Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by VACHETTA Thomas
The Swiss parliaments did not wait for a dissolution before dividing into three blocs at both the cantonal and federal levels.
And, although the right and the far right joined forces to form a reactionary and neoliberal majority, the municipal parliament in the City of Geneva remains on the (…)
, by KELLAWAY Dave
Historically strategic and tactical discussion among revolutionaries in Britain has been dominated by how you relate to the Labour Party. Unlike in France, Italy or the Spanish state the British Communist Party, despite a boost following the Second World War, has been a much weaker political (…)
, by BRESOLINI Marco, RACKETE Carola, ZELLER Christian
Interview with European MP Carola Rackete, taken from the German-language site emanzipation.org. We apologise for any translation issues.
“Being left-wing means being on the side of the oppressed, whether in Palestine, Kurdistan or Ukraine: That is why the EU must continue to supply weapons to (…)
A newspaper acting as the mouthpiece of Russian imperialism launched a vicious campaign against Carola Rackete yesterday, which as a leftist member of the EU parliament agreed to a resolution supporting the Ukrainian resistance.
This resolution calls for : 1. Supply of enough ammunition to (…)
, by GARÍ Manuel
In a context of an ebb in the workers’ movement - the year 2023 has seen the lowest number of strike hours in more than forty years - and the end of the political cycle that opened with the movement of the indignados of 15M and the creation of new left-wing electoral forces, the celebration of (…)
, by GLASMAN Thomas
Two recent books exploring the post-crash ‘mass protest decade’ and the Left’s ‘populist moment’ present a vital — but sobering — assessment of the Left’s consistent failures and potential prospects.
On 17 December 2010, Mohamed Bouazizi set himself alight in a government office in Sidi (…)
, by REGELMANN Ada
There was a moment after the European elections of 6-9 June 2024 when much of Europe was suddenly looking north, baffled. What had just happened? Some pollsters, journalists, and political parties themselves believed that there must have been a mistake, yet the numbers were correct. While across (…)
, by MURPHY Paul
Paul Murphy’s opinion piece in the Irish Times makes a strong case for an alliance of left parties and independents to prevent another five years of the disastrous rule of Ireland’s two bourgeois parties, Fianna Fáil or Fine Gael.
Time for a new united left alliance to topple Fianna Fáil and (…)
, par MURPHY Paul
Another five years of FF/FG rule would be disastrous for the country. Left parties and Independents must come together and stop this happening
People Before Profit members Gino Kenny, Bernard Mulvaney, Melissa Halpin, Paul Murphy, Brigid Purcell, Bríd Smith TD and Mark Kerins. Photograph : (…)
, by ANDERSSON Li, DITE Chris
Europe’s elections saw gains for anti-immigration parties — but the breakthrough act in Finland was the Left Alliance, with 17% support. Its leader, Li Andersson, told Jacobin about why it did so well and how it defeated the far right.
Last weekend’s elections to the European Parliament saw (…)
, by Anticapitalistas
The results of the European elections are a snapshot of the balance of forces and the current situation: the extreme right is advancing on a European scale, the parties of the extreme centre continue to retreat, but maintain their relative positions, the left remains in last place. After the (…)
, by TEIVAINEN Aleksi
CHAIRPERSON of the Left Alliance Li Andersson says The Left, one of the seven political groups in the European Parliament, should clean out members who question support for Ukraine and show sympathy for Russia.
“The groups are always reformed at the start of the term, and we want changes to (…)
, by MATHIEU Freddy, TANURO Daniel
Gauche anticapitaliste (“Anticapitalist Left” – Belgian section of the Fourth International) is presenting a list for the European elections, for an anticapitalist alternative worthy of the name. At federal and regional level, we call for a vote for the PTB (Parti du Travail de Belgique), in (…)
, by ANDERSSON Li, FERTL Duroyan
As the European Parliament elections this June draw nearer, the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation is conducting a series of interviews with left-wing parties and candidates from across the EU on the election campaign, their political programmes, and the challenges facing left-wing forces domestically (…)
, by ISO (Germany)
On Friday 12 April, several hundred police officers violently interrupted and dispersed the Palestine Congress in Berlin, which had been planned for a long time and had previously been the subject of detailed negotiations with the so-called forces of law and order. The conference was halted on (…)
, by Gauche anticapitaliste (Belgique)
Philippe Poutou, a former candidate in the French presidential elections and spokesperson for France’s Nouveau Parti anticapitaliste (NPA), will be in third place on the “Anticapitalistes” list put forward by Belgium’s “Gauche anticapitaliste” (Anti-Capitalist Left) organisation in the European (…)
, by BROSZKOWSKI Roman
Six left-wing parties from central-eastern Europe have formed a new alliance. They’re united by opposition to right-wing populists and Russian imperialism — but they’re also challenging the center-left parties who led the region’s neoliberal turn.
Before a media gaggle inside Poland’s (…)
, by EATON George
The rise of a “New Left” grouping has exposed divisions within the Socialist Campaign Group.
It was in December 1982, in the aftermath of the titanic struggle between Tony Benn and Denis Healey for Labour’s deputy leadership, that the party’s left split. Those who had supported Benn formed (…)
, by DONAIR Gonzalo
Ghosts of all kinds roam Europe. Monsters from the old and new world who love chiaroscuro. For years, Europe’s borders have been bleeding and barbed wire has sprung up. The European Union (EU) today is a great laboratory of security neoliberalism. Now it also wants to return to being a global (…)
, by CONNOLLY Kate
Carola Rackete, who made her name defying Italy’s far right, is set to lead Die Linke party into European elections in June
She made her name as the captain of a ship that rescued stranded migrants from the Mediterranean. But now Carola Rackete is embarking on a new journey, focusing her (…)
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