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Julian Assange is on his way to freedom – but the fight is far from over

The forces that imprisoned Julian for the ‘crime’ of doing journalism are still not defeated.

Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, has been set free after fighting a long-running legal battle against extradition to the United States, where he could have been jailed for life on espionage charges [Wikileaks]

Against the ‘Denkverbot’: If you cancel Palestine, cancel us

Germany’s attempts to silence Palestinian voices will result in nothing but more anti-Semitism, terror and suffering.

Our withdrawal from the event at the Gorki Theatre is an effort to point the mirror back at German institutions and communicate to them the shortsightedness of their position on the current situation in Israel-Palestine, write Horvat, Stubbs and Sekulic [Wikimedia Commons]

What happens if Julian Assange is tried in the US?

The prosecution of the WikiLeaks founder in the US would have grave consequences for press freedom across the world.

Assange op-ed photo Reuters

Are protests enough to bring down the G20?

We have to take to the streets of Hamburg on July 7 with a clear idea of what we want our world to be.

Protestors hold a banner in front of the townhall during a demonstration against the upcoming G20 summit in Hamburg

Europe’s soft dictatorship

Hungary’s increasingly extreme reaction to the EU migrant crisis is stoking fears of an emerging dictatorship.

Migrants lying under a bridge on a bank of the river Sava in Belgrade, as they rest on their way to the Hungarian-Serbian border [AFP]

Did Varoufakis give Germany the finger?

Greek finance minister’s gesture was taken out of context but the finger was pointed in the right direction.

yanis varoufakis finger / screen grab from youtube video

Greece and the temptation of Syriza

After victory comes hard work.

New European radical left parties are aware of all the temptations when it comes to seizing power, writes Horvat [AP]

Where are we 25 years after ‘the end of history’?

Does Francis Fukuyama’s idea that ‘liberal democracy’ has triumphed still hold true?

In 1989, Francis Fukuyama published his famous essay 'The End of History' [EPA]

The return of the left in Europe?

The rise of the far right in Europe is undeniable, but is the left really dead?

Anti-fascist resistance hero Manolis Glezos won a seat in the European Parliament with left-wing SYRIZA party [AFP]

Why are the Balkans boiling again?

The Bosnian protests reflect socio-political dynamics that are going on not only in the Balkans but the whole of Europe.

Police have suffered from the same socio-economic ills that young people and workers have been protesting against in Bosnia and Herzegovina [EPA]