Social Movements

A look at how the EU can tackle growing inequality and climate change with tax justice and spending reforms.

The fight against climate catastrophe brings together many currents of thought, from a more reformist environmentalism to a more radical ecology.

On one side, a political party looking for a people. On the other, a people struggling to find a political outlet. In between, an unfolding climate crisis.

Edouard Gaudot looks back on the Gilets jaunes to ask how ecology can find its form in popular movements.

The Beyond Growth Conference was a watershed for the degrowth movement. But increased visibility comes with the risk of co-optation.

In a world grappling with the climate crisis, social unrest, and polarisation undermining democracy, an oasis of ideas for a better future has bloomed. It happened in Milan during the Spring School on Climate Citizens’ Assemblies. The two-day event brought to the same room the instigators of the next wave of participatory democracy that looms on the horizon. Uncover their stories, insights, and dreams for a greener tomorrow for Europe.

Criticised for their disruptive demonstrations, Letzte Generation climate activists find few allies in their uphill battle for climate.

As a small force against a right-wing majority, the Italian Greens face an uphill battle for progressive changes.

Protests rage in Georgia as its authoritarian governing party steers away from the country’s commitment to EU membership.

Politics should be less about the form and more about our desire for change.