Transeuropa Journal - European Alternatives

TRANSEUROPA JOURNAL

A European journal of transnational alternatives

22/11/2010 - With a reticent Commission afraid of upsetting member states, it is up to European citizens to fight to have same-sex unions recognised in all countries. read more...

Why we need a European Revolution

24/06/2011 - Blaming bankers and politicians is not enough. To solve the crisis, radical change will be needed at the European level. read more...

Debating the commons in post-socialist Bulgaria

24/10/2012 - In the last half-decade Bulgaria has witnessed a persistent wave of protests triggered by the increasing privatization of and construction on protected land. Can we say that this phenomenon spells good news for the resurgence of ... read more...

Activism, Collective, Commons: Interview with the Romanian Group for Social Action

16/11/2011 - Interview with GSA, an intellectual, activist, left-wing platform, launched in Cluj to counter 'a kind of monopoly of the right-wing, which excludes alternative solutions from the very start'. read more...

European checkmate: democracy at gunpoint

16/11/2011 - “There is no alternative”. Rarely has this false refrain sounded so convincing to so many people as when the governments of Italy and Greece have been given the alternative: obedience or bankruptcy. Read European Alternatives' ... read more...

You cannot save the euro without reining in the banks

08/12/2011 - The eurozone crisis is a story of how banks were allowed to ruin a perfectly reasonable project, and how they continue to shape the discussion. read more...

Rethinking citizenship beyond the nation state. Interview to Engin Isin

13/04/2012 - The idea of a form of citizenship that goes beyond the nation seems today to be the privilege in large part of liberalism and much lesser of critical theory or movements read more...

Trans Europa… Rights and discrimination of trans people in Europe

13/07/2011 - Alessandro Valera interviews Julia Ehrt, one of the two co-chairs of Transgender Europe, a network association uniting trans* organisations in more than 20 European countries. read more...

The Internship Generation

24/02/2011 - Interns in Germany are increasingly protesting their “abuse” as cheap labour since they frequently receive poor or no allowances for their work and since there are no laws regulating internships. read more...

How is your country scoring? Report on LGBT rights and protection in Europe

20/05/2011 - ILGA Europe has published a comparative report on the situation of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender/transsexual people (LGBT) in Euro read more...

Migrant Camps in Europe: Open the doors! We have the right to know!

10/05/2012 - Joint Press release - Visits campaign: Obstacles to the right to know read more...

Hungary must not become a symbol of a failed European dream

13/01/2012 - European Alternatives calls on European leaders to condemn the threats to democracy and freedom in Hungary and for the European Institutions to apply Article 7 of the Treaty of Lisbon to Hungary read more...

The crisis calls for a cultural revolution in Europe

21/12/2011 - Greek newspaper Tovima interviews European Alternatives' co-president Niccolo Milanese read more...

The crisis calls for a cultural revolution in Europe

21/12/2011 - Greek newspaper Tovima interviews European Alternatives' co-president Niccolo Milanese read more...

The Rights of Interns in the Netherlands

27/04/2011 - There are about a million students in Holland. For most students, a very important (and compulsory) part of their studies is an internship at one of a range of different companies. Many degree courses require students to spend ... read more...

Between Translation and Action - New forms of political mobilisation

27/04/2012 - The various protests challenge the current system of power by articulating alternative political manifestos and practising (re)newed forms of politics. read more...

Students of Europe, Unite!

15/11/2011 - Students throughout Europe should unite in the battle to revendicate their rights. A European students’ movement would mark the beginning of the liberation for a generation which cannot accept the current model of society ... read more...

Internships in the UK

08/03/2011 - With the Conservatives auctioning off two-week internships for £2,000-£4,000 at the exclusive Black and White Ball, what can be said of the future of internships in the UK? read more...

Eurocrisis calls for a new politics fit for the age

09/11/2011 - European Alternatives calls for a paradigm shift in European politics. The Eurocrisis can no longer be solved by technical fixes: a profound reconstruction of European democracy is required. read more...

Italy and the New Italians: an Interview with Migrant Writer Kossi Komla-Ebri

02/08/2011 - Born in Togo (Tsévié), Kossi Amékowoyoa Komla-Ebri is an Italian doctor and author. read more...

