Building Power in the Digital Age

Sophia Bader, Daniel Sestrajcic & Ada Regelmann
Interview
How organisers and developers are coming together to rethink the role of tech in movement-building As organising increasingly intersects with digital infrastructure, questions of strategy, tools, and control are moving to the centre of left politics. From large-scale campaigns to everyday movement work, digital technologies shape how organisers connect, mobilise, and build power – yet they often remain underdeveloped or poorly aligned with organising needs. For the Brussels Office of the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung (RLS Brussels), Sophia Bader spoke with Daniel...
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Organising, Technology, and Developing Collective Practice

Aaron Niederman
Survey Report
The use of digital tools for organising is widespread across the international Left, but often fails to realize its full potential. Capacity limits, a lack of strategy, and conflicting perspectives on platform ownership pose significant practical constraints. Grounded in original qualitative survey research, this report examines how left organisations use digital tools for organising and why current approaches often fall short. Combining inductive analysis with organising theory, it identifies both structural constraints and ...
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To Save Europe’s Steel Industry, A Public Takeover Is Needed

Alexandra Gerasimcikova
Analysis
As energy costs surge and decarbonisation pressures mount, Europe’s steel crisis exposes the limits of profit-driven industry — and the case for public ownership Europe’s steel sector is in crisis. The obvious culprit is the continent’s high energy prices, now further escalating in the wake of the Iran war. But the deeper problem lies elsewhere: the industry risks returning increasingly fewer profits to company bosses and shareholders. Amidst their troubles, there’s an opportunity for the Left to make a strong case for public ...
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Reclaiming Steel: A Public Path for Europe’s Green Industrial Strategy

Alexandra Gerasimcikova, Max Wilken & Justus Henze
Study
The European steel industry is once again in crisis. A sector that currently supports around 300,000 direct and between 2.3 and 2.5 million indirect jobs has been increasingly seeing steel companies announce closures, mass layoffs and capacity cuts. These developments accelerate an existing trend: since 2008, the European steel industry has lost over 100,000 direct jobs — approximately 25 per cent of its workforce. In 2024 alone, 18,000 layoffs were announced alongside a record 12 million tonnes of capacity closures. At ...
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Denmark’s Election: Blurring Political Differences

Duroyan Fertl
Analysis
On 24 March, Denmark goes to the polls in an early election that could reshape the Nordic country’s political landscape Earlier this year, Social Democratic Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen was riding a modest “Greenland bounce” due to the tense stand-off with Donald Trump over Greenland. While this may have prompted her to call a snap election to save her flagging mandate, it is domestic politics that have defined the campaign, and with more than a dozen parties in the mix, the outcome is far from clear. The results may also mark an end ...
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Conference “Stop Militarisation”

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On 14 March 2026, the Belgium Stop Militarisation platform organized a conference in Brussels bringing together more than 400 participants, including activists, researchers, trade union representatives and political figures. The event took place in the context of rising military spending in Belgium and across Europe, and alongside the first Brussels arms fair, BEDEX, providing a space for debate and mobilization around peace-oriented alternatives. The conference opened with a plenary session addressing the geopolitical context, the transatlantic alliance ...
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Resistance and Solidarity: Trade Union Exchange on the Situation in Cuba

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We recently hosted an exchange with Norma Goicochea Estenoz, former Cuban ambassador to Belgium and representative of Cuba to the United Nations World Federation. The meeting brought together a group of trade union leaders in Brussels to discuss the current political and economic situation on the island and the impact of the ongoing U.S. blockade. Norma described how the tightening of economic sanctions and especially the restrictions on oil supplies are deepening Cuba’s current crisis, with serious consequences for ...
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The European Parliament’s Housing Report: A Market Answer to a Social Crisis

Federico Tomasone
Analysis
As rents soar across Europe, the European Parliament reinforces market logic instead of confronting the structural roots of the housing crisis Despite lacking direct legislative competence in housing, European policy has for decades exerted a profound, often detrimental, influence on national housing markets. As the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung study “The Impact of EU Policies on Housing” shows, EU economic governance, state aid rules, and internal market regulations have played a decisive role in shaping housing ...
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Call for Tenders: Communication and Social Media Support – Demilitarisation Campaign

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Tenders
Title:                       Communication and Social Media Support Location:               Remote Start:                       April 2026 Duration:                20h / month Rate:                        40€ / hour Application Deadline:    22 March 2026   About Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung The Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung (RLS) is one of the six major political foundations in the Federal Republic of Germany, tasked primarily with conducting political education both at home and abroad. The foundation ...
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Call for Tenders: Administrative Support – Demilitarisation Campaign

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Tenders
Title:                             Administrative Support Location:                      Remote Start:                              April 2026 Duration:                      40h / month Application Deadline:    22 March 2026   About Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung The Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung (RLS) is one of the six major political foundations in the Federal Republic of Germany, tasked primarily with conducting political education both at home and abroad. The foundation is affiliated to Die Linke, a democratic ...
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