Interview

13.06.2023
Nuovo attivismo, vecchia politica? Le divisioni del movimento per il clima

Come il conflitto generazionale sta condannando gli ambientalisti italiani alla marginalità.

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22.04.2022
Kufijtë e të menduarit gjeopolitik

Një bisedë mbi botën gjeopolitike në të cilën gjendet Evropa, se si fuqitë e ndryshme mendojnë ndryshe për marrëdhëniet e jashtme dhe çfarë do të thotë kjo për Evropën Lindore.

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20.04.2022
Riparimi i Sistemit: Bërja e Ushqimit më të Qendrueshëm 

Bashkëkryetari i IPES-Food diskuton reformën e CAP, agroekologjinë dhe se si vetëm një rishikim i sistemit ushqimor do ta bëjë atë më të qëndrueshëm.

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19.04.2022
Deklarata Universale e Te Drejtave Të Njeriut: Një Trashëgimi Revolucionere

Sot, DUDNJ mbetet një pikë referimi dhe burim i rëndësishëm frymëzimi për aktivistët anembanë globit.

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14.04.2022
Na kemi nevojë Financime Publike të Demokracisë

Çarjet e thella të zbuluara nga protestat e Jelekë verdhëve në Francë pasqyrojnë institucionet demokratike që janë minuar vazhdimisht. Julia Cage diskuton se çfarë mund të duhet për t’i rregulluar ato.

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14.04.2022
Qëndrojmë Të Bashkuar: Ambientalizmi i Punës dhe Lëvizja Klimatike

Të shikosh krizën klimatike në terma klasorë do të thotë të riformulosh konfliktin klasor në termat e kapitalit kundrejt jetës.

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27.10.2021
Gender in Climate Governance: Telling Numbers but Who is Listening?

The UN climate regime has a gender problem and it negatively affects our ability to combat the climate crisis.

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22.09.2021
Բելառուսի պայքարը հանուն ժողովրդավարության

Բելառուսում կառավարության նախկին բարձրաստիճան պաշտոնյա Պավել Լատուշկան ներսից ականատես է եղել նախագահ Լուկաշենկոյի իշխանության համակարգին: Երբ կեղծ ընտրություններից հետո լայնածավալ բողոքի ցույցեր սկսեցին, նա միացավ ռեժիմին դիմադրությանը: Այժմ քաղաքական աքսորի մեջ գտնվող Լատուշկան խոսում է Ռոդերիկ Կեֆերպիցի հետ բելառուսական ժողովրդավարամետ շարժումը կենդանի պահելու պայքարի, այս շարժուման յուրահատկության և Եվրոպայի համերաշխության դիրքորոշման հրատապ անհրաժեշտության մասին:

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01.06.2021
UK Local Elections: Green Gains Explained

Greens in the UK have made significant breakthroughs at the local level. Where has this success come from and where might it lead?

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26.05.2021
Belarus’s Struggle for Democracy

Pavel Latushka, a key figure in Belarus’s opposition, discusses the movement for democracy with Roderick Kefferpütz.

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26.05.2021
There Is Life in the Party Yet

An interview on the critical infrastructure on which our democracies are built and its transformation.

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08.03.2021
“We no longer ask to be treated as humans. We demand it.”

In October 2020, a Polish tribunal ruled to further curtail one of Europe’s strictest abortion laws.

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15.02.2021
Taking Back Control from Big Tech: The EU’s Digital Package

The digital space needs to be regulated according to a new set of principles that protect fundamental rights but also user freedoms.

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04.02.2021
A Socio-Ecological Contract for a Post-Pandemic Europe

A conversation with the ETUI general director on what the pandemic has meant for workers and the window of opportunity to achieve a just and green recovery.

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16.01.2021
Green Transition in China: At What Cost?

China’s action on climate is often touted as decisive and admirable. But its human and environmental costs cannot be ignored.

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11.12.2020
Antispécisme, écologie, comment en finir avec ce Carnage ?

Selon la vision antispéciste, il est urgent de repenser nos relations aux animaux et en finir avec l’idée qu’il peut y avoir un élevage « responsable ».

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11.12.2020
How Do We End This Carnage?

An anti-speciesist vision calls for a radical rethinking of our relationship to animals and an end to the idea of “responsible” livestock farming.

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30.11.2020
L’Écologie au Pouvoir en Temps de Crise: Les Villes Vertes de France

À l’issue des élections municipales de 2020 en France, les nouveaux dirigeants verts du Lyon et de Poitiers discutent de la gouvernance en crise et de la place de l’écologie dans le paysage politique.

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09.11.2020
Biden’s Victory Is a Glimmer of Hope

Biden’s victory is a vindicating one for many, not least for grassroots movements. Despite the rhetoric of reconciliation, Trumpism is here to stay.

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04.11.2020
Europe’s Blind Spot: The Movement Against Corruption in Bulgaria

The EU may turn a blind eye to attacks on rule of law by the Bulgarian government, but its people are demanding an end to endemic corruption.

EN
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03.11.2020
Odzyskiwanie kontroli. Przyszłość usług publicznych w Europie

w kontrze do trwającego kilka dekad „zdrowego rozsądku” odwrót od prywatyzacji skutkuje bardziej dostępnymi, przystępnymi i efektywnymi kosztowo usługami publicznymi.

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15.10.2020
The Doughnut Model for a Fairer, Greener Amsterdam

As Brussels prepares to reform its economy on the basis of the doughnut model, Amsterdam is already taking the leap with its circular economy strategy.

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09.10.2020
Brazil’s Battle Lines: Fighting for Democracy Amid a Pandemic

As battle lines are drawn, Brazilians face a high death toll, poor access to healthcare, distrust of government and grim future prospects.

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06.10.2020
Passer au local: réformer le système alimentaire européen

Nous avons discuté avec Linda Gaasch et Claude Gruffat des raisons pour lesquelles l’Europe a besoin d’un modèle plus juste et plus sain, davantage centré sur les besoins respectifs des agriculteurs, des consommateurs et de l’environnement.

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06.10.2020
Pour une écologie décoloniale

La destruction de l’environnement est inséparable des relations de domination raciale et coloniale.

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01.10.2020
Going Local: Reforming Europe’s Food Systems

We spoke to Linda Gaasch and Claude Gruffat on why Europe needs a fairer and healthier model centred on the needs of farmers, consumers and the environment.

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24.09.2020
Taking Back Control: The Future of Public Services

Contrary to decades of received wisdom, reversing privatisation can result in more accessible, accountable and cost-effective public services.

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11.09.2020
Politics for Change: Black Lives Matter in Europe

We spoke to the Swedish MEP about democracy, representation and what the wave of protests mean for Europe.

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09.09.2020
Conjuguer santé et environnement au sein d’une Europe agroécologique

Alors que le lien entre crise climatique, Covid-19 et systèmes alimentaires est de plus en plus apparent, il reste encore beaucoup à faire dans les politiques européennes et l’industrie agro-alimentaire.

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04.09.2020
Connecting Health and Environment with an Agroecological Europe

An agroecological Europe could be the answer to a food system that’s bad for our health and damaging to our environment.

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21.08.2020
Where the Pandemic Leaves the Climate Movement

In this panel interview, three scholars debate how the pandemic has shifted the ground for the green transition.

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13.08.2020
How Basic Income Entered the Mainstream

A look at basic income’s enduring merits through the eyes of one of its ardent advocates, Malcolm Torry.

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06.08.2020
Left-Wing Tribalism in the Face of Climate Change

An interview with political philosopher Susan Nieman on how Enlightenment values should provide a compass for political action on the Left in times of climate warming.

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04.08.2020
Agriculture as a Source of Authoritarian Power

Orbán and the Hungarian elite are quietly stripping smallholders of their lands to strengthen their grip on power.

EN
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04.08.2020
Un Planteamiento Ecosocial Para La Resiliencia

Para forjar sociedad resilientes, el verdadero desafío consiste en superar la lógica capitalista, mediante soluciones que prioricen el bienestar, teniendo en cuenta los límites del planeta.

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30.07.2020
Eco-Social Steps to Resilience

Building shock-resistant societies calls for a break with capitalist logic to propose solutions that prioritise wellbeing while factoring in ecological limits.

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22.07.2020
Stärkerer öffentlicher Gesundheitssektor, stärkeres Europa

Resilienz bedeutet für die EU, die Bedürfnisse der Patienten in den Mittelpunkt der öffentlichen Gesundheit zu stellen und anzuerkennen, dass die menschliche Gesundheit und die Umwelt untrennbar miteinander verbunden sind.

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10.07.2020
In Silencing Its People, China Invites Disaster

World-renowned dissident cartoonist Badiucao speaks about his journey, the situation in Hong Kong, and the future of democracy globally.

