Editorial
- Transform No. 5 is also dedicated to the global crisis. On the one hand, we will subject to a critical analysis the thesis that the global capitalist economy is now on the way to recovery. This is addressed from a European perspective by Joachim Bischoff and Richard Detje’s article, Europe in Crisis, and from a Latin-American angle by Pedro Páez Pérez’s article The Crisis of Capitalism and Post-Capitalist Horizons. On the other hand, in this issue we would like to add a new focus by dealing with the social, cultural and psychological effects of the crisis and of precarisation along with the resultant forms of resistance. In this light, see, for example, the article by Grzinic, Precarisation...
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Essays
Honduras: Anatomy of a Coup d’État
- Afflicted by epidemics and floods, Honduras has been, since the days of Francisco Morazán1 not only one of the poorest countries of the region, but also the hidden battlefield between conservatives...
European Parliament Elections: Ambivalent Results for the Left
- Interview with the President of the Party of the European Left, Prof. Dr Lothar Bisky, for transform!europe
Global Crisis
Present and Future Impact of the Crisis
- United Nations Conference on the Financial Crisis and its Impact on Development – New York, June 24-26 2009 Much has been said of the impact of the crisis on the foundations of the economy and of...
Europe in the Crisis - On the Road to Breakup?
- In the current economic crisis, the character of the European Union as a “project of the elites” is clearly revealed. Now it comes back to haunt us that “… at the turning points of the unification...
Greek banks in the Balkans. Effects of the crisis and the internationalist deficit
- Introduction Since the demise of actually existing socialism in the ‘90’s, a process of reforms was put forward in the Balkan countries with the aim of preparing these countries’ transition into...
The Speculative Real-Estate Bubble and the Securitisation Scandal in Italy
- In the explosion of the most serious economic crisis since 1929, international real-estate speculation has played a fundamental role. This holds true for Italy as well. I will emphasise three...
A Critical Report on the Crisis in Romania
- Introduction: crisis upon crises It would not be far from the truth to say that in Romania the crisis overlapped an already embedded multi-layered crisis. What is happening today to Romanians in the...
The State and the Economic Crisis of 2008
- The state in the neoliberal era In the tradition of Foucault, the state is not understood as a rational agent located outside of society, aiming to serve dominant class interests. It is rather a...
[Translate to Italiano:] The Crisis of Capitalism and Post-Capitalist Horizons
- [Translate to Italiano:] Introduction A century ago, Rosa Luxemburg expressed humanity’s historic dilemma in these terms: socialism or barbarism. Now, the global crisis underlines the urgent need to...
Labour and Precarisation
Precarisation and Financialisation
- I would like to develop two theses suggested by Rosa Reitsamer – precarisation and financialisation – in order to examine their consequences for the way we act, work and – last but not least – live. ...
The Portuguese State’s Promotion of Precarious Labour Relations in Public Services
- The latest figures show that unemployment in Portugal exceeded 9% for the first time. Short-term labour contracts increased by over 50% in the last ten years. The state itself is exploiting precarious...
A Journey to the Centre of the Transition
- The event On April 23, 2009, a group of unemployed textile workers in Novi Pazar, southern Serbia, began a hunger strike. Their main demand – in the name of all 1,532 members of the Association of...
“Seeing Things Their Way”: The Contemporary Immigrant Experience in Europe
- Seeing things their way” is Quentin Skinner’s fundamental methodological exhortation. Skinner advances interpretations of specific political or moral beliefs by placing them in the context of other...
The Precarisation of Life and Work and Alternatives from the Biblical Perspective
- “The labourer’s Appetite Works for Him” (Proverbs 16, 26) A consideration of the biblical concepts of righteousness/justice and shalom/peace and of the climate of neoliberalism which sharply clashes...
Proposals and Exit Strategies
Regional Integration as an Alternative Strategy?
- The Social Forum on Regional Integration From July 21 to 24 a social forum on regional integration took place at Asunción, the capital of Paraguay. It addressed the possibilities of struggling...
Facing Reality – Strategies to Increase Power from Below in an Era of Neoliberal Globalisation
- Early in the rise of industrial capitalism in the mid-19th century, a set of ideas emerged and came to grip the imagination of the new working class that was being created by industrial capitalism....
Economic Democracy: A Crisis Alternative
- On June 22, 2009, at the initiative of Espaces Marx (transform!) and the regional government of the Île de France, labour leaders, elected officials, scholars and representatives of civil society met...
DIY Feminist Networks in Europe: Personal and Collective Acts of Resistance
- Whether you speak about individual acts of resistance, about organised struggles, about art projects, about self-managed social experiments, even about the invisible day and night dreaming that expand...
Chronicles
The Post-Election Uprisings in Iran and the State’s Loss of Legitimacy
- It was a restless summer for Iran this year. The controversial results of the June 21 presidential elections engendered such anger that it became impossible for the streets to keep their years-long...
Towards Building a New Left Alternative - The Crisis of the Left and the Case of the Left Alliance in Finland
- The European Parliament election results have been disappointing for the left around Europe. One of the countries where the left suffered heavy defeat was Finland. According to the Nice Treaty, the...
The Political Centre and the European Construction
- The ritual which we are experiencing here in 2008 within the process of European construction in 2008 – the ritual of distributing the report and extensive documentation to groups at the last minute -...
Losing the “Left” in Hungary?
- The European elections demonstrated and further contributed to a deep disillusionment on the left in Hungary. The equilibrium between the two main parties in Hungary was shaken for the first time. The...
Who and What is “Left” Today? Contours of a Left-aligned Milieu in Germany
- Based on survey data, it has often been postulated in the past few years that Germans lean towards the left in their basic political views. Setting aside entirely appropriate methodological...
News from the European Networks
- A Joint Social Conference took place in Brussels on September 14 and 15. It gathered together 20 countries with 22 trade-union confederations and 22 networks, social movements or NGOs, all interested...
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