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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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Statement of the President of the European Left on the Porto Social Summit
- We are deeply disappointed with the outcome of the Social Summit in Porto (Portugal). After four long years since the Gothenburg meeting and more than a year marked by the effects of the pandemic, we stay at the side of those European citizens and workers who would have liked to see a more...
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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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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
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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Comment
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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Contradictions of the Belarus Protest: What We Can Learn
- The crisis in Belarus is intensifying, and even if Lukashenko manages to retain his hold on power, his authority will remain precarious. In the country’s society, an understanding of the need for change and a preparedness to struggle for it will ripen still further. However exactly the situation...
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Comment
Non-representative democracy — season Bulgaria, episode 2021
- On April 4 in Bulgaria’s parliamentary elections, 25% of voters supported Prime Minister Boyko Borissov's right-wing party, GERB. But new parties that campaigned on anti-corruption and Covid denial also did extremely well. The left's decline is disastrous.
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Statement of the Left in the European Parliament
Despite Misogyny and Human Rights Violations: EU Leaders' Cosying Up to Erdoğan
- Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's misogynist treatment of Ursula von der Leyen should not divert from wider concerns as to why the EU keeps turning a blind eye to a Turkish leader notorious for his contempt for women's and human rights, Left (formerly GUE/NGL) Co-Presidents say in recent a statement.
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Analysis
Growing crackdown on Turkey’s left-wing opposition
- While the discontent of relevant sections of the Turkish population with current government policies is growing, Turkish government has escalated its campaign of repression against the left-wing opposition party HDP. At this point, the reaction of moderate Turkish civil society actors will be crucial.
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In the Cold Light of Theory
- On the 85th Birthday of Wolfgang Fritz Haug.
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New Release
Quistioni. Magazine of the European Left
- The Party of the European Left presents the first issue of its quarterly magazine – with transform! europe's Walter Baier as part of the editorial board.
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Report
The future of clean energy. Hydrogen and Europe's energy system
- Whom does the energy of tomorrow belong to? To give an answer to this crucial question was the focus of the webinar organised by The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL, in collaboration with transform! europe.
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Statement
HDP faces closure after the appeal of the Chief Public Prosecutor to the Constitutional Court
- Pro-Kurdish HDP's Co-spokespersons for Foreign Affairs on the attempted ban by the Turkish public prosecutor.
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Report from 'Fortress Europe': the annulment of the right to asylum by the European Union and its Member States
- The latest accusations against Frontex for human rights abuses are the culmination of a process of dehumanisation, also with pushbacks, Lipa and Moria as its manifestations – as well as the little known EU Migration Pact presented by the Commission in September.
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Statement
Stop Erdoğan's crackdown – Solidarity with the HDP & democratic forces in Turkey
- Joint statement by Manon Aubry and Martin Schirdewan, Co-Presidents of The Left group in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL and Tiny Kox, President of the European Left group in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
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Party of the European Left
Congratulations Compañero Lula
- The Party of the European Left congratulates former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in light of the Supreme Courts ruling to overturn all the charges related to the Lava Jato Curitiba trial - paving the way to callenge Bolsonaro.
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Interview
Victoria Tesoriero: ”The struggle for women's rights is a struggle for social justice.”
- On the victorious struggle of women in Argentina to legalise abortion: What where the greatest difficulties? Which strategies led to success? Małgorzata Kulbaczewska-Figat talks to Argentinian sociologist and feminist activist Victoria Tesoriero.
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