In Barcelona, unions and employers in the metallurgy sector have been facing off for months over key issues related to compensation, working hours and rights protections. This deadlock in negotiations led to a prolonged strike campaign.

There are still a few weeks remaining to use advertising to grow your contact lists. But beyond that, campaigners will need to look to alternative strategies. ECDA’s Lorenzo Azzolini explains what the ban is about and how to act immediately before the ad block comes into force, as well as what to do once it’s here. 

Meta and Google are pulling political advertising from the European Union. New transparency rules will soon make targeted political ads nearly impossible. For many campaigns, this feels like a crisis. It's actually the best opportunity European democracy has had in years.

When a government controls the public debate and media narratives to cover up systemic corruption, does a spontaneous uprising of young students stand a chance? Luka Bozovic is an MA student of Political Communications at Goldsmiths, University of London, and a political consultant. In this post, he looks at how Serbian students challenged the ruling party over its authoritarianism by adopting a daring and innovative approach to their public communications—and what happen