
Dispatches from Europe is the archive of reports from Howie’s 2024 trip to Europe. Beginning in Georgia to observe national elections, then to Poland and Ukraine, before moving west to Berlin, London, Prague, and Paris, Howie will be meeting with Greens and socialists from across Europe to report back on their struggles and lessons we might learn.
Dispatches from Europe, No. 6, October 31, 2024 – Greens Movement of Georgia
Green politics in Georgia started out with a civic movement organization, the Greens Movement, during the late Soviet period in the late 1980s that was directly influenced by the emerging Green parties of Western Europe. The Greens Movement was an important force in...
Dispatches from Europe #5: October 30, 2024 – Ia Eradze on Resisting Authoritarianism and Foreign Domination in Georgia
I interviewed Ia Eradze, a leftwing political economist in Georgia, on October 28, two days after the controversial Georgia parliamentary election. We talked in the afternoon before a protest demonstration against election...
Dispatches from Europe #4, October 29, 2024 – Georgian Opposition Takes to the Streets to Protest Stolen Election
Georgian Opposition Takes to the Streets to Protest Stolen Election Monday, October 28 started in the morning with a call by Georgia’s independent President, Salome Zourabichvili, calling for people to protest outside the Georgia’s Parliament Building on that evening...
Dispatches from Europe, No. 3, October 27, 2024 – Georgia Parliamentary Election: “It was a fix.”
By Howie Hawkins The officially announced results of the parliamentary election in the country of Georgia yesterday are in dispute. The ruling Georgia Dream party declared victory, while the four major opposition parties called the election stolen. With more than 99%...
Dispatches from Europe #2, October 25, 2024: The Greens Party of Georgia (the country)
As Kermit the Frog famously said, “It’s not easy being Green.” That is true in Georgia as well as America. Georgian Greens are as familiar with Kermit’s lament as we are. Just to reinforce what I said in my last dispatch about how most Americans don’t know there is a...
Dispatches from Europe, No. 1, October 24, 2024
Why Am I in Georgia? I am in Georgia — the country, not the state. Most Americans don’t know there is a country called Georgia. When I had to call customer service to figure out why my phone wasn’t making calls in Georgia despite the international plan I bought before...