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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Reflections on the European Idea in theory and in practiseContinued potential for peaceful change is the principal condition; politics must be a process. That is why politics...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?We are not at Place de la République because…Participants in the counter-demonstration organised in Ménilmontant, Paris on February 19 explain their protest...
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Published in: HomeWhat does Brexit mean? ‘Majority judgment’ can solve the puzzleSomething is going badly wrong in elections and referenda across the world. The culprit is an age-old voting system...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Radical-right backlash against Games of Belonging: the case of Mesut ÖzilÖzil, like many others, has repeatedly stated that he would prefer to play for both national football teams if...
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Published in: openIndiaA tale of two events, and two culturesThe Science Congress and Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF), held in India every January, are the largest events of...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Open letter to the women of the world from Leyla Güven"All the women of the world need to be saying enough to fascism, enough to dictatorship!"
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Labour and the trade unions can unite people against a no-deal and push for a radically reformed, social EuropeThe holding of the first referendum was the real boon to the far-right, and any outcome of the Article 50 process is...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Lines of tradition: Europe and far right concepts after WWII‘Nation Europe’ is based on the rejection of a multi-cultural society of a kind which the right-wing extremists...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Can left nationalism stop the rise of the far-right in Germany?Left-wing parties and movements across Europe employing anti-globalisation and anti-EU rhetoric are on the increase....
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Published in: openIndiaRising roar of faux faith in poll-bound IndiaRead the newspapers, listen to the TV “debates” and see the WhatsApp-trained ignorant armies clash day and night.
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaHas social media changed Brazil?Bolsonaro's election does not stem only from the use of social media, yet social media was indeed paramount to allow...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?More World: can communal practices save the planet?Climate change, migration and digitalization are three of the greatest challenges in the current phase of...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaDo referendums improve democracy?If the people lead them, like in the Irish case, referendums point way to improved democracy. But less so if...
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Published in: 50.50Men in Europe must stop blaming migrants for ‘importing’ gender violenceFrom Germany to India, these campaigners are battling ‘toxic masculinity’ to engage men in fights for gender equality.
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Published in: openIndiaSowing division: caste is crucial in Indian electionsOf course, politicians did not create the powerful Hindu caste system. They merely exploit this fault-line,...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaDemocracy is facing strong headwinds in 2019Jair Bolsonaro’s inauguration as president of Brazil marks the beginning of the political year. The redrawing of the...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaHow to neutralize Bolsonaro in his first 100 days of government?A passive attitude from the International Community is not an option, and broad support from all progressives will...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Gilets Jaunes and the two faces of FacebookFacebook design allows popular ideas to be shared and expanded on – the dream of everyone having an equal political...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?A People’s Vote without a People’s Debate won’t bring about Another EuropeAn open letter to Another Europe Is Possible on the democratic component fatally lacking from the Brexit process hitherto.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?‘Gilets jaunes’: the meaning of the confrontationAs the ‘gilets jaunes’ movement continues after President Macron’s speech, the French philosopher examines its...