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24.06.2020
Stronger Public Health, Stronger Europe

For the EU, resilience will mean putting patient needs at the centre of public health and recognising that human health and environment are inextricably connected.

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10.06.2020
Face aux méga-feux, la forêt, un commun à préserver

Certains scientifiques parlent d’ores et déjà d’âge du « Pyrocène », et non plus de l’Anthropocène, pour qualifier notre époque géologique.

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10.06.2020
Facing Megafires: Forests as Commons

Uncontrollable fires rage across the world. What does it mean to live in the Pyrocene epoch?

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08.06.2020
Ujedinjeni opstajemo: Radnička briga za okoliš i pokret za klimu

Promatrati klimatsku krizu u klasnim odrednicama znači promijeniti okvir klasnog sukoba u smislu kapitala nasuprot životu.

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08.06.2020
New Momentum for Climate Politics in Croatia

Youth movements have shaken up the political landscape across Europe. But countries in eastern and southern Europe saw smaller protests in 2019. We hear why from activists in Croatia.

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04.06.2020
Why We Need a Decolonial Ecology

Environmental destruction is inseparable from relationships of racial and colonial domination.

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26.05.2020
Green Growth and the Right Kind of Innovation

Celebrated economist Mariana Mazzucato argues that the opponents of growth are focused on the wrong target. The real problem is the kind of growth.

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06.05.2020
Populism and the Legacy of Transition in Eastern Europe

Thirty years after Eastern European states began their transition out of socialism, the outcomes of the process are still contested.

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01.04.2020
Une nouvelle voie pour les verts autrichiens

Partout dans le monde, l’extrême-droite progresse, et les frontières et le climat sont des clivages politiques de plus en plus importants. L’exemple autrichien pourrait-il offrir une voie pour résoudre ces tensions ?

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01.04.2020
Holding the Line: The Austrian Greens in Government against the Far Right

With the far right on the rise across Europe, could the Austrian coalition serve as an example elsewhere?

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31.03.2020
Polluters in the Dock: Fighting Climate Change in Court

While political measures to protect the climate are slow, citizens take their governments or polluting companies to court to hold them accountable.

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27.03.2020
Algorithmic Governmentality and the Death of Politics

The legal philosopher questions the drive to rationalise all aspects of life through data and sets out possibilities for alternatives.

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26.03.2020
Fossil Fascism and the Lessons for the Greens

There’s a direct connection between the Green surge and the electoral victories of far-right populist forces. Greens must use this opportunity to fight for climate justice.

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25.03.2020
Wspólnymi siłami: zielona rewolucja przemysłowa we Włoszech

Związki zawodowe i nowe ruchy na rzecz ochrony środowiska muszą prowadzić ze sobą uczciwą rozmowę, poszukując efektów synergii i wzajemnego uczenia się.

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11.03.2020
Un pionero en la movilización: la ecología política en España

Una conversación sobre las contradicciones de un país donde la consciencia medioambiental no se ha reflejado en las urnas para los partidos verdes.

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11.03.2020
Halte à la croissance, vive le bien-être

A partir du PIB, un nouveau paradigme politique doit émerger, capable de penser de manière globale et écologique le bien-être, la durabilité, et la justice.

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03.03.2020
The Potential of Green Politics in Italy

Does the ecological transition offer a route away from socio-economic stagnation?

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02.03.2020
Investing in the Future: Why Europe Needs a Green New Deal

The Green New Deal is a vision for social and environmental transformation. What would it mean to have one in Europe?

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05.02.2020
Perspektywy progresywnej polityki w Polsce po wyborach parlamentarnych

Do parlamentu wróciła lewica, pojawili się w nim również Zieloni. W jaki sposób w najbliższej kadencji potoczą się ich losy?

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05.02.2020
Prospects for a Progressive Poland

What will the coming months and years bring for the Polish political scene?

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29.01.2020
Carbon Markets Are the Shortest Path to a Green New Deal

Longstanding problems with EU climate policy have been overcome and real money is on the table for the transition. The question is will it be enough.

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21.01.2020
“Australia will never be the same again”

Australia is one of the countries most affected by climate change, and yet it is also one of the worst-performing countries when it comes to climate action.

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24.12.2019
The Secret History of Radiation

Kate Brown talks to Aro Velmet about the secret history of radiation and what Chernobyl means in the era of climate change.

EN
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18.12.2019
„Wir müssen China größer denken!“ Ein Interview mit Janka Oertel

Wir sprachen mit Janka Oertel über die amerikanisch-chinesische Auseinandersetzung, den Streit um 5G und technologische Souveränität, und Deutschlands Rolle in der Formulierung einer neuen europäischen China-Politik.

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18.12.2019
“When it comes to China, we need to think bigger”

The world’s political order is in upheaval. Janka Oertel speaks about the 5G dispute and Germany’s role in formulating a new European China policy.

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17.12.2019
Gender Ideology and the Crisis of Care in Poland

In Poland the incumbent right-wing Law and Justice party, backed by the Catholic Church, demonised LGBT organisations in its recent successful electoral campaign. Adam Ostolski spoke to feminist activist and scholar Agnieszka Graff about why gender politics have become central to Polish politics, taking a step back to analyse how the Right’s scapegoating of gender is a response to the same set of social issues that the Left attributes to neoliberalism.

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28.11.2019
Bringing Europe Down to Earth

Bruno 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”.

EN
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28.11.2019
Dragging Finance Out of the Fossil Age

We sat down with Molly Scott Cato, Green MEP and economist, to discuss the EU’s sustainable finance package, alternatives to the current banking model and the role of speculation in Brexit.

EN
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31.10.2019
„Menschen verlieren ihre Heimat, ihre Vergangenheit und ihre Zukunft” – ein Interview mit Rebecca Harms

Nach 15 Jahren im Europäischen Parlament reflektiert Rebecca Harms auf ihre Erfahrungen. Wir sprachen über die Aufgaben der EU in den ehemaligen Sowjetstaaten, den Risiken der Atomenergie und die Rolle der Grünen in Europa.

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31.10.2019
Imagining the Transition from the Grass Roots

In the transition to a sustainable society, imagination is key. An interview with the Transition Network co-founder on how local networks can leverage change for a better future.

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25.10.2019
Rational Hope: Connecting Hard Truth with Climate Solutions

Scientist Katharine Hayhoe discusses her experiences speaking truth to climate denialism and how rational hope must guide the way forward.

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22.10.2019
Investitionen statt Schwarze Null – ein Interview mit Danyal Bayaz

Green European Journal: In den vergangenen Jahren hat die Austeritätspolitik die europäische öffentliche Diskussion bestimmt. Mittlerweile wird aber immer mehr von der Investitionsnotwendigkeit gesprochen. Hat sich das Blatt gewendet? Danyal Bayaz: Ich halte nichts davon, ins andere Extrem zu verfallen und jetzt wieder Schuldenberge anzuhäufen. Schulden im Blick zu behalten und – insbesondere bei nichttragfähiger […]

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15.10.2019
Ludzkość od nowa: strategie na rok 2049

Czwarta rewolucja przemysłowa już do nas dotarła. W jaki sposób progresywny obóz polityczny może odebrać kontrolę gigantom technologicznym – tak, by z jej pozytywnych skutków mogli korzystać wszyscy, a nie tylko kilku uprzywilejowanych? Redaktor naczelny Green European Journal, Laurent Standaert, rozmawia z filozofką Rosi Braidotti o tym, jak coraz bardziej zrobotyzowany świat uczynić bardziej sprawiedliwym i włączającym. Zanim jednak to zrobimy musimy sobie odpowiedzieć na pytanie o to, co to znaczy być człowiekiem.

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26.09.2019
From Italy to the EU: Alternatives to a Failing Status Quo

A conversation on how to rework the political economy to end inequality and challenge the “business as usual” attitude of the EU and Italy’s ruling classes.

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12.09.2019
The Cobra Effect: “Fighting” Migration Gets Europe Nowhere

Oxford anthropologist Ruben Andersson discusses how EU migration policies have proved counterproductive, calling instead for a systemic approach.

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11.09.2019
Szex a gyarmatbirodalmakban és öröksége a mai Európában

A 2018 végén Franciaországban megjelent és csaknem 4 kilót nyomó, Sexe, race et colonies (Szex, rassz és gyarmatok) című monumentális könyv azt vizsgálja, milyenek voltak a szexuális kapcsolatok a gyarmati időkben. A gyarmatok politikai fontossága, valamint az, hogy a nemi reprezentációkat akkoriban a „rasszok” szűrőjén keresztül konstruálták, komoly hatással volt az európai kultúrák örökségére.

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29.08.2019
Ukraine and Europe from Chernobyl to Zelensky

A conversation on the nuclear energy debate in 2019, the future of Ukraine under Zelensky, and where climate action is headed in the years to come.

