In 2013, crisis-stricken Greece abruptly shut down its public broadcasting system. Nicolas Brodard recounts the battle over ERT: social struggles, control of the narrative and the illusions of a public service reinvented under Greek austerity, in the heart of chaos.
Placed at the heart of a heated national debate on the licence fee, accused of ideological bias and condemned to make savings, Switzerland's public broadcasting system is going through a turbulent period. Pascal Crittin, head of the French-speaking part of the company, responds to the critics.
Economics is a language of models and equations. Yet its foundations are philosophical. Giving heterodox currents back their rightful place means restoring the vitality and pluralism of this discipline - and thus its link with liberalism.
French musicology, frozen in a certain dogmatism, is drifting away from the very essence of musical language. That, at least, is James Lyon's point of view. In this article, the music historian defends his resolutely personal reading of the discipline.
Supposedly ultra-liberal, this magazine is also hostile to «queer rights», at least according to the latest article by this Lausanne University professor and star of environmental activism. An opportunity to remind ourselves of our values.
A l’occasion de ce 100e numéro, fêtons le pluralisme, et ses corollaires que sont la tolérance et la liberté d’expression. Lors de la création du «Regard Libre», nous n’aurions pas imaginé à quel point ces maîtres mots de notre revue nécessiteraient d'être défendus.
In her latest book, «Désinformation économique», freelance journalist Myret Zaki analyzes the way in which governments and companies juggle information, with the aim of embellishing or even hiding certain facts. A journey to the frontiers of lies.
Le Peuple paraît en Suisse romande dès cette semaine sous la forme d’un bimensuel papier et d’un site internet. D’après...
The European Union (EU) has decided to censor the Russian TV channels Russia Today and Sputnik on its territory. On Friday, the Swiss Federal Council announced that it was not aligning itself with this measure. This is good news, and here's why.