Section: Switzerland
Tribune: «How about finally tackling illiteracy in Switzerland?»

Tribune: «How about finally tackling illiteracy in Switzerland?»

Le Regard Libre N° 80 | Dans cette tribune, le comédien et metteur en scène Marco Polli met en perspective les récentes controverses sur l’orthographe et l’écriture inclusive à l’échelle des cinquante dernières années. L’ancien président de l’Union du corps enseignant secondaire genevois et de la Commission Langues Vivantes dénonce ce qu’il considère comme étant les différentes étapes ayant mené à l’état actuel des écoles en Suisse. A savoir une situation où un élève sur cinq est illettré à l’âge de 15 ans. Et l’ex-enseignant de proposer une voie pour s’en sortir.
Covid certificate: the underside of health authoritarianism

Covid certificate: the underside of health authoritarianism

Like Pandora's box, the question of the Covid certificate, once opened, unleashes a multitude of complex themes that question our relationship to authority. It also reveals that modern thinking has yet to mature with regard to the difficult question of the dividing line between the public and private spheres, which 19th-century liberals had highlighted in their writings. By way of example, the media and the general public talk about the majority and the minority, without realizing that the latter is actually threatened in this new episode of the Covid certificate in the pandemic soap opera. Indeed, non-vaccinators will soon be considered persona non grata in the public arena, which is reminiscent of the mechanisms of social stigmatization, particularly tragic in the case of the Covid certificate.
Foreigners' right to vote: the PS's endless logic

Foreigners' right to vote: the PS's endless logic

ARTICLE LONG FORMAT, Antoine Bernhard | Fifty years after the arrival of women's suffrage in Switzerland, the Socialists want to extend it across the board to foreigners living in the country. In January, the party tabled a parliamentary intervention and launched an online petition to promote the «right to vote for all». With this demagogic operation, the SP is revealing its revolutionary nature and demonstrating that it is often the enemy of the people. Analysis.
Johan Rochel, the far-center string-puller

Johan Rochel, the far-center string-puller

He has at least thirteen hats on his head, as many as the stars on his cantonal flag. At the very limited level of French-speaking Switzerland, he represents a (small) public voice. He proposes his way of seeing the world to anyone who will listen: through the Appel Citoyen movement he co-founded, the Foraus think tank he vice-chaired or the ethics laboratory he still co-directs. He also unpacks his values on 19h30 when he is invited to talk about fundamental freedom, on Le Temps when he conducts a questionnaire on sustainability, or on his blog when he analyzes current events while presenting the object of his research. And when you're a philosopher, «the object of your research» is vast. And diluted.