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3 weeks ago | 
znetwork.org | Nina Petrov |Mehran Khalili
Serbian student organiser Nina Petrov joins our host Mehran Khalili us to explain how a local tragedy sparked a national uprising. What started with 15 minutes of silence has become the largest protest movement Serbia has seen in decades—forcing resignations at the top and shaking the foundations of power. We talk tactics, momentum, and what activists everywhere can learn from the fight unfolding in Serbia right now.
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2 months ago | 
diem25.org | Mehran Khalili
On Tuesday, I hosted a discussion for DiEMTVon what Trump’s second term could mean with Yanis Varoufakis and US political commentator Katie HalperThe entire conversation (above) is worth your time, but later in the show we got into what activists can do to resist Trump’s agenda, and lessons from his first term. Since the ‘how’ of effective activism is particularly close to my heart, I’ve isolated the most salient parts below.
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Sep 25, 2024 | 
diem25.org | Yanis Varoufakis |Mehran Khalili
Mario Draghi’s much-anticipated report for Ursula von der Leyen calls for Europe to invest 5 percent of its income in green energy and sustainable technologies. The same plan was proposed nearly a decade ago – back when it could actually have been be implementedWhen the euro crisis was young, some of us became convinced that a massive public green investment program was necessary to save Europe from economic stagnation and from the ultra-right that would emerge as stagnation’s sole beneficiary.
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Mar 5, 2024 | 
diem25.org | Lucas Febraro |Mehran Khalili
On March 8, it is crucial for Yes votes to prevail in both the ‘Family’ and ‘Care’ Referendums to continue progress towards social inclusivity, reflecting the spirit of recent constitutional amendmentsOn March 8, International Women’s Day, people in Ireland will be asked to vote in two referendums to change the Constitution, Bunreacht na hÉireann. The first referendum concerns the concept of family in the Constitution.
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Mar 4, 2024 | 
diem25.org | Lucas Febraro |Mehran Khalili
DiEM25 in the Netherlands is organizing an interactive panel on gender equality in The Hague on the occasion of International Women’s Day, featuring Lyne Ismail, Besan Zarzar and Melita MileticTo mark International Women’s Day, DiEM25 in the Netherlands has invited Lyne Ismail (founder of FLINTA Football), Besan Zarzar (journalist at RFG Magazine) and Melita Miletic (activist) to discuss what still needs to be done to achieve real gender equality in the Netherlands.
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Nov 3, 2023 | 
subvrt.org | Mehran Khalili
Last weekend I attended the Make Amazon Pay summit in Manchester, UK. And although we were there to organise against corporate greed, many of the sidebar conversations I had were about... Gaza and the left’s response. So although I touched on this topic in my last newsletter, I'm revisiting it this week. Because it relates to issues beyond Gaza, and to how the left positions itself in general. * * *The trap of comparisonsThere's a concept called Godwin's Law, that's as old as the modern internet.
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Oct 25, 2023 | 
diem25.org | Lucas Febraro |Mehran Khalili
E86: Gaza screams for help. Why won’t Europe listen? By | 25/10/2023We’re more than two weeks into the implacable collective punishment of the Palestinian people by Israel. Thousands of civilians have been killed, most of them children, in a campaign that has Palestinians and Western activists and academics ringing the alarm bells of genocide. And yet our European leaders seem incapable to see anything but Israel exercising its “right to self-defence”.
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Oct 24, 2023 | 
diem25.org | Lucas Febraro |Mehran Khalili |Omar Barghouti
Europe’s media and politicians are on a quest to make racism mainstream againOpinion PieceBy | 24/10/2023Gaza Islam Israel Palestine How the genocide in Gaza is being used to fuel prejudice at homeImagine encountering a few workers in your apartment building and offering them a friendly greeting. Minutes later, police officers knock on your door. You’re under arrest for saying “hello”. The issue? You did it in Arabic.
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Oct 23, 2023 | 
diem25.org | Mehran Khalili |Omar Barghouti
Israel-Palestine: Notes on an information warOpinion PieceBy | 23/10/2023Israel-Palestine has exploded once again. It started with an attack by Hamas against Israeli civilians on October 7, killing 1,400 people and taking more than 200 hostages. Which was followed by an even bloodier retaliation by Israel in the form of airstrikes on Gaza, which as I write has killed at least 3,700 people, almost half of whom are estimated to be children.
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Apr 11, 2023 | 
diem25.org | Hannah Lang |Mehran Khalili
Across Europe, the cost of housing has risen sharply in recent years. Rents have exploded, neighbourhoods gentrified and public spaces privatised. The result: more and more people facing homelessness or precarious living conditions. What are the root causes of this growing – yet relatively under-reported – crisis? What are the different housing challenges people are facing across European countries?
