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Interview
"Nothing to lose but our chains." Interview with Belarusian Left-Wing Activist Pavel Katarzheuski
- Mass protests have been taking place for over three months now. Political scientist and member of the Central Committee of the left party Fair World Pavel Katarzheuski speaks about the development of the protest movement, prison and torture, as well as the perspectives of the left opposition.
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Analysis
Unconditional Basic Income. To Each According to Her or His Basic Needs
- Basic income is not just one financial measure among many but a social, economic and civic financial amount which has a far-reaching multiplier effect in many areas of life. Basic income is a profound civilizational change on par with the introduction of universal suffrage or universal health care. Read an analysis of its key aspects.
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Petition
Call for the Immediate Evacuation of Moria
- In the face of the terrible and life-threatening situation of the 12,500 refugees and asylum seekers on Lesbos, transform! europe, together with various NGOs and intellectuals throughout Europe and worldwide, supports this call for an immediate evacuation of Moria.
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GUE/NGL
Style or substance? 6 key ideas missing from VDL’s State of the EU speech
- A comment on Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen's (VDL) 'State of the Union' speech (16.9.) by the GUE/NGL (European United Left / Nordic Green Left) group in the European Parliament.
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Interview
Principled Pragmatism
- Li Andersson, Chair of the Finnish Left Alliance, has continued to make her mark as Minister of Education during the pandemic.
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Report
2020: Greenhouse gases at record levels and getting worse.
- Lockdown and economic slowdown in many countries have only slightly mitigated the further increase in greenhouse gas emissions. According to the latest report coordinated by the WMO, the world is still ‘not on track to meet agreed targets to keep global temperature increase well below 2 °C or at 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels’.
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eDossier
Authoritarianism in the Time of Covid-19: Perspectives from the Global South
- An eDossier by the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung (RLS), a member organisation of transform! europe.
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"Party of the Radical Left" founded in Serbia
- The new party resulted from the transformation of the Social Democratic Union (SDU) – a process in which student movement activists participated as well as members of the Left Summit of Serbia and DiEM25 – which led to the most significant unification of Serbian left forces in the last thirty years.
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Call for Papers (deadline: 30 September)
Country Studies on National Recovery Plans of EU Member States in the wake of the Corona Crisis
- transform! europe has established a working group on the economic crisis which followed the outbreak of the coronavirus. We are now looking for articles on the anti-crisis programmes for selected EU Member States.
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A Short Story of Moria
Warning: The film contains footage of physical and emotional violence that is occurring at Europe’s border. It is not suited for sensitive viewers and children.
By German comedians Joko & Klaas
Introduction: Joko & Klaas
language: introduction: German with English subtitles, film: English with German and English subtitles
Since the fire broke out in the Moria camp on 8 September, the already terrible and inhuman living conditions of the 13,000 refugees and asylum seekers have deteriorated even further.
Already before the fire, the makers of this film were in contact with camp residents and helpers in order to investigate the situation. In the process they came into contact with 21-year-old Milad who has been living in Moria since January. He told his story via video call.
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.
NEW RELEASE
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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.
- This ePaper analyses the most important political developments in North Macedonia under the social democratic-led government of Zoran Zaev (2017-2020).
- Ilona Švihlíková, a member of the National Economic Council, provides firsthand knowledge of the proposals concerning the Czech Republic’s socio-economic situation and analyses the measures implemented to mitigate the economic consequences of the...
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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.
