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How movements in the streets paved the way for the institutions In 2005, Zapatero regularized the legal status of half a million people. Since then, no government has promoted any similar initiative, until the citizen movement Regularización Ya (Regularization Now) came on the scene. “Regularization was achievable, and it has been achieved. This progress demonstrates something fundamental: regularization was not only necessary, but possible, and it was the sustained pressure of the organized migrant movement that managed to break years ...
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Labour solidarity is at the heart of the Blocchiamo Tutto movement
Although it had been simmering for months, few foresaw the magnitude of what unfolded between 22 September and 4 October 2025, when Italy — long perceived as apathetic, politically demobilized, and fragmented — suddenly came to a standstill. Under the cry “Blocchiamo Tutto”, Let’s Block Everything, a mass mobilization for the people of Gaza spread from the ports of Genoa and Livorno to the schools of Naples and the railway stations of Milan, Rome, and Bologna.
What began on 22 September as a call to ...
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Substantial wins for the Danish Left, and for the hard-right, as the reigning Social Democrats hand over the keys to the capital for the first time in a hundred years The governing Social Democrats (SD) took a massive beating in Denmark’s municipal elections on November 18, losing 5.2 percent support nation-wide. While still the party with the highest overall vote (23.2 percent), it took losses in many municipalities, and saw its support halved in some key strongholds, losing 18 mayors across the country and failing to ...
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The Sámi, spread out over the northern parts of the nation-state territories of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia, are the only indigenous people recognised within the European Union. A young generation of Sámi activists is currently at the forefront of social struggles in northern Europe, rejecting “green colonialism” and demanding political sovereignty. When, in August 2025, the entire church of Giron (Kiruna)[1] was moved by special trucks to a new location five kilometers away, the event was broadcasted live on Swedish television. It marked the peak ...
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One million people marched across France on 18 September 2025 in response to a joint call from unions and the Bloquons Tout (Block Everything) movement. From the early morning, hundreds of grassroots initiatives joined picket lines following weeks of self-organized general assemblies. This second day of mobilization — coming after the protests on 10 September that drew 500,000 participants — confirmed both the scale and the radical nature of the emerging movement. While the call to action has resonated widely, the question of what comes next ...
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Norway’s parliamentary election on Monday, September 8, 2025, was an incredibly close-run race. The left bloc, led by the Labour Party, secured a narrow victory. Labour will likely continue as a single-party minority government, seeking compromises and budget agreements with other left-wing parties as well as across the political spectrum. Much remains uncertain, however, as negotiations with as many as four smaller left-wing parties are still ongoing before a new government can be formally established.
The Race for the ...
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Barely a decade ago, the far-right Dansk Folkeparti (“Danish People’s Party”) was polling as high as 25 percent nationwide, but today Denmark’s far-right parties are largely excluded from direct parliamentary influence. The right’s policies on migration and integration have been largely adopted by the Social Democratic-led government, however, bringing far-right politics into the Danish political mainstream while the far-right itself is caught in a long and messy process of splintering, regroupment, and re-radicalisation....
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