Find Luke‘s other articles On Brussels here Now more than four years old, the Brexit process has surprised, astonished and confounded throughout its existence. So it seems fitting that, as it reaches its ignoble end, some of the more jaw-dropping…
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Moyisi’s Blog: #2 Identity, HERITAGE, Diversity
Each year around this time, South Africans across the country gather for events, school calendars accommodate cultural civies day and use this time as time for fundraising and cultural fashion parades. But is this all that is Heritage Day? Do…
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Can a Sustainability Taxonomy Make the World a Little Better?
Pictures from the Greek refugee camp Moria left me staggered. A desperately overcrowded camp on the margin between the Middle East and Europe stood in flames. The dancing fires and the dark clouds over the camp have been the expression…
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Minorities and Climate Change
When talking about the effects of climate change, the notion that minorities are disproportionately affected is often invoked. In most debates, this notion is not explained any further, as though this were something obvious. Challenging this statement seems almost like…
Interview with Former IFLRY President Imke Roebken
In November the Junge Liberale (JuLis), IFLRY’s German member organisation, will celebrate their 40th anniversary. For Libel, this seemed like a good occasion to interview former JuLis member and former IFLRY president Imke Roebken. Imke was president of IFLRY from…
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Interview with Lina Nasereddin from Free Thought Forum in Jordan
Find our other interviews with liberal and democratic youth organisations here. Lina has been elected as a new board member of Free Thought Forum in February. They are a Jordanian NGO dedicated to promoting citizen participation in political life and…
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As America’s Unemployment Rate Surges, the Pandemic Proves We Need Medicare for All
In just a month, unemployment went from 4.4% in March of 2020 to 14.7% in April as the coronavirus prompted shutdowns and mass layoffs. This left millions of Americans without jobs — and, in many cases, without the medical insurance…
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On Brussels: Bracing for the Second Wave
Find Luke‘s other articles On Brussels here. It seemed as though a sense of normality was returning to the EU. In June and July, the EU was able to reopen many of its internal borders and thrash out a new budget and…
Omar’s Blog: #1 Introducing Team MENA
From today on, you will be receiving new updates from a small team in the Netherlands. I am introducing you to team MENA of the Young Democrats/Jonge Democraten. The name gives away our main focus but there is much more…
Fleeing from Chaos to Another Chaos
Lebanon became the center of international attention when a warehouse full of fertiliser exploded in Beirut and killed 200 people. We at Libel have written about the accident itself and the political upheaval that has taken place in Lebanon before,…