Putin’s modus operandi in the clampdown of independent media in Russia Following 2011-2012 popular protests in Russia, Putin has significantly tightened state control over Russian media by enacting Draconian laws to prosecute anti-governmental outcries. By doing so, Russia has become one of the most dangerous countries for journalists to work. Nevertheless, by keeping independent media…
Category: Democracy
Ecosprinter FYEG Sec Gen review
This year we have two candidates for the position of FYEG Secretary General: Tomáš Křemen from Czech Republic and Artur Wieczorek from Poland. The Ecosprinter would like to provide you with more information about them than you can read in their official CVs and motivation letters. By doing so we hope to make the decision…
A Dialogue on Europe
During the last years, Europe hasn’t had the lack of continental crises: the economic and social crisis heightened by austerity policies; the Ukraine crisis and a new perceived danger along EU’s eastern border; the refugee crisis with thousands of people dying in the Mediterranean Sea because of our lack of answers; the climate crisis that…
The Phenomenon of EU-related Referendums in the Context of Ukraine and the United Kingdom
By Suzanne Kraaij (OverDwars) IMAGE: © European Union 2016 – European Parliament On the 6th of April a referendum was held in the Netherlands on the approval of the Association Agreement between the European Union and Ukraine, resulting in 62% voting against. Similarly, the United Kingdom will hold a referendum on its membership of…
After Super Tuesday: What’s Your Plan B Mr. Sanders?
#USElections #SuperTuesday #FeeltheBern #BernieSanders #HillaryClinton #Clinton #Sanders #Trump #DonaldTrump #DNC #GOP It is time to prepare for post-Sanders Left politics in the US. On a discursive level, he contributed a lot to shifting the epicenter of Democratic politics and he will likely continue his campaign after. But the question to raise is today, what will…
World Economic Forum: Are the leaders working for us?
Time to rethink our political and economic system I am an environmentalist, but this label has never sat well with me. The term “environmentalist” is of limited use and those who worship at the altar of limitless growth struggle to see past the label – as if being “green” was no more than a fashion…
Holocaust Remembrance Day
As we know “History is the best teacher with worst pupils”. On 27th of January we should remind the planet, how we as a human beings can be mistaken if we are following issues based on hate and fears. We all remember what happened with Jewish minority in Europe during second world war, but as…
Green and Red
After the collapse of socialism in the early 90’s and so-called end of ideology, which emphasizes the fact that capitalism has finally won and there is no other alternative, we are being convinced that the old division between left and right in the classical sense is no longer valid and that it is completely outdated….
The Corrupted Value of Political Truth
By Pinar Temocin / Image via Acción Poética Francia It is a perplexing relationship between political truth and its innate value in the current political arena. There is also a contradiction between the structure of morality within the populists and the actions of politicians. Perhaps this relationship has never been clear and/or concrete. There exists a…
Europe’s anti-austerity, democratic struggle enters next phase
Last night, it became clear for everyone that another Southern European country has abandoned an old political system and entered a new era. Spain and Greece are societies where the crisis has been exceptionally brutal. Where young people have to a large extent lost their future perspectives. Where voters have lost faith in the capacity…