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  Oct 21st, 2010

  Another Europe is Possible

  The green-left group in the European Parliament is an alliance of MEP from 12 European countries and 17 parties. What are the characteristics of the GUE/NGL group in the European Parliament, what does “confederalism” mean to them and what is the relationship between the GUE/NGL group and the European Left Party?Within Europe, the parties of the radical left are united in overlapping forms of cooperation ...
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  Jul 12th, 2010

  Organisational shortcomings and relative disorientation: The sixth European Social Forum in Istanbul (German)

  More than 3000 people took part in the sixth European Social Forum in Istanbul, beginning of July 2010. In the centre of the European Social Forum was the topic of the crisis: the economic and financial crisis, the climate crisis, and water and energy conflicts. Critical report by Ulrich Brand, Vienna University, on the sixth European Social Forum in Istanbul ...
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  Jun 30th, 2010

  A Different Government is Possible! Beyond the Centre-left Governments in Europe

  "The centre-left governments of the last ten or fifteen years were by and large governments based on neo-liberalism and financial market capitalism. To some extent, they tried to soften its effects – and were thus the “lesser evil” – or they endeavoured to slow down the policy of neo-liberalism ...
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  Jun 30th, 2010

  A Brief History of Self-management in Germany since 1968

  Once upon a time, when we did not live yet in a media democracy, when the Federal Republic of Germany was still Western Germany, when konservative still really meant konservative, when social democracy was not anymore socialist, and when the communist party was proscribed, when the U.S., the model for democracy of the post-war generation in West Germany, waged a dirty war in Vietnam ...
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  Jun 30th, 2010

  The Left in Government II - Latin America and Europe Compared

  Political activists from Latin America and Europe met for the second time in recent days at the invitation of the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation in Brussels to discuss their experience with participation in government. At the first conference, the opinion had been unanimous: Yes, despite some disappointing results, such as those in France and Italy, the left could not resist the challenge of assuming governmental responsibility ...
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  Jun 30th, 2010

  Processes of Social Participation associated with the New International Financial Architecture and the Transformation of the International Financial Regime

  In the context of this structural crisis, to talk about social participation leads us to a key point: the role of political praxis in creating the historical subject within the scope of this systemic crisis of capitalism.I would like to start by stressing that this one is not merely a financial crisis ...
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  Jun 28th, 2010

  A Different Government is Possible!

  . A NEW STRATEGIC SITUATION The short social-democatic decade and the return of the conservatives After the German parliamentary elections in 1998, thirteen of fifteen governments of the then member countries of the European Union were led by social democrats; Spain and Ireland were the only exceptions ...
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  Jun 11th, 2010

  Alternative Economy: Trends, Innovations and Experiences

  Report on the seminar in June 2010 in Palermo Public debate, 11 June 2010On the 11th June evening, Rosa Luxemburg foundation organised the opening event of the seminar:”Alternative economy: experiences, challenges and future opportunities”. This event was an opportunity to meet local actors, politicians and Cso with the aim to confront with a very peculiar reality such as Sicily is ...
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  Jun 11th, 2010

  Alternative Economy: Trends, Innovations and Experiences

  Report on the seminar in June 2010 in Palermo Public debate, 11 June 2010On the 11th June evening, Rosa Luxemburg foundation organised the opening event of the seminar:”Alternative economy: experiences, challenges and future opportunities”. This event was an opportunity to meet local actors, politicians and Cso with the aim to confront with a very peculiar reality such as Sicily is ...
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  May 11th, 2010

  Antigypsyism and Racism in Past and Present Europe

  Roma sind in Europa seit Jahrhunderten massiver Diskriminierung, Ausgrenzung und Verfol-gung ausgesetzt. Über 60 % der deutschen Sinti und Roma fielen dem nationalsozialistischen Rassenwahn zum Opfer, in manchen Ländern Osteuropas waren es noch mehr. Um sich mit dem nationalsozialistischen Völkermord und mit der Situation der Roma im heutigen Europa zu befassen, fand am 11 ...
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  May 3rd, 2010

  Is Socialist Politics Possible from a Position in Government?

