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By Dagmar Švendová, Tatiana Moutinho | 1 Feb 2022

Study: Hundred Shades of the EU. Mapping the Political Economy of EU Peripheries

The study focuses on the political economy of the EU using core and periphery dynamics and comparative analysis.

1 Feb 2022

For a German Security Policy in the Service of Peace

In a statement issued by the WeltTrends Institute, notable German academics call on the German government to stop participating in the "escalation of the conflicts between NATO and Russia, currently centred on the Ukraine conflict".

By Giorgos Charalambous | 1 Feb 2022

What Strategy for the Left on Working From Home?

Being in favour and against a shift to working from home is not a strictly oppositional binary but should rest on a coherent theory of emancipatory politics. A politics which takes into account different costs and benefits of telework faced by workers per sector, strata and workers' demands, argues Giorgos Charalambous.

By Jukka Pietiläinen | 27 Jan 2022

Finland: Left Alliance and Most of the Other Government Parties Won in the First Regional County Elections

The purpose of the vote was to elect representatives for the 21 county councils, newly formed public law entities which will take control of healthcare and social and emergency services.

25 Jan 2022

Russia/Ukraine – De-Escalation and Dialogue Are The Only Way Forward

The Left is calling on EU leaders to work to avoid further escalation and confrontation with Russia and pursue a policy of immediate reconciliation in order to avert war and guarantee security in Europe.

24 Jan 2022

Sira Rego (The Left): “¡Arriba las que luchan!”

‘To those who fight!’ (”¡Arriba las que luchan!”), MEP Sira Rego (Izquierda Unida, Spain) said on 18 January in the plenary of the European Parliament (EP). Following the death of David Sassoli, the EP turned to the election of a new president. The Left’s candidate was Rego. Read her plenary speech in full.

By Jon Rodríguez Forrest | 21 Jan 2022

The Grand Coalition Lives on in Brussels

The European Parliament elects anti-abortion MEP Roberta Metsola as president.

21 Jan 2022

On the Death of President of the European Parliament David Sassoli

The co-presidents of transform! europe published the following letter of condolence.

20 Jan 2022

The Left MEP Dimitrios Papadimoulis Re-Elected as Vice-President

Dimitris Papadimoulis, head of the Syriza-PS Eurogroup, succeeded in being re-elected as Vice-President for the fourth time in a row.

19 Jan 2022

Post Rosa: Letters Against Barbarism

Twenty “Luxemburgians” from across the globe engage in vivid correspondence, with reference to and reflections about Luxemburg and the times we live in, as understood through their own bodies and geopolitical locations, and informed by an epistemology of both head and heart.

By Birgit Daiber | 18 Jan 2022

A Critical View of Basic Income Schemes and Unconditional Basic Income

Birgit Daiber gives an overview on current discussions about universal basic income and its different concepts.

20 Dec 2021

Historical Victory of Gabriel Boric in Chile: Fighting Back Neoliberalism, Intolerance and Discrimination

On 19 December, the left-wing candidate Gabriel Boric won the presidential elections in Chile. The Party of the European Left (EL) congratulates Boric for the historical electoral success.

17 Dec 2021

Season’s Greetings

Dear friends and comrades! As this memorable year comes to an end, we hope this holiday finds you healthy and safe and also – even if temporarily and partly – free from the capitalist mode of production, so that you can enjoy the time with your loved ones. Thank you for staying with us over

17 Dec 2021

European Forum 2021 – Videos and Recordings

Get an overview on the discussions at the 2021 European Forum, a unique space where the left, greens and progressives can come together and discuss on ways to built another future for Europe.

By Walter Baier | 16 Dec 2021

Speaking of Basic Income: Four Notions of Labour in Marx

My main topic concerns the theoretical questions involved here which are emanating of Friedrich Engels famous essay The Part Played by Labour in the Transition from Ape to Man, in which he basically demonstrates how labour became the principal condition of human existence. In a simplistic misinterpretation of Engels’ argument sometimes it is argued that

By Michael Hollogschwandtner | 15 Dec 2021

Assessing the European Social Fund in the Fight Against Poverty (2014-2020)

This study, commissioned by the Left in the European Parliament, aims to draw lessons from the application of the European Social Fund (ESF+) during the period of 2014-2020 in regards to its goal of combating poverty.

14 Dec 2021

Free Julian Assange – No to U.S. Extradition

The British High Court ruled Julian Assange can be extradited to the United States, where the WikiLeaks founder would face espionage charges for publishing secret US military documents.

By Lucien Thabourey | 13 Dec 2021

Environmental Movements, States and Left Parties in the 21st Century: Strategies and Dynamics.

After decades of raising awareness, the degree of transformation required to face environmental issues is still the subject of intense debates. While the answers proposed by European governments remain at an embryonic stage, it seems that the Covid crisis has not provided the opportunity environmentalists had hoped for to thoroughly question states’ attachment to the

10 Dec 2021

Left Nominates Sira Rego for Parliament’s Presidency

The Left will put forward Sira Rego MEP (Izquierda Unida, Spain) as its candidate for President of the European Parliament in the midterm elections in January 2022.

By Mario Candeias | 10 Dec 2021

Market Liberals on the March

Mario Candeias criticises the coalition partners for their lack of a common project up to now.

9 Dec 2021

URGENT CALL FOR THE REMOVAL OF THE PKK FROM THE EU’S LIST OF TERRORIST ORGANISATIONS

http://justiceforkurds.info/call/

9 Dec 2021

Climate Justice from the Perspective of Latin American and Other Southern Feminisms

To stop climate change, we have to stop the colonial patriarchal capitalist system that caused it. A study published by Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung Regional Office Andean Region and Quito, a member organisation of transform! europe.

9 Dec 2021

Final Declaration of the 5th European Forum of Left, Green and Progressive Forces

The crisis caused by the spread of COVID-19 across the planet, in fact, has revealed all the contradictions, limitations and deficiencies of a neoliberal, predatory and unsupportive model of society, which is unable to cope with such a profound challenge like the consequences of a Pandemic, which has ravaged the world for almost two years.

By Manuela Kropp | 7 Dec 2021

COP26 Counter Summit – The Future Is Public Transport

An analysis by Manuela Kropp, project manager of the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung Brussels Office.

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