Covid
We would like to take the opportunity to congratulate Sofie Merckx on her new position as Head of the PTB group!
At the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, in March 2020, Florian Horn, project manager at the Brussels Office of the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung, had the pleasure to interview her, at that time in her role as a member of the organisation Médecine pour le people (MPLP).
«Of course the essential sectors have to work, but we see sectors, like the automotive sector or the construction sector, where people are ...
read more "Sofie Merckx becomes Head of the PTB group at the Chamber in Belgium"
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Will the COVID-19 pandemic drive further privatisation of the services sector and a new wave of austerity, or can we expect a departure from neoliberal orthodoxy, towards re-municipalisation and increased public investments? These were just some of the questions posed in an online debate with Dr Dieter Plehwe and Dr Mirjam Katzin on 11 November.
The COVID-19 pandemic has shown the injustice and inefficiency of the privatising, outsourcing and commodifying of vital public services. It has also exposed the inadequacy of the current system in ...
read more "Countering the neoliberal privatisation of services"
read more "Countering the neoliberal privatisation of services"
On 21 October, the Copenhagen-based Democracy in Europe Organisation (DEO), along with the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung Brussels Office, hosted a forum on the challenges of a socially just transition to clean energy, with former Copenhagen City councillor Ulrik Kohl. Kohl, a researcher on community energy in the Nordic countries and Southeast Europe with Malmö University and Roskilde University, spoke about the role of the left and communities in organising grassroots, working class alternatives to the capitalist Green Deal.
The idea of a ...
read more "Climate Neutrality and Democratic Ownership after COVID"
read more "Climate Neutrality and Democratic Ownership after COVID"
for Post-COVID-19 Food and Agricultural SystemsWith chapters on and contributions from Argentina, Brazil, Cambodia, India, Italy, the Philippines, Spain, the US, and Zimbabwe
Preface
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the chasms in the food and agricultural systems became plain for all to see. But even before COVID-19, the food and agricultural systems were in crisis: millions of people were hungry, there was a loss of biodiversity, climate change impacts were devastating, and labour conditions appalling. So, how do we do things differently to guarantee a different outcome in ...
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read more "Crash Barriers"
The coronavirus pandemic has triggered a global economic recession whose consequences will continue to be felt for years to come, but what comes next? Will we see greater monopolisation and concentration of market power? What, if anything, have we learned since the last financial crisis in 2009? Can the left take advantage of the crisis to win popular support for a new course, for a more social and sustainable alternative?
On 10 June, the Copenhagen-based Democracy in Europe Organisation (DEO) partnered with the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung Brussels Office to...
read more "Epidemic Economy: A Left Perspective"
read more "Epidemic Economy: A Left Perspective"
On 27 May, the Copenhagen-based Democracy in Europe Organisation (DEO), together with the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung Brussels Office, hosted a debate with Pelle Dragsted, former MP for Danish left-wing party Enhedslisten and author of the new book Nordisk socialisme: På vej mod en demokratisk økonomi (‘Nordic Socialism: Towards an economic democracy’).
The past year-and-a-half has been extraordinary. The global coronavirus pandemic has caused millions of deaths and triggered an economic crisis on a scale not seen in generations.
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read more "Nordic Socialism During and After the COVID-19 Crisis"
read more "Nordic Socialism During and After the COVID-19 Crisis"