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One Question is a monthly series in which the leading thinkers are asked to give a brief answer to a single question. This month’s question: What is the Left case for open borders? Tithi Bhattacharya Professor of History at Purdue University. She is the editor of Social Reproduction Theory: Remapping Class, Recentering Oppression (Pluto, 2017) and along […]

In Belgrade, for the past month, every Saturday, citizens protests take place and try to express dissatisfaction with the political and economic course, economic perspectives, diplomatic blunders, the increasingly dangerous politics of Kosovo, and the political practice of the current ruling party… This list can certainly be continued and it seems that this list – […]

Europe has been gripped by crises in recent years that increasingly throw the entire future of the European Union into question. In this first ever ‘live audience’ event, hosts Zoe Williams and Luke Cooper are joined by three guests that cross generations and perspectives. They explore the history of the union, the distinctive vision of […]

On January 16, a group of women from Macedonia started sharing on social media their personal testimonies of sexual harassment committed by perpetrators in positions of power, using the hashtags #ISpeakUpNow – #СегаКажувам in Macedonian and #TaniTregoj in Albanian. Back then, this was the variation of the #MeToo campaign that gained attention in the Balkans. […]

The British film director Ken Loach is one of the most celebrated cinematic voices of our time. A deeply engaged artist and one of a handful of directors to have been awarded the prestigious Palme d’Or twice, Loach’s work often takes up social and political themes. His oeuvre has spanned the Spanish civil war (Land […]

On Saturday, October 13th 2018, people in more than 50 European cities, from Minsk to Lisbon, from Nicosia to Eskilstuna, have gathered on the streets to raise their voices against nationalism and for a united Europe. More than 800 prominent European artists, writers, academics and politician supported the Call To Action of 13-10.org. Organisations and individuals […]

Link to the original article When we embarked on our project to explore Social Reproduction Theory (SRT), at the back of our mind was the phrase from the Marx and Engels’ German Ideology, ‘[human beings] must be in a position to live in order to be able to ‘make history’’.  In class societies, since there lies between […]