There is a problem in politics. This problem is global and affects both the left and the right, and to be honest independents as well. We have to talk about it – which is ironic really. After all, this is…
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“Globalizing Freedom” in Ghana’s capital: a report
Reflections on the 43rd congress of the International Federation of Liberal Youth (IFLRY) that took place between 1 and 4 March in Accra, Ghana.
Ethnic Nationalism on the Rise in India
Since the partition of India in 1947, India stood as a multicultural beacon in a culturally divisive region. While the Sinhalese fought the Tamils in Sri Lanka, and the then Burmese government fought a range of different ethnic groups, Nehru’s…
IFLRY Online Meeting on Ghana
IFLRY will hold its 43rd General Assembly in Accra, Ghana in the beginning of March. Leading up to that we wanted to organise an IFLRY Online meeting on Ghana. Ghana is a remarkable country, being referred to as an “island…
Parkland School Mass Shooting and Youth Empowerment
On February 14, a young man entered a school in Parkland, Florida, and killed 17 people. It was the latest incident of senseless gun violence facilitated by the United States’ equally senseless gun laws. This article, however, will not be…
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Ukraine Today: is There Light at the End of a Dark Tunnel?
Whenever I speak to people from abroad, I find that most of them have very similar ideas about the situation in Ukraine. The most common questions that I hear are: “Is it safe in Kyiv present days?”, “Is your country…
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IFLRY Online Meeting on the Philippines
In this 6th IFLRY Online seminar, Celito Arlegue, Executive Director of the Council of Asian Liberals Democrats (CALD) discuss the political situation in the Philippines. Celito discusses the liberal conundrum that is posed by populist president Rodrigo Duterte. Who is fighting…
Federalism(s) – Not All Pro-Europeans Think Alike
For a long time, I have noticed that, when discussing their common ideals, it seems that Federalists are not talking about the same thing – especially so when it comes to economics. Recently however, the different responses of European Federalists…
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Sticks and Stones May Break my Bones, but Couches won’t Keep me Home
Sehe unten für die deutsche Version dieses Artikels. / See below for the German version of this article. After taking part in the Junge Liberale’s (JuLis) support during the election weekend in Berlin, its delegation to support D66 during the…
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IFLRY Online Meeting on IFLRY in the 80s
IFLRY Online is IFLRY’s new initiative to allow liberals from all over the world to interact with each other more online. In that spirit, IFLRY organises regular online seminars, in which different people in the IFLRY network explain more about…