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Comment
Winds of change in Die LINKE: feminist, environmental and social issues brought to the fore
- New political agenda, new party executive, and stronger ties towards the EU: the German DIE LINKE after its party conference.
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Party of the European Left
A Woman’s Right to Choose – Women’s Right to Safe Abortion
- On the occasion of the International Women's Day, join the digital protest advocating for the right to legal, free and safe abortion!
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Short Film
We've Had Enough! Women's Strike 2020
- Starting last autumn, massive demonstrations against the near-total ban on abortion have swept through the streets of Polish cities and towns under the banner of Women's Strike – the country's biggest protests in recent history.
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Who was Rosa Luxemburg?
- Even though Luxemburg’s writings have been widely analysed and her correspondence subjected to detailed examination from various viewpoints, this question is harder to answer than it seems.
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The Birth of Marxism in France: Remembering the Paris Commune and Jules Guesde
- The French political and social situation – with its many strikes, social movements, and highly ideologised political currents – often fascinates observers outside France. The life of a central figure in the French socialist movement, Jules Guesde, who is little known outside France provides insights into the specificities of the French left.
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Call for Participation
The Initiative "Move Up 2021"
- Italy will host the G20 and official meetings will be held in various cities to establish agreements with which the powerful countries of the world will surely continue to fail to address the social and environmental injustice in which we are immersed. The health crisis, climate change,...
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Interview
Ailbhe Smyth: "We need a discussion about abortion on a pan-European scale, linked to a discussion about our democracy."
- How did Irish society move from a ban on abortion to a victory for women's rights? What can be learned from this experience for the current feminist protests in Poland? Małgorzata Kulbaczewska-Figat talks to Ailbhe Smyth, feminist activist who played a central role in successful political campaigns on women's and LGBT rights in Ireland.
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New Release
Under the Radar: Europe's military sectors dodge scrutiny under European Green Deal
- Europe's military sectors have an annual carbon footprint equivalent to emissions from at least 14 million cars, a study published by the Left group in the European Parliament has found.
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Comment
Portuguese Council Presidency: European Pillar of Social Rights must be made binding
- In order to effectively address the social and ecological crisis we are facing, the European Pillar of Social Rights has to be incorporated into the EU Treaties, argues Manuela Kropp.
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Analysis
New Farm Laws and Farmer’s Discontent in India
- One of the world’s biggest strikes is currently taking place. Millions of Indian farmers are protesting against the new agriculture laws adopted by the government and its autocratic leader Narendra Modi, effectively threatening the livelihoods of the most vulnerable parts of Indian society.
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Analysis
Chronicle of a storm foretold – the 2021 Portuguese presidential election
- On the impact of the election result on Portugal's political landscape.
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New Release
Limits to Access to Asylum Along the Balkan Route
- Refugee Rights Europe presents a study to provide an overview of the situation pertaining to access to asylum in the countries along the ‘Balkan Route‘.
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Comment
Is Russia Waking Up?
- The reasons behind the protest actions that began in January, the social forces involved, and the possible consequences.
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New Release
App Workers United. The Struggle for Rights in the Gig Economy
- A newly released study on the current situation of on-demand workers for platforms such as Uber or Deliveroo in Europe, commissioned by the Left group in the European Parliament. The study includes an analysis of the various strategies used to combat the social model imposed on platform workers, both by platform workers and trade unions.
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"The covid vaccine was created thanks to public money – let it be a public property!" Interview with MEP Marc Botenga
- How we all lost due to the policy of austerity and why profit and health care will never go hand in hand - Polish journalist Małgorzata Kulbaczewska-Figat talks to MEP Marc Botenga, member of the Workers' Party of Belgium (PVDA/PTB) and The Left in the European Parliament.
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Opinion
Vaccines are a public good, not a corporate product
- Europe should focus on acquiring patents and production licenses, not just vaccines.
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Speech
The Declaration of Human Rights
- Speech at the demonstration for human rights in Prague, on 10 December 2020, the International Human Rights Day.
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Interview
"To Regain the Right to Decide for Ourselves"
- Agnieszka Mrozik speaks with Ewa Dąbrowska-Szulc, President of Pro Femina Association, Poland on the actual and past protests against abortion laws, feminist organisation and on the history of women's right to self-determination in Poland.
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