Western alignment without looking East Habermas’s insistence on negotiation with the Putin regime stemmed from a failure to comprehend the eastern European experience of totalitarianism. The argument that regime change is not a legitimate ...

Habermas’s insistence on negotiation with the Putin regime stemmed from a failure to comprehend the eastern European experience of totalitarianism. By Claus Leggewie and Daniel Cohn-Bendit www.eurozine.com/western-alig...

A photo of the front cover of issue 1673 of Private Eye magazine, with the caption “on shelves now.” The main headline reads “HUNGARY: ORBAN LOSES HISTORIC ELECTION.” The central image shows Viktor Orbán standing on stage alongside JD Vance, both raising their arms in front of a cheering crowd with Hungarian and US flags in the background. A speech bubble reads, “Who says America can’t achieve regime change?” A strapline at the bottom reads “HUGE TRIUMPH FOR MAGA (SURELY MAGYAR? ED.).”

Hungary: Orban loses historic election

The new Private Eye is out now.

Dialogue and silence Habermas understood that the possibility for German–Jewish dialogue after the Holocaust depends on commitment to universal law. But when the past demands silence about the present, that possibility is denied. On the contradictions in Habermas’s exemplary cosmopolitan project.

Habermas understood that the possibility for German–Jewish dialogue after the Holocaust depends on commitment to universal law. But when the past demands silence about the present, that possibility is denied, writes Omri Boehm www.eurozine.com/dialogue-and...

American A-10 tank buster aircraft arrive at RAF Lakenheath A stream of the ground attack aircraft have been spotted landing at the USAF base in Suffolk.

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Hungary leads the far-right charge on free speech Hungary’s elections will be decisive for the future of the anti-EU pressure group MCC Brussels, the international arm of the Fidesz-associated Matthias Corvinus Collegium. How would an Orbán defeat im...

Hungary’s elections will be decisive for the future of the anti-EU pressure group MCC Brussels. How would an Orbán defeat impact on the illiberal international? By @martinbright.bsky.social via @indexoncensorship.org www.eurozine.com/hungary-lead...

Another November: Queer Slovakia after 1989 Stigmatized during socialism, LGTBQI+ people in Slovakia continued to face political and social adversity in the following decades. Two veteran activists reflect on the campaign for equal rights after...

Stigmatized during socialism, LGTBQI+ people in Slovakia continued to face political and social adversity in the following decades. Two veteran activists reflect on the campaign for equal rights after ’89 and why it remains as necessary as ever. Via Kapitál www.eurozine.com/another-nove...

https://textor.online/ | In Erinnerung an Jürgen Habermas - Warum ich bedauere, niemals mit ihm ins Gespräch gekommen zu sein

Kritischer Text von Claus Leggewie über Habermas und Ukraine: sehr lesenswert 👇🏼

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Alexander Kluge – MERKUR Lesen Sie Artikel von Alexander Kluge in der Kulturzeitschrift MERKUR – Gegründet 1947 als Deutsche Zeitschrift für europäisches Denken.

Alexander Kluge ist tot. Zwischen seinem ersten und letzten "Merkur"-Text lagen 53 Jahre. Man muss gewiss nicht zum "Merkur" greifen, um Texte des unfassbar produktiven (u.a.) Autors zu finden, aber man kann: Es gibt insgesamt elf (einige frei lesbar).

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Cultural cuts endanger journals in Czechia and Slovakia Europe’s leading cultural magazines at your fingertips

In the Czech Republic, cultural journals are facing an unprecedented crisis as the far right takes over the Ministry of Culture. And in Slovakia, Arts Council defunding has left many cultural organizations, including journals, facing imminent closure www.eurozine.com/chronology/c...

Iran and the complexity of the world Iran’s regional influence, already much weakened before the current war, has been dealt a fatal blow. While the country’s political future is uncertain, Israel has moved closer to becoming the centre ...

Iran’s regional influence, already much weakened before the current war, has been dealt a fatal blow. While the country’s political future is uncertain, Israel has moved closer to becoming the centre of gravity in the Middle East. By Hamit Bozarslan via Esprit www.eurozine.com/iran-and-the...

Ist die SPÖ nun eine ordoliberale Partei? Hat Andi die Freiburger Ökonomen entdeckt? 🤔

This comment corresponds to my impression as longtime editor of @eurozine.bsky.social, a European network of journals that includes many eastern and central eastern European members 👇🏼

'Jürgen Habermas hatte sich selbst ins Abseits geführt, ein Abseits, das in Deutschland Mainstream bedeutet.'

A populist’s guide to using museums Change the directors, cut the funding, rewrite the narrative: from Washington to Warsaw, mnemonic warriors are deploying the same techniques to weaponize history. How museums have become key arenas in...

Change the directors, cut the funding, rewrite the narrative: from Washington to Warsaw, mnemonic warriors are deploying the same techniques to weaponize history. How museums have become key arenas in the culture wars. By Oana Filip via Scena9 www.eurozine.com/a-populists-...

Tech or tarot? Quackery with a university logo: the failed attempt to introduce pseudoscience onto the curriculum of Georgia’s flagship technical university was a bizarre episode in a wider cultural war being waged ...

