“Trump is the logical culmination of a culture: the narrator of a democratic apparatus that has come to conceal itself behind the mother of all TV shows: the US Presidency.”
"One option is to dismiss Trump’s win as irrational. This, we should remember, is how many on the left responded to the rise of inter-war fascism in Europe."
Discussing climate-linked migration as a “threat” requires adopting the premise that migration is a threat. And perhaps even that migrants themselves are a threat.
“In between bouts of rage and pessimism, today I also felt something else coming to the surface. Curiosity.”
"The recent success of campaigns, such as Trump and Brexit, should compel us to make a critical analysis of the way modern democracies conduct elections."
Polish sociologist Slawomir Sierakowski discusses the "Trumpification" of Europe and what the US election means for Russia, the Baltic States and Poland.
"All the problems in education you can relate back to the coercion in schools. To me the forcing of children is really against the rights of the child."
Pro-Israel journalists and politicians in Germany target a Palestinian arts and culture festival, its curators and the venue hosting it.
In politics, long-term socio-economic trends and global shifts matter more than often overstated ‘progressive’ discourses about equality, progress and freedom.
“Many of his supporters, support him in part. Many are in need of connection and solutions and something new. And that is what I want too.”
“The recent election result in the US should serve as a call for re-invention for many of these organisations.”
