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Video
A New Europe Will Be Born in the Periphery? 100 Shades of the EU
- This special episode of Cross-Border Talks is devoted to a study prepared under the auspices of transform! europe, entitled "Hundred Shades of the EU — Mapping the Political Economy of the EU Peripheries". Two of the three of our co-authors working on the study were invited to the Cross-Border Talks interview.
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Video
Russian Society After Nine Months of War: From Indifference to Resistance
- In the new episode, the Cross-Border Talks speak with Russian historian and socialist Felix Levin about Russia's social, economic and political situation. What is the attitude of Russian society towards the war in Ukraine, and why it is very difficult to trust official public opinion polls? You can see this and more in the video.
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Recordings
Conference: Unorthodox and Austro-Marxism in Eastern Europe and Beyond
- On 4 December, the conference on unorthodox and Austro-Marxism in Eastern Europe and beyond took place in Vienna. Watch here the recordings of the lectures.
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Statement
Joint Statement on the EU- Western Balkans Summit in Tirana
- On the occasion of the Western Balkans Conference in Tirana on December 6 2022, we publish here the "Belgrade Conference Joint Statement on Open Borders: Building Alliances for the Right to Migrate!"
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Report
A New Social and Ecological Compass for Europe
- Jari Järvenpää reports from Plenary Session I "A New Social and Environmental Compass for Europe", held in Athens in October 2022 in the framework of the 6th European Forum of Left, Green and Progressive Forces.
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COP27-Report
The 1.5-Degree Target Is Dead — Hope Can Only Come From the Global Climate Justice Movement
- This year's UN Climate Change Conference was overshadowed by state repression and the obstruction of civil society mobilisations, as well as by the greenwashing and cover-up policies of over 600 participating lobbyists from the oil and gas industry. Immediately after COP27, a seminar co-organised by transform! europe on climate justice took place.
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Analysis
Platform Capitalism in Service to Society?
- This new form of capitalist exploitation has also firmly established itself in China
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Report
Against the Return of War, for Peace and Disarmament: A New Collective Security
- Gala Kabbaj reports from the Plenary 2, held at Theld at the 6th European Forum 2022 in Athens. The aim of this session was to outline a new collective safety architecture based on nuclear disarmament, military de-escalation, an end to over-armament, respect for the territorial integrity of nations and the defence of human rights.
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Analysis
More Equality for More Resilience
- The year 2022 has given us a glimpse of the new world we are entering. We are witnessing the end of a long period of relative stability, prosperity and security. From now on, we will have to learn to live with uncertainty and restraint. An analysis by Christophe Degryse, Head of the Foresight Unit at the European Trade Union (ETUI).
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Report
7th Nicosia Book Fest
- Chrysostomos Pashiardis from the Research Institute "Promitheas", an observer organisation of transform! europe, reports on the successful book festival held in Nicosia, Cyprus, from 13-14 and 22-24 October 2022, which has been organised by "Promitheas" Research Institute since 2016.
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Comment
Peace in Rome
- On 5 November, a protest march organised by trade unions, left movements, Catholic groups, and other civil society actors took place in Rome. The giant demonstration for peace with more than a hundred thousand people is an event of enormous importance.
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Interview
Transforming Slovenia, One Step at a Time
- Luka Mesec on the Slovenian Left’s rise from student protests to a party of government
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Comment
EU Debt Rules: Austerity in Disguise
- The European Commission published their proposals to reform the EU’s fiscal rules from 2024.
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DIALOP Press Release
Position Paper: Seeking for a Common Future in Solidarity
- On 8 November, the DIALOP position paper was presented in the European Parliament, documenting the common positions of Christians and leftists on a common social ethic.
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Report
“Possibilities of a Socio-Ecological Transformation of the Energy Sector in Times of War”
- Jean-Claude Simon reflects on the workshop “Possibilities of a socio-ecological transformation of the energy sector in times of war”, chaired by transform! europe, in the framework of the 6th edition of the European Forum of Left, Green and Progressive Forces, which took place in October 2022 in Athens.
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Analysis
Climate Justice in the Arab Region From the Feminist Perspective
- In the context of COP27, which took place in Egypt in November, Fatma Khafagy provides an analytical overview of feminist struggles in the Arab region that are closely linked to climate issues.
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Comment
“Peace Is Not Everything but Without Peace Everything Is Nothing!”
- Walter Baier comments on behalf of transform! europe on the final document of the 6th European Forum, which took place in Athens in October.
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Analysis
The Latin American Left Will Inspire the World
- The current Brazilian elections are important also for many beyond the country’s borders. Brazil has strengthened the new left wave in Latin America and cooperation across the Global South, which now counts 134 developing countries and could represent a social alternative at a time when Western countries are facing a coming recession and crisis.
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Rezension
Angst und Politik. Sozialpsychologische Betrachtungen zum Umgang mit Bedrohungen
- Noch vor gut einem Jahr wäre möglicherweise die Angst vor einem Atomkrieg als Hyperangst-Phänomen bezeichnet worden. Mit dem Angriffskrieg Russlands gegen die Ukraine und die Drohung des Putin-Regimes im Notfall Nuklearwaffen einzusetzen, hat diese Angst reale Grundlegungen erfahren.
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Analysis
Bulgaria Once Again Deadlocked After Fourth Vote in 18 Months
- Georgi Pirinski analyses the parliamentary elections that took place in Bulgaria at the beginning of October, looking at how the result affects central issues such as overcoming corruption and Bulgaria's position on the war in Ukraine, and what consequences the Bulgarian left can draw from the election.
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