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European Alternatives lavora per promuovere la democrazia, l’uguaglianza e la cultura al di là dello Stato nazionale e per immaginare, richiedere e attuare alternative per un futuro sostenibile.
Movement Learning Catalyst: building a learning community across struggles and places.
The Movement Learning Catalyst has great news for you. We are about to share a new Learner’s Guide and launch a new action-learning platform that aims to nurture the interconnected movements, realities and responsive strategies needed to challenge systems of…
Event
Democracy in Crisis: Should a Permanent European Citizens’ Assembly Supplement the European Parliament?
A European Parliament – Democratic Odyssey Roundtable📍 European Parliament, Brussels🗓️ Tuesday 14 October 2025 | 10:00 – 12:00 REGISTER HERE TO PARTICIPATE ON-SITE REGISTER HERE TO PARTICIPATE ONLINE About the Event In times of geopolitical turbulence and growing democratic challenges,…
Letter to my fellow anti-colonialism fighters
By Rasha Shaaban, Cultural Organiser based in Gothenburg with roots in Alexandria, and Board Member of European Alternatives. For the past two years, I have been angry. I’ve been feeling an anger coming out from disbelief and witnessing unbearable injustice.…
Event
CCLabs Conference on Education for Democracy
Event Overview The DEMOCRAT conference on Education for Democracy aims to contribute to the debate about the role of civic education, and in particular democratic education, in fostering the resilience of the EU model of democracy.Democracy is conceived not only as a…
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Campaigns
At European Alternatives we campaign collectively.Our campaigns bring together movements, communities, and partners to amplify voices, build solidarity, and push for transnational change. We work across borders to challenge injustice, advocate for democracy, and create imaginative actions that connect local…
Ceasefire Now! Open call for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza strip and Israel.
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Migrant & BIPoC Organizing – Train the Trainer – Online Series 2025
It is time to organize to win! Time to carry our knowledge of social change into and across communities, social movements and our workplaces. Let’s learn from each other and movement facilitators and allow intergenerational knowledge to ground our struggles…
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Report on Dissemination Event for Ordinary Citizens
The Democratic Odyssey is a crowdsourced campaign aimed at democratic renewal through the establishment of a “permanent people’s assembly for Europe”. It brings together a wide-ranging and pluralistic group of actors, including academics, practitioners, journalists, institutional representatives and civil society.…
Journal
A Citizens’ Assembly for Europe: Why Permanence is key
by Kalypso Nicolaidis In 2020, Alberto Alemanno, Niccolo Milanese and myself called for the upcoming Conference on the Future of Europe to create a permanent citizens’ assembly for Europe (Alemanno et al, 2020). Subsequently we launched the Democratic Odyssey project,…
Project
Youth Movement & Campaign Accelerator
The Youth Movement & Campaign Accelerator is part of European Alternatives’ School of Transnational Organizing and offers European youth and community leaders a space to organise and develop actions to advance struggles for solidarity, democracy and climate justice.