage massive strike across Italy in support of Gaza
Something’s changing in the willingness of ordinary people in Europe to take action over the Gaza genocide. Read the article HERE.
Protest
Solutions
Mass Protest Without Revolution – Interview with Vincent Bevins
The author of If We Burn, a history of the protest movements of the 2010s, explains the main ideas in the book. Vincent Bevins is an American journalist and writer. From 2011 to 2016, he […]
Neo-Liberalism in the EU
Claudio Milano, Antonio Paulo Russo, Marina Novelli – The social movement against ‘touristification’ in Barcelona
Social movements against the tourist industry’s takeover of cities in Europe are on the rise. Claudio Milano is a Ramon y Cajal Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of […]
Geopolitics
Dave Braneck – In Germany, Too, Pro-Palestine Protesters Get Deported
‘Berlin’s city government has moved to deport four pro-Palestine protesters. Even as centrist parties warn against the far-right threat, they introduce the powers beloved by authoritarian leaders.’ In Jacobin. Read the article HERE.
Geopolitics
John Rees – A year on, the Palestine solidarity movement must adapt to a widening Middle East war
Focused on the UK but these debates over strategy and tactics in the Palestine solidarity movement are relevant everywhere in Europe. John Rees is a Visiting Research Fellow at Goldsmiths, University of London, and a […]
DeGrowth
Chris Hedges: Burn the Planet and Lock Up the Dissidents
Climate activists are being locked behind bars while our rulers burn down the world, exemplified by the fossil-fuelled annihilation of Gaza. Chris Hedges is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist who was a foreign correspondent for fifteen years […]
Geopolitics
John Rees – The crucial difference between the Gaza and Vietnam student protests
Student protests may not be as radical today as in 1968, but they have much greater support among the public. John Rees is a Visiting Research Fellow at Goldsmiths, University of London, and a co-founder […]
Geopolitics
Vijay Prashad – Elites in the Global North Are Scared to Talk About Palestine
Whether it is college management censoring students in the US, or police shutting down conferences in Germany, elites are scared to have the conversation about Palestine. Vijay Prashad’s most recent book (with Noam Chomsky) is […]
Environment
Angela Hilmi, Emile Frison – Farmer Protests: The Wrong U-Turn
Farmers and the environment do not have divergent interests, quite the opposite. What European farmers don’t have any interest in is EU agricultural policies which impoverish them. Angela Hilmi is a panel expert with IPES-Food […]
EU politics
Anton Jäger – Political Instincts?
As civic life continues its steady decline, politics is becoming ever-more volatile. In New Left Review’s ‘Sidecar’. Read the article HERE.