How do you spell crisis?

25/04/2012 - The European economic crisis is a turning point in the disease affecting the common European household read more...

Appeal for a Europe without borders

19/05/2011 - The right to free movement across the continent and to move across the Schengen area without border controls are two of the foundations of European citizenship. We refuse that these rights should be put in question. read more...

The Transnational Walk

24/04/2012 - The Transeuropa Festival opens on the 9th of May with a transnational event - a common gesture - simple and powerful at the same time. read more...

As we move: migration, borders and social change

26/04/2012 - The act of migrating extends far beyond the act of moving across a geographical space read more...

Communication of support for the European Protests

18/04/2011 - European Alternatives supports the movement born in Spain fighting for a real democracy which is able to offer to citizens a real choice over their own future and which can restore to citizens their control over the main economic ... read more...

The ugly face of national strategies for Roma inclusion

06/10/2011 - One year on from Commissioner Viviane Reding drawing international attention to the actions of the French government, the face and meaning of ‘national integration strategies’ is revealing itself. read more...

From the democratic deficit to a democratic default?

23/05/2012 - Already today the basis of democratic legitimacy within the euro zone has been reduced to a vanishing point. read more...

Transeuropa Festival, the countdown starts

03/04/2012 - May is approaching, and May is the month of Transeuropa Festival. While Europe will be subject to tensions and attempt of weakening its social and civil unity, the third edition of the Transeuropa Festival will take place, ... read more...

A democratic rupture for Europe - Call for a democratic assembly in Florence

17/07/2012 - We launch an appeal for the constitution of a vast coalition recognising itself in the concrete demand of European democracy. read more...

Media freedom in Europe: “The whole system of checks and balances is falling apart”

31/05/2011 - The European Journalism Centre published this article on Media Freedom in Europe, based on the debate which took place at the Transeuropa Festival in Amsterdam on May 8. read more...

Genoa 2011 for another Europe

25/07/2011 - The following statement was jointly written by organisations and movements meeting in Genoa in the context of the 10th anniversary of the 2001 G8 meeting, including European Alternatives read more...

Development as Freedom? The Bhopal case

18/07/2010 - Nowadays seems to be fair enough that words such as freedom, democracy, development, have become bare containers full of rhetoric with no meaning. Too often we hear examples of good or bad governance based more on economical ... read more...

Turning the economy into Tahrir Square

13/07/2011 - From Trafalgar square to Tahrir Square: How can we rethink together what kind of transition our generation wants to make to adulthood? read more...

3 Questions to Sandro Mezzadra

01/05/2012 - Sandro Mezzadra is Associate Professor of Political Theory at the University of Bologna. He is on the editorial boards of Studi Culturali, Scienza & Politica and Filosofia Politica read more...

Human Social Art

21/02/2011 - SDF- No Fixed Abode: Frank Boucher, author-photographer, raises the question of the meaning of these three letters. read more...

A significant step towards 21st century democracy in Europe: support transnational lists!

07/03/2012 - On March 14th the European Parliament will vote on a proposal to allow transnational lists in the European elections. At present the European citizens can only vote on national lists: EU citizens vote for candidates in the ... read more...

Real Alternatives: For a new European social pact

06/10/2011 - European Alternatives supports the transnational wave of protests demanding a radical change in Europe’s response to the financial crisis and advances 9 concrete proposals read more...

Only proper integration will solve the East’s democracy problems

01/08/2012 - Romania is the latest country to be signalled out for undemocratic tendencies. But brittle democracy in the East has roots in the region’s economic transition and only proper integration in the EU economy will strengthen it. read more...

Libya: interference or support?

29/03/2011 - Interview with MEP Malika Benarab-Attou. "It is imperative that we stop the violence inflicted on the Libyan people by Gadaffi and the need for humanitarian action is undeniable. However, we must consider the importance of the ... read more...

Maghreb appeal

08/04/2011 - Call for a renewed European policy in favour of the democratic transition in the Maghreb and the rights of migrants read more...

