#17 The new activists who are shaping the alter-european project

As a counterpoint to identity reactionaries and naive Europeanists, a third voice is now making itself heard around the continent. Forward-looking, inclusive and yearning for a shared future, a new generation of European actors are rallying together around a post-fatalistic battle cry, calling for a collective and alternative project built on the foundations of culture. Be they venues, the media, networks or festivals, engaged initiatives are springing up all across Europe. In stark contrast to the pious platitudes and vain political rhetoric about change, these new activists are using creation as a tool to propose new narratives and images of Europe. With Tilj Akkermans (Iron Curtain Project), Branislav Jovancević(Drugstore), Gosya Plysa (Unsound festival), Dimitris Alexakis (KET), Lorenzo Marsili (European Alternatives), Agnieszka Wiśniewska (Political Critique) et Oscar Rickett (Journalist)