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See also the 2 other essays of this form: by Camilo Erlichman on the war's meaning for Western Europe's present ... x.com/Eurozine/statu…

In Algeria, 8 May 1945 is remembered for the Sétif and Guelma massacres, a series of bloody pogroms carried out by European settlers and French security forces on indigenous Algerians that May and June.

The many ends of the Second World War: Why 8 May 1945 is not celebrated as the moment of liberation in the Global South. By Th. W. Bottelier via Review of Democracy eurozine.com/the-many-ends-…

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and its denial of rights at home, are precisely the kind of development that the OSCE was set up to prevent. So why has it failed to fulfil its purpose? By Fredrik Löjdquist eurozine.com/from-helsinki-…

The steady advance of new populist movements intent on installing a very different type of political order is perhaps the clearest expression of how the Second World War has ceased to possess an explanatory capacity for the politics of the present.

Skimming, scanning, scrolling might save time, but what are they doing to your cognitive ability? Miha Kovač via Razpotja and Wespennest on deep #Reading and analytical thinking’s pertinence to #Democracy. eurozine.com/democracies-de…

Elusive elites: Despite the prevalent interest in inequality, sociologists and historians often avoid talking about elites. Why is that? Via Swedish journal Fronesis eurozine.com/elusive-elites/

The psychological toll of living in a warzone is causing children in Gaza to lose their ability to communicate. By Sarah Dawood via Index on Censorship eurozine.com/left-speechles…

The immediate focus on survival means that traumatized children in Gaza are not receiving the therapy they urgently need. By Sarah Dawood via Index on Censorship eurozine.com/left-speechles…

Action movies present pumped-up models of masculinity. Mastery over one’s body can be similarly unrelenting, especially when self-optimization drives us on like neoliberal heroes, writes Lennart Soberon via rekto:verso eurozine.com/no-pain-no-gai…

Being born male awards immense societal privileges. And yet many men and boys are remonstrating, dissatisfied with their lot. Could pressures of embodying hyper-masculinity be at fault? asks Sarah Waring eurozine.com/no-pain-no-gai…

There are grounds for hope that the tide is turning in favour of the Serbian student movement: first, the unification of the opposition around the movement’s demand for new elections; second, the emergence of a new strategic alliance with the EU. eurozine.com/serbias-awaken…

‘An autocratic system of rule can be undermined most effectively by ignoring the autocrat and calling for a return to legality. From the beginning, the Serbian students’ demands have been aimed at the competent state institutions, not the president himself.’

Our unjust world is full of harrowing personal stories desperate to be heard. But privileged responses often underscore marginalization, as historic blacking up shows, writes Nina Čolović via Vox Feminae. eurozine.com/leeching-off-p…

Since the mass protests in 2020, the Belarusian regime has undergone a totalitarian transformation. Its many instruments of repression serve one end: to prevent civil society from becoming the driving force of another revolution. By Ingo Petz edition.fotoTAPETA eurozine.com/a-war-on-its-o…

What happens to #democracy when governments court rich and highly skilled, offering #citizenship as privilege, when those in need are turned away? Lea Ypi's ‘Speech to Europe’ via IWM takes concept of ‘good’ and ‘bad’ migrants to task. eurozine.com/migration-and-…

We went to Novi Sad to talk to journalists, experts & student protesters about Serbia’s powerful anti-corruption movement. From past uprisings to Kosovo & nationalism, here’s what we learned: 🎥 youtube.com/watch?v=7Gb5FY…

Today, as Russia’s regressive war on Ukraine reopens old conflicts, the Helsinki Final Act and other East-West treaties stand as monuments to European modernity. By Durs Grünbein in collaboration with Debates on Europe eurozine.com/the-resilient-…

Foundry of Swedish feminism: Ord&Bild revisits the Fogelstad Citizen School for Women and its role in the Swedish women’s movement eurozine.com/foundry-of-swe…