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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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Comment
Reflections on the Eighth of May
- Erhard Crome on the current German politics of history and the foreign policy of the European Union – on the occasion of the 76th anniversary of the victory over the Nazi regime.
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Analysis
Why 'pensée unique' will be misleading
- Defining neoliberal efforts merely as market radical is misleading. The dynamic and diverse sphere of neoliberal actors, both worldwide and on a European level, makes it necessary to abjure simplistic reductions when looking at neoliberal networks. This applies in particular against the background of current post-Covid struggles.
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Citizens' Memorandum. Working Document
For a Global Public Health Policy, Universal Right and Global Public Good
- The Citizens' Memorandum, which will analyse the key obstacles to needed changes and present the most relevant solutions that need to be implemented, by the "Move Up 2021 Initiative".
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Analysis
The Populist Radical Right as a new Class Vote?
- The concept of class voting is shaken by neo-liberalism. Therefore, the quasi-natural link between social structure and voting is in question. Voting for radical right-wing parties is often considered as based on affects (e.g. anger). But these characteristics seem to be incomplete for grasping the determinants of this electoral behaviour.
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Commentary
The dilemmas of Belarus-Russian relations
- Some weeks ago, Vladimir Putin met with Alexander Lukashenko in Sochi, Russia. At first glance, Putin-Lukashenko's talks were informal and even accompanied by leisure activities in the fresh air, which signaled a good mood in relations between the two countries and leaders. But appearances can be deceiving, and sometimes they are deliberate.
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Speech
After Neoliberalism… What?
- Neoliberalism is dying, with the radical left and the far-right as only contenders to bring about another system, says Alternative Nobel Prize winner, sociology professor Walden Bello at the recent climate conference on the context of climate emergency and the crisis of neoliberalism.
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Upcoming Events
International Web Conference
Move Up! No profit on People and Planet
- 18 May 2021 - 18 May 2021 |
- In this conference, the Citizens' Memorandum will be discussed by political figures from all across Europe, North and South America, Asia and Africa. The Citizens' Memorandum, formulated by the "Move Up 2021 Initiative", analyses the key obstacles to needed social changes and presents the most relevant solutions that need to be implemented.
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Webinar
The Right to Good and Affordable Housing for All
- 21 May 2021 - 21 May 2021 | online
- Paris, Brussels, Berlin and all of Europe – what can we learn, what do we need to change?
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Got a minute for #VaccineEquality?
It just takes a minute to make a huge step towards making vaccines against Covid-19 accessible to everyone, everywhere.
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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transform! europe's 2020 yearbook explores the future of Europe in the emerging multipolar world. What is the impact of the global crisis of hegemony? What is at stake for democracy and labour and what opportunities are opening up for political and social subjects in the era of digital capitalism? Can art and history still provide some answers?
Yearbook as eBook soon to be available.
- 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...
FOCUS
The existential crisis in which the EU finds itself in the wake of the Corona crisis is revealing its structural flaws. We must think the EU differently. In this research programme we want to create a space in which the different strategic approaches of various left forces, parties, social movements and trade unions will be discussed.
