Zsolt Kapelner

Zsolt Kapelner lives in Budapest and is a regular contributor to Kettös Mérce. He writes on the politics of the Visegrád region (Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia). He also teaches philosophy at Budapest’s Eötvös Lórand university.

World

It Isn’t Trump Ruining Our Planet, But Everyone Who Thinks We’ve Done Enough

The 2015 Paris agreement was signed by 195 countries, pledging themselves to keep global warming below 2°C by reducing levels …

Zsolt KapelnerJuly 10, 2017, 8:36 amJuly 10, 2017

Hungary

Sing: A Film About the Possibility of Revolution

What can the Hungarian short film “Sing” tell us about the possibility of revolution?

Zsolt KapelnerApril 4, 2017, 11:19 amMay 11, 2017

Central and Eastern Europe

Were we ever free?

Power, democracy and illiberalism in the V4.

Zsolt KapelnerDecember 7, 2016, 7:55 amJanuary 17, 2017

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

Zsolt Kapelner

It Isn’t Trump Ruining Our Planet, But Everyone Who Thinks We’ve Done Enough

Sing: A Film About the Possibility of Revolution

Were we ever free?