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the REAL news presents Leo Panitch discussing the potential of Syriza’s political approach and why European-wide action is necessary for radical change to succeed This film was first posted on the REAL news website Read more »

The voluntary interruption of a pregnancy is a right that had for a long time been denied to women in Spain, reports Adoracion Guaman. With the exception of a short period during the second Spanish republic, abortion represented a crime until the year 2010. Now abortion is to be criminalised once again. In 1985 abortion […] Read more »

Andrew Burgin reports on the moves to found a European Eco-Socialist network The increasing ecological crisis and impending environmental catastrophe that we all face, is leading more on the left to recognise that we have to be both red and green in our politics – we have to be ecosocialist. One without the other is […] Read more »

Recently in Ukraine for an academic conference, Luke Cooper had the opportunity for a discussion with some of the participants in the ‘EuroMaidan’ movement, and to visit the encampment in Independence Square. In an attempt to understand the historical and social origins of the country’s mass protests, the following are some of his observations. Cultural […] Read more »

The corruption scandal surrounding Turkey’s AKP government and Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan have developed into a full-fledged regime crisis, reports Mark Bergfeld. When the Gezi protests swept the Turkish state in June 2013 peoples from all ethnic, religious and political background articulated themselves and their demands through the social movement in an unprecedented way. Unfortunately […] Read more »

The Danish municipal and regional election on 19 November was a historic success for the Red-Green Alliance (RGA) writes Nikolaj Villumsen. Find here a first assessment by the RGA. We are now a nationwide party with representatives in all regions and corners of Denmark. With a raise in votes from the previous election in 2009 […] Read more »

On December 6 2013 the founding congress of the Hungarian Trade Union Confederation took place in Budapest, reports Karoly Gyorgy. Through the integration of the Autonomous Trade Union Confederation (ASZSZ), the National Confederation of Hungarian Trade Unions (MSZOSZ) and the Forum for the Co-operation of Trade Unions (SZEF) the largest interest representation organisation in Hungary […] Read more »

   Sonia Mitralia, Athens We already knew that violence against women is often used as a weapon in times of war to punish, humiliate and dehumanise, but especially to repress and annihilate by all possible means the population to which they belong. This violence has often been seen as a means of domination rather than […] Read more »

Greek university education is going through the most critical phase in its entire history, because the Ministry of Education is implementing a harsh mobility scheme for the administrative and technical staff of the country’s eight largest universities, reports Sissy Velissariou. This scheme calls for mandatory transfers that in fact disguise the truth – that the […] Read more »

The latest developments in German politics should serve as a reality check for the ‘broad party’ advocates in this country, argues Ben Lewis For all the talk of the recent German elections being the most boring in memory, having been met with huge levels of apathy and indifference on the part of the population, the […] Read more »