Our weekly English-language bulletin featuring our pick from European print and one of our top articles from our weekly Přítomnost.
The end of the fifties in Czechoslovakia. After the trial and executions of intellectuals such as Záviš Kalandra, after the currency collapse, after the state’s complete vassalage to the cruel …
The repression of the judiciary in Poland Marta Bucholc Maciej Komornik The ruling of the European Court of Justice on the controversial reform of the Supreme Court of Poland …
Corona crisis reveals grassroots support Boglárka Fedorkó When crisis hits, vulnerable groups suffer. And sex workers, already enduring precarity, have become the scapegoats of COVID-19’s health focus, facing heavy …
The economics of real estate: speculation and urban development Susanne Heeg The spatial limits of speculation have been broken and the world is constantly combed for investment opportunities. The …
Jiří Přibáň The pandemic prompts fundamental questions. How do we define society’s relationship to nature? How resilient are our democracies to the abuse of emergency powers? How far can …
Transnational feminist politics and the erotics of resistance Nikita Dhawan Can street protests communicate justice for all? Political theorist Nikita Dhawan criticizes global movements where only ‘certain individuals are …
Building an autonomous tenants movement in Los Angeles School of Echoes Los Angeles Tenants are the new proletariat. Rents are among the main sources of global capital accumulation, and …
George Washington, America’s first president, was the last one to enjoy an untroubled relationship with his rudimentary intelligence community. As the commanding general in the war against the British, General …
From: Dr. Zdeněk Drábek To: MUDr. Martin Jan Stránský Date: 19 May 2020 You introduce in your interesting YouTube presentation few days ago the concept of entitlement and link it …
Martin J Stransky MD Assistant Clinical professor of Neurology, Yale School of Medicine In the coming months, the current CoV19 epidemic will be increasingly viewed from a social, political, …
The first month of the pandemic in the US George Blecher The Trump administration’s failing response to COVID-19 has prompted governors and mayors to step up and even form …
Judit Szakács Disinformation is not always ideologically motivated. On the contrary, most fake news websites serve primarily to make money. The disinformation economy relies heavily on Facebook and Google …
Italy’s problem with hate speech Anna Carola Freschi The Italian far-right’s use of social media to inflame hatred is unprecedented in its extent and intensity. The result is …
The Hungary question and the European People’s Party Jacques Rupnik The list of signatories to the statement issued by members of the European People’s Party calling for the …
A first-hand account of the COVID-19 losses from Bergamo, Italy Paolo Barcella Not only the infected are in danger, hospitals don’t have capacity to deal with other emergencies either. …
The political ecology of COVID-19 Bram Ieven Jan Overwijk There is nothing ‘natural’ about the coronavirus pandemic: global capitalism has created it. Containment measures of social distancing bear the …
Slavenka Drakulić Eastern members of the EU are experiencing extreme depopulation, due to a combination of mass emigration and low birth rates. Nationalist governments pander to patriotic sentiments but consistently …
Covid-19 in the disinformation ecosystem Péter Krekó Patrik Szicherle From genocidal accusations to alleged cures, the coronavirus pandemic is accompanied by a swath of conspiracy theories. These are perpetrated not …
On the race to regulate Big Tech Matt Stoller Calls for the regulation of Big Tech are being heard across the board, as the monopoly-dominated economy undergoes ideological …