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28.08.2019
Újra kell gondolniuk pénz és társadalom kapcsolatát

A klímaválság korszakában ugyanis, miközben a 2008-ban kirobbant válság szociális hatásai még mindig érezhetők, a központi bankok egy teljességgel járatlan útra tévedtek, és újra kell gondolniuk pénz és társadalom kapcsolatát.

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23.08.2019
“We need public financing of democracy”

The deep cracks unveiled by the yellow jacket protests in France reflect democratic institutions that have been steadily undermined. Julia Cagé discusses what it might take to fix them.

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09.08.2019
The Limits of Geopolitical Thinking

A conversation on the geopolitical world Europe finds itself in, how different powers think about foreign relations differently, and what this all means for Eastern Europe.

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06.08.2019
„Wir Grüne wurden für eine Agenda des Wandels gewählt“

Die Grünen haben bei der Europawahl Geschichte geschrieben und in Deutschland ihr historisch bestes Ergebnis erzielt. Als viertstärkste Kraft werden sie die Europapolitik mitprägen. Wir sprachen mit Sven Giegold MdEP, Sprecher der Europagruppe Grüne und Ko-Spitzenkandidat von Bündnis90/Die Grünen zur Europawahl 2019 über die Wahl von Ursula von der Leyen, das Spitzenkandidatenmodell, die neue Rolle der Grünen Fraktion und die bevorstehenden Herausforderungen im Bereich der Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik.

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05.08.2019
Der Überwachung widerstehen

Shoshana Zuboffs neues Buch The Age of Surveillance Capitalism (‘Das Zeitalter des Überwachungskapitalismus’) untersucht einen neuen Schritt in der Geschichte des Kapitalismus, in dem Big Tech, und zunehmend auch andere Wirtschaftszweige, Gewinne mit Daten erzielen, die ohne deren Zustimmung von den Bürgern extrahiert und in Rohdaten umgewandelt werden: Material für Verhaltensvorhersagen – mit destruktiven Auswirkungen auf Wirtschaft, Demokratie und das individuelle Leben.

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25.07.2019
Resisting Surveillance

The Harvard Business School Professor Emerita discusses the large-scale rollout of surveillance capitalism and the challenges this poses to democracy.

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19.07.2019
Le sexe dans les empires coloniaux et son héritage aujourd’hui en Europe

Sorti fin 2018, le très imposant livre Sexe, Race et Colonies traite de la question des rapports de sexe à l’époque coloniale : l’importance des empires coloniaux et la façon dont ont été construits, à cette période, les représentations de genre par le prisme de la « race » ont eu un impact considérable sur l’héritage des cultures européennes.

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16.07.2019
“Democracy is like a Sand Castle”

UCL assistant professor Brian Klaas discusses the West’s role in global democratic decline and what should be done to reverse this trend.

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15.07.2019
KENTİN SAHİBİ KİM? KÜRESEL KENTSEL DİNAMİKLER ÜZERİNE DÜŞÜNCELER

Dünya üzerinde modern şehirleri incelediğimizde buranın sakinleri yerine, giderek güç sahibi finansal aktörlerin ihtiyaç ve isteklerine hizmet edecek şekilde tasarlandığı sonucuna kolayca varabiliriz. Bu isimsiz aktörler kentsel çevrede çeşitli soyut ve somut alanları işgal ederken ve sıradan insanlar mahallelerinde alan kaybedip bazen de tamamen çıkarıldıkları zaman, şehrin sakinlerine bu dinamiklere karşı durmak için ne gibi seçenekler kalıyor?

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10.07.2019
Kome grad uopće pripada? Osvrt na globalna urbana kretanja

Kad promatramo suvremene gradove širom svijeta, lako se može zaključiti da su oni sve više dizajnirani za udovoljavanje zahtjeva i interesa moćnih financijskih aktera, prije nego interesa građana koji u njima žive. Dok ovi bezlični igrači zadiru sve dublje u niz prostora, kako fizičnih tako i onih neopipljivih postavlja se pitanje: Dok u urbanom krajoliku obični ljudi gube bitku za svoja susjedstva ili su potpuno izgurani iz njih, koje su šanse da se građani odupru ovoj dinamici?

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10.07.2019
Time to Rebel: Civil Disobedience for the Planet

A discussion with the Extinction Rebellion activist on the international climate group’s disruptive tactics in London and their demands for climate action.

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09.07.2019
Sex in Colonial Empires and Its Legacy in Europe Today

Feminist and historian Christelle Taraud discusses her research into the representation of race and sex in North Africa under French colonial rule and its legacy today.

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19.06.2019
Less Fear, More Participation

How one area of Brussels is opening up city government with participatory democracy and driving forward the green transition.

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18.05.2019
Looking Back and West: Lessons for Europe’s Future

Looking to historical and US-based examples offers a springboard to discuss European integration at a time of rising nationalism and populism.

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09.05.2019
A Matter of Human Rights: Malta’s Experience of Migration

The founder of Maltese NGO aditus foundation discusses challenges to protect the human rights of arriving migrants and the erosion of rule of law.

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08.05.2019
Climate Changes Politics

For the French philosopher, climate has become a defining question in politics today, shaping worldviews across the spectrum of left and right.

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30.04.2019
The Future of Money as an Institution

In an age of climate crisis where the social consequences of 2008 are still being felt, central banks are in uncharted territory.

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23.04.2019
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights: A Revolutionary Legacy

Today, the UDHR remains an important reference point and source of inspiration for activists across the globe.

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13.03.2019
Rebooting Humanity: Blueprints for 2049

An interview with Rosi Braidotti,
philosopher, reflecting on technology, inequality and the politics of life itself in a world of artificial meat and surveillance capitalism.

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08.03.2019
“Doomed to Failure”: Orbán’s Neoconservative Family Policies in Hungary

The Eurozine editor-in-chief talks women’s rights in Hungary under Orbán’s illiberal regime and its pro-family policies.

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20.02.2019
„Religion spielt sich in der Öffentlichkeit ab“ – Die Rückkehr der Religionspolitik?

Die Religionspolitik ist wieder auf der politischen Tagesordnung. Zahlreiche religionspolitische Themen werden wieder intensiv diskutiert. Wir sprachen mit Dr. Ellen Ueberschär, Co-Vorsitzende der Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung über den Islam in Europa, die Rolle der Kirchen in der Flüchtlingspolitik, das Verhältnis der Kirchen zur AfD und ob die Kirche sich in die Politik einmischen sollte. 

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20.02.2019
The Return of Religious Politics

An interview with the Heinrich Böll Foundation co-president on the relationship between religion and politics in Germany and Europe today.

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04.02.2019
Protéger l’espace de l’information nécessite un engagement politique global

Aujourd’hui, les médias se retrouvent sous pression et confrontés à de multiples menaces. Contrôle politique, importance de plateformes en ligne non réglementées, capture par des intérêts privés ou professionnels et désinformation généralisée en ligne. Produire et maintenir le niveau de journalisme de qualité qui sous-tend à une société démocratique semble plus difficile que jamais.

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31.01.2019
Reader-supported News in Europe

A panel of journalists from alternative left-wing media outlets across Europe discuss trails and successes in today’s challenging media landscape.

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30.01.2019
Grundrecht auf Information und demokratische Öffentlichkeit sichern

Der gefährdete Informationsraum muss durch globale politische Maßnahmen geschützt werden. Ein Interview mit Christophe Deloire, dem Generalsekretär von Reporter ohne Grenzen, über die Vision der “Internationalen Erklärung zu Informationen und Demokratie”.

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24.01.2019
Narratives Are Sexy: Romanian Corruption Protests and the EU

An interview on the recent anti-corruption protests in Romania and where the country stands now over 10 years after its accession to the EU.

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23.01.2019
Connecting Europe: The Calling of Trans-European Media

In a Europe threatened with rising nationalism, trans-European media could present a way to connect people across borders and language barriers.

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11.01.2019
Global Political Action To Protect An Information Space In Peril

An interview with the secretary-general of Reporters Without Borders.

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10.01.2019
How Orbán Manipulates Markets to Suppress Hungary’s Opposition

In Viktor Orbán’s self-styled illiberal democracy, power is maintained through patronage and cronyism built around public jobs and EU money.

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18.12.2018
Harassing the Poor: Orbán’s Fight Against the Homeless

Since October 2018, it has been illegal to live in the street in Hungary. Social anthropologist and housing rights activist Tessza Udvarhelyi explains why homeless people are such an easy target for populist politicians, and how the newest measures humiliate those who cannot afford a place to live.

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17.12.2018
Link Taxes and Upload Filters Will Not Fix the Internet

An interview with the Pirate MEP on what Article 11 and 13 of the EU’s proposed copyright directive could mean for internet freedom.

