Posts

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  Oct 14th, 2020

  Report: Second expert consultation on the automotive industry

  This was the second expert consultation on the automotive industry to be organised by the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung Brussels Office
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  Oct 14th, 2020

  Tear This Down!

  Germany’s colonial history and its effects had little to no role in the country’s collective memory – despite the fact that decolonial efforts have had an impact when it comes to renaming streets, at least in Berlin
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  Oct 13th, 2020

  Stories of Men and Statues

  Black Lives Matter has been watched very closely by various analysts as a movement deemed capable of providing new impetus for the discussion about identity, civil rights and immigration in Italy
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  Oct 9th, 2020

  Call for Tenders

  The tender is for a service to coordinate our online series «A Season in Hell» of reports on French contemporary politics and to author a report on French politics with a focus on progressive civil society organisations
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  Oct 6th, 2020

  Transform, or else

  DIE LINKE (The Left) After eight years, Katja Kipping and Bernd Riexinger are stepping down as co-chairs of the party. A good time, then, for a thorough critical assessment of their time at the helm
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  Oct 6th, 2020

  The White Saviour or Racism Without Race

  As long as Europe resists considering the role and place of slavery in the making of Europe as an idea and a project, the understanding of why there is “continuous systemic racist violence and exploitation” and a “struggle over the writing of memory and history” will remain wanting
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  Oct 6th, 2020

  Black Lives Matter in Belgium (June-July 2020)

  Coinciding with the 60th anniversary of Congolese independence, the summer marked a true watershed in Belgium’s dealing with its colonial past
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  Oct 6th, 2020

  Rethinking Museums

  Since the late 1980s, museums have been criticised for the role they played in legitimising colonialism and imperial expansion
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  Oct 5th, 2020

  Martin Khor – a life spent fighting for a just global economy

  Economist and journalist Martin Khor, whose life was cut short by cancer on 1 April 2020, was a standout figure in the struggle for a radical transformation of global economic relations
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  Oct 2nd, 2020

  The European recovery plan

  Institut Rousseau warned of the illusions and delusions surrounding the idea – which was on everyone's lips at the time – of 'coronabonds' and a European funding mechanism
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  Oct 1st, 2020

  A gas dispute or an attempt to shake up the regional order?

  A particular challenge facing the EU as it seeks a peaceful solution is how it can manage to curb Greece's most extreme demands without turning a blind eye to the special nature of Turkish nationalism, with the potentially far greater economic and military clout it can call on and its desire to completely transform the regional order
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  Oct 1st, 2020

  Job vacancy

  Within our Brussels Office, you will support various projects carried out with our partners in Western Europe, focusing on our projects in the Scandinavian region
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  Sep 22nd, 2020

  “The rise of authoritarian populism and European integration: Central East and South East Europe”

  We invite authors to focus on questions linked to the rise of authoritarian populism in the context of EU democratisation efforts in CEE/SEE. Original empirical research is welcome but not required, however the paper’s argument must be supported by empirical evidence.
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  Sep 21st, 2020

  Who do our cities belong to?

  Conference report about our web conference «Changing lanes – first moves towards car-free cities» involving nearly 100 participants, written by Manuela Kropp
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  Sep 21st, 2020

  Call for Tenders

  Coordination of projects in the Nordic countries, in particular the organisation of two workshops and of field visits.
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  Sep 14th, 2020

  Call for Tenders

  We are looking for a graphic artist to create animated illustrations for videos published on our YouTube channel and website
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  Sep 11th, 2020

  Call for Tenders

  The Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung Brussels Office is calling for tenders to write and illustrate a booklet that explains in an accessible and critical manner the discourses, structures and actors that form the core of the EU’s militarisation.
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  Aug 27th, 2020

  Call for Tenders

  The Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung Brussels is calling for tenders to write a report on the labour market participation of women in the European Union, the gendered effects of social security, taxation, and benefits systems, persisting obstacles of tackling these inequalities at the European level and policy levers to evoke change.
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  Aug 26th, 2020

  France’s racial spring

  A generation of Afro-French people who have long experienced erasure by the universalist myth is rising up. The demonstrations of spring 2020 underlined the need to examine the blind spots in French history and question the flaws in the republican ideal, and ultimately to build a shared, truly universalist narrative that reflects multiple perspectives. Far from disguising secessionist inclinations, the struggles of these emerging anti-racist movements reflect a very real demand being made of the French Republic.
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  Aug 20th, 2020

  The Citizens’ Convention on Climate

  On 21 June, the Citizens’ Convention on Climate submitted its 150 recommendations to the French president, aimed at enabling France to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 40% by 2030 compared with 1990 levels, in line with the Paris Agreement target that the country signed up to at COP21 in 2015 in Paris.