Interview with Samir Amin, whose latest book riasserts the necessity to resort to a critical utopia in order to understand the world and find alternatives to overcome capitalism.

‘We won’t pay for your crisis!’ has echoed throughout universities worldwide. The significance of this is that the statement’s momentum has not only spread throughout educational institutions, but has also been present in other areas of society, bringing attention to the general failure of neoliberal capitalism and its appropriation of all spheres of life.

European social democracy needs a fresh start. In the wake of the most severe economic crisis in decades, social Europe Journal is organising a pan-European online debate. Contributors from all over Europe will publish their views on the “Good Society”.

The financial crisis gives an opportunity to define a new society in Europe. Antonio Gramsci once said a crisis is when the old is dead, but the new not yet born. A new European socialism will be based on freedom, economic security, equality and democracy. By Stefan Collignon

The financial crisis calls on us to imagine alternative ways of living. European Alternatives launches its ChangeUtopia! series of events throughout Europe, starting with the question of poverty in a global world.

A European Cultural Movement must open the way for new modes of life in Europe and act as an alternative to the market…