Take the quiz and find out which “Tribe” you belong to! (Reactionary Conservatives – Conservatives – Balancers – Progressive Activists – Resigned) Quiz duration: 5 minutes The present study attempts to systematically map social perceptions and value orientations in contemporary Greek society, through the conceptual and methodological framework of the ‘Hidden Tribes’ model. In a period of constant crises, intense political polarization and value volatility, the analysis reveals...| Inter Alia
On June 20th, we visited Thessaloniki for a special collaboration with the Thessaloniki Tenants’ Union. Together, we presented the set “The fight for home”, which was curated for and screened at PDSFF25, in Athens. The screening was followed by a discussion focused on the challenges faced by renters in Thessaloniki and in Greece. Audience members and organisers compared the realities depicted in the films with their own experiences, raising concerns about the future of housing and empha...| Inter Alia
Our second YEP training course in Bacău, Romania, began with a recap of the key themes discussed during the first training in Italy. These included radical spatial sustainability, socio-spatial justice, degrowth, and participatory planning, concepts that set the foundation for our shared learning journey. Building on these theoretical insights, we transitioned into the practical dimensions of youth participatory spatial planning, delving into the unique YEP methodology. We explored participa...| Inter Alia
On May 10th Inter Alia hosted a gathering in Athens, at Akadimia Platonos, as part of the European Schools of Care bringing together artists, activists, and thinkers to face up with the subtle and brutal ways authoritarianism damages not only bodies but also the psyche, flattening difference, demanding conformity, and freezing public imagination. In a world with excessive images of atrocity and shaped by overlapping crises, such as genocide, war, fascism, ecological collapse, the event pose...| Inter Alia
EU Media Freedom In Deepening Crisis Amid Rising Authoritarianism Media freedom, the first line of defence against authoritarianism, is crumbling across the EU, according to Liberties’ Media Freedom Report 2025 (Report). Governments influence the media by allocating state funding to government-friendly outlets and using public service media for their communication tools; journalists face widespread threats and violence, with female journalists targeted the most, and are denied requests fo...| Inter Alia
11 Οργανώσεις και ανεξάρτητα ΜΜΕ υπογράφουμε κοινή ανακοίνωση – καταγγελία. Προχθές το μεσημέρι (8.7.2024), στον δημιουργικό κόμβο Ρομάντσο στο κέντρο της Αθήνας, το Vouliwatch πραγματοποίησε σεμινάριο για δημοσιογράφους και εκπροσώπους της Κοινωνίας των Πολιτών σχετικά με το δι...| Inter Alia
This time, our efforts to promote participatory approaches to planning got inspired by Degrowth, and our activities were designed in the context of our series, Let’s Talk about Degrowth*. Our aim was to motivate participants to design and organise collective socio-spatial actions for degrowth, building methodologically on the Participatory Action Research process used in our project, Youth Pool. The workshops have employed interactive activities and informative materials to create a transf...| Inter Alia
On solidarity and repression in Germany and beyond | Op-ed by Lorenz Deutsch* It has been almost eight months since the Israeli government launched its retaliatory onslaught on the people of Gaza. In response to Israel’s genocidal violence, people from all around the world, including EU citizens, took to the streets in solidarity with Palestine. In numerous countries, governments reacted with repression and harsh police violence. Attacks on democratic rights have been extensively criticised...| Inter Alia
On the 31st of May, Inter Alia hosted the last event of the one-year series of activities ‘I vote for myself! Redefining a common path towards 2024 EU elections’. a workshop with young MEP candidates from left and progressive parties took place on Inter Alia’s grounds at Valtetsiou street at the heart of Exarchia. For the second time this May, young people had the opportunity to meet left and progressive candidates for the European Parliament, discuss their policy ideas and talk about...| Inter Alia
We kicked off the degrowth series in Athens, and it was a full house! During our very first onsite meeting, we introduced ourselves by explaining the reasons that brought us together in this seminar. We discussed the climate emergency and the imperative to question our socio-economic systems, as well as the current policies and practices aimed at securing a livable planet. We shared our professional, social, and political experiences and discussed how these experiences have shaped our posit...| Inter Alia
