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2015 was a year in which the limits of what could be achieved within the European Union's neoliberal architecture and current balance of forces were tested, as never before.transform! 2016 asks what might be learned from the clash between Greece's left government and the Troika in terms of political strategy and the kinds of programme that might now be proposed by Europe's radical left? How to bring together concrete proposals for a productive trans-formation within an investment-led recovery, and currency, banking, and debt policies? This year's volume also focuses on the current state of the theory and practice of the commons.

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Author:   Walter Baier ,  Eric Canepa ,  Eva Himmelstoss
Publisher:   The Merlin Press Ltd
Imprint:   The Merlin Press Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.408kg
ISBN:  

9780850367218

ISBN 10:   0850367212
Pages:   298
Publication Date:   03 July 2016
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Foreword - Walter Baier, Eric Canepa, Eva Himmelstoss: The Enigma of EuropeThe Enigma of EuropeEtienne Balibar: More Than Ever: For Another Europe! August 2015 ThesesJeremy Corbyn, interviewed by Hilary Wainwright and Leo PanitchWalter Baier: When Winter Came in July: The Left Has to Rethink EuropeYanis Varoufakis: What Happened in Greece - What Was Possible - What Is a Feasible Europe-wide Programme Now? Interviewed by Haris GolemisRiccardo Petrella: The Fall of Europe and the Ceding of Sovereign Power to the European Central BankJoachim Bischoff: Financialisation - Secular Stagnation - Neoliberal Austerity Uta von Winterfeld: Notes on Nature, Crisis and Domination Karola Boger: European Employment Policy: A Political LandscapeTransformation Strategies: Productive Reconstruction and the CommonsMichael Brie: Twofold Transformation: Strategic Challenges for the Left Jurgen Klute: The Renaissance of Industrial Policy in the EU. A Challenge for the European Left Javier Navascues: Notes on Productive Reconstruction in the Southern Periphery of the European Union Michel Bauwens, Vasilis Kostakis, Alex Pazaitis: Towards a Society of the Commons Pierre Dardot, Christian Laval: The Commons: An Essay on the 21st-Century Revolution Alfonso Gianni: Mutualism Between Tradition and ModernityGabriele Winker: Care Revolution. A Feminist-Marxist Transformation Strategy from the Perspective of Caring for Each Other Wolfgang Hofkirchner: The Commons and Global Sustainable Information Society (GSIS) Theodora Kotsaka: The Greek Water Referendum: Distinguishing Public from Private GoodsRoberto Musacchio: Cooperativism and Self-management in Italy DebateAxel Troost: For Fundamental Reform of the European Economic and Monetary Union Peter Wahl: Neither Eurofetishism nor Nationalism: A Third Way for an Emancipatory Europe Policy Country ReportsMichalis Spourdalakis: Rekindling Hope: Syriza's Challenges and ProspectsFelicity Dowling, Kate Hudson: The UK and the EU Referendum Murray Smith: One Year After the Independence Referendum: Scotland and the Crisis of the British State Ilona Svihlikova: The Transformation of the Czech Republic: New Challenges and ProblemsAnna Ochkina: Russia: The Illusion of Accord - The Reality of ConfrontationAdoracion Guaman, Raul Lorente: Austerity Measures and Labour Law Reforms in Spain: A New Standard?

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An essay has been circulated already via THE BULLET a Canadian Socialist Network - see http: //www.socialistproject.ca/bullet/1213.php#continue

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Walter Baier is a political activist, journalist, and author. Eric Canepa is a former coordinator of the Socialist Scholars Conference/Left Forum in New York and a former co-coordinator of the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation's project North-Atlantic Left Dialogue. Eva Himmelstoss is a historian and activist.

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