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Apr 8th, 2021

Why we need to talk about the African free trade area

Voices critical of the AfCFTA have so far received little public attention. However, there are good reasons to cast doubt on the high hopes pinned on the African free trade area

Mar 18th, 2021

Putting cross-border rail traffic on the right track: The European Year of Rail in border regions

Conference report of the web conference on 24 February 2021

Mar 4th, 2021

150 years since the Paris Commune

With its 150th anniversary just around the corner, the indefatigable Michèle Audin explains why the Paris Commune was and remains important, for the construction of the French state as well as the imaginary of the international Left

Mar 1st, 2021

2021: Year Zero for the French Left

The French left has just over a year to get itself organised to win the presidency. But between the health crisis, which is paralysing political dynamics, and the profusion of candidates seemingly in the running, the trials to overcome are such that – even in the face of a weakened Emmanuel Macron – hope currently appears faint.

Feb 22nd, 2021

Call for Tenders Editor of a European newsletter on work time reduction

The main objective of the network is to create a permanent and open forum between structured initiatives for the sharing of working time across Europe

Feb 22nd, 2021

Job Vacancy: Office Manager and Accountant in Madrid

The Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung's Brussels Office is looking for an Office Manager and Accountant (permanent, full-time position) to work in its Madrid Liaison Office, starting on 1 May 2021.

Feb 15th, 2021

Portuguese Council Presidency: European Pillar of Social Rights must be made binding

Given the social and ecological crisis, it is clear that after the pandemic there must be no return to the old 'normal', and instead Member States' recovery programmes must address the socio-ecological transformation

Feb 12th, 2021

The European Left and the Green New Deal

Almost everyone in Europe is talking about the need for a Green New Deal or "socio-ecological transformation", too. However, there are a number of very different underlying concepts

Jan 20th, 2021

Shorter working week newsletter 8

The newsletter is published every two months and capture the latest, most exciting developments in working-time reduction from across Europe

Jan 19th, 2021

Political crisis hits Italy right in the middle of the pandemic

Right in the middle of this second wave of the pandemic, just ahead of the presentation of Italy’s recovery plan, a political crisis inside the government majority has deepened the current uncertainty. While it is hard to understand at first sight, there are reasons for the political crisis – and there is already a winner

Jan 19th, 2021

Netherlands – notorious tax haven has put families under pressure for years

The Dutch government led by Prime Minister Mark Rutte resigned last Friday (15 January 2021), following hours of deliberations. The four-party coalition made up of the right-wing liberal VVD, Christian Democrats, liberal Democrats 66 and Calvinist Christian Union will stay on as a caretaker government for the time being

Jan 4th, 2021

The socio-political economy of the Corona Pandemic

The current Corona Pandemic poses important challenges not only for virologists, but for political economists, economists, economic sociologists, and social theorists alike

Jan 4th, 2021

Leading figure of the trade union movement at Amazon died

We were stunned and deeply saddened to learn that Christian Krähling died on his 43rd birthday

Dec 29th, 2020

Happy 100th birthday, French Communist Party!

The French Communist Party (PCF) will be celebrating its centenary between 25 and 30 December 2020

Dec 17th, 2020

Macron’s Authoritarian Turn Drives Turnout in the Streets

Recent weeks have seen massive protests across France, bringing to a close a year that was turbulent even by French political standards. In this interview, Season in Hell editor Ethan Earle discusses Islamophobia and anti-racism, the growing powers of the security state and the rising voices of people in the streets

Dec 14th, 2020

From one crisis to the next?

What have been the fiscal and economic policy responses of the Italian government to this growing inequality and what left-wing solutions are being put forward?

Dec 14th, 2020

Corporate Welfare in a Time of Pandemic

France’s biggest companies get richer while the rest get only vague promises to 'build back better'. A recent report from the Multinationals Observatory follows the money paid out to France’s 40 largest corporations, and what they did (and didn’t) do with it. Here, the findings of that report are analysed, revealing a shocking Covid-recovery policy that benefits the few at the expense of the many

Dec 8th, 2020

Decolonising the 21st Century

Recent independence referendums in the South Pacific French territory of New Caledonia have taken place under the wary eye of a French Republic that could – for the first time in its history – take part in a peaceful and democratic decolonisation process. The rising New Caledonian independence movement should be understood by anyone interested in the possibility of living in a post-colonial world

Dec 7th, 2020

Hydrogen – new oil in the transport sector?

In order to meet the climate targets of the Paris climate agreement, immediate and comprehensive emission reductions are needed in all sectors where many greenhouse gases are produced: energy, industry, buildings and transport. And hydrogen can be an important means, though not a panacea

Dec 2nd, 2020

Spain Recovery Plan: What is really in it?

The measures taken to deal with the health emergency arising from the spread of COVID-19 have led to an unprecedented economic slowdown. As a result, public institutions have activated plans, mechanisms and instruments that are intended to stop the shock, reactivate the economy and restore pre-pandemic normality

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