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Call for Communications
‘Thinking with Marx Today’
- An International Conference on the 200th Anniversary of the Birth of Karl Marx will take place in Madrid, 4-6 October 2018. Please send proposals for communications by 1 May.
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Petition
‘Keep Rosa Luxemburg’s Birthplace Plaque!’
- We the undersigned protest against the removal of a plaque commemorating the birthplace of Rosa Luxemburg in the Polish city of Zamość. We demand that the local government authorities in Zamość return the plaque to its rightful place.
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The new German Government
Merkel, Round Four! First Reflections
- This appears to be the continuation of the outgoing Grand Coalition, and yet things are not quite the same. Never before has it taken a year to form a German Federal Government. What had happened?
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The Espionage Debacle – An Obstruction to Women Right’s in the Middle East
- On International Women’s Day, there’s a great deal that one should say. As women, certainly, this is a time for reflection on the progress our social movements have made, and on their capacity to contribute to political change.
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Italy
The Breakdown of the Political Framework
- The results of the Italian general elections which took place on 4 March seem to confirm the breakdown of the previous political framework, which had already occurred in other countries such as Spain, France and partly also in Germany.
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Italy After the 2018 Elections
Fear, Loathing and Poverty
- The post-election map of Italy has two main traits: fear and poverty. Northern and Central regions have gone to a Centre-right coalition where the leader is not anymore Forza Italia’s Silvio Berlusconi but League’s Matteo Salvini, who dropped its previous ‘Lega Nord’ emphasis to turn it into a nationwide Le Pen-style National Front.
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Opinion
Syria and the Problem of Left Solidarity
- Since January, Syria has seen escalations in violence and civilian casualties in two conflict areas: Afrin and Eastern Ghouta.
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Free Markets and the Decline of Democracy
- Well into the twenty-first century it is difficult to find a major country in which democratic institutions are not under stress, in many cases under aggressive attack.
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The Robot, Unemployment, and Immigrants
- For every industrial robot introduced into the workforce, six jobs are eliminated. – Since a few days, Amazon has started Amazon Go. The idea is simple: a shop where you go in, take whatever you want from the shelves, and the cost goes automatically to a magnetic card that you carry.
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Europe's Left on the 100th Anniversary of Polish Independence
Self-Determination and the Future of Europe
- The hundredth anniversary of Poland gaining independence raises many emotions. Over the past two years the right-wing discourse, including on historical and contemporary issues, as well as the future of Poland in a Europe in crisis, has dominated in Poland.
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Serbia
“Studies of Socialism” – Radicalism for Radical Times
- Over the course of 2017, the Belgrade-based Centre for the Politics of Emancipation (CPE), in cooperation with transform! europe and Rosa Luxemburg Foundation – Southeast Europe, established the “Studies of Socialism” educational programme with the aim of introducing young people in Serbia to radical left critical theories and practices.
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Social and Political Analysis
France Insoumise versus the Front National – The Differences Between Far-Right and Left-wing Populism
- The electoral cycle of 2017 is a turning point in the French political landscape. The presidential and legislative elections were a major rupture which disrupted the political field.
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We mourn for
Javier Navascués (1957-2018)
- “Comunista y enamorao de la vida, o al revés” / “Communist and in love with life, or the other way around” (the way he presented himself in his facebook page).
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The Old-New Czech President
- On the last weekend of January – and with a record-high turnout of 66% of 8,363,000 registered voters – Czechs chose the man who will be President of the Czech Republic for the next five years.
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Report: 11th Annual Nicos Poulantzas Memorial Lecture with Angela Davis
“This Is an Era Defined by the Rise of Women”
- This year, Angela Davis, renowned academic and activist for civil, feminist and prisoners' rights, was asked to deliver a speech at the annual lecture in memory of political sociologist Nicos Poulantzas entitled “Abolition Feminism: Theories and Practices for Our Time”.
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Russian National Minority in Estonia
26 Years of Apartheid and Ethnic Discrimination
- With the proclamation of independence by Estonia in 1991, the Estonian political elite took action to prevent the Russian national minority from governing the country, depriving Russians of their political and civil rights. The Estonian Left needs the support of the European Left in its struggle for equality and human rights.
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Opinion
Change and Continuity in the Polish Government
- After two years in government, the ruling Law and Justice Party (PiS) has made some significant changes to the personnel of its government. Nevertheless, these changes are more designed to consolidate the government’s position, rather than signalling any significant alteration in its political course.
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“Can the EU still be saved?”
Call for Support: EuroMemorandum 2018
- This EuroMemorandum draws on discussions and papers presented at the 23rd Workshop on Alternative Economic Policy in Europe, organised by the EuroMemo Group in cooperation with the Department of Geography at Harokopio University and the Nicos Poulantzas Institute, from 28-30 September 2017 in Athens.
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Italian Left
#Power to the People
- The reconstruction process of the left in Italy has indicated a new benchmark. But to better understand the path, we must start out once again from the last European elections in 2014.
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