Allgemein
IMAGO/ANP
With general elections only months away, the Left in the Netherlands is stuck in a rut.
As the year progresses, political signs are mounting that, 2025 could mark the beginning of a new left-wing momentum, similar to that seen a decade ago. In 2015, a surge of left-wing enthusiasm swept across the West with the election of the Syriza government in Greece, the rise of Podemos in Spain, Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership of the UK Labour Party, and Bernie Sanders launching his unexpectedly strong campaign for the 2016 US presidential primaries.
The wave may be ...
read more "The Dutch Left Is Still Adrift"
read more "The Dutch Left Is Still Adrift"
Belgian Workers’ Party MEP Marc Botenga on how Europe’s inaction on Gaza amounts to legal and moral complicity.
In the nearly two years since Israel’s assault on Gaza began, at least initially in response to the Hamas attack on 7 October, over 60,000 Palestinians have been killed. Entire cities lie in ruins, starvation is widespread, and a growing chorus of international legal experts warn of a looming genocide. Despite this, the European Union continues its preferential trade and research partnership with Israel under the ...
read more "Challenging the EU’s Deadly Partnership with Israel"
read more "Challenging the EU’s Deadly Partnership with Israel"
olivier hansen
Die Europäische Union (EU) versucht, sich gegenüber den USA und China als imperialistische Macht zu positionieren, während Russland zwar militärisch stark, aber wirtschaftlich weniger einflussreich ist.
Die hässliche Fratze des Imperialismus tritt offen zutage: Nicht nur politische und wirtschaftliche Macht, sondern zunehmend auch militärische Stärke entscheidet über den Zugang zu Märkten und Rohstoffen. Technologische und industrielle Entwicklungen beschleunigen diesen Wettstreit und sind selbst zu einem Schlachtfeld im weltweiten Wirtschaftskampf geworden – genauso wie der ...
read more "The European Union on the Path to War"
read more "The European Union on the Path to War"
Photo: IMAGO / Funke Foto Services
A new study comparing Germany to Estonia, Spain, and Finland
Germany’s education policy has faced scrutiny ever since the results of the very first PISA survey were released in 2000. The report revealed that academic success in Germany fell below the OECD average and was more strongly contingent upon a student’s socio-economic and family background than was the case in any other participating country.
Since then, a series of measures has been implemented with regard to education policy, including the expansion of childcare facilities,...
read more "European Education between Justice and Selectivity"
read more "European Education between Justice and Selectivity"
Policy brief series on the state of democracy under the current EU Commission
Application Deadline: Submissions are accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis.
Start Date: to be agreed
Duration: Writing period 1-2 months
Revisions/copy-editing: 1-2 months
Publication: starting December 2025
Eligibility: Scholars, policy experts, and political practitioners with expertise in, respectively,
1. EU institutions, democratic design or
2. ...
read more "Call for Abstracts: Policy Briefs “From Deficit to Democracy? Challenges and Progressive Responses after One Year of von der Leyen II”"
read more "Call for Abstracts: Policy Briefs “From Deficit to Democracy? Challenges and Progressive Responses after One Year of von der Leyen II”"
imago/blickwinkel
About us
The Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, a nationally and internationally active German political foundation, is committed to the thoughts and actions of its namesake, the socialist Rosa Luxemburg: We are committed to peace, democracy, social justice and democratic socialism.
The project
The Brussels office of the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation is looking for an author for a short study on EU policy proposals for nature credits and the risks they pose.
The European Commission’s nature credits and biodiversity certification ...
read more "Call for proposals – Author for study on EU nature credits policy"
read more "Call for proposals – Author for study on EU nature credits policy"
IMAGO/Frank Ossenbrink
It should not be forgotten that situations of upheaval always also offer opportunities for left-wing movements...For the European Left, the important thing is not to lose sight of the end goal.
read more "Alternatives to the Tariff War"
read more "Alternatives to the Tariff War"
IMAGO/TT
30 years of Swedish EU-membership: From socialist outsider to frugal stalwart
As Sweden marks 30 years of European Union (EU) membership this year, a perplexing image emerges: a country which for large parts of the 20th century resisted membership in the Common Market is now one of the most pro-EU on the continent (a record 68 percent of the population supported membership in 2023, rising continuously since 2001).[1] At the same time, the implications of this membership are almost never discussed: the European ...
read more "30 years of Swedish EU-membership: From socialist outsider to frugal stalwart"
read more "30 years of Swedish EU-membership: From socialist outsider to frugal stalwart"
Jason Hickel
Jason Hickel on ecology, capitalism, and socialist strategy in the twenty-first century
On 15 May 2025, economic anthropologist, degrowth theorist, and author of popular works such as Less is More Jason Hickel delivered a provocative lectio magistralis as part of the Third Annual GRIP Lecture at the University of Bergen, sponsored by the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation’s Brussels Office. In his presentation on “The Struggle for Development in the Twenty-First Century”, Hickel dismantled the idea that the development of the Global South ...
read more "Reorganizing Production to Serve Life, Not Profit"
read more "Reorganizing Production to Serve Life, Not Profit"
A global call to divest from harm and invest in care through a 10% cut in military spending
Join us for the official launch event of the 10% for All campaign, a powerful global initiative calling for a minimum 10% reduction in military spending by all countries—and a redirection of those funds towards life-affirming priorities that build true human security.
Date: May 23, 2025, 4:00 - 5:30 PM CEST
Location: Zoom Webinar – Register here.
This public webinar will bring together expert voices from our campaign partners to explore the...
read more "23 May 2025 – Launch of the 10% for All Campaign"
read more "23 May 2025 – Launch of the 10% for All Campaign"