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Report
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transform! europe Members’ Meeting
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The annual member assembly of transform! europe, which took place in Athens from September 18 to 19, was overshadowed by the murder of the Greek musician Pavlos Fissas by a member of the neo-Nazi party “Golden Dawn”. The representatives of 18 political foundations from 14 different European...
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A First Evaluation
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The 18th German Bundestag Elections
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By Horst Kahrs
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The Christdemocratic Union (CDU) is the winner of this year’s German elections. The party could again increase their share of the votes to over 40% and thus suceeded in gaining a considerable plus.
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Norwegian National Election:
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Europe’s Most Leftist Government Defeated by Right Wing Coalition
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By Asbjørn Wahl,
Roy Pedersen
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The red-green coalition government in Norway, whose political platform when it took power in 2005 was called the most progressive in Europe, experienced a bitter defeat in the country’s parliamentary election on 9 September. A coalition of four centre-right and right wing parties, including a right...
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A Catastrophic Coup d’État
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Alarming Reduction of Tertiary Education in Greece
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By Sissy Velissariou
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For at least the past four years the public and democratic university has been systematically undermined by the neoliberal governments through its institutional liquidation, that has destroyed the collective and democratically elected academic bodies, and predominantly by its economic strangulation.
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Short Report
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19th Conference of the EuroMemo Group
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By Elena Papadopoulou
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From 20 to 22 September, the European Economists for an Alternative Economic Policy in Europe (EuroMemo Group) organized their 19th Annual Workshop in London.
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Call for Papers (Deadline 1 November)
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Work and Compulsion: Coerced Labour in Domestic, Service, Agricultural, Factory and Sex Work, ca. 1850-2000s
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The International Conference of Labour and Social History (ITH), Austria, announces the 50th Linz Conference, 25-28 Sept. 2014.
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