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14.12.2018
Nie bądźmy pesymistami klimatycznymi!

Twierdzenie, że nie mamy już szans na powstrzymanie zmian klimatu może okazać się samospełniającą się przepowiednią. Zamiast odwoływać się do języka strachu i zrezygnowania lepiej mówić o namacalnych skutkach tych zmian – i to za pomocą przywoływania autorytetów i argumentów, skłonnych przekonać zróżnicowane grupy społeczne. Marcin Wrzos rozmawia na ten temat z psychologiem społecznym analizującym podejście Polaków do środowiska, Adrianem Wójcikiem.

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14.12.2018
Budowanie fundamentów progresywnej zmiany – polscy Zieloni po wyborach samorządowych

Partia Zieloni – po raz pierwszy w historii – zarejestrowała swoje listy do sejmików we wszystkich województwach. Ogólnopolski start wpłynął na poprawę widzialności, poza pojedynczym wyjątkiem na szczeblu powiatowym nie przyniósł jednak mandatów. Jakie kroki planują przed kolejnymi wyborami? Bartłomiej Kozek rozmawia z współprzewodniczącą partii, Małgorzatą Tracz.

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11.12.2018
From Corsica to Scotland: Autonomy in Europe as the Progressive Alternative

In overlooked parts of Europe, nationalism or regionalism is the basis for a progressive politics looking beyond the status quo.

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07.12.2018
Climate Pessimism Gets Us Nowhere

Arguing that there is no way to stop climate change risks becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy.

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07.12.2018
Górny Śląsk – mniej czerni, więcej zieleni

Mieszkańcy Katowic, stolicy Górnośląskiego Zagłębia Węglowego, mają wielkie marzenie o zielonym mieście – czystym powietrzu, czystej energii i silnych więziach społecznych budowanych na bazie aktywnej partycypacji.

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07.12.2018
From Activism to City Council: Momentum for a Just Transition in Upper Silesia, Poland

Recently elected Katowice City Councillor Patryk Białas discusses his aspirations for a truly just transition in the region.

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30.11.2018
Pour une alimentation durable, tout un système à réviser

A quelques semaines du sommet climatique COP24 en Pologne et quelques mois avant les élections européennes, le rapport du GIEC rétablit l’urgence de l’action climatique. D’autres rapports vont dans le même sens et portent sur l’urgence de transformer le secteur agricole et les modes de production et de consommation alimentaires. Quelle est l’ampleur du problème alimentaire pour la question climatique aujourd’hui ?

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29.11.2018
Time’s Up For Business as Usual at COP24

An interview on the importance of the COP24 climate talks in Katowice and what the EU can do to lead climate action around the world.

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21.11.2018
System Overhaul: Making Food Sustainable

The IPES-Food co-chair discusses CAP reform, agroecology, and how only an overhaul of the food system will make it sustainable.

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16.11.2018
A Whole Government Behind Bars – Romania’s Fight Against Corruption

Romania has done more than any other member state to fight corruption, but the EU keeps demanding impossible measures.

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06.11.2018
Libertarian Municipalism & Murray Bookchin’s Legacy

Murray Bookchin’s call for a radical democracy based on libertarian municipalism continues to inspire citizens’ movements across the globe.

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31.10.2018
The Politics of Post-Growth

At the Post-Growth 2018 conference at the European Parliament, key thinkers discuss today’s possibilities for imagining a world beyond growth.

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29.10.2018
“Russia feels like it’s winning”: Hacking Relations between Russia and the West

A discussion on Russia’s relationship with the EU, power politics, and the annexation of Crimea.

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17.10.2018
For an Ecological Transition Income

Could a proposal to get people actively involved in the green transition trump the basic income?

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17.10.2018
A Fair Share: Reclaiming the Commons with Basic Income

Drawing on the experience of the Alaskan oil fund, this interview unpicks the links between basic income and ecological sustainability.

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17.10.2018
The Progressive Package: Getting Unions Behind Basic Income

An interview with Yannick Vanderborght on why trade unions oppose basic income and whether we can expect that to change.

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17.10.2018
Basic But Transformative

Basic income offers progressives a positive vision for the future shaped around security, autonomy and social justice.

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17.10.2018
Basic Income: Insights from Finland

As the Finnish experiment draws to a close, social policy expert Heikki Hiilamo explains what’s next for basic income in Finland.

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09.10.2018
Ending the EU’s Growth Mantra

An interview with European Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager on whether the time has come to leave growth behind.

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09.10.2018
Miasto jako dobro wspólne

Kati Van de Velde rozmawiała z twórcą LabGov, profesorem Christianem Iaione. Wraz ze swym zespołem pracuje on obecnie nad projektem „Bologna Co-City”, mającym na celu wdrożenie zasad Regulacji oraz rozwijanie idei współpracy na rzecz Bolonii.

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02.10.2018
Od edukacji energetycznej do czystego powietrza

Przyczyną smogu jest niska efektywność energetyczna budynków i wynikające z niej ubóstwo energetyczne. Pozbawia ono środków na inwestycje termomodernizacyjne zmuszając do poszukiwań najtańszego paliwa. Sposobem na likwidację jego przyczyn jest więc wzrost efektywności energetycznej. Do sukcesu wymaga ona jednak wzrostu świadomości energetycznej społeczeństwa.

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01.10.2018
Ochrona klimatu w społecznościach lokalnych – doświadczenia z Polski

Wraz ze wzrostem odsetka ludności, żyjących w miastach na całym świecie rośnie również ich znaczenie w walce ze zmianami klimatu. Dotyczy to zarówno wielkich metropolii, jak i mniejszych ośrodków, w których istotna staje się współpraca z otaczającymi je samorządami.

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01.10.2018
From Energy Education to Clean Air: Holistic Policies in Action

Investments in energy efficiency would tackle smog in Poland, but education is key to their success.

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24.09.2018
Peace, Politics and Green Possibilities in South Korea

An interview with the Korean Green co-chair on progressive struggles, prospects, and politics in Northeast Asia.

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21.09.2018
Climate Protection in Local Communities: the Polish Example

In local climate strategies in Poland, energy poverty and smog are key issues.

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20.09.2018
Na dobrej drodze? Warszawa i Polska przed wyborami samorządowymi

Kandydat na prezydenta Warszawy, Jan Śpiewak, opowiada o sposobach, na które zmienić się musi stolica Polski.

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19.09.2018
EU si dà da fare sulla plastica: un passo in avanti per un mare pulito

Per sapere di più sull’impatto del inquinamento da plastica nel Mediterraneo e dell’importanza delle nuove norme europee per l’Italia e il mondo, abbiamo parlato col eurodeputato verde italiano Marco Affronte.

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17.09.2018
EU Action on Plastic: A Promising Step for Cleaner Seas

An interview with Italian Green MEP Marco Affronte on how recent EU legislation on plastic is a milestone in the fight against global plastic pollution.

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14.09.2018
Putting Warsaw On Track – State of Play Before the Polish Elections

Warsaw mayoral candidate Jan Śpiewak discusses the ways Poland’s capital needs to change.

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11.09.2018
“Populism is pro-social”: Trade Unions in a Changing Europe

An interview on the 21st-century challenges facing the trade union movement, from energy transition to new forms of work.

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04.09.2018
“Call It Tough Love.” Holding Europe to Its Own Ideal

According to Oxford academic Kalypso Nicolaïdis, the EU is much more resilient than it gets credit for. We sat down to discuss the state of the Union today and the key challenges to safeguard the future of Europe in a time when the world needs it most.

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28.08.2018
The Human Cost of European Arms Sales

We interviewed UK-based activists Campaign Against Arms Trade on the public-private nexus of power that drives EU arms exports despite widespread public opposition.

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14.08.2018
A Lawless Zone: Surveillance Technologies and the Police

New surveillance technologies and AI are rapidly transforming policing, but what does this mean for civil liberties?

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09.08.2018
On the Move: Experiences of Migration from Poland

An interview on the evolving experiences of Polish migrants and the political currents which underpin them.

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07.08.2018
The Population Was “Frozen”: Why Hungarians Started Migrating

An interview examining the driving forces and effects of changing attitudes to migration in Hungary.

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26.07.2018
Dark Globalisation: the Politics of Spectacle

The politics of spectacle aims to distract from corruption, wealth inequality, and human rights violations in Putin’s Russia.

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10.07.2018
A New, Equal EU: The Future of Europe Seen From the ‘Peripheries’

What does the future of the EU look like from Southern and Eastern Europe?

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06.07.2018
Sustainable Plastic? The Bioplastic (Com)Promise

In a world where plastic objects are almost unavoidable, we asked an advocate for bioplastics whether they can truly offer a sustainable alternative.

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05.07.2018
Beyond Recycling: Rethinking Plastic From the Ground Up

An interview with plastic waste campaigners who call for curbs on plastic production to effectively contain plastic pollution at source.

