Can Armenia’s recent elections really be reduced to a contest between a pro-Western Pashinyan and a pro-Russian opposition? To what extent was the outcome driven
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The current and very public discourse between Poland and Ukraine over a military unit named after “heroes of the UPA” has produced the diplomatic equivalent
How do socialists reconcile their opposition to military expenditure (especially increased military expenditure) with support for Ukraine being provided with the weapons it needs to
On the occasion of May 8th, Franziska Davies spoke to Vasyl Korotkyi about the changes in German memory culture with regard to Ukraine and the
00:00:00 Introduction of the speakers 00:02:38 Introduction to today’s webinar 00:04:20 Germany, racism, colonialism 00:09:27 Extermination and extraction 00:12:04 German-Russian inter-imperiality 00:16:20 The “German-ness Contract”
In this episode of Democracy for Sale, Peter Geoghegan is joined by Professor Kim Lane Scheppele to unpick the high-stakes election in Hungary. With Orbán
We, anti-racist and antifascist activists of the left, come together within the Collective for Antifascist Struggle Against Racism and Antisemitism (CLARA). Our pluralistic and independent
In 1970, the French third-worldist magazine Partisans – launched by the famous anticolonialist François Maspero (1932-2015) – released a special edition titled “The Palestinian people
This article explores antigender mobilisation – a global phenomenon that challenges and undermines gender equality – with a focus on Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). Using
From Chartist Magazine The so-called 28-point plan (drafted in part by the Russian regime and presented by the US) cannot serve as the basis for a just
A laboratory for a Left of resistance and solidarity against status-quo pacifism. The collective Sinistra per l’Ucraina (“Left for Ukraine”) was formed in Italy in
An open letter by a group of UK Holocaust studies and Jewish studies scholars. For context see this news item. Dear members of the board
Mediapart: In June, speaking before Danish comrades, you made a case for the idea of an “antifascist” foreign policy. Where are the hotbeds of contemporary
From The Prospect Why don’t we acknowledge that there are different ways of measuring the prevalence of anti-Jewish prejudice? The murderous attack this month on
In Romania, Poland, Hungary and Czechia, far-right and populist parties are cynically using Ukrainian refugees as a political football. It mirrors what is happening in
RMT general secretary Eddie Dempsey has published a new article in Tribune, arguing that the disconnection between the working class and the organised left is partly down to
Given the seemingly endless string of AfD successes across Germany – particularly in the East – there is a very real possibility of the neo-fascist
From shado Spaces of free expression are becoming all the more precious as the country veers closer towards illiberalism There is a phrase that has
From Political Quarterly Blog […] On a deeper conceptual level, the complex history of “race” and racialisation shows that apparent skin colour is just one
In September 2019, 1,500 people assembled in London against the onslaught of anti-trans opinion and hate cults. On July 26, 2025, that number rose above
Audrey Truschke is Professor of South Asian History at Rutgers University in Newark, New Jersey, USA. Ivan Kalmar is Professor of Anthropology at the University
What do the lessons of WWII mean today? What stance should the international left take towards its legacy? And is it possible to resist the
From La Croix International Political scientist Haoues Seniguer explores how Muslim voices are increasingly silenced by suspicion, as public discourse blurs the line between religious
This interview is based on Charlène Calderaro’s article Beyond Instrumentalization: Far-Right Women’s Appropriation of Feminism in France published in Politics & Gender (2025). For readers less familiar with
Before the protest in Belgrade, students in blockades unequivocally called on the citizens of Serbia to do the same as them – to self-organise and
For the past few weeks, and even more so in recent days, a state of paralysis seems to have gripped the European political landscape. Yet,
In our view, Sina Arnold and Juliane Karakayali make a compelling argument that research on antisemitism and racism need to be interconnected. We agree with
Ideas of a specific form of ‘Muslim antisemitism’ carry the risk of unjustified blanket suspicion. Both antisemitism and anti-Muslim racism must be taken seriously, regardless
From the Second Cold War Observatory Perhaps more than any other material, lithium has, in recent years, been increasingly presented as the silver bullet for
Racial capitalism requires that the subaltern periphery, providing cheap labour and new markets, be placed behind an imagined racial barrier, so that the full protection
Germany has a long history of colonialism and racism in Eastern Europe. To this day, people who are perceived as “Eastern” face discrimination and exclusion.
What the Halle Shooting Tells Us About the European Far Right Today, by Ben Gidley – 24 October 2019
We recorded the sixth episode of the Talking Europe vlog series in October 2019. A week before, during Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, a gunman, heavily armed