“There feels like a massive push towards ‘diversifying’ the arts. It makes me feel uncomfortable when at the centre of that push we find mainly white, middle class people.”
“We are an organization with one staff member, and a limited amount of energy because nobody in the political and activist left wants to talk about Brexit! “
"Instead of talking about the Greek debt and its creditors and the European Central Bank, we decided that a people-to-people message could be much more effective to lift up their spirits."
“In the Kenyan camp there are second generation and third generation refugees,” I said, “Can you imagine somebody being in there on a permanently temporary basis? It’s hopeless.” It opened their eyes a bit I hope.
"We are very aware, when it comes to the whole Greek experience, that one of the problems the political left faces is … what it means to be able to implement your own ideas."
The host city for Transeuropa, surfing or drowning in the waves of governing for change?
What we want to build is something counter-hegemonic, where we are accountable only to our readers, and committed to providing a space that holds power to account.
“This is the safe space I was talking about… a totally open space people can feel safe in, because stories are shared, barriers are broken and everyone is welcome.”
“Because often when it comes to politics, I am sort of a leader. But here I was a follower: and it was a good experience.” An interview on thoughts arising from Team Syntegrity 2017.
The prospect of government did not generate or impose novel thinking, practices, or behaviours within the Greek left.
