Krisztián B. Simon

is a member of Kettős Mérce, a left-wing activist collective devoted to Hungarian and international politics, with a special focus on issues related to equality, solidarity, social rights and disenfranchised people.

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“There is much less hope today” – The first year of the SYRIZA government

Despite the intensification of the crisis, Greece’s SYRIZA government is still in place, with an untarnished majority. Interview with political scientist Giorgos Katsambekis about the radical left’s year in power.

Krisztián B. SimonMarch 4, 2016, 12:11 pmSeptember 6, 2016

Life in Skoda’s Factory Town

Czechia, Slovakia, and some lessons learned

Czechia loses a voice, a university tries to lose its voice, and the PM voices a complaint

Abortions, amnesties and accusations: September in Czech and Slovak politics

Moving a statue the Czech way

The Future of European Gender Politics

Orbán sides with Erdoğan against the thousands of Hungarians protesting in solidarity with Rojava

Behind Viktor Orbán’s Surprise Defeat

Doomed to Failure: Orban’s neoconservative family policies in Hungary

Pockets of resistance in Orbán’s Hungary

Poland’s Changing Climate Activists

Under Attack: Reproductive Rights in Poland

Hope and Fear in LGBT Poland

Political Cynicism: The Case of Poland

Poland’s Future: A view from the countryside

Czechia, Slovakia, and some lessons learned

Abortions, amnesties and accusations: September in Czech and Slovak politics

Slovakia: Restricted cinema in the era of economic transformation

The White Dream of Marian Kotleba

Where are you going, Slovakia?

BLACK CLOUD – KYIV BIENNIAL 2019

What Europe Does Ukraine need?

Different languages and symbols but still our common fight

A New Lexicon for a New International

Against National Vigilante

Krisztián B. Simon

“There is much less hope today” – The first year of the SYRIZA government