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💻🎧 𝐑e𝐚d𝐢n𝐠 𝐚n𝐝 𝐏u𝐛l𝐢c D𝐢s𝐜u𝐬s𝐢o𝐧 𝐆r𝐨u𝐩
“A𝐫t𝐢f𝐢c𝐢a𝐥 𝐈n𝐭e𝐥l𝐢g𝐞n𝐜e, 𝐋a𝐛o𝐮r, 𝐚n𝐝 𝐃i𝐠i𝐭a𝐥 𝐂a𝐩i𝐭a𝐥i𝐬m”

Our observer organisation in Lithuania, 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐬 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭, is hosting this excellent online discussion on Artificial Intelligence today at ⏰15:00 CET! Attend 🤩
🔗 shorturl.at/4Hili

Win the Future – Fight Austerity – Stop Militarisation - 8th Congress of the European Left YouTube video by European Left

📺 Happening now: LIVE from Brussels
The public session of the European Left Congress will be livestreamed 🇪🇺

Follow along here: www.youtube.com/live/QubQO9L...

Transform! europe at the 8th Congress of the @european-left.bsky.social in 📍Brussels.
A key space for real dialogue–no hiding differences. Represented by M. Ferré, Y. Le Lann, J. Pietiläinen & B. Steiner.
✊ Clear stance: antiwar, pro-peace–no escalation, yes to diplomacy & international law.

📢 6th Marxist-Feminist Conference (Porto, Nov 2025): reports & videos now online 🤩

Debates on care, labour, war & decolonising bodies & territories.

📚 Read & 🎥 watch: transform-network.net/blog/report/...
✊ Build anti-capitalist feminist futures

Owning Oneself: The Neoliberal Reinvention of the Liberal Ideal - transform!europe This ePaper by Yann Le Lann, Vice President of transform! europe, offers a critical examination of one of neoliberalism’s most consequential ideological shifts: the displacement of property from the r...

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📣 𝐞𝐏𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫!
What happens when property ends up meaning also “owning” ourselves? 𝐘𝐚𝐧𝐧 𝐋𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐧 examines neoliberalism’s shift to self-ownership, revealing a subject trapped in endless self-work, anxiety & burnout.
Edited by 𝐀𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐆𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐨𝐮.
A sharp read on neoliberal subjectivity.
📖 Read now 🔗👇

🇸🇮 Slovenia’s elections reveal a stark binary: liberal centrism vs a resurgent right. The liberal centre consolidates power, the right diversifies, and Levica’s shift marks the erosion of “democratic socialism.” A warning sign for the European Left? Read more 👇
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📣 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 on Working Time Reduction by the 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤-𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤
𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 📊 𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐦𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭 📃𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝟓𝟎𝟎 & 𝟏,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬, 𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫, 𝐛𝐲 𝟏 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔
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Committee on Constitutional Affairs Ordinary meeting - Multimedia Centre The multimedia platform of the European Parliament is the official public available repository of the media production of the Secretariat of the European Parliament, managed by the Directorate-General...

➡️Representatives of Pour le Peuple (‘FTP’)
➡️Yann Le Lann / @transformeurope.bsky.social
➡️Johannes de Jong / Sallux

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In this obituary, Alex Demirović reflects on 𝐉𝐮̈𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧 𝐇𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐬'𝐬 legacy, highlighting both his democratic vision and the limits of it.
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Sierpień 80. ANATOMIA NADZEI I ZDRADY - August 1980: The Unfinished Project YouTube video by TVNaprzód Fundacja Naprzód

@naprzod.bsky.social production
🎬 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟎: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 [𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐬!]

Beyond the myth of victory, this film revisits Europe’s largest workers’ movement as a living process – of demands, hopes, & a project never fully realised.

What was August 1980, and what remains today?

🇵🇱 How do we remember a past that refuses to be simple?
𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝’𝐬 “𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐬” 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐦𝐚 & 𝐦𝐲𝐭𝐡. A new article by @kulcze.bsky.social explores post-1945 dilemmas, divisions on the left, & the politics of memory.

🧭 Can historical memory become a force for social struggles?

