Political Critique Archive

“The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining” When it comes to the the reform of the euro zone, European leaders have long ignored these wise words. Another disastrous economic crisis could be just around the corner. With some economic stability returning to the old continent, we have the chance, and […]

A right-wing Students Organization “Ukrainian Student” has announced a public event at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (NaUKMA) on December 9. According to the announcement, one of the speakers at the Open Workshop “Kyivska Rus and the ‘Russian World’” should be Yevgeny Karas, the leader of the organization С14 (which stands for the sentence […]

A year has passed since activists occupied a decaying hotel in Athens, accommodating 400 migrants. In the fourth part of ‘Stories from the Babel Archipelago’ Michal Pavlásek looks at this alternative model of integration.

If we were to travel back to Julius Caesar’s times and heard obligatio in solidum, we would know that it is time to pony up the money. Back then, the expression meant that individuals had an obligation to repay the debts of other family members in full. Uncles were responsible for the actions of their nieces, members of a […]

Their service reaches the most disadvantaged group among people who use drugs. Meet the team who runs mobile harm reduction services in Warsaw.

Free Courts, Free Elections, Free Poland (Wolne Sądy, Wolne Wybory, Wolna Polska – 3xW) –  was the common slogan and theme for protests staged last week against unconstitutional proposed changes to the National Council of the Judiciary and the Supreme Court . The biggest protest was held in Warsaw in front of the Presidential Palace. […]

I flew to the places where 80% of people voted Trump. I wanted to meet those involved in his presidential campaign in the Deep South. Is Trump’s United States really the country of their dreams? Meet Matt Stout, a Republican who voted Trump and Colonel Daniel Gilner, a Republican who didn’t vote for Trump.

Talk Real presents ‘Talk Real – Art Real’, a series of episodes about artistic projects and social practices from grassroots movements that aim to counteract the dominant discourses of crisis and threat in the so-called “refugee crisis”.

Political Critique’s weekly selection from the Eastern European press.

The European Union has been shaken by Brexit, Donald Trump’s election in the United States, and now political uncertainty in Germany. But the future of the EU is also being written in Poland, Hungary, Ukraine, and Russia, with profound implications for democratic institutions and regional security.