Europe
Portugal’s middle-class dwindles under debt
Portugal’s middle-class dwindles under debt Poverty in Portugal has risen to levels that were unimaginable a year ago, despite the bleak outlook forecast by the harsh measures imposed by the troika of creditors in exchange for the country’s financial bailout. Unable to pay their bills or even meet basic food needs, thousands of families are […] Read more »
Florian Wilde Die Linke, Germany Coalition of Resistance Europe Against Austerity International Conference
FOR A EUROPEAN SPRING
Our Democracy against their austerity! – a call for action against the EU Spring Summit ‘For a European Spring’ is a call for actions, strikes and demonstrations all over Europe on the 13th of March, and for a pan-European demonstration and creative actions in the city of Brussels on the 14th of March. It […] Read more »
Protest week 100 Ballyhea & Charleville
Where does the left in Europe stand?
Maxime Benatouil reports on a recent Transform! workshop in Brussels: Gathered in Brussels on 6 December, Transform! members and researchers from across Europe were sharing experiences and debating major issues: Where does the Left in Europe stand? In what direction will the present contradictions and the new political constructions develop? [nl] With a massive decline of […] Read more »
Towards the Alter Summit
Walter Baier reports on the recent preparatory committee meeting in Brussels: Already in December last year a strategy meeting of the organisations preparing the “Alter Summit of the European Peoples” (Athens, 7-9 June) took place in Brussels. The meeting was attended by 75 persons representing 50 organisations from 18 countries. [nl] The preparation meeting was […] Read more »
Greece and the Economic Challenges Ahead: A Conversation with Greek Opposition Leader Alexis Tsipras
On January 22, Global Economy and Development at Brookings hosted Alexis Tsipras, the leader of the Greek opposition, for a conversation about Greece and the economic challenges ahead. Tsipras’ remarks touched on themes including: economic and social prospects for his own country; the relationship between Athens and the rest of Europe, including what reforms are needed […] Read more »
To the Crucible – An Irish engagement with the Greek crisis and the Greek left | PART 2
By Helena Shehan Part 1 is here The unaffiliated left Another person with whom I had been in ongoing contact for a number of years was Christos Kefalis, who has translated a number of my publications into Greek. He is editor of the journal Marxist Thought and a book called October and Our Age, in […] Read more »
To the Crucible – An Irish engagement with the Greek crisis and the Greek left | PART 1
By Helena Sheehan Part two is here A Greek tragedy A monumental drama is playing out before our eyes. It is a true Greek tragedy. The plot: A society is being pushed to its limits. The denouement is not yet determined, but survival is at stake and prospects are precarious. Greece is at the […] Read more »
The Potential of November 14th
Events themselves are driving us towards greater European cooperation. In the context of the social, economic and political catastrophe that is facing much of Europe, this increasing cooperation – of trade unions, left parties and social movements – must be understood as an urgent necessity, not as a luxury or a diversion from national struggles. […] Read more »
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