A Positive Transeuropean Example of Migrant Mobilisation

06/07/2011 - While this protest received poor media coverage, European Alternatives sees in it a positive example of trans-European migrant mobilization. read more...

Join Transeuropa Festival! Become a Volunteer!

04/04/2012 - Even if you only have 30 seconds you can help TRANSEUROPA Festival to be interesting and successful read more...

Europe: The Community of Cultures

16/03/2011 - Much of the EU’s cultural engineering consists of empty symbolic inventions that imitate national identity structures on a trans-national level; the famous flag, the monetary system, passport and of course the common sense of ... read more...

FAQs on basic income

09/04/2012 - Due to the profound changes which labour has undergone since the 1990s,it is no longer able to guarantee welfare to workers and their families. read more...

Scholars with scholarships

24/05/2011 - Scholarships and internships are frequently used as a way of labour insertion for recent graduates. But the reality is that there are thousands of cases of graduates who work without proper funding in business, public ... read more...

European Alternatives at Council of Europe Conference

14/11/2011 - “Unless we acknowledge the widespread feelings of injustice and work to create new forms of democracy and active citizenship able to deal with them, social cohesion will remain unreachable.” read more...

Interview with Tania Bruguera

10/05/2012 - "I believe art can solve problems, even political and social problems, but for this they need to use a language that is shared with the people they are dialoguing with" read more...

The Italian puzzle - austerity, corruption, and the man next door

26/02/2013 - The international press has identified the results of the Italian elections as a vote against austerity. We find this analysis inaccurate and we explain why read more...

Three Questions to Guy Standing

20/04/2012 - The precariat must be understood as part of the emerging global class structure. It consists of a growing number of people who are experiencing multiple forms of social and economic insecurity. read more...

An ever closer (student) Union

14/02/2011 - We advocate a closer union and coordination between European students and collectives engaged in the same battles. read more...

EA organises protest against forced evictions in Cluj-Napoca

03/10/2011 - EA participated in a protest against forced evictions of Roma in Cluj, Romania, demanding an end to segregation and a new legislative framework to defend the right to housing. read more...

A major challenge to the Dublin system: Greece and Belgium condemned for violating refugee's rights

08/02/2011 - A revolutionary ruling by the European Court of Human Rights may subvert one of the pillars over which the Common European Asylum System is being built. read more...

Confiscation of goods belonging to mafia members: an introduction

01/08/2011 - Confiscation is an extraordinary legal measure approved in Italy after 1983 in order to contrast the rising power of organised crime associations, especially the Sicilian Cosa Nostra, which had been responsible for the murder of ... read more...

Interview with Cristina Bermejo Toro, Confederal Secretary of the youth section of Comisiones Obreras (CCOO) Madrid

28/04/2011 - Comisiones Obreras being an active part in supporting the rights of young people, has recently published investigations on the conditions of the internships in Spain emphasizing the critical points and promoting demands for ... read more...

Call for civil society access to detention centers

30/09/2011 - European Alternatives and Migreurop will jointly organise a transnational forum "Open access to detention centres for migrants in Europe" in Paris on October, 22nd, 2011. This text is a first version of a call for citizen's access ... read more...

Another road for Europe

25/06/2012 - A Forum in Brussels on June 28 launches alternatives to the inaction of the European Council read more...

European Alternatives supports Embros theatre and opposes its closure by the Greek government

19/10/2012 - European Alternatives opposes plans to evacuate Embros theatre, and condemns the Greek government fo repressing the free expression of artistic and political aspirations of the Greek people read more...

“Nobody wants to watch”. Struggles for the cultural sector in Poland

19/10/2012 - The artistic and cultural sector in Poland is currently facing two serious problems; a lack of money and the incompetence of officials, who do not understand the specificity of artistic activity. This article explores the search ... read more...

An inquiry into the status of internships and the relationship between training and jobs in Europe

02/03/2011 - This article begins an inquiry into the realities of work experience in Europe. read more...

Are we entering a Europe-wide 'winter of discontent'?

08/12/2010 - During the past few weeks, a remarkable wave of youth protest in a number of European countries has gathered pace. Murmurs of a return to 1968, or that we are entering into a 'winter of discontent' abound. read more...

