Politics

American horror story: Trump and the crisis of imagination

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Without a compelling vision of a different future, people gravitate toward demagogues who recycle the past. The left's failure to articulate and fight for a post-capitalist world cedes ground to those who manipulate discontent for authoritarian ends. It's a dangerous game of political whack-a-mole, where stamping out one manifestation of reactionary politics only leads to

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European and local elections: what to know

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The Leipzig Migrants’ Council, along with other important associations and institutions in Leipzig's migration landscape, has launched an information campaign regarding the European and local elections. Its videos at targeted at EU citizens and newly naturalized citizens who will be voting for the first time in Leipzig and Germany.

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Ukraine: nine years (not one) of Russian invasion

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"[My writings were] a desperate attempt to draw public attention back to the geopolitical and war crimes perpetrated by the Russian regime in Ukraine since 2014. The illicit annexation of Crimea and the military occupation of Donbas made the world press lines but for a couple of weeks, then were belittled and quickly forgotten."

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Press and media freedom in Europe: a sad year

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The war in Ukraine has had dire consequences for press and media freedom, with a reported nine journalists and news employees killed in the country in 2022. A freshly released monitoring report, published by the Leipzig-based ECPMF and partners, brings this and other sad stats to light for this and other countries in Europe.

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