A while ago, I promised to introduce our team members, without whom this team would never be what it is now. As I said last time, the concept of this team has existed since 2011. Since April of 2019, however,…
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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…
Moyisi’s Blog: #1 My First Blog Post
Do you like taking risks? This is my first blog post and I took the risk to write to you. What if I told you that writing your first blog was easy? But it is the complete opposite. As a…
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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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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,…
Coronavirus-Free Countries
Some Pacific counties have successfully kept out COVID-19. How did they do it, and how long can they remain coronavirus free? COVID-19 was first identified in December 2019, in Wuhan, China and quickly spread across the world, resulting in a…