04.12.2023
Afterlives of the European Public Sphere

Konrad Bleyer-Simon explains what still stands between the EU and post-national democracy.

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01.12.2023
What Art Can Do for Democracy

The use of creative elements in political forums develops interaction and empathy, leading to greater awareness supportive of political change.

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10.11.2023
Young, Driven but Sidelined: African Climate Activists Fighting From the Margins 

Three stories on the struggle for inclusion even as youth representation and climate justice has gained recognition in the mainstream.

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17.10.2023
“Enemies of Society”: How the Media Portray Climate Activists 

Disruptive climate protests are held responsible for alienating the public from a just cause. But the demonisation of climate activism is nothing new.

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31.08.2023
Objects of Political Desire VIII: A European project that you can touch and be touched by

Europe has no shortage of libraries and yet there is no European Library. How can that be?

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03.08.2023
Objects of Political Desire VII – Libraries: Palaces For the People, By the People

As sociologist Eric Klinenberg reminds us in his eponymous book, libraries are “palaces for the people”.

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26.07.2023
Why the EU Needs a Strong Media Freedom Act

The proposed EU Media Freedom Act represents a positive change of course, but it fails to provide badly needed subsidies to quality news outlets.

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10.07.2023
Spray Paint and Roadblocks: Ultima Generazione’s Fight for the Planet

Two members of Ultima Generazione explain the reasons and goals behind their disruptive actions of civil disobedience.

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03.07.2023
Objects of Political Desire VI: Memory Over Time

Why memory matters: it makes us historical subjects capable of imagining the future.

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13.06.2023
Ecology: Today’s Battleground

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

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