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Commentary
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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Commentary
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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The Carbon Clock is Ticking
created by the Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC), based on the IPCC Special Report on Global Warming.
On the connection between climate crisis, the pandemic and capitalism – we recommend:
Roland Kulke: The Pandemic as Part of a Much Broader Crisis of Civilisation
transform! europe Podcasts
- transform! europe's online interview series "The Left Reflects" with Luciana Castellina, Alex Demirović, Nancy Fraser, Leo Panitch, Gayatri Spivak, and Hilary Wainwright now available as podcast – in cooperation with Austrian left-wing platform Mosaik.
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transform! europe's 2020 yearbook explores the future of Europe in the emerging multipolar world. What is the impact of the global crisis of hegemony? What is at stake for democracy and labour and what opportunities are opening up for political and social subjects in the era of digital capitalism? Can art and history still provide some answers?
Yearbook as eBook soon to be available.
- Leading Czech and Slovak scientists from various disciplines have contributed to this eDossier. Supported by transform! europe, economists, philosophers, sociologists, political scientists, historians, geologists and culturologists were brought...
Η υπαρξιακή κρίση που αντιμετωπίζει η ΕΕ τη στιγμή της εξάπλωσης της πανδημίας του κορωνοϊού αποκαλύπτει τα δομικά της σφάλματα. Πρέπει να σκεφτούμε την Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση διαφορετικά. Στο παρόν ερευνητικό πρόγραμμα επιθυμούμε να δημιουργήσουμε έναν χώρο στον οποίο να μπορούμε να παρουσιάζουμε, να συγκρίνουμε και να συζητάμε τις διαφορετικές στρατηγικ
