🌞📚 The Transform Europe team's taking a break throughout August! Before we go, we've put together a reading list featuring inspiring books in English and across the languages of our network, from AI & feminism to ecology, European left politics & pol. economy. Happy holidays & see u in September!

📣 A transnational initiative by CLACSO, transform! europe & Rosa Luxemburg Foundation is calling for ✒️ essay submissions on 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐋𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟐𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐲. Essays 📜 12,000–15,000 words 📆 Deadline 21 September All details in the link below 👇

💭 What if ageing isn't a loss, but another way of existing? In 𝐅𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬: 𝐀𝐠𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐬 𝐋𝐨𝐬𝐬, Gilija Žukauskienė 🖋️writes about the ways patriarchy and capitalism turn women's ageing into shame. 🔗 transform-network.net/blog/comment...

📣 A big transnational project by CLACSO (the Latin American Council of Social Sciences), @rosaluxstiftung.bsky.social , & @transformeurope.bsky.social Submit your ✍️ essays!!! 🔗https://transform-network.net/blog/call-for-papers/the-future-in-dispute-the-global-left-in-the-21st-century/

"The concept of 𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐭, later developed by John Bellamy Foster, describes the disruption of the natural exchange between humans and nature caused by capitalism. This disruption affects not only ecological systems but also social relations." read the full article of ✍️𝐃𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐬 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐬

DIALOP –the transversal dialogue project between Christians and Marxists– invites you to join us these days in Rome for the conference of the European Academy of Religion| #EUARE2026. DIALOP hosts its own panel! transform-network.net/event/christ...

🇦🇱🦩 What began as a protest against the destruction of a protected ecosystem in Zvërnec has rapidly evolved into something much bigger. Read now ✒️ Ariela Zeneli, a young Albanian political scientist and activist, about "Flamingo Revolution".

📖 One year after 𝐎𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫, the questions remain urgent: how can the Left rebuild majorities and reconnect with working-class communities? ⬇️ Download & Read the publication📙 transform-network.net/wp-content/u...

Christians✝️ & Marxists/Socialists🚩 discuss paths toward a new Helsinki spirit of peace in times of war and rearmament. 📆 28 May 2026 ⏰ 18:30 CET 🌐 EN/DE/IT Hosted by Dialop Project & Città Nuova 🔗https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGFLOFTPg6yXKzHsTkfFvY68BXVjYn8w4

🇸🇪➡️🪖 In “The Ketchup Effect,” 𝐄𝐫𝐢𝐤 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐚 examines Sweden’s path from neutrality to NATO, the collapse of anti-militarism, and the silence of the political establishment as NATO ministers meet in Helsingborg.

𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 📣 𝐑𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐈𝐧 𝐁𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝟏𝟒 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 & 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐎𝐟 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞! Throughout the month, movements, organisations & communities across the continent are called to organise their own demonstrations, public meetings & coordinated actions! stoprearm.org

Is the Catholic Church becoming a key force in the global anti-war movement? ✝️🚩 In her new article, “𝐀𝐧 𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐢-𝐖𝐚𝐫 𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐂𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡”, ✍️Angelina Giannopoulou explores how Pope Leo XIV and Catholic movements are confronting militarism, Trumpism, nuclear escalation, and the new wave of imperialism.

🌍📖 “𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐅𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲” by Czech political scientist & journalist Vítek Prokop (Stačilo!) explores corporatocracy, billionaire-controlled AI, ☢️ nuclear rearmament & why cyberpunk dystopias like 𝑫𝒆𝒖𝒔 𝑬𝒙 are becoming reality, while solarpunk offers an alternative. 🌱

𝐖𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞. ✊🌍 At the Congress of the Party of the European Left in Brussels, the coordinators of the 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 spoke for Transform! europe. 🎥 Moments from the @europeanleft.bsky.social Party Congress 📍 Brussels | 17–18 April 2026

𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐨́ 𝐍𝐞𝐮𝐬 𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐚̀ translated in Catalan the article by Anita Zsurzsán "𝐎𝐫𝐛𝐚́𝐧 𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬, 𝐎𝐫𝐛𝐚́𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬: 𝐇𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐁𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐲".

Orbán cau, l’orbanisme es manté: Hongria, entre canvi i continuïtat - La Realitat

Anita Zsurzsán és una investigadora, escriptora i acadèmica independent amb seu a Budapest, centrada en l’estudi crític del feixisme, el nacionalisme i el sionisme polític. Viktor Orbán, el primer min...

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☮️Rᴀʟʟʏ Iɴ Bʀᴜssᴇʟs ᴏɴ 14 Jᴜɴᴇ & Mᴏɴᴛʜ Oғ Dᴇᴄᴇɴᴛʀᴀʟɪᴢᴇᴅ Aᴄᴛɪᴏɴ Aᴄʀᴏss Eᴜʀᴏᴘᴇ! ✊🌍 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐥 & 𝐰𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐢𝐭. We are living through a war on life itself. Genocide is being normalised. Civilians are being deliberately targeted. International institutions aralysed. 𝐖𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞.

🎙️Ja teniu disponible l'episodi 32: "Els fantasmes que recorren Europa". Conversem amb Marga Ferré, presidenta de @transformeurope.bsky.social sobre la situació política a Europa, dins del nou escenari mundial, i de les alternatives que es plantegen per l’esquerra. 🐾 Tots els enllaços a la bio!

⚔️💰 What does war economics mean for workers, welfare, democracy & peace in Europe? Watch “The Economics of War” vidcast with Veronika Sušová-Salminen, Gavin Rae, Cornelia Hildebrandt & Nadia Garbellini on militarization, arms spending, Germany & building a peace movement. ✊☮️ @naprzod.bsky.social

The Economics of War: left-wing voices on militarization

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✍️𝐀𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐚 𝐙𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐳𝐬𝐚́𝐧 (independent scholar-Budapest) unpacks what Hungary’s 2026 election really means: rupture or reconfiguration? 🔥 From Péter Magyar & Tisza’s rise to the absence of the left and the endurance of nationalist politics, this is the key question: democratic renewal, or Orbánism 2.0? 🔗👇

💻🎧 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

📺 Happening now: LIVE from Brussels The public session of the European Left Congress will be livestreamed 🇪🇺 Follow along here: www.youtube.com/live/QubQO9L...

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

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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

📣 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 👇 transform-network.net/blog/analysi...

📣 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 infos 👉 transform-network.net/event/intern...

➡️Representatives of Pour le Peuple (‘FTP’) ➡️Yann Le Lann / @transformeurope.bsky.social ➡️Johannes de Jong / Sallux 🔴Watch the discussion live or on demand: multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/afco-comm... 3/3

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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. Read more 👉 transform-network.net/.../jurgen-h...

@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?

Sierpień 80. ANATOMIA NADZEI I ZDRADY - August 1980: The Unfinished Project

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🇵🇱 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?