What Balestrini’s poetry proposes is a poetics in which concepts like democracy and justice evaporate altogether, hollowed out by history.

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What Balestrini’s poetry proposes is a poetics in which concepts like democracy and justice evaporate altogether, hollowed out by history.
In contrast to other European Union member states, Germany seems to be stabilizing politically.
“I refuse to be part of a generation of European progressives who could have stopped Marine Le Pen from winning France’s Presidency but didn’t.”
A true victory for Macron would require not splitting France more than it is.
We are facing a dilemma between the status quo and a nightmare.
They are united through a commitment to the protection of the commons with the objective of keeping cultural, social and political issues alive.
The demand for ‘change’ reflects not only discontent with the general course of recent governments but also the hollowing out of real political alternatives.