Europe

As the Alter Summit meets in Athens, it shares its Peoples’ Manifesto, outlining urgent common priorities for a democratic, social, ecological and feminist Europe ROLL BACK AUSTERITY AND CLAIM REAL DEMOCRACY! Europe stands on the edge of a precipice, looking into the abyss. Austerity policies drive the peoples of Europe into poverty, undercut democracy and dismantle social […] Read more »

With Euro 2013 opening in Israel tomorrow Philosophy Football has spent the weekend in Palestine making a film about football there. In the autumn of 2011 Philosophy Football met Honey Thalijeh, then captain of the Palestine Women’s Football team. Inspired by what she told us about what football meant to her country we promised that […] Read more »

Tens of thousands of people joined protests in towns and cities across Europe yesterday. They were responding to a call from Portugal for a continent-wide protest against the actions and policies of the Troika – the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the  International Monetary Fund.  The three institutions are pushing European countries to […] Read more »

This morning the Taksim Gezi protest movement put out this call following yesterday’s brutal police attacks, the reported killing of at least two people and the wounding of 300 more. The attacks, which include tear gas and water cannon, were made on a peaceful protest to prevent building development at Gezi park in Istanbul: ‘Attention! […] Read more »

This Saturday 1st June London will be joining more than 100 cities in 12 European countries in an international protest against Austerity in Europe. People will assemble at 2 pm at HM Treasury, King Charles Street, London, and then march to the European Commission representation in the United Kingdom These protests follow the launch from […] Read more »

The DGB German trade union confederation has produced a manifesto which offers an internationalist answer to the crisis, reports Nicky Dempsey. It stands in sharp contrast to the bitter diet of xenophobia and racism which is being promoted across Europe. The DGB’s ‘Marshall Plan for Europe‘  is a first attempt by one of the leading […] Read more »

Salman Shaheen comments on EU plans to crack down on tax-havens  Read more »

Alternative Summit of the European Movements The Greek Working Group for the preparation of the Alter Summit has addressed the following call to the public. A spectre is haunting Europe: the self-organization and the resistance of the people against the dictatorship of the “free markets”, the multinationals, the Troika and the governments. The tens of […] Read more »

Richard Seymour’s speech at the Subversive festival in Zagreb I think the title of this talk, The Rise of a New Left, is clearly to some extent projection of a desired outcome; of course, there are elements of a New Left visible.  Not just the indignados and occupiers, but also the radical left challengers: Syriza, […] Read more »

In a further advance for the European left, Spain’s Izquierda Unida (United Left) is rising in the opinion polls, as support declines for Spain’s major parties. Kate Hudson looks at the origins and development of Izquierda Unida (IU) and its relationship to PSOE – the social democrat-turned neo-liberal party comparable to Labour here in Britain. […] Read more »