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📘 New booklet: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐖𝐚𝐫. 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞.
Published by @naprzod.bsky.social, with Nasze Argumenty, it examines militarisation, defence spending, and its social & economic consequences in Poland and across Europe, plus an interview with MEP 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜 𝐁𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐚.
𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐝 👇

Four Years of War in Ukraine: Europe Trapped in the Logic of Rearmament - transform!europe Four Years of War in Ukraine: Europe Trapped in the Logic of Rearmament

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Four years after Russia invades Ukraine, Europe remains trapped in sanctions, militarisation & bloc confrontation. Early calls for ceasefire & diplomacy were dismissed, while the human toll grows. The EU still lacks a political strategy for de-escalation & a common European security system.

Susan George: A Relentless Voice for Global Justice - transform!europe With the passing of Susan George, we have lost not only a remarkable social scientist and activist, but also an unwavering companion in our shared struggle for global justice, and a warm and generous ...

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Walter Baier, President of @europeanleft.bsky.social
✍️"𝑾𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒇 𝑺𝒖𝒔𝒂𝒏 𝑮𝒆𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒆, 𝒘𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒂 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒔𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒕, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒂𝒏 𝒖𝒏𝒘𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒈𝒈𝒍𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒈𝒍𝒐𝒃𝒂𝒍 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒎 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅."

Pietro Adami ✍️ explains why Italy’s justice reform is strictly political. Ιn a month from now, Italians vote on a constitutional change pushed by Carlo Nordio and Giorgia Meloni that weakens judicial independence and risks selective prosecution.

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The Rise of the AfD - transform!europe Germany’s AfD has broken long-standing political taboos and eroded democratic trust. Its development reflects the general dynamics of the far right and highlights the urgent need for systemic counters...

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Germany’s AfD has broken political taboos, entered every parliament & pushed society to the right. Its rise reflects a deeper crisis of representation & democracy. Countering it requires more than outrage; it demands systemic antifascist & social strategies rooted in solidarity. ✍️Sebastian Werhahn

Portuguese Presidential Elections: In Defence of Democracy - transform!europe António José Seguro’s landslide victory blocks the far right’s bid for leadership, yet its strong showing reveals both the resilience and fragility of Portugal’s democratic order.

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🇵🇹 After a decade under Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa,𝐏𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐠𝐚𝐥 faced one of its most turbulent elections: 11 candidates, far-right leader André Ventura in the runoff, and a clash framed as democracy vs authoritarian drift. António José Seguro won with 66.8%. More in Tatiana Moutinho’s analysis. 👇

Read our new piece by ✒️@danaik.bsky.social - Danae Koltsida. Countering the far right requires sustained, long-term political, social and institutional strategies.
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⚧️🚩✊The 𝟏𝟑 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐦-𝐅𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐦 have been translated into 10 languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese, Persian, German, Italian, Polish, Greek, Danish, and Basque.
We will soon publish all language versions on our website 💜

Find here the EN translation: marxfemconference.com/thirteen-the...

Millenials and Gen Z in Europe: Political Participation and Left-Wing Politics - transform!europe Youth expresses the most militant and promising part of the political left, playing a central role in social mobilisations and political uprisings. But are left-wing parties in Europe credible to Mill...

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📘 Not new, but still urgent 😉
𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐆𝐞𝐧 𝐙 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞: 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 & 𝐋𝐞𝐟𝐭-𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 asks: if youth is the most militant force of the Left, why don’t left parties feel like spaces of participation? A study on political engagement & strategies to reconnect the Left with youth.

The Finnish Left Alliance’s Leadership Renewal - transform!europe Leadership renewal, generational change and key policy shifts on cannabis legalisation, energy policy and the minimum wage shaped the Finnish Left Alliance’s party congress in November.Jukka Pietiläin...

Throwback to last November and Left Alliance's party congress. Jukka writes for our international network, @transformeurope.bsky.social . transform-network.net/blog/report/...

The Finnish Left Alliance’s Leadership Renewal - transform!europe Leadership renewal, generational change and key policy shifts on cannabis legalisation, energy policy and the minimum wage shaped the Finnish Left Alliance’s party congress in November.Jukka Pietiläin...

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐋𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞’𝐬 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐑𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐥
✍️by Jukka Pietiläinen, Director of Left Forum in Finland & Vice President of Transform! europe.