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 Social Democrats win elections amidst parliamentary fragmentation These elections leave us with a current snapshot, which looks more like the other parliaments in Europe than Spain's traditional bipartisanship Vera Bartolomé y Amelia Martínez Lobo, 10.11.2019
A Season in Hell An attack on the solidarity-based system Social security and solidarity, or private insurance and individualism: this the choice facing the French people Catherine Perret, Confederal Secretary of France's CGT, 08.11.2019
Global power and resistance The WTO: Out of Service, but Obsessed with Services The WTO launched its World Trade Report 2019 on the future of the service industry at its annual Public Forum, but fierce debates during the event prove that the WTO is almost completely out of service Arndt Hopfmann, 01.11.2019
A Season in Hell French Republicanism In France, the idea of the “nation” and of the “Republic” are deeply intertwined. To be French means to be a republican Edouard Morena, 24.10.2019
A Season in Hell Which way off the roundabout It has been a quiet few months for the gilets jaunes, until recently omnipresent in their fluorescent yellow, roadside emergency vests, protesting on roundabouts throughout France and television sets around the world Ethan Earle, 17.10.2019
A Season in Hell Introducing a new project A Season in Hell, the masterwork of French poet Arthur Rimbaud, was written amidst the conservative backlash to the revolutionary Paris Commune of 1871 09.10.2019
Elections and parties Portuguese elections On Sunday, the 6 of October, Partido Socialista (PS) couldn’t reach the majority of the pools predicted in the early weeks of the campaign for the 2019 Portuguese legislative elections Nuno Viegas, 08.10.2019
Wahlen und Parteien Parliamentary elections in Austria Barbara Steiner, Director transform! europe (www.transform-network.net), 30.09.2019
Elections and parties The breakdown of the negotiations in Spain PSOE and Unidas Podemos have unsuccessfully negotiated the formation of a stable progressive government and now fight in the wake of fierce backlash Irene Castro, 27.09.2019
Solidarity and emancipation What’s Left of the past? Revisiting ideas for an emancipatory and united Europe Axel Ruppert, 17.09.2019
Elections and parties The "Ursula" affair splits Italian populism (and the left) It is August 21, in the afternoon the news of the day in Italy are the undocumented migrants who jump into the water near the island of Lampedusa out of the Open Arms ship that rescued them Teresa Pullano & Angelo Mastrandrea, 21.08.2019
Global power and resistance The G20 in Osaka: all quiet on the Eastern front All is not well with the G20, which lacks democratic legitimacy, is hopelessly divided and is also losing its political influence Florian Horn, 02.07.2019
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
A Season in Hell 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
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
