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Far from birds and flocks and village girls, What did I drink, as I knelt in the heather, A tender hazel copse around me, In the warm green mist of the afternoon? ~Arthur Rimbaud, “A Season in Hell” Two political parties – Europe Ecology-The Greens (EELV) and President Macron's The Republic on the Move (La Republique En Marche, or LREM) – are now vying for the centrist vote in France. But while LREM is veering to the right, the French Greens are being 'blocked' from following suit by a militant base that's pulling them to the left....
read more "The Greens and/or Macron: the fight to hold the centre"
read more "The Greens and/or Macron: the fight to hold the centre"
Laboratories of ResistanceOn the morning of 9 April 2013, some 1,100 employees of the Amazon fulfilment centres in Bad Hersfeld, a small town in central Germany, formed a picket line in front of the gates. They were kitted out with whistles, high-visibility vests bearing the logo of service sector trade union ver.di, and posters calling for a collective agreement based on the rules applicable to retail and mail-order companies. Something had happened that nobody, least of all Amazon itself, had thought possible. For the first time ...
read more "2nd edition: The long struggle of the Amazon employees"
read more "2nd edition: The long struggle of the Amazon employees"
“How to crush fascism and neoliberalism in one blow” – Panel debate in MalmöThe Brussels Office of Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung partnered with the Democracy in Europe Organisation (DEO) from Copenhagen and Vänsterpartiet Malmö to host a live-audience debate to discuss left party strategies in the fight against the far-right and capitalism in Sweden, Denmark and Germany. “When you destroy a functioning state, that’s a recipe for fascism.” Listen to our keynote speaker Kajsa Ekis Ekman dissect the effects of neoliberal policies and capitalism’s unholy alliance with ...
read more "Podcast: Time to get serious"
read more "Podcast: Time to get serious"
Malmö 13-15 November 2019By Ada Regelmann, with additional materials by Staffan Dahllöf and Michael Lauritsen The Brussels Office of Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung partnered with the Democracy in Europe Organisation (DEO) from Copenhagen to host a workshop to better understand and compare the causes of the rise of the far right across countries and to discuss strategies on how the left should respond. The workshop gave participants the opportunity to exchange viewpoints on analysis and strategy, learn from each other and connect. It ...
read more "Impact workshop: The rise of the far right and how to confront it"
read more "Impact workshop: The rise of the far right and how to confront it"
On the morning of 9 April 2013, some 1,100 employees of the Amazon fulfilment centres in Bad Hersfeld, a small town in central Germany, formed a picket line in front of the gates. They were kitted out with whistles, high-visibility vests bearing the logo of service sector trade union ver.di, and posters calling for a collective agreement based on the rules applicable to retail and mail-order companies. Something had happened that nobody, least of all Amazon itself, had thought possible. For the first time in its almost 20-year history, ...
read more "2nd edition: The long struggle of the Amazon employees"
read more "2nd edition: The long struggle of the Amazon employees"
The massive coming strike and mobilisations against pension reform
By Daniel Cirera, General Secretary of the Scientific Council of the Fondation Gabriel Péri Tuesday 19th November. Dinner at the Élysée Palace. The President brings together a close circle of ministers and parliamentarians. No more hesitation: the pension reform will be implemented.[1] Everyone must be on a war footing. No question of letting oneself be afraid. It had been necessary to back off in the face of the yellow vest protests,[2] to let slide in the case of the hospitals. ...
read more "Macron against the “5th December wall”"
read more "Macron against the “5th December wall”"
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How global imbalances are threatening peace, justice and democracyAbout the brochure Like the 1930s or the 1970s, the 2010s are a pivotal period. At first, it seemed like neoliberal globalisation had absorbed the shock waves of the major 2008 financial and economic crisis. The rise of the G20 and the main powers’ commitment to pursuing free trade buoyed hopes that globalisation had a future. At the dawn of the 2020s, it is clear that it does not. When Donald Trump and his protectionist agenda arrived in the White House, a trend reversal already apparent in international ...
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read more "Against Trade Wars"
in Belgium, France, Italy and Spain and arms exports by these countriesThe Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung is a German political foundation that operates both nationally and internationally. In keeping with its namesake, it is committed to the ideas and actions of the socialist Rosa Luxemburg. We are committed to working within the traditions of the global workers’, feminist, anti-fascist, and anti-war movements and uphold the ideas of democratic socialism. We work on two levels: To strengthen left-wing actors in movements, political parties and unions....
read more "Call for Projects on the Arms Industry"
read more "Call for Projects on the Arms Industry"
Consultation of trade unionists, academics and policy experts at RLS BrusselsOn 26 September 2019, the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung in Brussels hosted a first major expert meeting on the transformation of the European automotive industry, an industry that is under pressure for a number of reasons. First of all, the economic model of producing cars with internal combustion engines in a mass production is approaching the limits of its environmental viability. Resources are becoming scarce, CO2 emissions need to fall sharply, ...
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read more "Expert meeting on the transformation of the European automotive industry"