Stories

ALEPPO
COLUMN World War 3 Has Come to Your Hometown
Attacks by authoritarian national governments on their own cities aren't just local conflicts. They constitute a global war.
WHITEHORSE
FIDE-NORTH AMERICA Citizens Assembly Insights from Yukon
The Importance of a Chair and an Insight Committee
Brazil
Reviving Brazil's Local Budgeting
Letter from Brazil, on the  Birth, Decline, and  Resurgence of Participatory Budgeting
A Peace Wall in Belfast, courtesy of photographer Stephen Wilson.
United Kingdom
What Belfast and L.A. Have in Common
Democracy in divided cities requires remembering and forgetting.
The first gathering of the People's Assembly in Athens, Sept. 27 (photo by Joe Mathews)
Greece
The Next Democracy, On Athens Hill
Democracy was first built on a lot of loose rock.
Colombia
Frieden schaffen durch direkte Demokratie und Aktivist:innen als Politiker...
Kolumbien und Lateinamerika
Tunisia
How the Tunisian president is setting the country back years
Tunisia, once a beacon of hope after the Arab Spring due to promising democratisation movements, is now once...
Germany
Power of youth environmental activism
At Democracy International's Democracy Camp in Koblenz, we had the privilege of being hosted by Fridays for...
PODCAST: Direct Democracy in Latin America
Global
PODCAST: Direct Democracy in Latin America
 
Photo of the artist Lena Nicolajsen provided by the artist
European Union
The feeling of freedom: talking about rights through art
At the hot summer weekend of Cologne Pride, Europe Dome gathered over 150 visitors, presenting an art...
Photo of Yasuni rainforest provided by Jorge Espinosa
Ecuador
Yasunidos: ten years of determination prove people do have power
Back in 2013, we already spoke to Yasuni about a then newly proposed citizens’ initiative aimed at protecting...
Photo from Ukrainian Vibes tour
Germany
Building Bridges: Exploring Europe’s Future on the Ukrainian Vibes Tour...
In the summer of 2023, the Ukrainian Vibes team embarked on a tour through the German Bundesland Saxony with...