The host city for Transeuropa, surfing or drowning in the waves of governing for change?
Is populism a problem? That was the headline question posed last month when diplomats, academics, politicians and students coalesced in Strasbourg for this year’s World Forum for Democracy.
Seeking to unravel what is behind a change in public sentiment towards the internet, this series begins with intersecting dimensions in what is lazily often presented as ‘The Internet’s problem’. Part One.
Could the EU be an obstacle to nationalising the UK rail network? We asked Christian Wolmar, the UK’s leading railway expert and transport historian.
The institutionalised parts of global civil society will need to change: they need to be rejuvenated and re-radicalised from within. Español
Following significant electoral gains in both presidential and parliamentary elections in Chile, the Frente Amplio continues to surprise as a new generation of social and political leaders emerges from the movement. Español
Susana Ochoa Chavira: "We should [not] eliminate power, since power is what enables you to do things. But I do believe we have to rethink how we de-centralise it". Español
The open wards directed by Giorgio were an oasis of freedom in a desert of coercion. In memoriam.
What we want to build is something counter-hegemonic, where we are accountable only to our readers, and committed to providing a space that holds power to account.
Áurea Carolina de Freitas e Silva: "We have to show people that we are capable of making democracy something worthwhile". Español
It is difficult to see why actions taken by the government in Madrid ought to be regarded as a curb on dissent, and not as a preservation of the country’s constitutional order.
Sâmia Bomfim: "There is a crisis of representation, an economic crisis, and a discrediting of politics. So, our challenge is to get people to discuss the directions this political reform should take". Español
