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European Alternatives works to promote democracy, equality and culture beyond the nation-state and imagine, demand and enact alternatives for a viable future.
Rivers of Democracy Diary | The Vienna Route
Reimagining the Danube as a Political Subject Written by Olena Sulikovska, Residency ParticipantLocation: Vienna, Austria (Danube Island, Lobau, Badeschiff)Dates: 18-21 June 2026 Day 1: Crossing Borders, Building Intimacy My first day began before I even reached the water: twenty-one hours of…
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Holding Spaces:cultural institutions, experimental practices and the politics of where we gather Issue 14 – European Alternatives Journal(September 2026 | English) In collaboration with Scomodo On the occasion of the reopening of Teatro Garibaldi in Palermo – one of Southern Europe’s most…
Rivers of Democracy
Rivers of Democracy is a transnational initiative that seeks to reimagine rivers not only as ecological systems but as subjects of rights, intertwined with human communities, democratic participation, and cultural expression. Flowing across borders, the project transforms Europe’s rivers into…
STATEMENT: Europe is not a middle power: it must act as a new kind of superpower
Niccolo Milanese The prime minister of Canada, and former governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney delivered a justifiably celebrated speech at Davos last week, in which he asserted that ‘we are in the midst of a rupture, not…
STATEMENT: Europe must stand up to Trump and shape the future
Niccolo Milanese The President of the United States of America has threatened to impose 10% trade tariffs on six EU countries, the UK and Norway because they refuse to recognize the demand of Donald Trump to take ownership of Greenland.…
Strike for Gaza 🍉
Today in Italy, a nationwide strike for Palestine brought the country to a halt. Schools, offices, shops, everything stopped. The streets and squares filled with crowds carrying banners and flags, demanding justice and liberation for Palestine. The nationwide strike in…
MOOC Launch: Youth, Democracy & Technology
We’re launching a new online course: Youth, Democracy & Technology: Participatory Approaches for Critical Consciousness. The Critical Change Labs (CCLabs) project announces the launch of a free Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), Youth, Democracy and Technology: Participatory Approaches for Critical…
Articles about Gaza
A curated collection of articles highlighting global solidarity with Palestine
Pride in LGBTQI+, Pride in Diversity, Pride in Democracy
STATEMENT The Hungarian government of Victor Orban has passed laws and constitutional amendments that attempt to ban public events by LGBTQI+ people, including Budapest Pride, scheduled for the 28th June this year. The constitutional amendment authorises the use of surveillance…
Democracy is a collective act of care
Together, we rise. Together, we fight. Together, we care. Event at Funkhaus, Argentinierstraße 30A, 1040 Wien, Austria – 23 May 2025 Registration form Overview ‘Democracy as a collective act of care’ is a complementary event to the Democratic Odyssey’s Vienna…
Islamophobic, anti-migrant, racist violence must be surmounted by community organising and solidarity networks
It is completely unacceptable that for over a week people seeking asylum, Muslim people and other racialized communities, including Roma, in the UK have been living with far-right hatred and immediate violence. Graves have been desecrated, numerous people have been…
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…
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EMMELO Project
European Men, Masculinity, and Extremist Leadership Online The first output of the EMMELO project is out. The EMMELO Project: European Men, Masculinity, and Extremist Leadership Online examines the role of masculinity in extremist movements online across Europe and the threats…
Ceasefire Now! Open call for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza strip and Israel.
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Rivers of Democracy
Rivers of Democracy is a series of transnational residencies across Europe where rivers are treated as political living spaces, shaping how we think about participation and democracy. Flowing across borders, these journeys turn Europe’s waterways into sites of encounter where…
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AI: The New Aesthetics of Fascism
Gareth Watkins Tommy Robinson tweets an image of soldiers walking into the ocean on D-Day. Britain First’s co leader produces imagery of Muslim men laughing at sad white girls on public transport. An AI generated song combining kitsch schlager pop…
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Democratic Digital Commons
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Don’t Call Me Resilient: Migrant Academics, Precarity, and Epistemic Injustice in Europe
by Sara Badri & Valerii Saenko As migrant academics in Europe working on migration, we recognised the persistent need to talk about migrants’ lived experiences inside European universities. In response, we organised a seminar and a follow-up workshop as a…
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These waves will tell us about violence. Differential harm in the Mediterranean
by Dalia Maini At the port: witnessing complicity I was carrying a trolley and a handbag when I walked toward the gate, where security checks would allow the crowd of people gathered in an unruly multitude to embark on the…