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  • Bosnia and Herzegovina on Fire

  • A Revolution on the Periphery of Europe

  • Por Mate Kapović | 12 Feb 14
  • On 7 February, government buildings were on fire all over Bosnia and Herzegovina. The people of Bosnia and Herzegovina, silent for a long time, finally decided to speak their minds. And when they did, those were not words – it was a roar. It was fire, stones and heavy fighting with the police.
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  • Transcripción del discurso ante el Congreso del PIE

  • «A las Izquierdas de Europa y del Mundo»

  • Por Álvaro García Linera | 05 Feb 14
  • El IV Congreso del Partido de la Izquierda Europea (PIE) reunió 30 formaciones de izquierdas europeas en Madrid entre el 13 y el 15 de diciembre, en busca de un discurso para unificar estrategias frente a las políticas de austeridad y de sumisión de Bruselas al dictado de los mercados. Este fue el discurso del invitado Vicepresidente del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia, Álvaro García Linera.
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  • Tsipras and Schulz

  • Por Theodoros Paraskevopoulos | 05 Feb 14
  • So far, Alexis Tsipras is the sole official candidate for the presidency of the European Commission – the Party of the European Left has accepted during its convention the relevant nomination. It is all but certain that the Socialists and the Democrats of Europe (it’s a funny distinction, isn’t it?) will be appointing their own candidate on 1 March, namely the German, current president of the European Parliament, and leader of SPD’s European ballot.
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  • Achievements and Projects

  • Workers and Punks’ University and Socialism in Slovenia

  • 03 Feb 14
  • It has been ten years since the completion of the 2004 enlargement process, which, in addition to two further expansions, integrated the majority of the continent’s post-socialist societies into the European Union. It has since then become obvious that what had once been heralded as the triumphant accession to the world of the prosperous, has brought major disappointment to the Eastern part of the continent, already wrought by decades of tumultuous transition.
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  • International Call for Submissions

  • Egon-Matzner-Award for Socio-Economics 2014

  • 28 Jan 14
  • On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Centre of Public Finance and Infrastructure Policy at the Vienna University of Technology, the Egon-Matzner-Award for Socio-Economics was established in 2012; it will be conferred on 12th June 2014 for the third time.
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  • Portugal

  • Precarious Telemedicine Workers Strike

  • 27 Jan 14
  • After the right-wing majority failed Left Bloc and Communist Party’s proposals in Parliament to integrate these workers with a legal work contract, last Friday more than half of the 400 workers of the telemedicine service “Saúde 24” (Health 24) went on strike against false autonomous workers, against the layoff of over 100 of their colleagues and demanding the resignation of the company’s administration.
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  • Report of the workshop held in Paris on 16 January – Part I

  • Consciousness in Europe in the Crisis

  • Por Maxime Benatouil | 22 Jan 14
  • Organized by Espaces Marx and transform! europe, the workshop entitled “Consciousness in Europe in the Crisis: Resignation and Rebelliousness faced with Capitalist Domination” gathered public-opinion specialists from Greece, Germany and France – as well as social scientists.
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  • Albanian Political Forces and the EU Integration Process

  • Por Detion Gjocaj | 22 Jan 14
  • Following the publication of the latest EU progress report on Albania, an intense debate broke out over the country’s accession prospects. A first approximation of the political discourse expressed by Albanian parties – irrespective of size or ideology – would reveal that the issue ranks high at the political agenda.
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  • Brief Summary

  • Meeting of the WSF International Council in Casablanca

  • 08 Jan 14
  • The WSF International Council held its meeting in Casablanca from 16 to 18 December 2013, with 122 participants, 47 members of the IC and 75 observers from 23 countries. Below you find a brief formulation of decisions taken at the final meeting, about the location of the next WSF events.
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