Occupy Wall Street in China: Representation and Social Networks

13/10/2011 - How is the Occupy Wall Street movement portrayed in China? Dandan, our correspondant from Beijing, reports. read more...

Towards a Transnational Democracy for Europe: Launch of a Citizen Pact

11/12/2012 - While the European Council meets in Brussels to decide on future treaties for still greater financial control, 200 meters away from the Council, in the European Parliament, European Alternatives and partners launch a year-long and ... read more...

Progress towards harmonising LGBT Rights in Europe

20/03/2012 - On March 13, the European Parliament has adopted its annual report on equality between women and men in the European Union. The text looks at recent advances in gender equality, and includes several recommendations for LGBT ... read more...

European Politics Unveiled: The Burqa Ban and its Implications on Multiculturalism

21/02/2011 - In 2010, no other item of clothing has attracted as much attention in European home affairs as the burqa and the recent events in the New Year do not indicate an alteration of this polemic trend. read more...

Franziska Brantner: Europe's new external action service

12/07/2010 - The EEAS has just been agreed upon in outline. Franziska Brantner, MEP, participated in the negotiations and tells us the priorities for the European Parliament and how EU foreign action could become more democratic. read more...

Interview with Gabriele Del Grande, founder of Fortress Europe

05/01/2011 - Flore Murard-Yovanovitch interviews Gabriele Del Grande, the founder of Fortress Europe read more...

For a European Social Convention

08/12/2010 - We demand European institutions and members states recognise the necessity of engaging citizens in the definition of a new European economic architecture read more...

People Power Participation: evaluation

27/03/2012 - Throughout 2011, European Alternatives has managed the project People, Power, Participation (PPP). We have collected and analysed the answers to the questionnaires, which will help us evaluate the impact of our project read more...

The Riace Model or Migration as a Value for a Truly Global Citizenship

11/08/2012 - EA’s Anna Lodeserto and Rosen Dimov are taking part in the first international work camp organised by the network RE.CO.SOL. in the virtuous centre of Riace. read more...

The horizons of a European

11/03/2011 - Now it is clearer than ever that there is a European common good, as well as a European common risk, of which only Europe can fully take charge read more...

Nobody Expects...

26/03/2012 - Nobody Expects... Imagining Transnational Mobilization is a call for ideas launched by the Transeuropa Network and European Alternatives for the 2012 edition of the Transeuropa Festival. read more...

Transeuropa Lublin: Festival for Lublin and Europe without prejudices

27/05/2011 - I left Rome on a sunny spring day and arrived to a freezing Poland. However, taking part in Transeuropa Lublin could not have made me feel warmer... read more...

Tunisia: from the point of view of an activist exiled in Italy: An interview with Osama Al Saghir

02/03/2011 - My family ran away from a dictatorship with the desire to live in a free, democratic state. I am a convinced democrat, I have studied and lived my life with western democracy all around me, and yet I have never been able to take ... read more...

Europe and the lesson of democracy arriving from the Arab world

02/03/2011 - From Tunis to Cairo, the winds of change have swept through the streets, revealing that the majority of Arabs are tired of living in a climate of oppression and persecution. Now, they dream of freedom. read more...

Helen Flautre on the Tunisian crisis

08/02/2011 - Helène Flautre: MEP and member of the Greens - European Free Alliance, is a specialist on the issue of the defence of human rights. She gave her opinion on the Tunisian crisis to European Alternatives. read more...

A new generation must work together across the Mediterranean

07/07/2011 - Ahmad Badawy is Program Director at the Egyptian Democratic Academy (EDA), a youth non-profit organisation working for freedom, democracy and human rights. He met Niccolo Milanese during the "Believe in Dialogue, Act for ... read more...

Cie: Detention at the Reception centres

19/10/2011 - Finally the words have been uttered: Italian reception centres are in reality, prisons. read more...

Transeuropa Festival, EA's members take the floor

04/04/2012 - The Transeuropa Festival is approaching and every activist is working for it: we asked them to explain the reasons for their commitment read more...

