Political Critique Archive

Russian artist Petr Pavlensky has been sentenced to a year and four months in prison for his happening titled “Freedom”.

The lawsuit against the German comedian who ridiculed the Turkish leader, together with the EU-Turkey deal, shows that the differences between Visegrad countries and the West on the question of refugees are only rhetorical.

When talking about the problem of refugees, we use dehumanised language, which reduces human tragedy to numbers and statistics. But this suffering concerns real people, who – just like us – have families, loved ones, friends; their own stories, dreams, goals… Only when you sit down opposite a specific person and look into their eyes, […]

Die Linke is increasingly coming to resemble its opponents. Is it time for the left to break with The Left?

This interview was originally published at nearfuturesonline.

The government is attacking its own people and disrespecting their love and their rights out of sheer politicking.

Six months of the Law and Justice government and protests against it, as seen by Kuba Danecki and Magdalena Mips from Razem.

Anarchists’ scuffle with police at eviction protest in Poznań, Poland, leads to arrests.

Reasons for reinstating the percentage for the arts in architecture.

Britain’s relationship with Europe resembles a broken marriage – but that doesn’t mean these partners should file for divorce.