Borders
The violence and oppression against Palestinians in Gaza and the discrimination and surveillance against migrants trying to cross European borders have more in common than meets the eye. What can transnational grassroots solidarity achieve in the fight against institutionalised violence? Journalist Francesca Spinelli spoke with a Belgian activist of the international Freedom Flotilla Coalition, which has opposed the illegal blockade of Gaza since 2010.
Read moreWe asked political scientist Antony Todorov what Schengen membership means for Bulgaria.
Read moreA pattern of deadly and racist migration policy across Europe comes alive on France-Italy’s shared border.
Read moreA deadly crush on the EU’s southern border should be a turning point, yet authorities are doubling down on their hard-line approach.
Read moreSolidarity with the Ukrainian people in the face of foreign invasion must guide the response.
Read moreWhat do the European responses to the Afghanistan crisis mean for people trying to flee a desperate situation?
Read moreIn The New Border Wars, Klaus Dodds predicts that floods will continue to ravage our continents, with devastating consequences for both people and ecosystems.
Read moreIn recent years, surveillance technologies have increasingly been deployed to monitor, control, and curtail the movement of people. The pandemic is accelerating this trend.
Read moreBruno Latour emphasises the need for a politics of the living moving from this European-invented space to the tangible space that he calls “dwelling place”.
Read moreMass migration is the 21st century’s revolution – leading, in turn, to a counter-revolution which threatens the core idea of the European Union. The refugee crisis has resulted in the reinforcement of stereotypes that Eastern and Western Europe already held about each other.
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