Political Critique Archive

On January 16, a group of women from Macedonia started sharing on social media their personal testimonies of sexual harassment committed by perpetrators in positions of power, using the hashtags #ISpeakUpNow – #СегаКажувам in Macedonian and #TaniTregoj in Albanian. Back then, this was the variation of the #MeToo campaign that gained attention in the Balkans. […]

Today in Ukraine the salaries of workers is often so small, that many people cannot even afford to pay for housing and communal services.

The British film director Ken Loach is one of the most celebrated cinematic voices of our time. A deeply engaged artist and one of a handful of directors to have been awarded the prestigious Palme d’Or twice, Loach’s work often takes up social and political themes. His oeuvre has spanned the Spanish civil war (Land […]

For the first time in European history, citizens all over the continent will gather at a single moment in time – 10th of November at 4 p.m. – to spark a broad debate about European democracy and what it means to be a European citizen. From theatres, balconies and public spaces all over Europe, artists […]

“Cannibals coming out of my sex (…)” It is quite hard to grasp all the lyrics from the song “Cannibal babies” by LA based musician and artist Geneva Jacuzzi. I do really hope that Geneva doesn’t mind me using parts of her song for inspiration: imagine all those men in white (but sometimes women too), […]

Convenience, anonymity and relative security are what drug users and dealers love the darknet for.

For all the English writings about Chinese migrant workers, only rarely have those workers’ own words been translated directly. Usually, these stories are available only in brief passages cited as evidence to support someone else’s agenda. In contrast, a vast body of nongmingong[1] narratives has accumulated in Chinese, mainly compiled by academics and journalists, as well as a few […]

Dawid Krawczyk talks to Anthony Valcke, founder of the EU Rights Clinic – a European legal counseling center.

More than three weeks after the referendum in Macedonia, nothing has been settled. The referendum itself was about changing Macedonia’s name to end a long-running dispute with Greece. This would then unlock the country’s EU and NATO accession bids and with a new name, Northern Macedonia, would seemingly have a new future ahead. Although voters […]

**update from the author: It has been revealed that the alleged telephone call between ship owner Pierre Darmanin and Economy Minister Christian Cardona did not take place. Read more details here. The sunny afternoon of October 16, 2017 deeply shocked the Maltese and the international public. The news of a powerful bomb explosion in Bidnija which had taken Daphne […]