100 Special Screenings of “Closed Sea” for the World Refugee Day 2012

20/06/2012 - European Alternatives supports the Campaign against the policy of “pushing-back” Migrants “No More Push-Backs!” (Mai Più Respinti!) launched by ZaLab, Open Society Foundations and Amnesty International on the occasion of ... read more...

The young generation of the Old Continent

22/03/2012 - Protests against ACTA have rapidly spread throughout Europe, with a particular strength in Eastern countries. Here is a report from Sofia, Bulgaria read more...

Transeuropa Festival is coming back in October 2013

21/02/2013 - 2013 is the ‘official’ Year of European Citizens.TRANSEUROPA Festival is the first experiment of a truly transnational Festival involving citizens in its creation and realisation. It is an artistic, cultural and political ... read more...

END THE CRIMINALISATION OF PROTEST!

29/10/2012 - On 19 October Trenton Oldfield was given a 6 month custodial sentence for his direct action against government cuts and a culture of elitism in the UK. This statement calls for an end to the criminalisation of protest. read more...

A New Danish Voice?

16/09/2011 - Whilst the result of the Danish elections definitely point towards a reduction in the political influence of the Danish anti-immigration party, it is not representative of the trend across Europe. read more...

Labour Rights in the EU: a decent economy for decent work

25/01/2011 - “Everyone has the right to engage in work and to pursue a freely chosen or accepted occupation. Every citizen of the Union has the freedom to seek employment, to work, to exercise the right of establishment and to provide ... read more...

EU Transparency in the hands of Member States

10/04/2012 - European Alternatives joins this campaign on the right of access to EU documents in order to state its position about the transparency that European Institutions have to show towards European citizens. read more...

Two shores, one struggle : IndignaCtion Forum

02/10/2012 - From September 10th - 12th, around 70 young protagonists of the Arab Spring and the European Indignant movements met in Luxemborg to share their experiences with revolutions, uprisings and social protests, and together decided on ... read more...

Time to uncouple the welfare of Europe from the totem of national sovereignty

28/06/2011 - We have reached the point where even the welfare of the people of Europe is sacrificed to the totem of national sovereignty. Here are seven proposals of European Alternatives to get us thinking the alternative. read more...

Eurobonds and democracy must go together

20/09/2011 - Eurobonds must be set up in a way that forces the member states that jointly guarantee them to work together in the general interest of Europeans, and not to be held hostage to the most economically powerful member states. read more...

The road to Europe: the need for trans-European politics

15/10/2011 - The EU's crisis has been framed as an economic one, with the self-interest of individuals in nation states pitted one against the other: if the Greeks do well, the Germans do badly. But Europe needs a plural political existence - ... read more...

A Movement for Real Democracy

12/10/2011 - Interview with G. G. Clavell on the present and future of the movement of the indignados and the transnational dimension of protest. read more...

Fernando Pessoa Evening

24/10/2008 - Fernando Pessoa is one of the most and important European intellectual figures of the past century. The London Festival of Europe 2008 dedicated a whole day to the exploration of this mysterious Portuguese Poet. read more...

Global Health, Global Security

29/11/2012 - To improve the health of migrants’ means to improve the health of the world population and goes beyond a security focused approach to migration control which only superficially aims at solving health issues. read more...

Ireland: Bonuses for bankers would have been 'galling' at a time of austerity

14/12/2010 - Irish minister for Finance stops AIB from paying bankers bonuses read more...

EA article in EU Observer

18/11/2010 - EA Directors Niccolo Milanese and Lorenzo Marsili have published the following opinion piece on EUobserver, making the case for a joint European response to recent expulsions of Roma from France. read more...

‘What shall become of us without any barbarians?' Youth Policy in the Euro-Med

09/04/2013 - Both political leaders and youth movements across the Mediterranean need to be clearer about radical alternatives to the status quo, if we are to avoid the risk of a new fascism emerging. read more...

Egypt Presents Challenges for European Diplomacy

25/02/2011 - Understanding the influence of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt is a major challenge for European diplomacy. Following a very slow start, the EU must begin to make effective use of the External Action Service, in order to follow ... read more...

