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The Ultimate Cathartic Function of Iconoclasm. Or When the Whites Started Noticing All those Bronze Statues.
- At the end of 2017, a train was bringing me to Rotterdam, where I would move. When in Antwerp, I assisted to a profoundly embarrassing dialogue. A guy from Varese, Italy – a tattoo artist – was pressing a woman from the U.S. – a visual artist – with the question 'where are you from, exactly?' After...
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Shortlist Unveiled for 2020 GUE/NGL Award for Whistleblowers & Journalists
- Dedicated to individuals or groups who have been intimidated and/or persecuted for uncovering the truth and exposing it to the public, this year’s award of the European United Left/Nordic Green Left group in the European Parliament is once again named in honour of the late Maltese journalist, Daphne Caruana Galizia.
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Review
Communist Intellectuals in Western Europe. A Comparative Study of France, Austria, Italy and the United Kingdom (1945-1956)
- In today’s world, it seems difficult to fathom the pull Stalinist communism exerted on many western European intellectuals. In his postdoctoral thesis written at the University of Giessen, Thomas Kroll puts forth a new and comprehensive analysis of the causes and manifestations of this attraction, a...
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Report
1.5°C degree temperature rise could come even sooner than expected
- According to new climate predictions published by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) on 8 July, there is a 20% chance that one of the next five years (2020-2024) will be at least 1.5°C warmer than pre-industrial levels – and the risk is increasing.
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A call for a new European social contract
- Call for a new progressive and democratic front in Europe. A statement of intellectuals and academics initiated by, amongst others, Costas Douzinas, President of the Nicos Poulantzas Institute, a transform! europe member organization.
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Report
The Elections and the Pandemic. The French Municipal Elections 2020
- The municipal elections are an important event of French politics. Indeed, after the presidential election, these are the elections that usually benefit from the highest turnout. 35,416 municipal councils were to be elected; however, as a result of the pandemic, they took place under very special conditions.
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Statement of the Party of the European Left
Bierbaum on the French Local Elections: 'When the left and green forces unite, they can sparkle a social and ecological transformation.'
- Read the statement of the President of the Party of the European Left (EL), Heinz Bierbaum.
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Statement
Luka Mesec: 'We need a strong European left-wing alternative.'
- Luka Mesec, MP and Coordinator of the Slovenian Levica (The Left), was the guest in the ninth edition of transform! europe's webinar series ‘Meeting the Left’. He spoke of the pandemic’s exposure of many shortcomings of capitalist systems, and pointed to opportunities for left politics.
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A Health, Social and Economic Crisis Revealing Class and Gender Antagonisms in our Society
- A Statement of the Feminism Working Group of the Party of the European Left.
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Report
The Terrible Twins ... against Sinn Féin
- More than 128 days after February's general election, and against the backdrop of 'lock down', it would appear that Ireland has a new government. This new government, if endorsed by the members of the three parties involved, is of significance for a number of reasons. A report by Darragh Golden.
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Covid-19: Treatments, Cures, Rights – An Explainer
- Read the short e-publication on the importance of health care as a common good in the light of a future Covid-19 vaccine by the GUE/NGL (European United Left / Nordic Green Left) group in the European Parliament.
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Analysis
The European Automotive Sector – Time to Rethink Mobility!
- Every sector of the economy has felt the impact of the coronavirus crisis, and car manufacturing is no exception. There are 12 million EU workers employed in the automotive industry, either directly in production or in parts manufacturing, and the sector accounts for 7% of the union’s GDP.[1] If we...
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The Pandemic as Part of a Much Broader Crisis of Civilisation
- The corona crisis has already killed hundreds of thousands of people worldwide. Politicians and society as a whole have rightly focused on combating the virus. However, underneath the pandemic there is still an environmental catastrophe exploding in slow motion. The corona crisis is only a small part of this puzzle.
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Right2Cure Initiative to push Commission on Universal Access to Covid-19 Vaccines
- The left group in the European Parliament is joining forces with left-wing parties and grassroots organisations from across Europe to launch a major campaign of mobilisation in support of free and universal access to a Covid-19 vaccine.
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Interview
Enrique Santiago: 'We must rebuild the commons, which should never have been privatised.'
- Enrique Santiago, Secretary General of the Communist Party of Spain (PCE), and Deputy Spokesperson for Unidas Podemos in the Spanish Parliament on current measures to combat the economic crisis.
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Commentary
Politics in the Face of a Climate Disaster
- In 2015, when the Paris Agreement was still under negotiations, British journalist Paul Mason expressed his doubts whether the agreement would be signed and wrote that such climate conferences „resemble the peace treaties that paved the way to the Second World War."[1] Although Mason was wrong about...
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Statement
Enrique Santiago: "A government with Unidas Podemos has meant greater protection for workers in the Coronacrisis."
- Enrique Santiago was the guest in the eighth edition of transform! europe's webinar series “Meeting the Left”.
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European Forum 2020
Black Lives Matter: Let’s fight together against racism and the factors that allow it
- Read the press release of the European Forum 2020.
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Report
Poland’s Presidential Election plagued by Right-Wing Homophobia
- Whilst the threat of the pandemic still hangs over Poland, the country is going to the polls at the end of the month to vote for its new President. The election is dominated by candidates from the two main right-wing parties, with the incumbent Andrzej Duda using homophobic propaganda as a central theme in his campaign.
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Analysis
The Search for Majorities: The Friction Among the EU’s Conservatives
- In the face of current challenges, the EU is at a crossroad. Whether, as a consortium of strong nation-states, it develops into a new type of free-trade zone or intervenes in the future as an independent actor in global conflicts will strongly depend on the conservative forces that constitute the single most politically influential force in the EU.
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