CALL FOR ARTICLES - Pact for Equality - A campaign for Anti-Discrimination in Europe and beyond

The Pact for Equality vision comes from across Europe’s uneven landscapes, where racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, ableism and class injustice continue to divide.
From the cracks where discrimination is normalised, we refuse silence. They insist on dignity, solidarity and justice.

This campaign is a demand for a Europe that does not simply tolerate difference, but actively protects and celebrates it. Equality cannot remain a promise postponed; it must be a lived practice into our institutions and into our struggles for freedom.

After the campaign we launched ahead of the EU elections with advocates with a migration background currently living across Europe, this new Issue 12 of the EA Journal wants to relaunch the main demands of the campaign by gathering voices, testimonies and visions that expose discrimination and imagine futures beyond it. They want to map different experiences: the everyday violence of exclusion but also the courage of movements building bridges of equality across borders, languages and identities. We understand equality in the broadest sense to include not only equality of opportunity, but also equality of resources based on need, justice and fairness.

They ask:

• What examples of actions against discrimination are already being put in place?
• Which forms would a genuine Pact for Equality across Europe look like?
• How do we dismantle intersecting systems of oppression and discrimination without leaving anyone behind?
• How do art, activism and creativity become tools for radical equality?

WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR

They invite a wide range of contributions, from essays and investigations to testimonies, visual work, and political fiction.
Possible themes include (but are not limited to):

• Anti-racist organising and decolonial practices in Europe
• Feminist and queer responses to growing anti-gender movements
• Disability justice and accessibility as equality in practice
• Workers’ struggles against exploitation and precarity
• Bodily autonomy and inclusive healthcare
• Migrant and refugee rights beyond fortress Europe
• Radical solidarities across movements and borders
• Creative visions of a Europe where equality is not negotiated but guaranteed

They are open to contributions (already published or not) in a wide range of forms and tones, including:

• Audio, video or multimedia proposals (to be published online)
• Analytical essays (1,500–3,000 words)
• Investigative or journalistic writing
• Personal or collective testimonies
• Fiction, letters, or poetic formats
• Visual storytelling, graphic contributions or collage
• Other creative formats

Submission Guidelines

To submit your proposal, please follow the guidelines here.
Proposal submission:
20th October 2025

To submit a finalised article, please follow the guidelines here.
Final article submission:
1st November 2025

Final Deadline:
1 November 2025

For any questions or to discuss an idea before submitting, contact the editors:

Marta Cillero Manzano – m.cillero@euroalter.com 
Noemi Pittalà – n.pittala@euroalter.com
Billie Dibb – b.dibb@euroalter.com

Final contributions may be translated into English and/or French for publication, and they are happy to receive proposals in other languages. 

Please note: this is a non-commercial publication and we are unfortunately unable to offer payment for contributions.

About the EA Journal

The EA journal is a space to imagine alternatives beyond the nation-state. It contains think-pieces, articles, artistic and cultural contributions, podcasts, videos and more on a broad range of topics and themes spanning democracy, culture, equality, decolonisation, social movement organising and more. In 2023, we relaunched the European Alternatives journal. First published in 2007, the journal has long been a space to map out visions, ideas and pathways for an alternative, open and radically more democratic Europe.