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03.07.2018
Politics is too important to be left to the politicians

An interview on the 2019 European elections and what the potential shake-up means for the balance of power in the European Parliament.

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28.06.2018
The Struggle for Social Europe

Does renewed discussion at EU level present an opportunity to advance social Europe?

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28.06.2018
“Security cannot simply be delegated to the military”

An interview with Co-chair of the European Green Party Reinhard Bütikofer on the new European Defence Fund and the state of security in the EU.

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26.06.2018
Liberal Democracy’s War with Itself

With authoritarian populism on the rise, liberal democracy in Europe is facing an existential crisis. In this interview, Yascha Mounk, author of The People vs. Democracy, hashes out the conundrum facing democracies old and new.

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26.06.2018
China’s Policy of Influence Seeking in Europe

All eyes may be on Russia, but China’s subtle influence-seeking policy in Europe should not be overlooked.

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12.06.2018
The New Zealand Greens’ Long Road to Government

An interview with co-leader and climate minister from the New Zealand Greens on their successes in government so far and the challenges that lie ahead.

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07.06.2018
Have Your CAP and Eat It

An interview with Green MEP Thomas Waitz on the EU’s post-2020 Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform, and on the way forward to a food system that works for consumers, farmers, and the planet.

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29.05.2018
Welfare and Work Within Planetary Limits

Now the economy has overshot key ecological limits, more sustainable social protection systems that do not depend on environmentally destructive forms of work must be found.

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17.05.2018
Solidarity Forever: Talking Transition with Trade Unions

Trade unionist Philippe Pochet on changing perspectives on climate change and transition within organised labour and the essential and challenging task of working with Greens.

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17.05.2018
Lightening Labour’s Load: An Atlas of Green Tax Alternatives

Taxes on employed labour income constitute the lion’s share of fiscal government revenues for governments in Europe. With the future of work uncertain, what are Green parties’ alternatives and proposals around Europe?

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17.05.2018
Touchy about Technology: Jobs and the Challenge for the Left

Luxemburgish Socialist MEP Mady Delvaux-Stehres discusses how we can place technology at the service of workers, social cohesion, and the fight against inequality.

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17.05.2018
Earn Money Online: The Politics of Microwork and Machines

Antonio Casilli discusses ‘microwork’, the increasingly common, hard-to-measure practice that sees people carry out small tasks online for even tinier amounts of pay.

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17.05.2018
When Time Isn’t Money: The Case for Working Time Reduction

Could reducing working time offer a way to a fairer, healthier, and more sustainable society?

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17.05.2018
Representing the Brave New World of Work

As digitalisation turns the world of work upside down, Reiner Hoffmann discusses the situation of employees in the future labour market, and the role of the EU and trade unions.

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17.05.2018
The Gig Workers on Tap

Four panellists discuss the perils and possibilities of today’s so-called ‘gig economy’, and how governments can keep up.

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17.05.2018
The Right Match: Finding Work in a Flexible Future

Flexibility: one person’s freedom and another’s insecurity. Dutch GroenLinks MEP Bas Eickhout and recruitment expert Robby Vanuxem discuss contemporary changes and challenges in the world of work.

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14.05.2018
Labour at your Fingertips

For some, the gig economy is the new reality of work and opportunity. For others, it is a return to power relations that labour law hoped to, and perhaps still can, stamp out.

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04.05.2018
Who’s in Charge Here? Humans in a Robot World

The newest technological revolution is bringing tectonic change to society. Will we wind up working for robots?

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02.05.2018
Tough Way Forward for Polarised Hungary

Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz were delivered to victory by an unfair system, media manipulation, and attacking their enemies. Opposition failure made it too easy for them.

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02.05.2018
Fighting ‘Fake News’ and Data Misuse In the EU – A Missed Opportunity?

An examination of the politics behind steps to regulate online hate speech, misinformation, and data privacy in the EU.

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27.04.2018
Animals on the Agenda

With animal rights awareness and activism on the rise, how can we turn animal exploitation into a thing of the past?

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27.04.2018
Promise and Prejudice: When Algorithms Decide

As algorithms take more and more decisions for us, the moral, social, and political consequences of their processes must be examined.

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06.04.2018
Beyond an Anthropocentric Literature

Insights from research on animality illuminate the relationship between literature and ecology.

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29.03.2018
Italian Elections and the Not-So-New Populist Upstarts

An interview with the co-chair of the European Green Party on the Italian election and the way forward for political ecology.

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29.03.2018
Will technology kill off the car society?

Profound change is coming in the transport sector, the rules of which are being rewritten by the digital revolution. Changes to the way we move around call into question models of ownership and the reign of the private car. We discuss these crucial developments with French Green MEP Karima Delli, President of the European Parliament’s Transport Committee.

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27.03.2018
Surviving the storm: liberal democracy in times of change

A shared republican understanding of democracy could offer a way out from the dead ends of ethnic nationalism and identity politics.

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20.03.2018
What next for the Czech Greens after electoral disaster?

What lessons have the Czech Greens learnt from the last election, and how can they re-establish themselves as key players in Czech politics?

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16.03.2018
Protecting data without stifling innovation: a question of regulation?

With our data in the hands of web giants, can regulators stand up for civil liberties?

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15.03.2018
The Kremlin’s Loyal Friends in Europe

Across Europe, complex entanglements link the Kremlin and the far right. How do these relations work and what’s in it for Russia?

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05.03.2018
Challenging power: #MeToo and women’s rights

Could the #MeToo movement be a springboard to change? A key voice within the European Parliament talks women’s rights and fighting sexism.

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02.03.2018
Baysanto: The Campaign against the Merger from Hell

The merger of chemical giant Bayer with Monsanto could concentrate food industry power to an unprecedented extent.

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23.02.2018
Lost in the numbers: the missing politics of big data

Big data: omnipresent but mostly invisible. How can politics catch up with Silicon Valley and get a grip on our information?

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06.02.2018
No legitimacy without public support: human rights in Europe

With civil society organisations increasingly questioned by those in power, NGOs need political representation and popular support.

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02.02.2018
Turned Upside Down: Fake News and the Future of the Media

Fake news is thriving in the new media environment, presenting a threat to our democratic societies which we underestimate at our peril.

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11.01.2018
‘What we have achieved has to become the benchmark’ – Interview with Reinhard Bütikofer

Why the Jamaica coalitions talks with Merkel failed and where things will go from here.

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09.01.2018
‘Now we have to see where viable bridges can be built’ – Interview with Reinhard Bütikofer

Last November, we spoke with German MEP Reinhard Bütikofer on the Jamaica coalition talks.

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05.01.2018
Our Sustainability is Someone Else’s Disaster: Cities and the Environment

Are smart techno-managerial solutions the perfect alibi for resource extraction and inequality in our cities? We talked to author and academic Maria Kaika about the way that green technology so-called solutions are sometimes anything but, and can displace real action.

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04.01.2018
Fighting Talk: Competing Visions of European Defence Cooperation

What are the prospects for deeper European integration on defence? We spoke to two experts to get their take.

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30.12.2017
Technology is No Guarantee of Equality

Algorithms: supposedly neutral but in fact liable to perpetuate various forms of discrimination, including against women and people of colour. How do they exert such power, and what are the stakes?

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30.11.2017
Cities to the Rescue

Cities could become a welcoming and protective hub for refugees in Europe – but not without financial support to stimulate their economy and create jobs. An interview with Gesine Schwan.

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30.11.2017
Architectural Exclusion: Race and Class in the City

The layout and design of our cities excludes certain people from certain places and opportunities.

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25.11.2017
The City as a Battleground

From centres of economic activity to amusement parks for tourists, what is happening to our cities and what space is left for their citizens?

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25.11.2017
Tackling Climate Change: A Job for Cities

Could global cooperation between cities, with mayors from all corners of the globe, be THE key to tackling climate change? We spoke to the mayors of Paris and San Francisco.

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25.11.2017
Climate for Change: Why Local Politics Stretches Beyond City Limits

Berlin is pioneering innovative and sustainable schemes – Georg Kössler, member of its parliament, talks about how Greens got there and their wider impact.

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25.11.2017
Speaking to Both Sides: Can a Green Message Resonate in Town and Country?

Silvia Nossek, the chairperson of one of Vienna’s districts, talks about the Green approach to local politics and about countryside versus city.

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25.11.2017
The City as the New Political Centre

Barcelona leads the way in reviving democracy and participation of citizens. Joan Subirats talks about how cities can shape a better governance architecture and complement the current system centred on nation-states.

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10.11.2017
Fighting for Survival: The Cities Campaigning for Sustainability

We spoke to the Secretary-General of ICLEI, a global network of cities and local actors working together against threats such as climate change.

