Solidarity

Women across the world were protesting on March 8 on International Women’s Day, demanding life without fear, violence, exploitation and oppression, marching together against domestic violence, transphobia, inequality and many other issues that women are facing across the globe. These pictures are showing us once again that women cannot be silenced, that their place is […]

We call for the immediate release of the mayor of Riace, Mimmo Lucano. We stand with him for an open, humanist and democratic Europe! On Tuesday, 2nd October, we have learned that there are many treats to solidarity. One of them: deprivation of freedom. What we now know is that, Mimmo Lucano, the mayor of […]

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 […]

On 23 June 2016, the United Kingdom announced its decision to leave the EU. Two years after, #MarchForANewEurope was organised in Berlin, where around one thousand people took to the streets during the demonstration. The march was simultaneously held in Cologne, Munich, Copenhagen and Brussels. “For nationalists and populists, it’s become a day of celebration. […]

*The following is an edited transcript of an interview conducted for European Alternatives’ forthcoming documentary, Demos: Solidarity in Europe. Over the past years, European citizens have seen a failure of transnational solidarity in the European Union. In the year 2015 two things happened at the same time: structures for solidarity with Greece failed, and solidarity […]

*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 […]