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Another Europe is possible: closing plenary

John McDonnell, shadow chancellor Zoe Gardner, migrants’ rights activist Matt Wrack, FBU general secretary Caroline Hill, Young Labour chair

Another Europe is possible: opening plenary

Yanis Varoufakis, DiEM25 Caroline Lucas, Green Party MP Owen Jones, author and activist Clive Lewis, shadow climate minister Anthony Barnett, openDemocracy Sirio Canós Donnay, Podemos Neal Lawson, Compass

Anthony Barnett in conversation with Yanis Varoufakis

openDemocracy founder Anthony Barnett discusses DiEM25, Brexit and European democracy with Yanis Varoufakis. Recorded at the Another Europe is Possible event in London, 28 May 2016.

“Civil Disobedience is survival”

Ireri Carrasco sues Obama Admin for denying her DACA over protestas In Chicago, a migrant justice activist is suing the Department of Homeland Security for refusing to renew her DACA protection because of her activism. Twenty-nine-year-old Ireri Unzueta Carrasco received…

China to launch first quantum communications satellite

Beijing, May 30 (Prensa Latina) The Academy of Sciences of China (ASCh) is preparing to launch its first experimental quantum communications satellite in June. According to the institution, it will be the first quantum communication system in the world through…

North Korea: beyond the missiles

News of an unsuccessful test of a ballistic missile launched from North Korea is just one more event in the increased weapons activities that have taken place during and after  North  Korea’s first congress of the ruling Worker’s Party, the…

Let’s not burst our only balloon

If you start pumping air into a balloon, you should expect that eventually it will burst. Each balloon has specific limits to absorb air. Our world is like a balloon. Surprisingly, we are pumping air into it but not expecting…

KC William on Face 2 Face

On this show we discussed with a new blogger KC William who just started a site in New York City. justnomore.com a progressive online magazine, covering stories about class, race, gender, politics, education, resources and power structures.  

This time…?

Why, while in India in the heartland of Nobel laureate, Rabindranath Tagore, in Shantiniketen, and beset on imbibing the wisdom, inspiration and creativity of that great mind would I also encounter the influence or spirit of Steve Jobs? Certainly, two…

Acting Out to Change Laws

By Jarrett Lyons It’s not often that those who have the experience of homelessness get to create laws that practically address their day-to-day struggles. Yet this May, LGBT youth and veterans who have experienced homelessness performed plays about their daily…

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