Is a socialist EU possible via left-wing populist parties such as Syriza, Podemos and the HDP? | openDemocracy. Filed under: Europe, Socialism Tagged: EU, Europe, Podemos, Socialism, Syriza
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Parchment in the Fire: How Radical is Syriza?
http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=13088 Filed under: Europe, Eurozone crisis, Greece Tagged: Eurozone Crisis, Greece, Socialism, Syriza, the Left
Continue readingParchment in the Fire: Los Indignados to Podemos
Filed under: Austerity, Crisis, Socialism, Southern Europe Tagged: Austerity, Eurozone Crisis, Podemos, Spain
Continue readingParchment in the Fire: The Syriza Challenge in Greece Pt. II
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Continue readingParchment in the Fire: The Syriza Challenge in Greece
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Continue readingCanadian Dimension: Socialism Will Continue in Cuba
Photo from Centro de Estudios Che Guevara en La Habana Comrades all: We have all lived through intense and exciting moments in the last few days. In this very month of December we successfully held the Fifth CARICOM-Cuba Summit. Last Sunday we held the Thirteenth Summit of the Bolivarian Alliance
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Speech by Cuban President Raul Castro on normalization of U.S.-Cuba relations
In speech, Cuban President Raul Castro thanks Canada for facilitating the high-level dialogue which resulted in the normalization of U.S.-Cuba relations, maintains that Cuba will not not renounce socialism. The post Speech by Cuban President Raul Castro on normalization of U.S.-Cuba relations appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingwmtc: what i’m reading: this changes everything by naomi klein, one of the most important books you’ll ever read
This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate, by Naomi Klein, is incredibly difficult to write about. I’ve been putting sticky notes beside important paragraphs as I read, and my copy now looks like an art project, bristling with coloured paper squares. I can say without exaggeration that this is one
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Trumpeting the Nordic Model – How Socialism Wins the Day
Damn, Ólafur Grímsson, President of Iceland, is getting cocky. For good reason of course. Keeping the people that run your country and businesses educated and healthy = productivity and innovation. Shocked I am. Positively aghast. 🙂 Filed under: Education, International Affairs, Politics Tagged: Neo-Liberal Troll Bait., Nordic Countries,
Continue readingParchment in the Fire: Crisis and Class-Struggle in Slovenia: The Growing Momentum of Socialist Politics | The Bullet No. 1055
Crisis and Class-Struggle in Slovenia: The Growing Momentum of Socialist Politics | The Bullet No. 1055. Crisis and Class-Struggle in Slovenia: The Growing Momentum of Socialist Politics Jaša Lategano For many liberal spectators, Slovenia was for a long time considered a success story of transition from a ‘socialist dictatorship’ into
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: Socialist, AND Nobel Peace Prize Winner
…And after reading that, do you have an urge to say, “yeah, but” – she’s young – she’s a woman – she’s uneducated – whatever other condescending, dismissive thing you can imagine? As a post-partisan eco-socialist, I affirm her words. And if you follow the link below, you’ll see that
Continue readingCanadian Dimension | Articles: Real Democracy and the Capture of Institutions
It is no longer enough to win over civil society, occupy public spaces, take to the streets, carry out symbolic actions, prevent evictions, or to win plebiscites. In Spain movements for ‘real democracy’ are setting a course to capture institutions – albeit with the aim to recreate these institutions in
Continue readingCanadian Dimension | Articles: Working Class Politics After the NDP
The issue that we can’t ignore this Labour Day is the disorientation in our movement’s politics. List the issues working people are most concerned about today – whether deindustrialization, unemployment and underemployment; access to healthcare, childcare and pensions; poverty, racism, conditions of foreign workers and appalling levels of overall inequality;
Continue readingParchment in the Fire: Upstart party Podemos emerging as third political power, says new poll | In English | EL PAÍS
Upstart party Podemos emerging as third political power, says new poll | In English | EL PAÍS. New party Podemos has taken a further step toward becoming the third power on the Spanish political scene, according to the latest opinion poll from the Center for Sociological Research (CIS). The group
Continue readingParchment in the Fire: The Radical Left at the 2014 EP Election – Transform Network
The Radical Left at the 2014 EP Election – Transform Network. The publication of the final results of the 2014 European Parliament (EP) election of 22-25 May finally permits to draw a first assessment of the performance of the radical Left.[1] By Paolo Chiocchetti The election marked an important electoral advance for
Continue readingLeft Over: Incoming? Nah, Outgoing….
Guaranteed $20K income for all Canadians endorsed by academics Advocates enjoy resurgence of plan to ease poverty The Canadian Press Posted: Jun 30, 2014 9:53 AM ET Last Updated: Jun 30, 2014 11:31 AM ET A great idea, but like many academic ideas, not too practical in the sadly real
Continue readingParchment in the Fire: What German Left (Part II)
Originally posted on thecurrentmoment: This guest post, by Phil Mader, a researcher in sociology at the Universal of Basel, follows on previous posts by him and by Wolfgang Streeck on the German Left. Mader’s first installment dealt with the SPD and the Greens; this second and final part highlights some issues plaguing the
Continue readingParchment in the Fire: Policy Network – News
Policy Network – News. State of the Left 30 May 2014 The dust is still settling after the European elections of last weekend with the horse-trading over the Commission presidency and the populist challengers in France and Britain still dominating much of the news agenda. The elections delivered stark warning
Continue readingThe Ranting Canadian: Some Canadian content for Mayday (International Workers’…
Some Canadian content for Mayday (International Workers’ Day): This video is a documentary about the Toronto folk music group The Travellers, who started out in 1953, mixing traditional folk songs, Canadian patriotism, communism and Jewish culture (sometimes singing in Yiddish). They were inspired by, and worked with, Pete Seeger. They are
Continue readingParchment in the Fire: The Economics Of Social Democracy – Social Europe Journal
The Economics Of Social Democracy – Social Europe Journal. By John Weeks In a recent article in the Social Europe Journal Shayn McCallum develops in some detail his interpretation of the “political economy” of social democracy. Central to his approach is the work of Karl Polanyi, and specially the famous Chapter 6
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