Journey to Bessarabia: Dreamlike Photos from Ukraine’s Southwest
Kyiv-based Irish photographer Bradley Stafford takes us on a dreamlike journey to Ukraine’s southwest In Ukraine’s far flung southwest, life doesn’t feel Ukrainian in the way it does in Zakarpattia or…
Belgrade to Host the 60th Anniversary of the Nonaligned Movement
Sixty years ago, Belgrade hosted the first summit of the Nonaligned Movement (NAM). It was a pivotal moment in the history of the Cold War and decolonization that deserves more attention than…
Meet Daria Bagina, Russia’s 23-Year-Old Communist Candidate
The Communist Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF) just had its best electoral showing in years. The party added 15 seats in the Russian State Duma in an election observers say was…
A Different Shade of Green: Countdown to France’s Green Primary
In the coming months we’ll be providing an overview of some elections across Europe. This week, we’re watching the Green primary in France. While many eyes have been on the German…
Next Year in Jerusalem: The Serbian Embassy and Kosovo Go On a Pilgrimage with Trump
On September 4th, Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić met with the PM of Kosovo Avdullah Hoti in the White House, in the presence of Donald Trump, to sign the “Economic Normalization Agreements between…
As Greece’s Golden Dawn Trial Comes to a Close, Civil Resistance Remains Critical
With Greece’s Golden Dawn trial set to end on October 7th, writer Remco Van der Meer takes us through the sprawling trial and finds that the street protests that were crucial to…
The Political Life of Monuments: Hagia Sophia One Month On
Over the course of its 1500-year history, the late Roman building known as the Hagia Sophia (Holy Wisdom), has served as the setting for many ceremonies, religious, political, and more often than…
Protest in Belarus: Who? Why? With What Aims? — A Politico-Economic Analysis
The wave of debate that has followed the events in Belarus has left out of the account the key questions: why are people taking to the streets of Minsk and other cities,…
An Urgent Call For Solidarity From Belarus
Belarusian workers and representatives of the organized left call for solidarity and support in resisting both Lukashenko and the pro-capital opposition. Comrades! We, Belarusian workers and representatives of the organized left…
An International Quagmire: Genocide and Intervention During the Bosnian War, 1992-1995
What happens when a genocide is carried out in a region of negligible value to the ‘international community’? The end of the Cold War marked a new era of peace and…