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09.11.2017
Small City, Big Picture: A Green Mayor in Greece

How much difference can a Green mayor make? An interview with Lefteris Ioannidis, mayor of Kozani, Greece.

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31.10.2017
To Fear or Not to Fear the Robot

Most politicians turn a blind eye but it has never been more crucial – how can we prepare for artificial intelligence’s increasing power and role in our lives?

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30.10.2017
Job-Robbing Robots

The impact of robotisation and artificial intelligence on jobs and work will be huge, so why are politicians not talking about it, let alone planning for it? An interview with Tiffany Blandin by Benjamin Joyeux.

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27.10.2017
Forging a Connection Between Local and Global Commons

Who does the ocean or the moon belong to? An interview about the legal power of ‘the common heritage of mankind’ concept.

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26.10.2017
Minds of Their Own? Why We Need to Get Up to Speed on Robotics

From self-driving cars to intelligent implants – we’re living in an increasingly automated world, yet the legal safeguards are lagging behind.

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16.10.2017
Turning Point for the Czech Republic? An interview with the Czech Greens Leader

In the run up to the elections in the Czech Republic on the 20th and 21st of October, we spoke to the chair of the Czech Greens.

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11.10.2017
France and Macron’s Europe

Green economist and philosopher Alain Lipietz explains the state of play in France and Macron’s vision for Europe. Is there space for pro-European progressive forces?

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03.10.2017
“Let’s Not Leave Emotion to the Populists!”

How is Poland’s ruling party managing to retain popularity despite mass protests, and how can its progressive parties learn to tap into people’s emotions? An interview with sociologist Dr Elżbieta Korolczuk, chair of one of the organisations behind the demonstrations.

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05.09.2017
“Social justice for all? That’s like Harry Potter on TV on a saturday night”

We talked strategy & political reality with Robert Habeck, leader of the German Greens in their strongest state result this year.

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31.08.2017
Our Common Past: The Museum Presenting a Transnational View of European History

The House of European History in Brussels has an unusual and complex task – that of Europeanising history.

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29.08.2017
“Resistance Alone Is Not Enough” – Women’s Rights and Illiberal Democracies

Andrea Pető, a historian and professor at Hungary’s Central European University, discusses the struggles of women’s rights activists and organisations in the context of illiberal governments, arguing that identifying the mechanisms which undermine or threaten to roll back social progress helps us to better understand these forces.

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29.06.2017
Pairing up to Repair Europe: France and Germany

France and Germany make up the motor of Europe and partly determine its future, but what are their cooperation prospects in the face of 2017 elections?

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23.06.2017
Deeper Cooperation is the Only Path to a Social Europe

László Andor talks to us about social Europe, his idea of a European unemployment insurance scheme & whether the EU institutions are neoliberal.

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20.06.2017
Transatlantic Relations: Germany, Europe, and the US

How will the Trump administration’s policies influence EU defense, integration and upcoming elections, notably in Germany?

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30.05.2017
“The Most Important Election of My Lifetime”

The UK election is fast approaching – we talked to Green candidate, MEP, and green economist Molly Scott Cato about progressive alliances, Brexit, and social democracy.

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18.05.2017
Here in Budapest, Where We Belong

Why is Hungary’s Central European University under threat? One of its professors explains what’s going on.

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19.04.2017
France Has Voted for Renewal – But in Which Form?

In the second and final round of the French presidential campaign – what kind of vision for renewal will French voters ultimately opt for?

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14.04.2017
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Side of Citizenship

The origin and meanings of citizenship – what does it mean today in an era of mass migration and security fears?

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01.04.2017
Ring the Alarm? Assessing the Threats to Europe’s Energy Security

Are some of the measures to promote energy security doing more harm than good, by creating a distraction from the real steps needed in light of climate change and increasing instability?

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01.04.2017
The Economics of Fear: How Orbán Profits from Insecurities

By playing upon fears linked to social insecurities and loss of national identity, as well as threats to national security, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán seeks to position himself as the sole protector of his nation.

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01.04.2017
The Baltic Sea Region: “A Tradition of Mistrust” Returns

The Baltic Sea region is a precarious and sensitive area – and increasingly so due to the competing influences and power games playing out between various actors in the region.

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01.04.2017
Security and Identity: Between Fantasy and Reality

France’s long and troubled relationship with Islam, and its connexion to a sense of insecurity, is unpacked by Olivier Roy and Esther Benbassa, who also explore the current role of religion in politics in general.

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01.04.2017
System Failure: Social and Economic (in)Security in Europe

Why is the spectre of social (in)security haunting Europe despite it being richer than ever before?

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01.04.2017
An Inside Job: European Societies Need to Look Within to Achieve Real Security

How should Greens respond to the very real sense of insecurity felt by many European citizens today? Four Green leaders from around Europe discuss how a Green security policy might look, and how to communicate it.

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01.04.2017
The Suicide of the Atlantic West

With a shifting global balance of power, former German Foreign Minister and Vice-chancellor Joschka Fischer talks about the EU’s role and how it can promote global stability.

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27.03.2017
Caroline Lucas MP: ‘Missed Opportunities’ by EU Led to Brexit

An interview with Green Party of England & Wales co-leader & MP Caroline Lucas.

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27.03.2017
Privatised Risks, Omnipresent Dangers

As security risks dominate the ‘West’, the main beneficiaries are private companies who promise to protect us from “known knowns, known unknowns & unknown unknowns”.

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15.03.2017
Neoliberalism Has Eviscerated the Fabric of Social Life

Are we witnessing a crisis of liberal democracy? Wendy Brown is interviewed on the insecurities of neoliberalism and globalisation.

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28.02.2017
“Our World Can be Different if We Are Not Indifferent”

Inspiration from beyond Europe, from Rajagopal, renowned Indian activist who is planning a protest walk from Delhi to Geneva.

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23.02.2017
Reaching an Open Society: An Interview with Yannick Jadot

With France’s presidential election just months away – what role is there for political ecology to play?

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30.01.2017
Harvesting Change: a New Green Political Force in Lithuania

An interview with Tomas Tomilinas, MP with the Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union who gained a landslide victory last year.

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23.01.2017
“A coalition is not a love match” – Interview with Ralf Fücks

A discussion with Ralf Fücks, outgoing president of the Heinrich Böll Foundation, on the situation in Germany, coalitions with Merkel and the rise of the AfD.

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09.01.2017
The EU Needs Real Pan-European Politics to Survive

How to counter the problems of a ‘half-finished Europe’? Interview with Raphaël Glucksmann & Monica Frassoni.

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29.11.2016
COP 22: From Unthinkable to Unstoppable?

What can we take away from COP22 in light of Trump’s victory & what are the next steps? An interview with Lucile Schmid and Bas Eickhout.

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28.11.2016
Sowing the Seeds of Resistance

Benjamin Joyeux interviews Indian activist Vandana Shiva about biodiversity, seed patents, and the commons.

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28.11.2016
Taking Back Ownership – Transforming Capital into Commons

What are the different ways resources can be managed and what different outcomes does it lead to?

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28.11.2016
Digital Commons: Our Shared Right to Knowledge and Culture

MEP & digital commons expert Julia Reda addresses the pertinent question of who owns what is online.

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28.11.2016
Rethinking the City through the Commons

Green Mayor of Grenoble Eric Piolle on involving citizens in how their city is governed.

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28.11.2016
The Time Is Now! Commons From Past to Present: An Interview with Tine De Moor

Tine De Moor takes us through the historical context of the commons.

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17.11.2016
Populism, Nationalism, and Transnationalism

An interview with Benjamin de Cleen on nationalism versus populism in Europe, the Flemish far-right, and the limits of the cordon sanitaire.

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15.11.2016
The Divestment Movement: a Climate Policy Game Changer?

Where does the key to the divestment movement’s success lie? And how much does the success of COP 22 depend on divestment?

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09.11.2016
The City as a Commons

LabGov, the Laboratory for the governance of the commons in Italy, aims to foster innovative forms of public collaboration in the city of Bologna and beyond.

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08.11.2016
After Snowden, Can Technology Save our Digital Liberties?

Big data, surveillance politics, & what we learned from Snowden.

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28.10.2016
A Constant Need for Vigilance

Joanna Maycock explains why women’s rights are first in the firing line in times of crisis.

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25.10.2016
A Discussion with the Polish Greens on Abortion and Women’s Rights

Leader of the Polish Greens, Małgorzata Tracz, talks to Eliana Capretti from the European Green Party about the ‘Black Monday’ protests and the fight for abortion rights in Poland.

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19.10.2016
Running Out of Time: Why Democratising Europe Cannot Wait

Between Brexit and the rise of illiberal democracies the pressure to reorient the European project has never been more intense.

