Political Critique Archive

Over the last few years, we have seen attacks on citizens in some EU member states, deportations in others, and difficulties for citizens to access the rights they are entitled. Brexit has highlighted in many ways the difficulties EU citizens can face, but should not be seen in isolation, with citizens facing problems in realising […]

Good news: the Czech government backed a bill allowing same-sex marriage. Bad news: it’s only a publicity stunt to cover up for the mess created by the authoritarian government

Umbrellas, candles, a white eagle with a rainbow. Read our guide to the most powerful symbols that arose from protests on Polish streets in the past few years

The summer festival season is underway across Europe. Over the course of a few days, people come together to share a common passion. While lovers of music were celebrating at Cruilla in Barcelona and Rock in Roma, lovers of humanity had gathered in the Roya Valley, where the first “Festival of humanitarian smugglers” took place […]

A reportage by TERESA SUÁREZ They are around 70 years old. They are characterized by their handmade wool hats and by their cries in favor of tolerance and against racism. In just five months they have become a symbol of the anti-xenophobic and anti-immigrant policies of the Austrian Government, led by the young conservative Sebastian […]

Inappropriate emails with a sexual subtext, unprofessional behaviour, and abuses of power. That is the story at one of the most expensive private universities in the Czech Republic

What is post-modern conservatism? What are its connections to neoliberalism and technology? Matt McManus explains

Philippe van Parijs is Professor at the Faculty of Economic, Social and Political Sciences of the University of Louvain (UCL), where he has directed the Hoover Chair of Economic and Social Ethics since its creation in 1991. He is also one of the greatest world experts on basic income. Van Parijs will be one of the keynote […]

DOMINIK SCHLETT Europe’s future depends on the management of migration. While in Germany the public debate shifted in favour of extreme right wing demands, the campaign DARE2MOVE as a part of Act4FreeMovement program aims to support non-German EU-citizens living in Berlin to advocate for their free movement rights. Migration and social rights lawyer and governing […]

This affair would likely galvanise prejudice among both nations, but could just as well be a positive turning point for the relations between Poles and Israelis, and to some degree also for the place of the Holocaust memory in today’s reality in two societies that bare the scars to this day.