By Menelaos Charalambidis** Why should we be interested in a battle that took place 80 years ago, in December 1944, in Athens? Dekemvriana (‘December events’), the clash of British troops and Greek government forces with Greek communist resistance fighters has become known, was a highly significant incident in World War II, which however remains […]
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No to War — Solidarity with the People of Ukraine!
Russia’s invasion of large parts of Ukraine not only marks the sad culmination of the end of all peace policy efforts in Eastern Europe since 1990, but also confronts left-wing forces around the world with a challenging test. As important as it is to adhere to the basic values of left-wing politics by calling for […]
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The “Dragon’s Head” – Greece’s place in the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative
Dragons are common symbols of formidable and auspicious powers in Chinese culture. In China’s New Silk Road, the “dragon’s head” is the Greek Port of Piraeus, as President Xi put it. Greece’s largest and Europe’s seventh-largest port has become the cornerstone of multifaceted and growing Chinese investment in the country. But despite triumphal cries, whether the Chinese […]
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“Vulnerable” equality in times of pandemic
Aliki Kosyfologou’s text entitled “vulnerable” equality in times of pandemic, is an introduction to the study “Women’s Status in a Struggling Greek Economy: The Terrifying Fall of a Society’s progress”, published in English by February 2020 in the context of the thematic “Feminist Responses against Austerity: How fiscal cost cutting impacts women around Europe” (Rosa […]
Isolated in another’s home: The effects of the Covid-19 lockdown measuresondomestic workers in Greece
A text by Tatiana Mavromati and Laura Maragkoudaki on domestic workers in Greece, during the Covid-19 lockdown […]
