Laura Codruța Kövesi was praised in the West for going after corrupt officials.

Romanian President Klaus Iohannis signed a decree Monday to dismiss the country’s leading anti-corruption figure, Laura Codruța Kövesi, in a move to comply with a ruling by the Constitutional Court.

“The fight against corruption must not, in any case, be abandoned or ( Read more... )

NGOs warn of intimidation as Italy seizes migrant rescue ship

Vessel refused to hand refugees to Libyan coastguard and docked in Italy, where officials opened probe against crew.


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No humanity or compassion in Europe, apparently...

OP note: I've put the title of the article under a cut because it might be triggering.
( Trigger warnings: child death, racism, violence )

Kansas Soon to Become New "Mad Max" Wasteland.

The Basic Principle of the Economy in Rojava: Involve Everyone in Production

The basic principle of the economic policies of the Assad regime in Rojava was to keep the people poor and deprived in order to maintain their dependence. The Jazira [Cizîrê‎ / Cezîre] and Kobanî [Kobanê] cantons served as ( Read more... )

Never Ending Game of War on Terror is Good for Political Theater.

Libya’s Link to Manchester’s Tragedy
Whenever a horrific terror attack hits the West, the media/political etiquette rejects any linkage between the atrocity and the West’s wars in the Arab world, a blackout now applying to the Manchester bombing, notes John Pilger.The unsayable in ( Read more... )

Anarchists Doing Socialism Better than Bureaucrats

Anarchists Fill Services Void Left by Faltering Greek Governance

It may seem paradoxical, but Greece’s anarchists are organizing like never before ( Read more... )

OP: Another powderkeg of which we haven't heard that much in the west, is the Nagorno-Karabakh region, located in Azerbaijan but near Armenia.


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But Guyz Corporate Democrats Can Still Win by Leading with their Values.

How Rojava-inspired women's councils have spread across Europe

Could this little-known system provide a way forward for real democracy - from the bottom up - in our failing neoliberal political systems?Every time I speak at public meetings in Britain about the gender ( Read more... )

OP: I thought I'd make a post about this since no one else has yet and it is a pretty important election -in particular, the far-right 'Front National' (i.e. 'National Front') party has a chance at winning. (Also my family has been following this so...)

An important note about elections in France: there is the possibility of more than one round of ( Read more... )

650-year-old Polish oak is Tree of the YearAn ancient tree in Poland named the Oak Józef is the 2017 winner of the European Tree of the Year award ( Read more... )