CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE
Czech Republic
Could Slovakia Elect A (Somewhat) Progressive President?
A year after the murder of an investigative journalist Ján Kuciak, a Slovak politician, lawyer and anti-corruption activist Zuzana Čaputová has suddenly surged into the lead in opinion polls to become country's next president.
BEYOND THE NATION STATE
World
We are all on the same planet – listen!
“I always wanted to do something for society,” 17-year-old Louise Vanden Abeele from Belgium tells me over Whatsapp. “After these …
Poland
Maria Eugenia Jasińska: The Woman the Nazis Could Not Break
Not many people know the name Maria Eugenia Jasińska. This young Polish woman, who was executed by the Nazis in …
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Hungary
Where are the Hungarian workers?
When describing foreign workers’ conditions, the perspective of those left home is often ignored.
Weekly Press Digest – February 26
Political Critique's weekly selection from the Eastern European press.
Ethnicity and minorities
Connected Action for the Commons: a network and action research programme working on topics linked with the commons such as public space, culture and democracy. Read more.
Lisbon voices for the right to the city
Neoliberalism is shaping cities as places for tourism, gentrifying and dismantling the cooperative environment of the neighborhoods. Activists in Lisbon …
Network 4 Debate
What are the common problems faced by Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary and Slovakia, what is their wider context and are there solutions for the future?
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