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05.10.2016
“We Need to Bring Back the Sublime in Politics”

The anti-government protests in Poland seem quite disconnected from the legacy of Solidarity, which seems to have been left behind, while it remains to be seen whether the emergence of new political actors signals a genuine shift in the political landscape. An interview with Sociologist Jan Sowa by Claudia Ciobanu.

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26.09.2016
The Malaise of the Old Left Represents an Opportunity for Degrowth

These days, the degrowth movement is not interested in provocation anymore. Instead it wants to stimulate discussions amongst the people who believe that it is possible to decolonise our minds. Vincent Liegey, the coordinator of the latest Degrowth Conference says that the movement’s impact is already visible in many party programmes

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30.08.2016
The Commons: A Frame for Thinking Beyond Growth

In this interview, commons scholar Silke Helfrich discusses the connection between degrowth and the commons, and how these two concepts can help us build a sustainable economy.

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28.07.2016
The European Union Today Inhibits Integration Instead of Enabling It

Maciej Kuziemski interviews Jan Zielonka, who says that what’s required is a form of European integration able to meet the needs of societies put under pressure by current geopolitical tensions and the digital revolution.

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06.07.2016
Politics, Emotions and ‘Europatriotism’

An interview with sociologist and freelance political writer Dick Pels and future Member of European Parliament Florent Marcellesi from the Spanish Green party Equo, in which they examine the issues at stake when trying to rethink the emotional case for Europe.

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01.07.2016
Perfect Complements: Is Regionalism the Way Forward for Europe?

There is a kind of nationalism in Europe that is not only progressive, but has the potential to reinforce European integration.

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01.07.2016
Fighting the Unholy Alliance: How Religion Can Contribute to Integration

To what extent are the values we ascribe to Europe today rooted in religion?

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01.07.2016
The Anxieties That (Dis)Unite: Terrorism and the Forces of Integration

In a rational world, security threats might boost European integration, given their cross-border nature. Today’s Europe, however, is different.

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01.07.2016
EU Economics Meets Democracy

The architecture of the European Union institutions is flawed.

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01.07.2016
We Owe the European Dream to Citizens

The European Union is far from perfect – from a Green perspective – yet at times when it is threatened, we must rally to its defence as an idea and as a project.

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24.06.2016
TTIP in Green: Free Trade for Ostensibly Eco-goods

As the TTIP negotiations between the EU and US continue, another equally sinister force is currently under construction: the Environmental Goods Act (EGA). Both are conducted in secret, and we should not allow the controversy of the former to distract us too much from the great greenwash of the latter.

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31.05.2016
What Will It Take to Achieve Tax Justice?

An interview with the economist Yann Moulier-Boutang and Philippe Lamberts, Co-President of the Greens in the European Parliament.

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04.04.2016
Hope and ‘Heimat’: Do Greens Have a Vision That Can Work?

Green Parties in Europe have undergone astonishing growth and development over the past decades, but has the time now come to ask ‘Quo vadis’? An interview with Reinhard Bütikofer and Catherine Larrère by Michel Genet.

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29.03.2016
“There Wasn’t Much Pre-existing Trust and Solidarity”

Before we can tell whether multiculturalism is strengthening or weakening solidarity between the people of a particular society, we need to acknowledge that there were deficits of trust and solidarity long before multicultural policies were adopted. Such policies are potential tools for overcoming the historic deficits in trust and solidarity.

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01.03.2016
Discrimination Is a Barrier That Can’t Be Knocked Down: The Roma Experience of Exclusion

The borders that criss-cross our maps, and the notions of national unity that they connote, belie the fact that within and across these neatly delineated units there are communities whose very existence is a challenge to this territorial division. The case of the Roma people, spread throughout Europe and beyond, is an apt illustration of this.

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01.03.2016
Reviving or Overcoming Borders: A Choice for Europe

Over the past year, Europe, besides the economic crisis, has had to face another big challenge: the largest refugee flow since the Second World War.

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01.03.2016
Political Courage Can Work Miracles: The Retreat of the Left on Migration

The political Left in Europe appears to have given up on trying to put forward a positive picture of migration.

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01.03.2016
“It’s the Politics, Stupid”

The right to asylum is not a numbers game, it is a human right.

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01.03.2016
A Balancing Act: How Europe’s Response on Refugees can be Strengthened

What responses are being prescribed by Greens who hold office in places heavily affected by these developments?

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01.03.2016
Cohn-Bendit – “It’s the Politics, Stupid”

Das Recht auf Asyl ist kein Zahlenspiel, es ist ein Menschenrecht.

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23.01.2016
The Rule of Law Challenge in Europe: From Hungary to Poland

In 2013, Rui Tavares, then Portuguese Member of the European Parliament among the Greens-EFA group, put forward a report that investigated the threats to fundamental rights that Orban’s government had given rise to in Hungary since 2010, and proposed mechanisms for a common European response to such actions, both in Hungary and potential future similar cases.

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18.11.2015
Europe Must Urgently Make the Link Between Climate Change and Migration

The response of the EU to the arrival ‘en masse’ of refugees in need of a safe haven has left much to be desired, and some leaders have used the issue of security threats as an excuse to avoid taking up their responsibilities to provide humanitarian assistance. But until European leaders and citizens join the dots between the complex but interlinked issues of migration and climate change, a secure environment will remain out of reach for all of us. An interview with Bodil Valero, Green MEP for Sweden.

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18.11.2015
Racing to save the earth: will politics catch up with public opinion?

The EU cannot be a credible leader on climate change when its decision makers are aware of the risks and the alternatives available, yet still refuse to take the actions needed. How much longer can we wait for politicians to catch up to the mood among civil society? An interview with Dutch Green MEP Bas Eickhout.

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18.11.2015
“We are like frogs in boiling water – only shock will wake us”

Climate action has come to a political standstill, and in spite of mass mobilisation efforts, the general public still have not grasped the urgency of the situation. Will it really take something drastic to bring about real change? As more people begin to ask this question, some stop waiting for the answer and take control: by bringing climate change to the courtroom.

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18.11.2015
Climate express: A Campaign on the move

Climate Express has set out to make sure a mass mobilisation is present in Paris, to keep the pressure on the negotiators and leaders during the climate conference. But can this form of collective movement really affect the outcome of the COP21? An interview with Laurien Spruyt from the campaign.

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18.11.2015
The Two Revolutions that Are Changing the Climate Game

An interview with French Green MEP Yannick Jadot.

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17.11.2015
A breath of fresh air

Air pollution is the greatest cause of over 400,000 premature deaths in the EU every year. In Britain, politicians lag behind this evidence and public opinion, and a lack of political action against climate change and continued environmental degradation means that civil society groups are now ensuring measures within a legal framework are being taken to meet this end…

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17.11.2015
The Campaign that Took Over the World: Fossil Fuel Divestment

An interview with Danielle Paffard and Melanie Mattauch from the UK and EU branches of 350.org.

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04.11.2015
Like Stepping Stones in a River: How Renewables Can Help us Win the Climate Battle

The much anticipated Paris Climate Summit is only weeks away. Although there are many obstacles to securing a binding agreement in Paris, Green MEP Claude Turmes feels there are reasons for optimism, such as the changes taking place at the local and regional levels towards an energy transition. Now Europe has to be brave and show real leadership on technology and renewables.

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12.10.2015
‘We shouldn’t be wasting peoples’ lives’ – Jean Lambert on the plight of refugees in Europe

Europeans have to make their societies genuinely inclusive, and Greens could play a constructive role in making this work – says Green MEP Jean Lambert, in an interview with the Green European Journal, which touched on Jeremy Corbyn, Calais and the British response to the refugee crisis.

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22.09.2015
“It is a catastrophe” – Interview with Ska Keller on the EU’s Refugee Policies

This year, hundreds of thousands of refugees have entered the EU in the hope of a new life and a safer future for themselves and their families. However, instead of welcoming them, European politicians are trying to keep them out EU territory, or at least away from their own countries.

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01.09.2015
An Extraordinary Protest Just Disappeared

An interview with Nancy Fraser on the role of marginalised groups in protests, the problems of Zuccotti Park and neoliberalism’s impact on environmentalism.

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01.09.2015
Greens Need to be Radical in Actions and Words

An interview with José Bové.

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01.09.2015
“It’s About Time to Start Acting” – Art, Protest and the Public Space

An interview with the philosopher, writer and activist, Lieven De Cauter.

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01.09.2015
Europe’s Survival Depends on Solidarity

The European Union today is witnessing an ideological battle over its economy and politics. A cycle of austerity, fuelled by short-sightedness and irrationality, is creating a major setback for European integration and driving disillusioned citizens to turn away from the European project in even greater numbers. While dissenting voices and visions are silenced, this amounts to an attack on democracy and solidarity. An interview with Mar Garcia Sanz and Ska Keller.

