As Young Greens, we often get the reputation of being a bunch of teenagers who like get high and talk politics. Despite that this is largely an incorrect stereotype for many Young Greens across the world, it does speak true about one point. It has long been Green parties and their youth counterparts across the…
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Never Again! Never Fascism: The European Hindsight 70 Years Later
By Michael Bloss, Co-Spokesperson for the Federation of Young European Greens The day of the liberation of Auschwitz was a cornerstone to the end of the worst time in European history. Its survivors, freed by the Soviet army, coined the famous slogan: „Never Again!“ – a parole that inspired generations of anti-fascist activists in the…
Seeking Refuge, Seeking Freedom
By Joshua Miguel Makalintal (FYEG, Junge Grüne) Austrian law dictates that the country’s federal asylum agency has six months to finalize an asylum application. But in the alpine province of Tyrol, the operation remains idle and refugees are desperately waiting for any result that will determine their future. This has made them create the “Freedomseekers”…
Green Alternative Youth of Austria introduce themselves
Hello, Platform GAJ, could you introduce yourself shortly, in one or two sentences? Hello, we are a group of young people who work on their alternative view on society. We are united in the basic values that we are working on. GAJ – where does the name come from originally? We call ourselves “Green alternative…