Archive: Opinion

Albania’s general election: between desperation and hope

Opinion

22.04.2021

Albania faces general elections on April 25. Will it be more business-as-usual or is there hope for an altenative?

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Why the Netherlands needs a Green New Deal

Opinion

21.04.2021

Elitism, Green New Deals, Nitrogen and farmers resistance.

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The German Government is blocking the reunification of a family — we mustn’t stand for it

Opinion

8.04.2021

The story of a married Eritrean couple barred from reuniting by the German Embassy in Cairo.

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Italy’s PM Mario Draghi isn’t fighting poverty — he’s making it worse

Opinion

6.04.2021

On 19 March, Mario Draghi held a press conference at Palazzo Chigi to present a bill containing the highest tax amnesty in the last five years.

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Trans visibility is cultural and political dissidence

Opinion

31.03.2021

Trans day of visibility is about elevating the stories and successes of the trans community. Barbra Boustier shares her experience.

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Draghi’s hiring of McKinsey is ‘an affront to the Italian people’

Opinion

24.03.2021

The Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance hired a McKinsey to ‘organise’ Italy’s distribution of the Recovery Fund monies.

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Why should we care about the monarchy?

Opinion

17.03.2021

The monarchy, the police, the House of Lords, multinational corporations and the right-wing media are reproducing systems of inequality.

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Violence and its forms: maintaining focus for collective action

Opinion

16.03.2021

From the brutal crack-downs in Myanmar to the inequity of resource allocation under COVID-19, violence has become part of 'business as usual’.

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Bomb back better: Biden breaks progressives’ short lived illusion

Opinion

8.03.2021

Syria fulfills the function of battleground and release-valve for tensions and conflicts between both regional and global powers.

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