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transform! europe at Various Press Festivals
- In September transform! europe has been present at several festivals of left-wing party-newspapers in Paris, Vienna, and Prague, with stands and a series of debates on urgent European issues. Fête de l’Humanité Paris, 14-16 September Without a doubt, three months after the French elections the...
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What Is That, a Left, European “Think-Tank”?
- Short Report from the transform! General Assembly 2012 in Paris
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While the Stock Markets Are Flying into Orbit, the Crisis Goes on
- After the European Central Bank (ECB) had decided a new programme to buy bonds of states hit by the crisis and subject to a programme of austerity, the stock markets burst into euphoric fireworks. Does that signify that with the new stage of fiscal politics the Gordian knot of the persistent crisis...
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From 15 September to 5 October: Protest and Alternatives in Portugal
- On 15 September about a million people, all over Portugal (and even in front of Portuguese embassies in major European cities), walked out into the streets to protest against the Troika, austerity policies and the government implementing them.
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Altersummit: Another Europe Now!
- The face of Europe is changing with dire consequences for citizens and for the future of the European project itself. What we experience today is the most serious denial of democracy since the end of World War II. European citizens are subjected to punitive policies although it is obvious that the...
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Florence 10+10: Assembly on Europe and Democracy
- Over the last two years the response of European elites to the economic and financial crisis has been marked by an aggressive centralization of supranational decision-making powers. The new governance structures envisaged no longer simply suffer of a “democratic deficit”, but now represent a true “flight from democracy”.
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Documentation of 7th Summer University in Portaria, Greece
- This year's summer university of EL and transform! took place in Portaria. transform! took care of collecting reports on various seminars and plenaries. Find the documentation for download here.
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New Publication: The Political Economy of Public Debt and Austerity in the EU
- Edited by Elena Papadopoulou and Gabriel Sakellaridis
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Florence 10+10: Europe and Democracy
- In the last two years the ruling classes – economic and political – have transformed the EU in order to respond to the financial, economic, and social crisis. The neoliberal response has been the same throughout the EU: fiscal consolidation, austerity measures, the so-called structural reforms to...
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Workers of the World – International Journal of Strikes and Social Conflict
- New Journal on Labour and Social Conflicts
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On the EU Summit: The Vicious Circle between Sovereign States and Banks!
- Well no, the June Summit between the Heads of State and Government did not lead to a breakthrough. Even its alleged main outcome remains on paper only. A bailout of €100 Billion for Spanish banks may be directly transfered to the banks now – until recently these transactions could solely be made via...
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A Dr. Jekyll – Mr. Hyde Memorandum
- The New Greek Government
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Rio+20-20 -> peoples*movements
- Short Report from the Peoples’ Summit in Rio
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A Very Important Move for the Integration of Latin America
- The Entrance of Venezuela to Mercosur, as a Consequence of the Exclusion of Paraguay
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Präsidentschaftswahlen in Ägypten
- In Ägypten brachte im Mai 2012 die erste Runde der ersten Präsidentschaftswahlen nach der Revolution, bei der nur ca. 43,4% der wahlberechtigten Ägypter zur Wahl gegangen waren, einige Überraschungsergebnisse. Amr Moussa, der ehemalige Präsident der Arabischen Liga, war nicht wie erwartet unter den...
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After the Greek Elections: “Let Us All Give a Promise!”
- The night of the Greek elections of 17 June punctuated the map of Modern Greek history. For the first time, parties left of the Social democracy receive such as a large percentage (SYRIZA, Democratic Left and KKE together 37.5%), and assume the position of the major opposition. The only time...
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A New Chapter in French Politics
- For the first time since ten years the government of France is led by the PS (Parti Socialiste) again. In 2002, the Gauche Plurielle government and its then candidate Jospin encountered catastrophic results due to the public's massive dissatisfaction with their politics. When it became clear that...
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Fighting for an Alternative Development Model
- Trade Union Assembly Resolution from Rio
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Stand with the Greek Left for a Democratic Europe!
- Appeal by a Group of Intellectuals
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Hegemony and Despair
- Before the elections of 6 May, the most likely result seemed to be the formation of a government of New Democracy (conservatives) and PASOK (social democrats). However, the slogan for the “government of the Left”, which was brought in the political arena by Alexis Tsipras, led people to face SYRIZA...
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