Written by Julia Aleksandra Zmarzlik The Macandra building in Enschede (Overijssel, Netherlands) is one of the last breaths of residential brutalism in the country. Currently it provides affordable housing for international students, but the living conditions are dire and far from comfortable. A major renovation has been announced for aContinue Reading
Written by: Ramona Schnall In the first part of my essay about Bookchin’s dream of municipalism, I sketched his idea of the municipality as the place to resist capitalism and environmental destruction. But then how realistic is the picture of self-sufficiency and autonomy really? When thinking about human nature, wouldContinue Reading
Written by: Ramona Schnall There is one dream that echoes in many of my generation: The dream of a farmhouse somewhere in the countryside, a huge common area, maybe some art studies and if not, at least a little garden for butternut squash and eggplants. In our future, the ideaContinue Reading
Written by Daria Aron In recent years, all over the world, the right to abortion has been debated. In some countries, abortion was finally legalised, such as in Ireland, and in others, the right was restricted, such as in the United States. The problem is, however, that legality is notContinue Reading
Written by Sol Zeev-Ben-Mordehai In the digital age, trends spread like wildfire; once-hidden corners of the internet now shine brightly in the spotlight. 15-second videos targeting boys and young men on how feminism has robbed them of success are widely seen on TikTok and Instagram. While there were always ideologicalContinue Reading
Written by Gergely Halász As the world is engrossed in political and economic turmoil, many crises seem to loom as existential issues. The climate crisis, which is intimately familiar to anyone who has read the news in the past twenty years, needs no introduction. The issue I wish to tackleContinue Reading
Written by Deniz Koçak On May 28th of 2013, activists in Turkey planned a peaceful sit-in in order to protect Taksim Square’s Gezi Park which the government planned to demolish. They were standing against the government’s choice to cut down the trees in the park in order to “construct aContinue Reading
Written by Vittoria Cateni Cambodia, a land in Southeast Asia, has a particularly troubled history, ranging from the breakdown of the Angkor empire to French colonialism, and finally the Khmer Rouge’s brutal regime. As the country strives to move past beyond its past, the legacies of those events continue to hinder its opportunity for development. One of theContinue Reading
Written by Emeline Rateau Waiting next to my laptop sits the CD that my grandpa gave me as a gift two days ago. The title reads “Le Brésil, tous les Brésils” (French for ‘Brazil, all the Brazils). On the cover, a black woman seems to be facing a green light,Continue Reading
Written by Ramona Schnall Should it happen that you come to pass a small town in Tunisia, and its name happens to be Zammour, your gaze might be bewitched by the stabbing beauty enfolding in front of your eyes. Sandy mountains softly stretch over the horizon as a sea ofContinue Reading