Μπλογκ
Analysis
Bulgarian protests: battles over anti-corruption?
- The ‘Anti-corruption’ fight in Bulgaria that erupted again on 9 July is caught in a clash between two conflicting concepts of what is at stake.
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On Robots and Sheep
- A short introduction to historical materialism and its significance for the understanding of contemporary capitalism.
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Statement
Acerbo: 'A general strike launched by European's trade unions could force the ECB to revise its policy and change the way it works.'
- Maurizio Acerbo, National Secretary of the Rifondazione Comunista (Communist Refoundation Party, Italy), was the guest in transform! europe's webinar series Meeting the Left.
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Statement of the GUE/NGL
MEPs prepare to slate summit deal and defend real recovery
- Decrying EU leaders’ hatchet job on the long-term budget and recovery plan, the GUE/NGL group will join the vast majority in the European Parliament in passing a resolution that strongly criticises the conclusions of last weekend’s summit. The lack of ambition shown in the context of the biggest...
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Election Results: Basque Autonomous Community
- A regional election for the Parliament of the Basque Autonomous Community was held on 12th July. The Basque Nationalist Party (Renew) was the election winner and got 31 seats (+3), despite losing 50,000 votes. EH Bildu achieved an outstanding result with an increase of four seats and 6% of the vote.
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Release
Breaking with Transition
- The Balkan Society for Theory and Practice (BSTP) recently published a special issue of Feminist Critique: “Breaking with Transition: Decolonial and Postcolonial Perspectives in Eastern Europe”, in collaboration with Feminist Critique Journal. This issue is the result of the presentations at the 2018 BSTP workshop, supported by transform! europe.
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Commentary
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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Αναφορά
Μια αύξηση της θερμοκρασίας του πλανήτη κατά 1,5°C μπορεί να συμβεί ακόμα νωρίτερα από ό,τι αναμέναμε
- Σύμφωνα με τις νέες κλιματικές προβλέψεις που δημοσίευσε ο Παγκόσμιος Μετεωρολογικός Οργανισμός (ΠΜΟ: WMO) στις 8 Ιουλίου, υπάρχει πιθανότητα της τάξης του 20%, ένα από τα επόμενα πέντε χρόνια (2020-2024) να είναι τουλάχιστον κατά 1,5°C θερμότερο σε σχέση με τα προβιομηχανικά επίπεδα – και ο κίνδυνος μεγαλώνει.
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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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Ανάλυση
Ο ευρωπαϊκός τομέας αυτοκίνησης - Ώρα να επανεξετάσουμε την κινητικότητα!
- Όλοι οι τομείς της οικονομίας υπέστησαν τον αντίκτυπο της κρίσης του κορωνοϊού και η παραγωγή αυτοκινήτων δεν αποτελεί εξαίρεση. Υπάρχουν 12 εκατομμύρια εργαζόμενοι στην ΕΕ που απασχολούνται στην αυτοκινητοβιομηχανία, είτε άμεσα στην παραγωγή, είτε στην κατασκευή ανταλλακτικών, ενώ ο τομέας...
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Η πανδημία ως μέρος μιας πολύ ευρύτερης κρίσης πολιτισμού
- Η κρίση του κορωνοϊού έχει ήδη σκοτώσει εκατοντάδες χιλιάδες ανθρώπους παγκοσμίως. Οι πολιτικοί και η κοινωνία συνολικά, σωστά επικεντρώθηκαν στην καταπολέμηση του ιού. Παρόλα αυτά, πίσω από την πανδημία κρύβεται μια περιβαλλοντική καταστροφή που εκρήγνυται με αργό ρυθμό. Η κρίση του κορωνοϊού είναι μόνο ένα μικρό μέρος του παζλ.
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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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