Brexit blog This blog offers a running commentary on the Brexit and provides a forum for the task of building left power
Elections and parties Outgoing government: Infighting lead to the fall of the Danish right Since its election in 2015, Denmark’s rightist government had been struggling to keep control of a chaotic coalition Kasper Tonsberg Schlie, The Democracy in Europe Organisation (DEO), 06.06.2019
Political developments in France The core of the yellow vest movement rejects the far right Quantité Critique is a group of sociology lecturers, doctoral students and undergraduates who have been investigating social movements in France Collective Quantité Critique, 04.06.2019
Euro19 Decline of the Left According to a survey by Ipsos MORI, although four out of five Czechs are interested in environmental issues such as the sustainability Matěj Metelec, 30.05.2019
Euro19 First Defeat of the »Levica« and Victory of the Traditional Established Parties Before the elections, the public polls were showing a tightly matched battle for the 8 seats allocated to Slovenia in the European Parliament Matej Klarič, 30.05.2019
Euro19 European elections in Belgium: two countries in one On May 26 2019 Belgium had European, federal and regional elections Francine Mestrum, 29.05.2019
Social democrats reaffirm their leading position in Spain’s regional and local elections Vera Bartolomé Díaz & Amelia Martínez Lobo (RLS Madrid Liaison Office), 28.05.2019
Euro19 The End of an Era Amidst Brexit and the rise of populist, EU-skepticist parties all over the continent, the results of the elections mark a historical decrease in Danish Euro-criticism Reinout Bosch & Christian Gorm Hansen, Institute for Marxist Analysis, 28.05.2019
Euro19 The Italian populism paint it black After one year at the government, the Italian populist coalition composed by the 5 Stars Movement and the Northern League, the formula of Mediterranean populism has been reversed Teresa Pullano & Angelo Mastrandrea, 28.05.2019
Elections and parties Call for Tenders: Portuguese politics Writing an article on the political situation in Portugal, after 4 years of the government of Socialist Party and supported by left forces 27.05.2019
Euro19 The 2019 European Parliament Elections in Spain The regional, local and European Parliament elections have inaugurated a new period of Spanish politics Luis Ramiro, 27.05.2019
Euro19 Explosive-implosive relations: The Twin Rise of Macronism and Nationalism The socialist party has managed to survive and to maintain itself whereas La France Insoumise has not succeeded in remobilising its electorate, staying far behind its ambitioned score Lucie Chamlian, 27.05.2019
Social-ecological transformation Call for Contributions The Global Working Group Beyond Development wants to exchange experiences of and generate knowledge about alternatives 24.05.2019
Political developments in France Ideological divisions in the ‘yellow vest’ movement The ongoing mobilisation of yellow vest adherents is arguably the most enduring and significant social movement in France since May 1968 Zakaria Bendali & Gala Kabbaj, 24.05.2019
Global power and resistance Negotiating a Common Future Throughout its 70 years of existence the EEC has always had a “special relationship” to the former colonies of the EEC member states Arndt Hopfmann, 16.05.2019
Euro19 transform! europe: EP 2019 Monitoring Project transform! europe is monitoring the electoral process from a left perspective transform! europe, 13.05.2019
Elections and parties Elections in Spain 2019: the progressive majority wins Majority of the Spanish electorate proved to be feminist, anti-racist and rejected the extreme right Vera Bartolomé & Amelia Martínez Lobo, RLS Madrid Liaison Office, 10.05.2019
Social-ecological transformation Radical Urban Transformations Based on the third meeting of the Global Working Group Beyond Development, elaborated by Raphael Hoetmer Raphael Hoetmer, 09.05.2019
Social-ecological transformation Beyond Gas Conference 2019 In March 2019, members of the Beyond Gas community met in Brussels to share, connect and strategize together Naomi Kreitman (Gastivists Collective), 02.05.2019
Elections and parties A bad day for the right The general election was a crushing defeat for Pablo Casados and his policy of appealing to the shrill right-wing rhetoric of the VOX party Andreas Thomsen, 29.04.2019
Elections and parties Not just another Brexit blog There are myriad Brexit blogs, yet few from a left position
Social-ecological transformation Beyond Gas Conference 2019 RLS Brussels together with a group of environmental NGOs is organised the 3rd edition of the Beyond Gas conference
Solidarity and emancipation Feminist Responses to Austerity Interviews with Inés Campillo Poza (Spain), Pauline Cullen (Ireland) and Aliki Kosyfologou (Greece)
Social-ecological transformation Gastivists: Stopping A Fossil Fuel Lock-In Join a global movement that is rising up to stop fossil gas, fossil fuels, and the extractive economy it maintains.
Crises and left solutions The Populist Moment and the Future of Democracy "Rethinking Europe" lecture by Chantal Mouffe and inauguration of our new offices
Solidarity and emancipation Organizing for a Left Hegemony At the first European Summer School in Madrid about 100 people discussed social rights, struggles and strategies for the left in Europe
Crises and left solutions Catalonia Conflict Interviews and panel discussions around the Catalonia conflict at the RLS European Summer School
Social-ecological transformation Time to go beyond gas! Activists, NGOs, academics and decision-makers build a global network against further gas projects. Food & Water Europe
Social-ecological transformation TUED in Europe: laying the groundwork Report of a two-day working meeting of unions and close allies in the energy democracy movement Maité Llanos
