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The new head of the Party of the European Left discusses democracy as a strategic goal

Parties and movements in transition

Hell hath no fury like radicalized workers and students

Election news from the Philippines, Ireland, France, Slovenia... and Ukraine’s socialist heritage

The relationship between contemporary antisemitism and Islamophobia in Eastern Europe, and the process wherein these states have tightened their international partnership with Israel on the one hand, while presenting anti-Jewish hatred at home.

What the left is saying after a month of Russia/Ukraine war

The worst possible outcome seems to be playing out. The current developments in Eastern Europe have at least six medium- to long-term geopolitical consequences — all of which are deeply worrying.

The war continues — as the fight for democracy and equality deepens and broadens

The war is shaped by global neoliberalism, sexism, and racism—not just Cold War dynamics. Only by understanding Eastern Europe beyond the old dichotomies of the free West versus the authoritarian East can we begin to grasp the war’s significance.

The Roma community in Europe is still systematically oppressed, 80 years after the Romani Holocaust by Nazi Germany — many are seen and treated as foreigners within their own countries, shows how little attention has been paid to the Roma struggle.