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23
February
2023
| | Dear Readers,
The war in Ukraine continues, marking its sad first anniversary this month. Thousands and thousands of deaths, millions of refugees, global turmoil - the devastation continues and is hard to measure at this stage.
This newsletter looks at the impact of the war on social, economic, environmental and political levels. Read about the interactions between climate change and war, military rearmament and persistent high inflation and unemployment. In addition, you will find texts on the highly criticised European migration and asylum policies and an approach to war and peace from the perspective of feminist causal research.
A common message in all these texts is the need for socially sustainable alternatives and the importance of consistent peacebuilding efforts.
This newsletter also contains information on current events of transform! europe and our network.
We wish you an interesting read! Štefica Gazibara, web editor, transform! europe
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Featured Article
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Blog
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Analysis
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Inflationary Pressures: Rising Prices, Militarisation and Authoritarianism
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By Gabriele Michalitsch
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Gabriele Michalitsch looks at developments in Austria to explain how neoliberalism is continuing to affect our economies and societies while creating fertile ground for authoritarianism.
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Commentary
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Europe’s Migration Pact, Its Consequences and the War in Ukraine
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By Cornelia Ernst
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Cornelia Ernst, Member of the European Parliament (DIE LINKE), believes that the sharp criticism levelled by NGOs and left-wing groups at Europe's migration and asylum policy is justified - as for many years this policy has stood for a practice of cooperation with undemocratic third countries.
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Commentary
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Not A Peaceful Climate
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By Didem Aydurmus
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Didem Aydurmus, German ecosocialist politician (DIE LINKE), emphasises the interaction between climate change as a trigger of wars and, at the same time, wars as one of the greatest burdens on the climate, and underlines the importance of consistent peacebuilding.
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Analysis
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A Geopolitical EU to What End?
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By Axel Ruppert
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Axel Ruppert of the Rosa-Luxemburg-Foundation reflects on the EU's geopolitical ambitions, examines what has changed in the EU's geopolitical orientation since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, criticises the increasing militarisation of the EU and provides an impulse for a different...
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Commentary
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A European Energy Union as a Path to Peace Between Ukraine and Russia
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By Jürgen Klute
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What would have been the potential benefits for Russia, if its attack on Ukraine in February 2022 had been a success? Jürgen Klute asks this question in order to take another look at the causes of the war and thus also at possible ways to end the conflict peacefully and in the long term.
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Opinion
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Rosa Luxemburg Categorically Opposed Unilateral and Forced Border Changes
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By Holger Politt
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With war still raging in eastern Europe, Holger Politt considers Rosa Luxemburg’s pacifist stance and her writings on annexation, separatism and the autonomy of national minorities.
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