Lorenzo Marsili

Lorenzo Marsili

Lorenzo Marsili is a writer, politic activist, and the founder of international NGO European Alternatives. He is co-president of the European Media Initiative, an international campaign demanding better protection for media freedom at European level. Together with Yanis Varoufakis he is one of the initiators of DiEM25. His latest books is called Citizens of Nowhere: How to Save Europe from Itself. 

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Europe

The coronavirus pandemic can empower us to demand change

The mobilisation to fight the virus shows that we can drastically transform our system and societies to fight a threat.

The coronavirus pandemic can empower us to demand change

Europe

What happened to the left in Western Europe after 1989?

And what is its future?

What happened to the left in Western Europe after 1989?

Facebook

The rise of corporate nations

Multinational corporations are increasingly encroaching on the functions of sovereign states.

The rise of corporate nations

Italy

National-populism: a new global model is born

The new model brings together fake social care, exacerbated nationalism and a compensatory pro-business approach.

National-populism: a new global model is born

The Far Right

The far-right has a utopia. What's ours?

Trump's former strategist Steve Bannon has vowed to help start a far-right revolution in Europe. Who will oppose him?

The far-right has a utopia. What's ours?

Italy

Italy's crisis is about to get much worse

The Italian president's veto on a proposed populist cabinet will have dire consequences.

Italy's crisis is about to get much worse

Italy

Italian elections and the crisis of European democracy

The grave state of affairs in Italy ahead of the elections is yet another sign that European democracy is in crisis.

Italian elections and the crisis of European democracy

Europe

It's high time for a new, multipolar world order

Pax Americana is over, but empowered cities and a reformed EU can take the lead for a better global governance model.

It's high time for a new, multipolar world order

Italy

Now Italy needs a new deal - and new politics

There is a renewed sense of civic participation in Italy and perhaps it can lead to a restart of its stale politics.

Now Italy needs a new deal - and new politics