Political Critique Archive

On World Refugee Day, we value the strength, courage and perseverance of millions of refugees that are forced to flee their homes. Now is the time to show our solidarity. Today we share five inspiring stories to read (and watch) related to borders, refugees and migration that Political Critique has published this year.  1. Talk […]

Miloš Zeman, the president of the Czech Republic, has just burned a pair of giant red underpants at a press conference called for this exact purpose. Meanwhile, Zeman has an even bigger iron in the fire.

An article by VÍCTOR ALONSO ROCAFORT for CTXT On Sunday May 20 the centre-right and liberal political Spanish party Ciudadanos, held a an aesthetically kitsch public event in Madrid: reddish flags, nationalist speeches delivered by its leader, Albert Rivera, and the singer Marta Sánchez performing a new anthem for the nation. On Sunday May 27, the […]

*The following is an edited transcript of an interview conducted for European Alternatives’ forthcoming documentary Demos: Solidarity in Europe. In February 2017 thousands of citizens marched in the city of Barcelona following the mayor’s call to challenge the national government over its failure to accept the country’s quota of refugees set by the EU. Like […]

While negotiations about a government with the confidence of parliament are still running, Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš has been busy removing people who posed potential problems.

*The following is an edited transcript of an interview conducted for European Alternatives’ forthcoming documentary Demos: Solidarity in Europe. Mary Kaldor is Professor of Global Governance and Director of the Conflict and Civil Society Research Unit at the London School of Economics. She pioneered the concept of ‘new wars’ and ‘global civil society’, and her […]

BILJANA SEKULOVSKA A verdict pronounced on May 23, which sentences former Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski to two years in prison, reverberated like a bomb, not only at home, but across the entire region. The court sentenced him for “receiving rewards for illegal influence,” in relation to the purchase of a luxurious Mercedes in 2012, the […]

The new bill is supposed to be voted on in the parliament by the end of the week. Meanwhile, students and academics plan country-wide protests against the bill.

JUDITH SUNDERLAND After almost three months of jumping up and down in place, the newly invested Italian interior minister, Matteo Salvini, has hit the ground running in the worst possible direction. The head of the anti-immigrant party, the League, Salvini has positioned himself as the strongman in the unlikely coalition government recently formed with the […]

Western European rhetoric making Eastern Europeans the profiteers of the European Union overlooks another economic reality.