Milo Rau: It’s now or never for resistance
“We see with this Rio Tinto story that the fight for raw materials gets bloodier”, states the art director of the Vienna Festival for Mašina.
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Reject Rio Tinto – protect Serbia, a call from the European Left
The party of the European Left expressed solidarity with the people of Serbia in the fight against the opening of a lithium mine in the Jadar valley. “It is imperative that we resist this destructive project,” stated the European Left.
On the Anniversary of the 1944 Liberation of Belgrade, a Protest Against the Demolition of the Old Sava Bridge
In 1944, the Partisans and people of Belgrade prevented the German occupation from demolishing the bridge and hampering the city’s resilience. Today, people are again fighting to prevent similar maneuvers by those in power.
“Down with profit, long live the environment!”, a strong message from the Serbian diaspora to the authorities in Germany
A protest against lithium mining in Serbia and the development of the Rio Tinto company Jadar project will be held in Berlin today at 5 p.m. local time. In the proclamation that will be read at the protest, the organizers convey clear messages to the authorities in Germany and their partners in Serbia.
Berlin to Hold Protest Against Lithium Mining in Serbia
A protest against lithium mining in Serbia has been scheduled for tomorrow, October 15 in Berlin. Organizers of the protest include individuals from former Yugoslavia as well as environmental activists from other parts of the world. The organizers are calling attention to the German government’s inconsistency on environmental issues wherein it prioritizes environmental protection at home but promotes destructive lithium exploitation abroad.
Imprisonment for social media posts and legalized police coercion: New Proposed Changes to Serbia’s Criminal Code
The proposed law on amendments and supplements to the Criminal Code, available on the Ministry of Justice’s website, proposes a punishment of up to three years imprisonment for “publishing material that encourages committing a criminal offense,” or even for “knowingly accessing” such material.
An interview with LINKS candidates: “We have to fight together for a just international system”
“We aim to balance a Utopian vision of a radically different system with realistic steps to improve life”, state the LINKS candidates at the upcoming Austrian parliamentary elections.
Pro-Palestine Activists in Serbia and Albania Hang Banner Against Israeli President’s Visit
The activists put up the same banner in both Belgrade and Tirana, reading: “The people of Serbia and Albanian say no to genocide. Free Palestine.”
Benner: The Greens sacrificed climate protection on the altar of retaining power
The fact that Germany and EU are making “sacrifice zones” in the EU neighbouring countries is being exposed as a scandal by the climate movement in Germany, but isn’t discussed in the Bundestag, says Hauke Benner, a long-time environmental activist from Berlin.
If Serbia is a tiger economy, why don’t its students have free textbooks like most countries in the region have?
While in neighboring countries elementary school students, and in some cases high school students, are provided with free textbooks, in most of Serbia one can only dream of that.
‘They were dead silent’: Protest held in front of RTS against repression of activists
“Several thousand citizens showed support for detained activists at the protest ‘Safety is in Numbers,’ organized by Eko Straža.
Can Palestine unite people across the Balkans?
10 Balkan initiatives organizing for Palestinian liberation met this past weekend in Ljubljana, Slovenia. But the most important results of this meeting had nothing to do with Palestine.
“You Can’t Wait For Someone To Give You Your Rights, You Have To Take Them With Your Own Hands” Says Palestinian Studying in Serbia
Like many students studying in another country, Asem catches up with his family on the phone roughly once a week. But unlike other students, Asem’s conversations start with his family telling him, “we are alive.”
Organizers Call for Protest on July 11 in Response to Zoning Permit Approval for Rio Tinto
“This is just the beginning. We must prepare for Thursday because the Constitutional Court wants to annul the decree that suspended the spatial plan for this purpose,” said Zlatko Kokanović after being released from custody in Loznica late on July 7. “Rio Sava submitted that request. We must be there on Thursday to help them … Read more
140 Days of Hunger Strike by Kurdish Activist Ecevit Piroğlu in Serbia
In direct violation of domestic and international laws as well as court rulings, Kurdish political activist Ecevit Piroglu has been detained in Serbia for several years now. He is currently being held in a hospital in Pančevo, where he has been on hunger strike for the past 140 days. His health and life are on the line.
Depraz: “It’s a historical event that we organized so quickly”
Mašina talked about the French left‘s tactics for the approaching elections with professor Natalie Depraz, a member of the left-wing La France Insoumise political party.
Ten years on, is ‘Skopje 2014’ a sign of the future?
North Macedonia’s right-nationalist VMRO-DPMNE won a landslide electoral victory this week, retaking power with almost three times the votes of their rival, pro-European Social Democrats. VMRO-DPMNE’s 2014 redevelopment of capital Skopje rapidly passed into regional legend, with the Eurosceptic party replacing Modernist architecture with gleaming neo-classical facades and a vast array of statuary depicting Macedonian heroes.
At University of California, Los Angeles, Repressive Violence Continues After Encampment Clearing
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has emerged as a key site of repressive violence amidst the recent protests across American universities in support of Palestine.
“These Hands”: Artist Depicts the Workers’ Struggle at Recently Unionized Volkswagen Plant
Last week, a spark caught ablaze at Volkswagen’s Tennessee plant as workers voted to unionize. This victory comes after months of agitation by United Auto Worker (UAW) organizers, as well as retaliatory attacks on such activity by Volkswagen. A local artist, Tabitha Arnold, created a tapestry that visually shows how the workers fanned the flame and ignited a fire within the plant.
Femicide on the Rise: What is the role of journalists?
Two femicides occur within days of one another in past week in Peć/Peja and Uroševac/Ferizaj in Kosovo. An annual report about women’s rights in the Western Balkans reported that in 2023, there were 29 cases of reported femicide in Serbia.
App Delivery Workers Announce Boycott of Chevron for its Plunder of Palestine
Workers of the world are uniting to support Palestinian liberation. Most recently, the 100,000 workers part of the International Alliance of App-Based Transport Workers (IAATW) declared a boycott of Chevron, an American oil and gas company, because of its role in profiting off of and perpetuating Israeli apartheid.