Political Critique Archive

The aim of the intelligentsia is to commit successful suicide.

In the past five years, Hungary has featured frequently in the headlines of the international press with the authoritarian political moves of the conservative Fidesz government under the uncontested leadership of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. The international audience could easily get up to date with the government’s (mostly) successful attempts to weaken the independent institutions […]

An English-language platform for promoting a progressive agenda within the CEE region.

American conservatives have a narrative that what happens in Europe are warning signs for the future of the US in relation to Islam.

Portraits of major representatives of Polish contemporary art over the last two decades.

Polish citizens protest against the hijacking of the Polish political scene by the Law and Justice party.

Reflections on the conference “Socialism, Capitalism, and the Alternatives: Lessons from Russia and Eastern Europe” (London, 14-16 December)

Why is the Polish constitutional crisis a threat to Europe?

Taciana Arcimowicz from the media project pARTisan comments on Belarusian reactions to the award of the Nobel Prize for literature to Svetlana Alexievich.

’Historic’ global climate deal presented and agreed by 195 states in Paris. But is the 1.5°C ceiling a real possibility?