France: Raped in her own home, the French justice did not believe her
Born in Ireland, Maureen Kearney was a trade unionist of Areva, the former French state owned nuclear company. Maureen starts denouncing a contract with a Chinese nuclear company. Then, she starts being pressured by some Areva executives and on December 17th 2012, she is the victim of a violent attack at her home. She is […]
Poland: F*ck you, abortions go through!
Justyna Wydrzyńska is feminist, mother and part of Abortion Dream Team Collective. She helped Ania, woman unwillingly pregnant, to get abortion pill. Unfortunately, Ania got caught by her husband. He called the police and Justyna got accuse of “helping in abortion”, which is criminalized by polish law. She is facing 3 years in prison.
Becoming a gondolier
“Fie a manetta” is venetian and it means “Girls at full speed”. It’s the name of a school boat in Venice that learns to women how to drive a motor boat. Until a few years ago, motor boats were considered a better fit for men and not women. Indeed, only men were taught how to […]
Spain: Living differently
Entrepatios is an ecological building located in Madrid, in right of use, whose apartments cannot be sold or rented, based on communal living, a space that demonstrates that another way of living is possible. El Salto met its inhabitants.
Italy & Spain: the struggle for citizenship
In many European countries, being born or have lived in a country most of your life doesn’t necessarily grant you citizenship. VD and El Salto met Zelihan and Tesh who share their struggle to obtain the citizenship of the country they have known all their life.
France: Living with mold and cockroaches
Angélique is 43, mother of 2. She lives in the city of Saint-Ouen, a small working class town right outside Paris. She has lived for 15 years in the same small flat that is now completely unsanitary. Mold, cockroaches, humidity everywhere… the flat has been deteriorating since 2019. Welcome to her life.
A home for health workers
The Bíró family started a foundation to help health workers that earn little money in a villa in Budapest given by the Bíró family. This home shelters health workers where they live together and pay a very low rent. For Sphera Network, 444 met Ági Tátrai-Pap, leader of the Bíró Foundation.
Why living in Venice has been almost impossible?
In the last 13 years, Venice has lost over 10, 000 inhabitants. The city suffers from depopulation due to high rents and the tourist monoculture. For Sphera Network, VD met Giulio Grillo who lives in a new squatted house that he has completely renovated from Biennale Pavillons materials. He’s the founder of the Re-Biennale project […]
Poland & Hungary: How people view the war in Ukraine?
Krytyka Polityczna and 444 interviewed people on the streets of Warsaw and Budapest to know a bit more about people’s opinion on the war that hit our continent.
France & Hungary: are our countries corrupted?
Roughly three quarters of French people consider politicians to be corrupt.It’s often said that Hungarians don’t care about corruption.But what is the reason behind the most important issues like healthcare, education, and so on? For you, StreetPress & 444 analyze corruption in France and Hungary and the ways to fight it.
