Chinese pressure on a British university? Police investigate interference in academic freedom
British counterterrorism police are investigating a case that may reveal previously unknown details about Chinese influence on European universities. At stake are academic freedom, human rights, and the fate of the persecuted Muslim minority in China.
What it takes to dance with the past?
A youth council’s plan for a DJ party beneath the historic Gorgopotamos bridge has sparked heated debate in Greece. Critics denounce it as a desecration of a site tied to wartime executions and resistance, while organizers defend it as a way to showcase and promote the monument.
What kind of democracy is there without streets?
Streets are the lungs of democracy-in Italy, a recent law turn peaceful blockades into crimes, while protests grow louder against the Gaza genocide. Governments invoke “urgency” to silence dissent instead of listening to it. Yet people keep stepping outside.
Interview with Lukáš Hrošovský about volunteering, activism, and working for the benefit of young people
What is volunteering and how does it differ from activism? What is Erasmus+ and what is its impact on young people, or what is it like to be a laureate of the Biela Vrana (White Crow) Award?
Fighting Fake news: lessons from the Nazi propaganda machine
In the battle against fake news, history offers a chilling example. Under Adolf Hitler’s Nazi regime, mass communication was weaponized to spread misinformation, control public opinion, and suppress dissent.
Moscow signals retaliation should the US restart nuclear tests
The Kremlin has responded to Donald Trump’s decision to restart American nuclear tests — and is threatening to do the same. Is the world on the brink of a new nuclear arms race?
Pacification or Liberation? Palestine with Kleo Alexopoulou
In this episode, Kleo Alexopoulou — historian and member of the Global Sumud Flotilla — reflects on the Gaza mission, the politics of recognition, and how solidarity transforms into a struggle for rights. From bombs heard offshore to quiet acts of resistance in detention, she traces what liberation means in a world built to deny it.
De-labeling the “Gen Z” protests
The label ‘Gen Z protests’ may be an attractive brand, but it reduces diverse, politically charged mobilizations into a pseudo-demographic narrative. By framing youth uprisings as generational outbursts, media and elites depoliticize them, sidelining the structural inequalities and institutional failures that actually fuel the anger.
