Over the past couple of months, crowds in Serbia have gathered in the streets and sometimes blocked major roads and bridges. The main reason for the protests is opposition to the proposed lithium extraction project in the...
Just weeks after the world’s media was reporting that national tensions had brought the region to the brink of war, an extraordinary week of social struggle showed that a different Balkans is possible. At first glance, two...
Citizens blocked roads in Belgrade, Novi Sad, Niš and dozens of smaller cities in Serbia for two hours. Protest was organised by of the Ecological Uprising, the Open Civic Platform “Action”, Don’t let Belgrade D(r)own...
The COP26 regrettably failed to make the breakthrough towards establishing a new pathway for humanity that avoids a climate catastrophe. The UN scientific community considers it necessary to limit global warming below 1.5°C — however,...
The 2021 "Yearbook" of transform!Europe examines capitalism's impact on the global ecosystem and the accompanying economic crisis, as well as the effects on logistics and borders, the structure of work, healthcare systems, European integration, geopolitical...
transform! yearbook 2021 is the seventh of an annual series reporting on and analysing European and world political and social developments. The current issue looks at capitalism’s impact on the world ecosystem through global warming and...
A few days ago, President Biden was urging climate action when saying, we don’t have much more than 10 years. Fighting global warming is inextricably linked to what Bill McKibben and others call climate justice....
Once again, the recently issued Sixth Report of the IPCC on global warming paints a rather grim picture of our common global future. The report, written by 200 scientists and approved by 195 countries, came at a time when sections...
As the term of German Chancellor Angela Merkel comes to an end with her announcement that she will resign after Germany’s next federal election to be held on 26th September 2021 – Covid-19 permitting, one...
Residents of the Serbian town of Loznica intensified protests against the proposed opening of a Lithium mine by the Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto in the Jadar and Drina rivers in Serbia. On July 29,...