Corruption
Gerhard Klaas – Three months of mass protests in Albania
The media has stopped paying attention but the protests against Jared Kushner’s luxury resort continue. In ‘International Viewpoint’. Read the article HERE.
Protest
Inequality
Aleksandar Matković – The Same Enemy Is Driving Protests Across the Balkans
‘In Serbia, the connivance between politicians and multinational capital has fed a sustained protest movement. Current protests in Albania, resisting a luxury development project backed by Jared Kushner, target a similar cronyish capitalism.’ In Jacobin. […]
EU politics
Kerron Ó Luain – History Moved But the Liberal Left Didn’t: Ireland’s Fuel Protests
The left shoots itself in the foot when it refuses to engage with those taking action over the rising cost of living, just because some of the protestors do not share the left’s worldview. Kerron […]
National Politics
BBC – Irish PM announces €505m in fuel-cost measures after days of protests
Blockades are proven again and again to be an effective means of getting what you want. It’s a wonder why more workers do not use this method. Read the article HERE.
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.
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 […]