Eurozine

01/09/2025

France risks becoming ungovernable. Many blame the situation on Macron’s autocratic style. But the problem lies deeper, in the development of the parties and party elites. By Gilles Bataillon via Letras Libres

France risks becoming ungovernable. Many blame the situation on Macron’s autocratic style. But the problem lies deeper, in the development of the parties and party elites.

27/08/2025

Ex-Soviet youth pioneer camps – once heavily supervised yet remembered surprisingly positively – have become sites of trauma, where Ukrainian children are being deported en-mass, incarcerated and re-educated. The complex legacy that Russia is exploiting encompasses infrastructure, ideology and personal memory, raising questions about the role of individuals in implementing state policy.

Ex-USSR youth pioneer camps – once heavily supervised yet remembered surprisingly positively – have become sites of trauma, where Ukrainian children are being deported en-mass, incarcerated and re-educated. The complex legacy that Russia is exploiting encompasses infrastructure, ideology and per...

25/08/2025

Being diagnosed with ADHD can be a relief. For neurodivergent women, masking can lead to poor mental health, substance abuse & hyper-sexuality. Vox Feminae takes a first-hand dive into positive coping mechanisms for the inattentive and/or hyperactive. https://www.eurozine.com/i-just-want-to-be-normal/

21/08/2025

Cancel culture: justice or silencing? It’s one of the most polarizing phrases of our time – charged, complex and fiercely debated. To some, it’s accountability in action; to others, a threat to free expression. Behind the buzzword lies a battleground of values, identity and powerplay. Dive into the debate and uncover what cancel culture really says about us today.

Cancel culture is a loaded term with roots that reach back decades. What emerges when today’s popular boycotts against offensive content are confronted by more traditional means of censorship? Art critics weigh in on their professional relevance and work circumstances.

21/08/2025

When Belarusian society rose up five years ago, the century-old hopes of the national liberation movement seemed close to realization. What remains of those hopes today? By Uladzimir Liankievič in collaboration with dekoder

English: https://www.eurozine.com/my-testament/
German: https://www.dekoder.org/de/article/belarus-liankievic-testament-exil-hoffnung-essay
Belarusian: https://www.dekoder.org/be/article/tastament
Swedish: https://penopp.org/sv/artiklar/testamente?language_content_entity=sv

18/08/2025

Starling murmurations are more than a hypnotic sight. Studies of their decentralized organization provide insights into life’s equilibrium between order and chaos. Thermodynamics seen through a chemist’s lens suggests intriguing parallels to human brain activity and herd mentality.

Starling murmurations are more than a hypnotic sight. Studies of their decentralized organization provide insights into life’s equilibrium between order and chaos. Thermodynamics seen through a chemist’s lens suggests intriguing parallels to human brain activity and herd mentality.

13/08/2025

Borrowing from Erdoğan’s playbook: Assaults on academic freedoms in the US mirror those happening in Turkey for the past decade, writes Kaya Genç via Index on Censorship
https://www.eurozine.com/borrowing-from-erdogans-playbook/

11/08/2025

The Courts have acquiesced, the populace is compliant and the Democratic Party is splintered. Without any way to make their opposition felt, Trump opponents’ only hope is that the economy will cause MAGA voters to rethink. By George Blecher https://www.eurozine.com/the-unstoppable-solipsist/

08/08/2025

A century on from partition, internal colonialism continues to characterize relations between England and Northern Ireland, writes Katy Hayward via IWM - Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen https://www.eurozine.com/eternal-twilight-of-the-ulster-kind/

06/08/2025

Today we want to talk about the ‘very easy’ subject of religion and secularism of today’s present society. Why France took secularism a bit too far and how religious texts can also be misused to excuse violence. The new episode of Standard Time with dora et labora, Omar Adam Sayfo and Megyeri Jonatán

Show notes in Eurozine: https://www.eurozine.com/is-secularism-taking-a-u-turn/

04/08/2025

The president who preached revolution: A portrait of Gustavo Petro, Colombia’s quixotic leftwing leader, by Iván Garzón Vallejo via Letras Libres

Elected in 2022 on a wave of popular hope, Colombia’s leftwing leader Gustavo Petro has failed to negotiate peace with the country’s armed groups and embarked on a ruinous tariff war with Donald Trump. A portrait of the president hampered by his own revolutionary nostalgia.

30/07/2025

While Lula has managed to stabilize the Brazilian economy and restore some key social programs, these gains remain fragile under the weight of fiscal conservatism, an uncooperative legislature, and a political environment saturated by disinformation. The only reason the damage isn’t greater for Lula is because the right wing is in disorder. By Nara Roberta Silva via Public Seminar

While Lula has managed to stabilize the Brazilian economy and restore some key social programs, these gains remain fragile under the weight of fiscal conservatism, an uncooperative legislature, and a political environment saturated by disinformation. The only reason the damage isn’t greater for Lu...