Archive: Opinion

Sea, sunset, and AI for organising

Opinion

28.04.2025

If you’re an organiser who’s jumping straight to execution without a plan, you’re wasting your time. But if you’re planning without using AI, ...

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Ban the candidate, boost the cause

Opinion

25.04.2025

It’s not about endorsing Le Pen or AfD. It’s about refusing to surrender democracy to the authoritarian establishment and nationalist ...

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On International Earth Day, Pope Francis’ final plea serves as a warning: Disarm and protect the planet

Opinion

22.04.2025

As war rages and ecocide spreads, the Pope’s call for peace and planetary justice demands urgent action from Europe and the world

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The shifting sands of conservatism in Italy: Patriarchy, xenophobia, and religion

Opinion

17.04.2025

The intersection of xenophobic attitudes, patriarchal structures, and violence against women in Italy reveals complex and divisive attitudes ...

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Indonesia’s deforestation crisis: Can a just transition save its rainforests?

Opinion

12.04.2025

Indonesia plans to clear an area of rainforest the size of Belgium for sugarcane-based bioethanol and food crops, sparking fierce backlash from ...

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De-extinction: Scientific breakthrough or Pandora’s Box?

Opinion

10.04.2025

As biotech companies race to resurrect extinct species, policymakers face urgent questions about ecological risks, disease threats, and ...

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Silencing Solidarity: Europe’s lawfare against pro-Palestine activism

Opinion

7.04.2025

These incidents are neither rare nor disconnected: they form part of a concerning pattern of suppression of pro-Palestinian activism visible ...

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‘Signalgate’ gives Europe another reason for independent foreign policy

Opinion

1.04.2025

After the leaked Signal chat logs between senior US officials, Europeans must ask their leaders: how much longer do we want to be part of this ...

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Reclaiming resistance in an age of surveillance and authoritarianism

Opinion

26.03.2025

Meenakshi Thirukode looks at the criminalisation of dissent, the power of collective resistance, and highlights the urgent need to reclaim ...

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