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There is nothing left, only ruins

Maša Drndić’s film The Waiting Point traverses destruction and stagnation in Croatia. At the Open City Documentary Festival on 20 June 2015.

By Tristan Sechrest

/ 17 Jun 2015

Put Vaclav Havel in any election today and he would lose. Is that OK?

In our series on the Polish left, an interview on the future of politics in Europe and beyond with the sociologist, founder of the Krytyka Polityczna movement in Poland, and director of the Institute for Advanced Study in Warsaw.

By Tristan Sechrest and Slawomir Sierakowski

/ 21 Nov 2013

Put Vaclav Havel in any election today and he would lose. Is that OK?

In our series on the Polish left, an interview on the future of politics in Europe and beyond with the sociologist, founder of the Krytyka Polityczna movement in Poland, and director of the Institute for Advanced Study in Warsaw.

By Tristan Sechrest and Slawomir Sierakowski

/ 21 Nov 2013

People getting along well together is never going to make headlines: An interview with Jean Lambert MEP

We catch up with Green MEP Jean Lambert to talk about the work of the European Parliament, 'co-decision', UK media, the youth vote and the 2014 Euro-elections.

By Alex Sakalis, Tristan Sechrest and Jean Lambert

/ 10 Oct 2013

People getting along well together is never going to make headlines: An interview with Jean Lambert MEP

We catch up with Green MEP Jean Lambert to talk about the work of the European Parliament, 'co-decision', UK media, the youth vote and the 2014 Euro-elections.

By Alex Sakalis, Tristan Sechrest and Jean Lambert

/ 10 Oct 2013

I want my country out of this thing: An interview with Gerard Batten MEP

We invite UKIP MEP Gerard Batten to discuss European governance, UK media, the 2014 European elections and the challenges of representing eight million constituents at the European Parliament.

By Alex Sakalis, Tristan Sechrest and Gerard Batten

/ 10 Oct 2013

I want my country out of this thing: An interview with Gerard Batten MEP

We invite UKIP MEP Gerard Batten to discuss European governance, UK media, the 2014 European elections and the challenges of representing eight million constituents at the European Parliament.

By Alex Sakalis, Tristan Sechrest and Gerard Batten

/ 10 Oct 2013

Neoliberalism, crisis and the world system

An insider glimpse of the conference that inspired this week's theme, plus an outsider view.

By Claire Westall and Tristan Sechrest

/ 15 Jul 2013