TOP NEWS
‘The Future Arrives On Its Own – Progress Does Not’
- Fifty years ago, on 4 June 1971, the philosopher Georg Lukács died in Budapest.
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Comment
G20 – The Rome Declaration on Health as a mixture of hypocrisy, cynicism and indecency
- This is how the authors summarise the outcomes of the Global Health Summit on 21 May, organised by the Italian G20 Presidency and the European Commission. The summit ended with the signing of the "Rome Declaration" as a "voluntary orientation for current and future action for global health".
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Analysis
Zelensky follows Poroshenko's path
- Veronika Sušová-Salminen argues that the Ukrainian president has in many ways returned to the policies of his predecessor, Petro Poroshenko.
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New Release
'Amazon Method' of tax dodging exposed in new research
- The Left in the European Parliament presents a study to analyse the ways Amazon, as one of the major multinational enterprises (MNEs), has organized its domestic and international business to minimize taxation worldwide. The researchers identify Luxembourg as the coordinating centre of a global tax dodging operation.
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European Parliament’s vote to waive Covid-19 vaccine patents
- After months of right-wing stalling and delaying tactics, the European Parliament (EP) approved a resolution to tackle the AIDS epidemic which includes a demand formulated by The Left in the EP for waiving intellectual property rights on Covid-19 vaccines.
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Comment
'Fascism or Democracy'. Lessons Learned from Madrid Elections
- On 4 May there were elections in the region of Madrid and its result, the victory of a trumpist right, has been lived and interpreted internationally as a painful defeat for the left, magnified by the departure of Pablo Iglesias of active politics. It was a defeat, but much more in terms of a cultural battle than in the electoral field.
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In memoriam
Confidence from experience of the failed cause. Remembering Milan Neubert (1955-2021)
- Last week Milan Neubert’s memory was honoured by a small gathering. The Czech communist, who died on 20 April, was a natural scientist, co-founder of the political education association Společnost pro evropský dialog (SPED) as well as the long-time chair of the Party of Democratic Socialism (Strana demokratického socjalismus, SDS).
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Upcoming Events
Publication launch and discussion
Security and the Left in Europe – Perspectives from the European Parliament
- 17 June 2021 - 17 June 2021 | online
- Together with the MEPs Özlem Demirel and Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, we will discuss the concept of security: Why do we need a new concept of security for the left in Europe? What are the major debates over security in the EP? What are the next steps the Left in the EP as well as social movements can take to guarantee the right to safety for all?
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We can win this: #COVID-19 Vaccine for EVERYONE, EVERYWHERE!
by The Left in the European Parliament (formerly GUE/NGL)
#VaccineEquality
Join the fight for #NoProfitOnPandemic
The Carbon Clock is Ticking
created by the Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC), based on the IPCC Special Report on Global Warming.
On the connection between climate crisis, the pandemic and capitalism – we recommend:
Roland Kulke: The Pandemic as Part of a Much Broader Crisis of Civilisation
transform! europe Podcasts
- transform! europe's online interview series "The Left Reflects" with Luciana Castellina, Alex Demirović, Nancy Fraser, Leo Panitch, Gayatri Spivak, and Hilary Wainwright now available as podcast – in cooperation with Austrian left-wing platform Mosaik.
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NEW RELEASE
- Book Order
- In the last decades, the working and living conditions of millions of workers all across Europe have significantly deteriorated. The organisers of this research project not only talked about workers but talked with them, on issues such as working and...