Quackery with a university logo: the failed attempt to introduce pseudoscience onto the curriculum of Georgia’s flagship technical university was a bizarre episode in a wider cultural war, writes Georgi Lomsadze @voxeurop.bsky.social www.eurozine.com/tech-or-tarot/

I once had the honour of him politely but peremptorily rejecting an admittedly intrusive edit I had unwisely carried out on a translation of one of his articles.

Necessary reading 👇🏼
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Sportwashing Russia Recent statements by the presidents of FIFA, UEFA and the IOC indicate that the resolve to exclude Russia from international sport is crumbling. The justifications for this change of heart are disinge...

Recent statements by the presidents of FIFA, UEFA and the IOC indicate that the resolve to exclude Russia from international sport is crumbling. The justifications for this change of heart are disingenuous, writes Mykola Riabchuk: www.eurozine.com/sportwashing...

Phenomena of fear Lev Gudkov on the roots of fear in Russian society; translation as survival strategy in Soviet Kyiv; why the EU needs to get real on Belarus; what the Armenia–Iran relationship means for the South Cau...

Lev Gudkov on the roots of fear in Russian society; translation as survival strategy in Soviet Kyiv; why the EU needs to get real on Belarus; what the Armenia–Iran relationship means for the South Caucasus @osteuropa.bsky.social www.eurozine.com/phenomena-of...

Martin Rowson on the impact of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor on the royal family – cartoon Police urge the former prince’s protection officers to come forward with what they ‘saw or heard’

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From arch-Europe to anti-Europe The anti-EU sentiment emerging from Central Europe today suggests that little remains of the ‘arch-Europeanism’ Milan Kundera once ascribed to the region. But was there something inherent to Kundera’s...

Was there something inherent to Milan Kundera’s concept of Central Europe that explains the logic of contemporary Polish, Hungarian, Czech and Slovak nationalism? By Przemysław Czapliński via Czas Kultury and @osteuropa.bsky.social www.eurozine.com/from-arch-eu...

Hic sunt leones Looking at what we have learned not to see: on the secrets of communist infrastructure; museums and mnemonic warriors; folklore and the spirit of community.

Looking at what we have learned not to see: on the secrets of communist infrastructure; museums and mnemonic warriors; folklore and the spirit of community. Review of Scena9 www.eurozine.com/hic-sunt-leo...

Super Artikel, sehr lesenswert, danke.

Challenging the paradigms A discussion with the historian Nancy L. Green on the historiography of migration from structuralism to intersectionality; the relevance of trajectories in an age of global movement; and walls, episte...

A discussion with the historian Nancy L. Green on the historiography of migration from structuralism to intersectionality. Via L'Homme: European Review of Feminist History 2/2025 www.eurozine.com/challenging-...

Hermann Broch, Naguib Mahfouz, Manès Sperber: A trinity of trilogies

A Pure Act in a Dirty World - The Ideas Letter The great and ferociously original jazz pianist Matthew Shipp riffs with Benardo on what it means for a musician to find a truly personal sound—something deeper than virtuosity, rooted in…

Fascinating, great interview! @lbenardo.bsky.social www.theideasletter.org/essay/a-pure...

Venezuela’s suspended reality Despite a semblance of calm, Maduro’s removal has unsettled the Venezuelan regime. Will Chavismo’s tried and tested combination of coercion and expectation management continue to delay the long-awaite...

Despite a semblance of calm, Maduro’s removal has unsettled the Venezuelan regime. Will Chavismo’s tried and tested combination of coercion and expectation management continue to delay the long-awaited rupture? By Pedro Garmendia via @letraslibres.com www.eurozine.com/venezuelas-s...

Mexico’s inner child Against a backdrop of crime, corruption, inequality and sexual violence, Mexican novelists are returning to the tradition of the child narrator as way to pose questions about love, justice and human d...

Against a backdrop of crime, corruption, inequality and sexual violence, Mexican novelists are returning to the tradition of the child narrator as way to pose questions about love, justice and human dignity. Via @ord-och-bild.bsky.social www.eurozine.com/mexicos-inne...

New Bosnia: Perfect storm After years of hesitation, the series of atrocities committed by the Bosnian-Serb forces in 1995 prompted the West to finally intervene directly. Together with major advances by the Croatian Army, NAT...

After years of hesitation, the series of atrocities committed by the Bosnian-Serb forces in 1995 prompted the West to finally intervene directly. NATO’s entry into the Bosnian War set in motion a fundamentally new development, writes Tihomir Loza via Transitions: www.eurozine.com/new-bosnia-p...

Peace be the promise While lasting peace between the Turkish state and the Kurds now seems a genuine possibility, Ankara’s assault on Turkish democracy continues. Sırrı Süreyya Önder, the longtime dissident who died last ...

While lasting peace between the Turkish state and the Kurds now seems a genuine possibility, Ankara’s assault on Turkish democracy continues. Sırrı Süreyya Önder, the longtime dissident who died last year, remains a symbol of hope, writes @kayagenc.bsky.social www.eurozine.com/peace-be-the...

Recovering Moldovan identity through literature Contemporary Moldovan novelists continue to thematize the struggle for self-definition within a system designed to erase linguistic, social and ethnic identity. Taken together, their works form a lite...

Contemporary Moldovan novelists continue to thematize the struggle for self-definition within a system designed to erase linguistic and ethnic identity. Taken together, their works form a literature of post-Soviet recovery. By Oxana Gherman via @neweasterneurope.eu www.eurozine.com/recovering-m...