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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Anti-feminism and anti-gender far right politics in Europe and beyondThe proclaimed support of the EU for gender equality is seen as one element in a wider programme of colonization,...
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Published in: 50.50Jazz singer Lisa Simone opens the World Forum for DemocracyThe daughter of Nina Simone performed at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg on Wednesday, and talked about her...
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Published in: HomeRich Conversations at the World Forum for Democracy 2015 in Strasbourg (2)The World Forum for Democracy 2015 ran 'lab sessions' on innovative initiatives connected to the Forum's key themes....
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Rich Conversations at the World Forum for Democracy 2015 in Strasbourg (1)The World Forum for Democracy 2015 ran 'lab sessions' on innovative initiatives connected to the Forum's key themes....
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Anti-Muslim hatred from the margins to the mainstreamWhatever local Muslim communities do to remind society that these extremists don’t represent them, there are media...
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Published in: digitaLibertiesBeyond powerlessnessIf we want to escape from our situation of powerlessness and anxiety, we must re-examine our relationship to the...
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Published in: digitaLibertiesJust another ‘black box’? First thoughts on Twitter’s Trust and Safety CouncilTwitter announced the creation of a body to deal with hate speech on the network. This approach, however, is more...
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Published in: HomeFreedom and control in the surveillance age (Part 2)The Strasbourg Forum met soon after the Paris attacks, at a time of fear. Under such conditions, we ask in this...
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Published in: Home“Why the movement against hate speech matters to me and what I plan to do about it…”Our weapon is to spread love speech, encourage argumentation during debates, look at the stories rather than the...
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Published in: HomeInstead of fighting against, let’s fight forA boomerang of good stories is what we need in our unhealthy culture.
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Published in: HomeHuman rights at the World Forum for Democracy 2015The Council for Europe's commissioner for human rights warns that Europe’s new security-oriented turn restricts...
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Published in: HomeBrazil's digital protests spell trouble on the streetThe question now is whether citizens will wake up only after it's too late. Despite the model Marco Civil, the...
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Published in: HomeEmotion and protest in Turkey: what happened on 19 January, 2007?Those gathering spontaneously after the assassination of Hrant Dink have been part of the Gezi movement — in a...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaBook review: The EgyptiansJack Shenker's The Egyptians: A Radical Story is a must read for anyone who wants to understand how and why Egypt's...
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Published in: Home‘Policed multiculturalism’ and predicting disasterCounter-radicalisation in France draws on British and Dutch policies developed in the mid-2000s. It extends police...
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Published in: HomeWorried about the return of fascism? Six things a dissenter can do in 2016Commentary misses the point: the legitimacy of Trump or Le Pen comes not from the sudden appeal of a new brand of...
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Published in: HomeIntroducing the Special Branch Files ProjectReading through hundreds of pages describing the innocuous behaviour of citizens exercising their democratic rights...
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Published in: HomeThe illusion of securityIt seems as if the political process has been poisoned by the intelligence agencies, who are given more power with...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaYemen: independent intellectuals under threatPolarisation is wiping out all independent or dissenting voices. Yemeni intellectuals are constantly at risk of acts...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaTunisia’s fight against its revolutionary youthThe threat of terrorism has been exploited to justify anti-democratic laws and an escalation of arrests and...
