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  Jul 31st, 2014

  Finance, Crisis and the Global Power Shift

  The interest of this report is about the effects of the financial crisis on the global power architecture and on geopolitics. The concept of geopolitics, in particular its normative dimension, is discussed critically. It is problematic that it is seen as being that normal countries try to acquire as much power as possible, that there is a hierar-chy in the international system and that permanent rivalry and power politics are a fundamental dynamics of international relations ...
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  May 14th, 2014

  Susanne Soederberg - Alternative Solutions to the Debt Crisis, 6-8 March 2014, Brussels

  Susanne Soederberg is the author of "Debtfare States and the Poverty Industry: Money, Discipline and the Surplus Population". Her contribution at the conference focused on student debt which exceeds the total amount of all other forms of unsecured consumer debt in the USA today. This interview was made at the conference "Alternative Solutions to the Debt Crisis", 6-8 March 2014 ...
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  May 14th, 2014

  Andy Storey - Alternative Solutions to the Debt Crisis, 6-8 March 2014

  Andy Storey explains how Ireland is affected by the debt crisis and which exit strategies exist beyond the existing austerity measures. This interview was made at the conference "Alternative Solutions to the Debt Crisis", 6-8 March 2014.
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  May 14th, 2014

  Mabrouka Mbarek - Alternative Solutions to the Debt Crisis, 6-8 March 2014

  Mabrouka Mbarek, a member of Tunesia's Constituent Assembly and advisor on debt and transparency to the country's president, presents the debt problems of post-revolutionary Tunisia. This interview was made at the conference "Alternative Solutions to the Debt Crisis", 6-8 March 2014.
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  May 14th, 2014

  Yiannis Milios - Alternative Solutions to the Debt Crisis, 6-8 March 2014

  As a member of the Greek SYRIZA Party Yiannis Milios explains how the debt crisis affects Greece and presents his thoughts on possible alternatives. This interview was made at the conference "Alternative Solutions to the Debt Crisis", 6-8 March 2014.
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  May 14th, 2014

  Alberto Acosta - Alternative Solutions to the Debt Crisis, 6-8 March 2014

  Ecuadorian economist Alberto Acosta talks about how Ecuador dealt with its debt crisis and lessons learned from Latin America. This interview was made at the conference "Alternative Solutions to the Debt Crisis", 6-8 March 2014.
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  Apr 10th, 2014

  European Action Day for Coca-Cola workers on 5 May 2014

  Enough is enough. This was agreed by over 50 representatives of trade unions, workplace unions and staff committees during their meeting on 20-21 March 2014 in Madrid. The aim of the meeting was to exchange experiences on labor and working conditions at Coca-Cola in Europe.EFFAT, the European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism Trade Unions, and the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung, Brussels Office, had invited to this conference in the Spanish capital ...
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  Mar 8th, 2014

  Alternative Solutions to the Debt Crisis

  Aiming to highlight and to discuss alternative solutions to the debt crisis, academics, politicians and activists met in March 2014 at the international conference organized by the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung and the European Network on Debt and Development (eurodad). They presented their ideas on solving the debt crisis to over 80 participants in Brussels ...
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  Jul 31st, 2013

  Transformation, Energy democracy, European Energy policy

  >>See report in German>>See page of conference
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  Jul 31st, 2013

  The Controversial Energy Turnaround in Germany. Successes, contradictions, perspectives

  Preliminary remarks: To date, the energy turnaround in Germany has first and foremost been an “electric-power turnaround.” In the area of heat/heating, the dynamics have been much less strongly pronounced. In the area of fuels, we see chaos, setbacks and no movement. And there has been little progress overall in the area of energy savings ...
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  Jul 25th, 2013

  Energy democracy? A socio-ecological Transformation in the area of Energy

  More than 60 participants from 18 countries and a wide variety of areas of activity came together for the conference Socioecological Transformation – Focus Energy at the University of Vienna from July 3-5, to explore the possibilities and limits of just such a transformation. The conference was organized by Ulrich Brand of the University’s Institute for Political Science, and by the Brussels Bureau of the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation ...
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  Jul 12th, 2013

  Energy democracy? A socio-ecological Transformation in the area of energy

  More than 60 participants from 18 countries and a wide variety of areas of activity came together for the conference Socioecological Transformation – Focus Energy at the University of Vienna from July 3-5, to explore the possibilities and limits of just such a transformation. The conference was organized by Ulrich Brand of the University’s Institute for Political Science, and by the Brussels Bureau of the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation ...
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  Jun 30th, 2013

  Socioecological Transformation: dominant developments, resistances and alternatives – energy as a crucial terrain

  Introductory paper for the Seminar “Socioecological transformation focus energy” from 3-5 July 2013 in Vienna, organized by Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung Brussels and Ulrich Brand, Department of Political Science, Vienna UniversityAnalytical-political starting pointsThe energy landscape is presently shifting ...
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  Jun 14th, 2013

  True Democracy Now! Alter Summit (German)

  More than 1000 activists from social movements, trade unions and political parties followed the call to join the Alter Summit on the 7th and 8th of June 2013 in Athens. Dem Aufruf zum Alternativengipfel sind am 7. und 8. Juni weit über 1.000 BesucherInnen nach Athen gefolgt. Sie gehören sozialen Bewegungen, ...
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  Jun 14th, 2013

  True Democracy Now! Alter Summit (German)

  More than 1000 activists from social movements, trade unions and political parties followed the call to join the Alter Summit on the 7th and 8th of June 2013 in Athens. Dem Aufruf zum Alternativengipfel sind am 7. und 8. Juni weit über 1.000 BesucherInnen nach Athen gefolgt. Sie gehören sozialen Bewegungen, ...
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  May 31st, 2013

  No exit. Wrong oppositions in the Euro debate

  In response to the on-going euro crisis, the German left is now discussing the option of a “controlled withdrawal” by individual countries, particularly Greece, and the return to national currencies as a possible solution, both for the benefit of the societies most affected by the crisis, but also in order to prevent the uncontrolled collapse of the Eurozone ...
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  Mar 31st, 2013

  Energy policy and resource extractivism: resistances and alternatives

  Conflicts centred on resources and the effects of production and life models that are increasingly energy and resource intensive were central issues at the World Social Forum from the very start. At the same time, the problems have become more serious over past years: resources are becoming scarcer, human-caused climate change as a consequence of emissions is taking on ever greater political importance, the approaches of a Green Economy make new resource groups important ...
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  Mar 4th, 2013

  Sans Papiers from Paris to the World Social Forum in Tunis

  An international caravan of the Sans Papiers on their way from Paris to the World Social Forum in Tunis in March 2013 call for support in their struggle for the fundamental rights of the freedom of movement. In Tunis, the caravan will take part in the "Assembly of Migrants and Solidarity Associations" ...
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  Mar 4th, 2013

  Sans Papiers from Paris to the World Social Forum in Tunis

  An international caravan of the Sans Papiers on their way from Paris to the World Social Forum in Tunis in March 2013 call for support in their struggle for the fundamental rights of the freedom of movement. In Tunis, the caravan will take part in the "Assembly of Migrants and Solidarity Associations" ...
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  Mar 1st, 2013

  The EU, the U.S. and the BRICS countries

  >> See report in German here.>> See page of the event here.