Political Critique Archive

Text by Francesco M. Bassano Photos by Giacomo Sini Today the mayor of Riace Mimmo Lucano has been arrested by the Public Prosecutor Office of Locri. He is accused of facilitating illegal immigration and illegal activities in the direct award of the waste collection services. The Italian city of Riace had become a global symbol of […]

The rule seems quite simple. “Freedom of movement allows citizens of the European Union (EU) to move to, live in, and in certain circumstances access the welfare system of the EU country to which they have moved. Freedom of movement is one of the founding principles of the EU.” Freedom of movement and residence for […]

Who is behind Black Lives Matter Denmark? How do they fight against racism and how did it all get started? Bwalya Sørensen and Talk Real at TRANSEUROPA festival 2017.

Turns out that in the Czech Republic, showing solidarity with war orphans is political suicide.

Dawid Krawczyk reports on 20-somethings in the ruling party of Poland.

It was expected that media would be seen writing about the Lehman Brothers last weekend. Anniversaries always come as a perfect excuse to open the discussion about the wounds caused by the year 2008. While marking the tenth anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers, once-mighty US investment bank, it is clear enough that the […]

Remember project fear? It was Cameron and Osborne’s scare campaign. The economic collapse that never came. We on the left never bought this narrative. Ours was a positive vision for Europe. But as the possibility of a ‘no deal Brexit’ has come into view, project fear might be looking a little like project fact. What […]

Tibet’s Buddhist leader, the Dalai Lama, said “Europe belongs to the Europeans” as he urged refugees to return to their native countries to rebuild them.

Year 2018 will remain written in history. Sure, there are many reasons for this. Many of them with a bitter taste, some with a smile, and rare ones full of pride. There are moments in which we tend to release tears without hesitation, with a weird mixture of anger and relief. It seems to me […]

Law does not simply function as a way of resolving conflicts flowing from social differences.