Libya and the European dual game

15/03/2011 - Gaddafi’s regime has effectively remained the same for at least three decades; violent, corrupt, and oppressive. Nobody can claim to be surprised by the reactions of the Libyan government to the people’s protests. read more...

From Tahrir Square to Puerta del Sol: what unites Arab and European social movements

18/02/2013 - The last two years has seen a flurry of protest activity and the birth of new social movements across the Arab world and Europe, and while on one hand these movements seem to concern ostensibly different struggles, one can’t ... read more...

From Tahrir Square to Puerta del Sol: what unites Arab and European social movements

Transeuropa Festival : A transnational mobilisation

19/04/2012 - As every year, Transeuropa Festival is grounded in the contemporary global and European context and organised by activists from throughout the continent. read more...

The Global Financial Meltdown and Bulgaria

14/10/2011 - How has the crises impacted on Bulgaria, and what has been the response of protest movements? read more...

EA gets the Paolo Giuntella Freedom of Information Award 2012

20/07/2012 - On 19th July 2012, the organisations behind the Campaign LasciateCIEentrare / Open Access Now, including European Alternatives, were honoured with the Paolo Giuntella Freedom of Information Award. read more...

Detained in perdition

07/12/2012 - An account on Spanish migrants’ detention centres. read more...

The End of the Swedish Social Model?

21/09/2010 - The success of the Sweden Democrats in the national elections contributes to the advance of the far-right across the EU, and perhaps it shows that Swedish citizens acting alone can no longer achieve their expectations for a better ... read more...

Hungary: Government Should Stop Its Totalitarian Changes to the Constitution

18/03/2013 - Abusing their two-third parliamentary majority, Viktor Orbán and his government in a new wave of “coup-like” amendments to the constitution wants to elevate to constitutional status a number of laws that were previously ... read more...

Welcome to the Local Activities Explorer

24/02/2013 - We have created the Local Activities Explorer so that you can see what other groups are working on the issues your group cares about. It will also enable you to explore what activities members of your group could get involved in ... read more...

Interview with Jean Lambert, Green Party MEP for London

05/01/2011 - Jean Lambert, Green MEP for London, kindly agreed to meet up with us on December 17th, the last day of the Cancun Climate Summit, to give us her views on the prospects of reaching multilateral agreements on tackling climate ... read more...

European Alternatives supports the first citizens’ initiative: Fraternité 2020

12/12/2012 - Fraternité 2020 is Europe’s very first citizens’ initiative, a new tool of participatory democracy allowing at least one million citizens to present a legislative proposal directly at the European institutions. read more...

Get involved in our new project on precarity!

10/03/2013 - Using creative methods, we want to uncover your experiences on how you cope with trying to make a living. We'll use your insights and ideas to develop scenarios, stories and a guide on how, through the process of coping with the ... read more...

Paths beyond precarity

21/03/2013 - Check out interview with Professor Blackburn on social housing and shared.experiences. read more...

Of the silent majority I speak

13/09/2011 - Dear activist, the revolution was made to return to the people their right to determine their fate without any guardianship. It wasn’t made to take the power from Mubarak and give it to you and your friends on Facebook. read more...

The Bulgarian winter: between the devil and the deep blue sea

20/02/2013 - On Wednesday, 20th of February 2013, the Bulgarian government headed by Boyko Borissov has deposited its resignation. What happened? What comes next? read more...

Decommodifying labour

08/03/2013 - Nicola Countouris is a London based jurist who has been doing research on precarity in a transnational perspective. We met him at University College, London, in front of what seemed most adequate to the circumstances: three cup of ... read more...

A Candid Reflection on LGBTQ through Art

14/03/2011 - Photo: Growing Up Cristina Chirilă “Thinking is a form of collage”, says Susan Hiller. Her retrospective at Tate Britain shows the work of an artist always in search of the ways that ... read more...

Transnational Dialogues across China and Europe: A Bilingual Journal

15/04/2013 - Throughout 2011 and 2012, European Alternatives had been running the Transnational Dialogues, an exchange project between Europe and China involving young artists, curators, researchers and intellectuals from all cultural fields. ... read more...

