On the program

As authoritarian forces are growing stronger and we are witnessing big tech aligning with authoritarian right-wing leaders, as Europe is rolling back its own ambitious rules on data and environmental protection, it is more important than ever to focus on how we can make progressive policies happen. In this discussion, we will hear from professionals and activists that have been working on campaigns and movements for change, on what we can learn from different European examples of grass-roots organizing. We will discuss how we make good policies happen and how we build movements and strength to make transformative policies reality.
A panel discussion on how we organize for change from outside parliamentary structures, on what the left has learnt in terms of strategy, campaigning and grass roots organizing.

Joining this discussion:

Joe Todd is the Co-host of the Life of the Party podcast, Co-founder of The World Transformed and Common Knowledge and Movement Research Unit and the former head of communications in Momentum.
Anastazija Govedarica Antanasijević is a 22-year-old student of Sociology at The Faculty of Philosophy in Belgrade, journalist at Mašina.rs and assistant conductor at the first childrens’ rock choir in Serbia, RocHoir Kids. Anastazija is also an activist in Solidarna kuhinja (Solidarity kitchen) in Belgrade. Through her studies, work and activism, she focuses on labour rights, youth, inclusivity, and social justice.
Johanna Bussemer is the Deputy Head Centre for International Dialogue and Unit Head for Europe at the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung.

Moderated by Li Andersson, MEP