The complex Irish Proportional Representation voting system means counting will probably only finish today; some more seats have to be sorted. But the result overall is a rejection of austerity and a reality check on government rhetoric about recovery.
What are the political problems, demands and arguments in relation to the migration and asylum policy crisis and the refugee/ solidarity movement? Some thoughts and a report of a movement's meeting.
While electoral victory isn’t on the cards it seems likely that left-of-Labour parties and candidates will receive between a quarter and a third of the vote in the Irish general election, held tomorrow.
Am 9. Februar verstarb Elisabeth Gauthier nach kurzer, schwerer Krankheit. Sie war Gründungsmitglied und Direktorin von Espaces Marx, Mitglied des Nationalkomitees der Kommunistischen Partei Frankreichs und Gründungs- und Vorstandsmitglied von transform! europe. Im Folgenden Walter Baiers Abschiedsrede bei Elisabeths Begräbnis am 17. Februar in Corbeil-Essonnes.
Dear friends and comrades,
It is with a heavy heart that we have to tell you the sad news that Elisabeth Gauthier passed away on 9 February after a brief but difficult illness.Elisabeth was a founding member and the director of Espaces Marx, a member of the French Communist Party’s National...
Here you can watch the livestream of the special edition of the political webshow TalkReal on 8 February, one day before the launch of the new movement DiEM25 by Yanis Varoufakis.
Eine ohne Tabus geführte Debatte unter Genossinnen und Genossen ist notwendig! – Deklaration, unterzeichnet von Vertreterinnen und Vertretern des Netzwerks transform! europe
Over the past few months Europe’s eyes have been on Poland. Most of the attention has been on the political changes introduced by PiS, but less concern has been paid to the economic programme of the new government.
This is the call for papers of the international conference "A Great Transformation? Global Perspectives on Contemporary Capitalisms", taking place in Linz, Austria, 10-13 January 2017. The PDF of this call is attached on the right.
The Reactionary Rebellion (read the essay by Walter Baier) is gaining steam in Austria and Germany and de-facto abolishing the Geneva convention on refugees, which sets a dangerous precedent for others in the region.
Wir rufen alle prekär Beschäftigten, Migrant*innen und Geflüchtete, Aktivist*innen, autonomen Gruppe und Gewerkschaften dazu auf, den 1. März 2016 zu einem Tag dezentraler und koordinierter Aktionen und Streiks zu machen.
In the era of globalisation, the steady removal of decision-making from democratic chambers by EU elites is serving as a blueprint for post-democratic governance around the world. Progressives must be ambitious and start putting forward ideas for a democratic world government as a viable alternative.
In a wide-ranging interview, former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis, argues that the nation-state is dead and democracy in the EU has been replaced by a toxic algorithmic depoliticisation that, if it is not confronted, will lead to depression, disintegration and possibly war in Europe. He calls for a launch of a pan-European movement to democratise Europe, to save it before it is too late.
Ethan Earle on the U.S. Democratic presidential primary and why socialist Bernie Sanders is doing so well in it. An opinionated analysis about what the Bernie phenomenon means in the broader context of U.S. politics.
Nach den jüngsten Ereignissen in Deutschland legte das Griechische Forum für Flüchtlinge in Zusammenarbeit mit dem ECRE und dem Griechischen Forum für Migrant_innen eine Stellungnahme vor, die wir unterstützen.