  Participation by the left in governments dominated by other forces has always been controversial. Primarily, five objections to government participation by the left have been formulated, to the effect that: (1) capitalism cannot be changed fundamentally; (2) only a revolution can solve the basic problems; ...
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  May 3rd, 2010

  The Crisis of Capitalism and Post-capitalist Horizons

  A century ago, Rosa Luxemburg stated that the historical dilemma humankind faced at that time was either socialism or barbarism. The current global crisis underscores emphatically the need to create the objective and subjective conditions to guarantee a solution that enriches and projects the best of human experience from the last centuries ...
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  May 3rd, 2010

  The Crisis of Capitalism and Post-capitalist Horizons

  A century ago, Rosa Luxemburg stated that the historical dilemma humankind faced at that time was either socialism or barbarism. The current global crisis underscores emphatically the need to create the objective and subjective conditions to guarantee a solution that enriches and projects the best of human experience from the last centuries ...
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  Apr 30th, 2010

  Left and Progressive Governments of Latin America and the Challenges Posed by the Crisis of Civilization (English, German)

  In the paper, Edgardo Lander tackles the question to what extent the so-called leftist or "progressive" governments in Latin America, even the most radical ones, are taking steps in the construction of effective alternatives to the civilization model and its relations with "nature" ...
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  Mar 31st, 2010

  Left alternatives to end poverty in europe

  Exceeding all expectations, a critical mass of over 50 people (a milieu of left-wing social actors, academics, politicians, radical intellectuals and employees of the European Institutions) got together on 1st March 2010 to discuss a key issue of the European Left political agenda: fighting poverty in the European Union ...
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  Mar 31st, 2010

  Making Use of the Vacuum of Hegemony

  “Why Seems the Crisis to Favour Rather the Right than the Left?” In March 2010, the leftist network Transform!Europe invited experts from all over Europe to Palma de Mallorca to discusses strategic options for the left during the crisis.The debate first of all addressed the question of an analysis as to whether the crisis has in fact strengthened the position of right-wing political forces, as assumed at the outset ...
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  Mar 31st, 2010

  Conflict Transformation and Peace Building in Israel and Palestine: Gender Dimensions

  20 Years "Give Peace a Chance - Women Speak Out" - Über zwanzig Jahre nach einem ersten Treffen zwischen Palästinenserinnen und Israelinnen in Brüssel (damals unter dem Titel „Give Peace a Chance – Women Speak Out“) fand im März 2010 ein dreitägiges Seminar statt, an dem Friedensaktivistinnen aus Israel und Palästina sowie Friedensforscherinnen aus europäischen Projekten, VertreterInnen der EU-Kommission und EU-PolitikerInnen teilnahmen ...
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  Mar 31st, 2010

  Making Use of the Vacuum of Hegemony

  “Why Seems the Crisis to Favour Rather the Right than the Left?” In March 2010, the leftist network Transform!Europe invited experts from all over Europe to Palma de Mallorca to discusses strategic options for the left during the crisis.The debate first of all addressed the question of an analysis as to whether the crisis has in fact strengthened the position of right-wing political forces, as assumed at the outset ...
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  Mar 31st, 2010

  Considerations on Replacing NATO with a Collective Security System to Democratise International Relationships

  In his paper, the German security expert Wolfgang Triebel discusses the history of NATO and the prospects of such collective security systems as the UN and the OSCE as instruments of international relations. He examines the reasons why NATO, as “the military arm of the leadership elites of the capitalist world”, has for decades been able to maintain itself against systems of collective safety ...
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  Mar 31st, 2010

  Conflict Experiences: the Many Faces of Violence and Resilience

  Recounting Physicians for Human Rights-Israel (PHRI) history is much more than just listing its actions, failures and achievement. Its foundation 22 years ago marked a dramatic turning point in Israel’s civil society. PHRI actually introduced the term and concept of human rights where it was not present before ...