Samir Jeraj is a journalist and author with a focus on public policy, social affairs, and green politics.
Articles
Greens have endorsed a liberal approach to jails centred on resocialisation, but campaigners are pushing for more radical solutions.
Read moreWhat can European Greens learn from the success of their UK counterparts with voters outside their traditional base?
Read moreWhile Green parties have long been associated with inclusive politics, they are not always without prejudice towards Islam.
Read moreFollowing Zagreb's example, grassroots-based municipalist movements can lead a new progressive wave in the Balkans.
Read moreWith countries pursuing their own policies, a EU-wide political compromise on sex work looks far off.
Read moreOngoing conflicts and aggression around the world challenge long-held Green positions on pacifism.
Read moreGreens are driving responses to homelessness but the pandemic and the lack of support from governments threaten to set back these efforts.
Read moreGreen parties are vocal advocates of racial justice, but does the rhetoric match the reality?
Read moreGrowing inequality has become a hallmark of many cities. For this reviewer, Richard Florida's latest book is a worrying prescription for more of the same.
Read moreA new housing phenomenon is spreading across Europe's cities - is it a Bohemian, win-win solution or does it exemplify the entrenchment of precarity into new spheres?
Read moreIn order to make sense of this month's devastating fire in London, it has to be placed in a context of austerity, deregulation & privatisation.
Read moreThe UK faces a housing crisis. It is this crisis, and the growing number of evictions that are mobilising people to campaign on housing. A group of young mothers fights back with direct action.
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