Aufmacher
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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IMAGO/TT
The Sámi, spread out over the northern parts of the nation-state territories of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia, are the only indigenous people recognised within the European Union. A young generation of Sámi activists is currently at the forefront of social struggles in northern Europe, rejecting “green colonialism” and demanding political sovereignty. When, in August 2025, the entire church of Giron (Kiruna)[1] was moved by special trucks to a new location five kilometers away, the event was broadcasted live on Swedish television. It marked the peak ...
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IMAGO/ZUMA Press Wire
It had been in the air for some time. The massive rally in Berlin over the weekend was only the latest sign of a growing continental momentum. The mobilisation in Italy has taken this dynamic to a new level. No one expected a wave of such magnitude: On Monday 22 September, tens of thousands marched across Italy to condemn the genocide in Gaza, taking part in strikes and blockades in a demonstration under the Slogan “Blocchiamo Tutto” ("Let’s Block Everything"). The general strike called by grassroots trade unions, primarily the Unione Sindacale di Base (USB), and the ...
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read more "If Not Now, When?"
IMAGO/Photo News
Joint online publication by the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung, Brussels Office (RLS) and the European Network of Political Foundations (ENoP) Across the EU, civil society organisations (CSOs), activists, and independent media face increasing threats to their ability to operate freely. Legal restrictions, smear campaigns, and funding cuts are some of the challenges facing civic space, especially organisations working on democracy, social justice, and environmental issues. A key driver of this trend is a shift in EU priorities, with ...
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IMAGO/NTB
Norway’s parliamentary election on Monday, September 8, 2025, was an incredibly close-run race. The left bloc, led by the Labour Party, secured a narrow victory. Labour will likely continue as a single-party minority government, seeking compromises and budget agreements with other left-wing parties as well as across the political spectrum. Much remains uncertain, however, as negotiations with as many as four smaller left-wing parties are still ongoing before a new government can be formally established.
The Race for the ...
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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 smaller...
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IMAGO/Revierfoto
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 green steel ambitions and industrial decarbonisation policy for the sector. While many countries have developed strategies to ...
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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 EU–Israel ...
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Pelle Dragsted of Denmark's Red-Green Alliance in conversation about his new book, Nordic Socialism. In recent years, renewed interest in socialism has grown across Europe and beyond — often sparked by mounting inequality, climate breakdown, and the failures of neoliberal governance. But what does socialism look like when it already exists in everyday institutions? Pelle Dragsted, a member of the Danish Folketing for the Red-Green Alliance, believes the answer lies in the Nordic model — and in recognizing the democratic...
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read more "”Socialism Is Not a Utopia — It’s Alive and Thriving”"
IMAGO/Le Pictorium
Barely a decade ago, the far-right Dansk Folkeparti (“Danish People’s Party”) was polling as high as 25 percent nationwide, but today Denmark’s far-right parties are largely excluded from direct parliamentary influence. The right’s policies on migration and integration have been largely adopted by the Social Democratic-led government, however, bringing far-right politics into the Danish political mainstream while the far-right itself is caught in a long and messy process of splintering, regroupment, and re-radicalisation....
read more "Denmark’s Far-Right has Splintered, but its Policies are now Mainstream"
read more "Denmark’s Far-Right has Splintered, but its Policies are now Mainstream"