🗳️Today the European Parliament has decided to choose a path that drags us back into austerity again.

🌲Austerity damages democracy and moves Europe away from green investments.

✖️Progressives must say no to austerity!
socialeurope.eu/progressives-m…

Join us for Decolonial Europe Day on May 9th!

📅 When: May 9th, 2024
📍 Where: Online

ℹ️ Learn how to decolonise Europe and contribute to dismantling colonial power structures.
Shift the dominant narrative towards a more inclusive and decolonised perspective

Decolonial Europe Day

ECSA is around the corner!

🗓️ When: April 26-28, 2024
📍 Where: Friche de la Belle de Mai, Marseille, France

Workshops, conferences, debates, networking and more.

Together for a social, feminist, antiracist, ecological, peaceful, and democratic Europe!

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📢 The online launch event of the FIERCE campaign is coming on on April 26th

👉 This campaign, centered on feminist movements and organizations, aims to strengthen democracy in Europe amidst rising anti-gender and far-right forces.

Find out more on FIERCE 's page

We have opened the registration for the second edition of #DecolonialEuropeDay , taking place online on Thursday 9 May 2024 from 12.00 to 19.30 CEST!

Check out the programme & register now: decolonial.eu/programme/

#DED2024

💡'We asked youth to give us their feedback on what issues related to technology...are most important...how they feel about things like ChatGPT.' 🎤Check out Christy Lange's interview on the importance of giving youth the space to express their voices at ars.electronica.art/criticalchange…

🎨 On World Art Day we are reminded that art is a catalyst for change.

Check out Artsformation to see the work that is being made to use art in shaping the digital world and amplifying the voices of the marginalised for a more just society.

studiorizoma.org/editorial/soci…

Civil Society Organisations call on MEPs in European Parliament to #StopThisPact by rejecting it in today's vote.

The Pact foresees an end to the right to asylum as
we know it. It's time to say NO.

Read the statement ⤵️
equinox-eu.com/wp-content/upl…

🎭 Community theatre reveals how creative expression is a means to reclaim the voice of the oppressed and marginalised.

🗞️ Read Celia Fernández article “The Power of Play: Community Theatre, Solidarity, and Fighting Oppression” on the @GreenEuJournal: greeneuropeanjournal.eu/the-power-of-p…

On #InternationalRomaniDay , we launch Holding Spaces, a documentary on transnational democracy.

The 'Spaces for Action' episode spotlights discrimination against Roma communities in Cluj and how locals are campaigning for housing justice. Watch now:

youtube.com/watch?v=U95FdH…

30 years since Rwanda's genocide, justice remains elusive and Europe's responsibility can’t be ignored.

Read more about ongoing legal cases in Belgium: brusselstimes.com/belgium/986710…
#RwandaGenocide #Systemicinjustice

On #WorldHealthDay we face the reality that healthcare is a privilege marked by disparities in race, gender & economic status. Roma communities for instance have worse access to healthcare, perpetuating inequalities. It's time for universal free healthcare across the EU!

🪧🇵🇸Over the past six months, solidarity protests with Palestinian people have been banned in at least 12 #EU countries.

New research from European Civic Forum on the scope & scale of the restrictions: web.civicus.org/ECFReport

From Istanbul to Ankara, a resounding rejection of Erdogan's authoritarian rule has been expressed in local elections.
Let’s hope this change signifies cities opting for solidarity and equality over oppression.
For a future of equality where the power of the people prevails!

🏳️‍⚧️Tomorrow is Transgender Day of Visibility. Attend our event co-organised with local trans rights groups in Palermo. Find out more here instagram.com/p/C5Dpsw6o8_N/…

#TDOV
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Thanks to all the European Alternatives team for putting this together, and especially to Seema Syeda 🚩 for all the great editing of the journal!

Check out the new European Alternatives journal issue! It includes my piece ‘The Lost Art of Organising Solidarity’: solidarity is not spontaneous, but is built through democratic movement structures & the imaginary of the 'decolonial multitude' might be helpful in connecting struggles👇

✨Issue 5 OUT NOW✨
From reproductive rights triumphs in Europe to Gaza's enduring struggle, we tackle today's urgent issues grounded on intersectional feminism.
Explore AI's ethical dimensions, Palestine solidarity, anti-Islamophobia efforts, and more.
euroalter.com/out-now-ea-jou…

🎨 Join our poster design competition and let your work stand up for social justice, citizens’ & migrants rights, and voter engagement ahead of the European Elections 2024.

🗓️ Deadline: 11 April 2024

✨There’s also a prize!

Find out more: euroalter.com/imagine-demand…