Editorial
- Dear reader, The sixth issue of the transform! magazine presents a broad spectrum of texts relevant for the left discussion. The opening texts are On the Relationship Beetween Precariety and Staate Power by Judith Butler and History and the Critique ad capitalism by Moishe Postone. With the publication of both these texts we would like to contribute to the development of a general left culture of debate. The thematic focus of the magazine is dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the World Social Forum, and the processes initiated by it. It lies in the very nature of the subject to approach it from very different perspectives (see also the Introduction to the thematic focus by Louis Weber)....
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Essays
On the Relationship Between Precariety and State Power
- As you will see, I am not offering a theory of state power, but wish to focus on certain dimensions that I hope you will find of interest. Although we usually think of the study of media as separate...
History and the Critique of Capitalism
- I. The far-reaching transformation of the world in recent decades has dramatically indicated that contemporary critical theory must be centrally concerned with questions of temporality, of historical...
Porto Alegre: The World Ten Years After
Only the Beginning is Always "New"
- 10 Years of the World Social Forum
Student Action Helsinki
- In this article, our aim is to outline how the Opiskelijatoiminta Network (Student Action, henceforward OT) began at the University of Helsinki during the academic year 2008-2009. We hope that this...
New Strategic Orientations for the WSF?*
- For the 10th anniversary of the World Social Forum (WSF), two encounters were organised in Brazil: the first at Porto Alegre, from January 25 to 29 and the other at Salvado de Bahia, from January 29...
The Social Forums and the Left in Latin America
- The question I had been asked by the editors of this publication - “What has been the contribution of the Social Forums to the experiences of the left in Latin America?”- cannot be answered that...
The Crisis and the Future of the ESF
- The ESF has experienced many problems over the years, and we should be honest enough to admit that it has been on a downward course ever since the first and most successful one was organised in...
About Good and Bad of Copenhagen
- In recent months climate policy was on the top of the agenda of international politics. Many international meetings took place in the run-up to the climate summit in Copenhagen. However, despite some...
Ten Years Later: A Short Introduction
- The subject of this dossier of Transform! is the alter-globalisation movement. This movement can be considered one of the major political innovations of the late the 20th century. It is within it that...
Knowledge Is a Common Good
- The Effects of the Open Source Movement on the Development of Politics and Society
Crisis and Capitalism
Are We Capable of "Reading" the World as it Really is?
- Since the collapse of the Berlin Wall, most of the discussion about the world has been structured by two theses emerging from American neo-conservatism: Francis Fukuyama’s “End of History” and Samuel...
Can PIGS Fly?
- ”Thinking again?” the Duchess asked, with another dig of her sharp little chin. ”I’ve a right to think,” said Alice sharply, for she was beginning to feel a little worried. ”Just about as much...
A Waste of Time and Effort? The Need for a Strategic Re-orientation of the Trade Unions
- There is no doubt: the trade unions, particularly the German ones, represent reliable supporters of Europe. Although the unions repeatedly emphasise that Europe could be more social, they mostly...
Crisis, Europe, Alternatives and Strategic Challenges for the European Left (1)
- After the EU-summit in March it is becoming even more obvious to what extent the EU and the governments are in quite a dogmatic and irresponsible way setting the course for a downward spiral. Merkel...
Fact Finding
The Social Crisis in Europe: Politics of Precariousness or Shift to a New Social Model of Regulation
- One year and a half after the outbreak of the current economic recession, generated by the financial crisis that began in the USA a year earlier, all international organisations are announcing the...
Chronicles
Exploring Left Alternatives for Ending Poverty in the "First World"
- Exceeding all expectations, a critical mass of over 50 people (a milieu of left-wing social activists, academics, politicians, radical intellectuals and employees of European Union institutions) met...
Transform! at the LF in New York
- March 19 – 21 at Pace University in New York City saw the 29th annual gathering of the conference first known as the Socialist Scholars Conference (SSC) (1981 – 2004) and then the Left Forum (LF)...
Quebec Solidarity: An Introduction for Potential Sympathisers in Europe
- When general elections took place on December 8, 2008, Quebec Solidarity saw its first deputy elected to the Quebec National Assembly. This electoral victory demonstrated the relevance of a new...
Regional Elections in France: Victory for the Left
- Regional elections, the fifth in a history which only began in 1986, took place in France on March 14th and 21st of this year. What are these elections? Regions have existed since 1972 but only began...
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