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28
January
2013
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Since December 2009 the transform! europe newsletter has been published regularly once a month. It contains information about the activities of our network, its members and observing members and about important initiatives of social movements we are taking part in.
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Featured Article
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Blog
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Meeting of the Preparation Committee in Brussels
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Towards the Alter Summit
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By Walter Baier
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Already in December last year a strategy meeting of the organisations preparing the “Alter Summit of the European Peoples” (Athens, 7-9 June) took place in Brussels. The meeting was attended by 75 persons representing 50 organisations from 18 countries.
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Presidential Elections in the Czech Republic
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By Jiří Málek
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The election result in favor of Milos Zeman (55:45 %) gives a certain advantage to the Left. But we cannot expect major changes in the conditions for enforcing leftist concepts.
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SYRIZA’s Visit to Brazil and Argentina
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Austerity in Southern Europe Could Lead to a Resurgence of Global Recession
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By Andreas Karitzis
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The recent SYRIZA-USF formal visit to Brazil and Argentina has offered the opportunity to meet government officials, leaders of left parties supporting governments as well as left-wing opposition parties, representatives of unions, left movements, but also intellectuals, academics, artists and...
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Greece: Golden Dawn and the War against the Play “Corpus Christi”
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The Crisis Attacks Democracy and Freedom of Speech
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By Alexandros Ballas
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Violent reactions around the performance of “Corpus Christi” at the Hytirion Theatre in Athens prove that a play could indicate all the conservative trends that characterize an important part of the Greek society.
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The Work Projects for the First Half of 2013
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transform! europe Conclave
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By Walter Baier
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On 16-17 January, the transform! europe managing board met for a conclave in Vienna to define the work projects of the first half of 2013.
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Report: Workshop in Brussels, December 2012
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Where Does the Left in Europe Stand?
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By Maxime Benatouil
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Gathered in Brussels on 6 December, transform! members and researchers from across Europe were sharing experiences and debating major issues: Where does the Left in Europe stand? In what direction will the present contradictions and the new political constructions develop?
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Calendar
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01
February
2013
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02
February
2013
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Annual Conference of “Forum Neue Politik der Arbeit”
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Economic and Political Crisis in Europe - Chances for a Democratic and Social Europe
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16
February
2013
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01
January
1970
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Conference by transform! europe and CMS
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Strategies for a Left in a Precarious World
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The conference hosted by the Centre for Marxist Social Studies (CMS) and transform! europe deals with the central questions: How to battle insecure jobs, insecure housing and how to organize the precariat?
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20
March
2013
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21
March
2013
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Moscow Economic Forum
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In response to an initiative from the Rector of Lomonosov Moscow State University, Director of the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, President of the association Rosagromash, and a number of other academic and business organizations, the Moscow Economic Forum will take place...
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26
March
2013
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30
March
2013
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transform! europe at the WSF 2013
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The World Social Forum 2013 takes place in Tunis. From 27 to 29 March transform! will be co-organizing nine seminars which will host amongst many others representatives of Tunisian and African progressive movements and of new movements like the so-called “Indignants”, European politicians,...
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04
May
2013
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18
May
2013
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6th Subversive Festival
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The Utopia of Democracy
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In May Zagreb will become the center of leftist thought and debate gathered around the theme “The Utopia of Democracy”. Featuring Oliver Stone, Alexis Tsipras, Álvaro García Linera, Aleida Guevara, Slavoj Žižek, Tariq Ali, Silvia Federici, Chantal Mouffe, Franco Berardi Bifo, Yanis Varoufakis,...
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