by Konstantinos Gkoumakis The arrival of spring is supposed to signal a renewal, a cleansing. Yet, for the Greeks who would wake up on the morning of the 1st of March it would be just another realisation of the rotten political reality in which they live. At 23:21 of February 28th, a head-on collision occurred…
Tag: politics
The First and Last Level of Political Resistance: an Europe of municipalities or municipalities of Europe?
There seems not to be many promising scenarios on the near future for progressive policies. From Spain to Hungary, the right, in all its forms, has the power of member states. In such a situation, where transnational financial elites are re-founding neoliberalism using new faces such Macron or old ideologies such Le Pen’s, how can…
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…
Social Media : dismantling the traditional concept of politics ?
In the 12 years after 9/11, a lot has changed for the US and the rest of the World. However, it is a pertinent matter to ask what the impact would have been in the presence of social media on that dreadful day. How? When? Where? questions may have gotten instant location and follow ups….
News from the Netherlands
A hot winter in the Netherlands: Politics can be great fun but it can be tough as well, as we learnt this December. For the first time ever (as far as I know), the Dutch green youth organisation DWARS was on the front page of a national Dutch newspaper, but we sure weren’t happy with…
Meet la Souris Verte
La Souris Verte -Le Forum des Jeunes Verts ! ! was born in July 2001. Though it is still young, it has members all over France in almost every main city and in more rural zones. We are an association, not a political party. But we are more than that, we are the youth movement…
Editorial
Welcome to 2004 and the first issue of Ecosprinter for this year! 2003 was a good year for FYEG where a lot of exchanges, seminars and networking took place. 2004 seems to be going in the same direction with added activities because of the European parliament election campaign which you can read about on page…
Meet Alternattiva Demokratika Studenti
Alternattiva Demokratika Studenti (ADS) is the youth organisation of Alternattiva Demokratika, the Maltese Green Party. ADS were founded in February 2001. Alternattiva Demokratika Studenti is an organisation promoting radical democracy, environmental and social justice and social and civil rights. ADS are made up of an elected executive committee and around 40 members. Most campaigns focus…
Fight stupidity
Not only because it’s annoying. It is also infectious. When walking around on the Student Island, biggest music festival in Central and Eastern Europe, most of us, greens were shocked to notice among the tents of the so-called civil village an organization called Youth for Nuclear Energy. First you start joking and playing around that…