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01.09.2015
There Is No General Moral to Building a Movement

In an interview with GEJ, Hungarian sociologist Agnes Gagyi explains why struggles differ from East to West, and why the educated middle class has become so prominent in today’s movements.

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01.09.2015
Invisibility, Globalisation and the Limits of the Political Language

In what kind of world does the political artist work? Sociologist Saskia Sassen spoke at the first Life Hack of the art project Hacking Habitat. Her theme for the evening: invisibility. This concept was explored in connection to a range of ideas including expulsion, complexity and violence in the global economy.

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01.09.2015
“Bubbles are Meant to Burst” – Interview with Philippe Lamberts

Throughout his time in the European Parliament, Philippe Lamberts has been campaigning and working towards a fairer and more human system of financial regulation for the EU. Nevertheless, it appears the financial orthodoxy is still calling the shots in Europe. With the new parliament term underway, he gives his assessment of the progress made so far, and the outlook for the future.

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01.03.2015
A Green New World – French, British and German Perspectives

Although Greens tend to agree on most issues, they don’t always think alike. Politicians from France, the UK and Germany discuss their stances and those of their national parties on the military industry, drones, Afghanistan, the legacy of Joschka Fischer, among other thorny issues…

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01.03.2015
“There Is Still a Long Way to Go” – Civil Society Involvement in Foreign Policy

An interview with Isabelle Durant. Great upheavals have occurred and are still occurring in the Middle East: the successive revolutions and counter-revolutions of the Arab spring, the lightning emergence of ISIS, the agonies of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the stagnating civil war in Syria. How do the Greens analyse the situation?

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01.03.2015
“I Never Thought It Would Be Easy” – EU Foreign Policy and Ukraine

In the most recent conflict with Russia, the EU has tried to find a solution that avoids war. The EU considers military action only as the last resort – and that should not change in the future, even if we accept that the world won’t become an entirely peaceful place from one day to next. An interview with Rebecca Harms.

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10.02.2015
‘The main victims in the fight to reach peace are young people.’

Bashir Ahmad Fatehi has been busy with cultural and educational projects since completing post-graduate work in political science. Here he gives his impressions of the political scene in post-Taliban Afghanistan, the challenges which lie ahead and the important role of young politicians in the prospects for a stable and vibrant future.

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27.01.2015
Angela Wigger: “Marx is essential in order to understand the world”

“Marx is often judged on what he did not know, but we need to look at what he has to offer. He was an economist, sociologist, political scientist, historian, philosopher and philosopher of science. He was truly an omnipotent genius and remains relevant to a huge number of issues,” according to political economist Angela Wigger.

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04.11.2014
Tweets and streets: rare flowers of history

In the protest movements that have emerged since the financial crisis, from Occupy in the US to the Arab Spring, social media has gained new significance as a method of communication, both between activists and as a means of bringing the message to the rest of the world. The protests which took hold in Turkey last year were no exception – but how has the situation developed since then, and how have the authorities responded?

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01.11.2014
Greens Can Be the Political Voice of the Climate Movement

An interview with Dutch Green MEP Bas Eickhout.

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01.11.2014
Europe and the Fight Against Climate Change

An interview with Amy Dahan, conducted by Rémi Beau.

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01.08.2014
Bridging the Gap: Autonomy as a Pathway to Civil Society

An interview with Ralf Fücks, Director of the Heinrich Böll Foundation.

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01.08.2014
For an Ecological Democracy

Modern representative democracy is not conducive to handling environmental challenges. Ecology requires new political institutions capable of tackling long-term concerns.

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01.08.2014
The Green Promise of Democracy

What do the Greens think about the current fatigue with representative democracy?

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01.05.2014
Forbidding Overfishing in Europe

An interview with Swedish Green MEP Isabella Lövin on overfishing in Europe.

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01.05.2014
Improving LGBT Rights in Times of a Conservative Reaction

An interview with Austrian Green MEP Ulrike Lunacek, who addresses LGBT issues and EU enlargement to the Eastern European countries.

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01.05.2014
Green Victories for Digital Rights

An interview with German Green MEP Jan Philipp Albrecht on his struggles for digital rights in the European Parliament.

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01.05.2014
Climate/Energy: The Empire Strikes Back

An interview with Claude Turmes, Green MEP from Luxembourg (Die Greng).

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11.02.2014
Universities are the Factories of the Future

Yann Moulier Boutang thinks of us as bees. Each day we pollinate millions of digital platforms producing intelligence, information and interactions that form the core of the new economy. As part of an on-going reflection on the form capitalism will take in the future, the magazine Usbek & Rica interviewed Yann Moulier Boutang, an economist close to the Italian philosopher Toni Negri and also to the French Greens.

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10.01.2014
Greens and Pirates: in Search of a New Majority for the Commons?

Once you make a commons together, you can have different political visions, but what you share is this desire to construct and protect the commons. Interview with Michel Bauwens, theorist and activist, co-founder of the Peer-to-Peer Foundation.

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01.01.2014
Green Struggles and Victories Against the Mainstream Orthodoxy

An interview with Philippe Lamberts, Green MEP and member of the Committee for Economic and Monetary Affairs, who along with his colleague Sven Giegold, is one of the main actors in the struggle against mainstream financial orthodoxy.

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01.01.2014
Debt, The Whole History

An interview with David Graeber, who was in Brussels last October at the invitation of the Committee for the Cancellation of Third World Debt to present the translation of his latest book: Debt, The First 5,000 Years.

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11.12.2013
Degrowth: a Strategy to Counter the Crisis?

The idea of degrowth has always been a strain Green thought, but what exactly would degrowth mean for our economy, society and relationship with the planet? Does degrowth provide the answer to the social and ecological crisis?

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01.10.2013
Towards a Green renaissance of European industry

A debate between Natalie Bennett, leader of the Green Party of England and Wales, and Reinhard Bütikofer, MEP and co-chair of the European Green Party.

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01.03.2013
Getting a Taste for It

In the Netherlands, one organisation is making a breakthrough in encouraging a better relationship between people and food. The secret – start young. An interview with Esther Boukema by Erica Meijers.

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01.03.2013
Greens and Farmers: the New Alliance

The Greens want to change the trajectory of the CAP to make European agriculture “greener” as this is the only way in which it will have a future. An urgent and long-term project against the conservative agribusiness model, and one which should be developed in cooperation with the first people affected: the farmers. Interview with José Bové, Greens/EFA MEP.

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27.02.2013
The Potential of ‘True Pricing’

How can markets work for sustainability? True Price aims to display a product’s true costs – including its environmental and social costs – to enable consumers to make more informed choices.

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01.12.2012
Federalism? What Federalism? A European debate

The crisis of the Eurozone has given new arguments for a radically more federal Europe. But what does it concretely mean from a Green European point of view? An interview with Monica Frassoni, co-chair of the European Green Party and Per Garthon, former Swedish MEP.

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01.12.2012
Next challenges for the European Greens

In the 2009 European Parliament elections, the Green Group of MEPs won 13 more seats to become the 4th largest group. However when the European Parliament faces elections again in 2014, the political environmental will be vastly different. How to the Greens repeat their success of 2009 in such a situation? The Green European Journal talks to European Green Party Co-Chair Reinhard Bütikofer about his plans.

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01.12.2012
An Enormous Step Backwards: Raising Inequality and Poverty in Europe

An interview with Fintan Farrell, Director of the European Anti-Poverty Network (EAPN).

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01.05.2012
Ecological transformation will not happen in just one country

The Greens must remain faithful to their European commitment by continuing to promote a European alternative to the austerity policy of the ‘Merkozy’ duo. But passing on an unsustainable debt to the future generation is just as ecologically unsound as leaving a planet in ruins. Whatever their differences, the Greens must present their alternative to the neoliberal’s prioritising of market forces and the “statism” of the old left. This alternative must begin with a recovery package funded by a tax on financial transactions.

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01.05.2012
Inequality as cause and consequence of the crisis

Inequalities lie at both ends of the equation of the crisis. Inequality is unsustainable in many ways: it puts in danger the cohesion of our societies and it is a driving force of our unsustainable consumption model. An interview with Jean Lambert MEP and Romual Jagodzinski from the ETUI.

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20.04.2012
Dany and Socrates Wrestle with the Problems of Europe

This afternoon whilst strolling in the university gardens I had a most extraordinary, if not hallucinatory, encounter!

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01.03.2012
How fast should the wheel turn?

The ecologist Reinhard Loske wants to get away from the dogma of growth. Ralf Fücks, CEO of the Heinrich-Böll Foundation, favours green growth and a bio-economy. An interview.

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01.03.2012
What can Europe learn from Greece?

A German MP and a Greek MEP discuss with the GEJ how Green cooperation could provide the key to Greece’s future within the EU.

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