Eyewitness report: Neo-Nazi March in Lithuania on Independence Day

13/03/2013 - 3,000 Participate in “Unauthorized” Neo-Nazi March in Central Vilnius on 2013 Independence Day read more...

Beyond the Battle of Alexandria

20/02/2013 - Two years after the revolution, everything began again in Alexandria. January 25 2013, a Friday, a day of prayer, was supposed to be the second anniversary of the revolution. But it ended up being a wave of chaos and violence - ... read more...

Beyond the Battle of Alexandria

European Networks and Federations

25/11/2011 - Notes from the European Networks and Federations Seminar read more...

The crisis must be taken as an opportunity

16/06/2010 - The European Parliament today condemned the approach of the European council to the financial crisis, but it may be that prolonged criticism of the national leaders themselves, also on the part of civil society and social ... read more...

BORDERS TO CROSS: Open call!

20/05/2013 - Pre-Announcement Borders To Cross How green is (y)our grass? read more...

“Stop Precarity: Act Democratically!”: Analyses and Reflections on a Week Filled with Exchanges of Ideas Surrounding the Themes of Job Instability and Democracy Both Inside and Outside of Europe

06/05/2013 - Article by Alice Michelini Pictures by Elena Dalibot Our Egyptian and Spanish friends left only a few days ago and already there is a deep sense of emptiness and nostalgia permeating all those who participated in the absorbing ... read more...

The many seasons of revolution across the Mediterranean

20/02/2013 - Two years after the beginning of the Tunisian and Egyptian revolutions, the symbol they provide of political change is embattled but still alive both throughout the region and throughout Europe. European Alternatives has been ... read more...

The difficulty of telling true stories across nations

21/02/2013 - Reflections on an exhibition and debate read more...

Europe after Europe: the other Europe in waiting

21/05/2013 - With so many conflicting interpretations of what post-crisis Europe should look like, it is easy to forget that another Europe will only come by reconciling the people across the continent, through initiatives and institutions ... read more...

When work doesn't pay

06/05/2013 - We often hear of people scapegoating people for being on benefits because they can't find a job, but why don't we hear as much about how many employers are not paying their staff and the lack of social protections for employees? read more...

Meet and two veg

13/05/2013 - Want to make sure that your friend's dad who's a butcher doesn't go bust? Buy some sausages from him and you can ask him where he got the meat from! Want to make sure you can get fresh veg which doesn't cost a bomb, go to your ... read more...

Institutional Racism and Ethnic profiling in Italy

24/04/2011 - In 2009-10 Italy was the second country in Europe when it comes to the occurance rate of mistreatment, attacks and racially motivated acts of violence. Main victims were citizens of African descent, Roma and Sinti. read more...

A TALE OF TWELVE CITIES

14/05/2013 - As part of co-designing the next Transeuropa Festival, we’re trying to broker connections between the groups we’re working with in each city. We’re also using the keyword technique before to help us join up the dots between ... read more...

BOUILLABAISSE TO BULLI - HOW TO CREATE MEMES FOR ACTIVITIES

14/05/2013 - As we’ve been coming up with ideas for activities for our Festival in London, our fellow cities have also been working with young people to come up with ideas. read more...

HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO GET INVOLVED?

14/05/2013 - We want to find out what drives you. Transeuropa London should be shaped by the people and ideas that form it. We want to know how you can get involved. read more...

TURNING SCAPEGOATS INTO PARODY

14/05/2013 - As I described in my last post, we hosted a "Create Your Festival" session and the techniques we used from "silent brainstorming" to "I wish this was" to "semiotic stimulus". So what ideas did people come up with? read more...

FROM UNDERCOVER ECONOMIES TO BEACH EXCHANGES

14/05/2013 - Why would a network of creative activists want to get involved with a festival around "micro-making"? What has co-designing activities for a festival got in common with pirates, pies or pop up woodshops? How can you "make your own ... read more...

STITCH AND BITCH - MAKING CONNECTIONS BETWEEN IDEAS

14/05/2013 - We’ve been building on our experience of developing the Transeuropa Festival throughout this year from striking up relations to prototyping social markets. read more...