The years 1974-1975 were decisive for Southern Europe. Within a short period, the dictatorships in Portugal, Greece, and Spain collapsed, paving the way for democracy. Yet the paths of transition, from revolution and rupture to negotiation and compromise, were profoundly different, shaping each country’s political culture and collective memory in distinct ways. Building on the […]
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The European Action Coalition for the right to housing and to the city (EAC) is a network of 35 grassroot collectives and organisations active in more than 20 countries in Europe. Twice a year, the EAC members meet in a different European country. This time, the meeting will take place in Exarcheia, Athens. The Athens’ […]
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The term capitalist realism was first introduced in early 1960s by a group of Düsseldorf-based artists as the West German parody-version of the American Pop Art. Ironically labeled as a “movement”, it combined a certain fascination for mass media and advertising with criticism of the consumer culture of post-war West German society at the time […]
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Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung – Office in Greece supports the five-day program of events from October 4th until October 8th 2017 at the Athens School of Fine Arts (Prevelaki Hall, 42 Patision str), organized by the research project Learning from documenta. The aim of the event is to assess the research carried out by the Learning from documenta team […]
On Thursday, September 21, 2017, at 5:00 pm, the 18th Conference of the International Association of Health Policy in Europe, titled “European health policies in the era of capitalist crisis and restructuring”, begins at the Old Philosophy Building of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. From Friday, September 22, the conference will be transferred to the […]
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To commemorate in 2017 the 150th anniversary of Volume 1 of Capital, Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung – Athens Office in cooperation with Theseis are organizing a two-days international conference in Athens, on the actuality of Marx’s theoretical system of the critique of political economy. Karl Marx’s major work, Capital, is broadly recognized as an indispensable point […]
The severe economic crisis in Europe during the past years has brought renewed intensity to the debate around the crisis of democracy itself and the capacity of existing institutions to empower citizens, upholding the democratic promise for popular sovereignty. A significant part of this debate has revolved around what is described as a challenge to […]
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The Department of political Science and History, Panteion University, in cooperation with the Office in Greece of the Rosa-Luxemburg-Foundation, are organizing a conference and relative events (i.e. workshops, exhibitions, screenings) under the general title «Censorship in Greece». The project is an attempt to expand the research through uncovering, analyzing and documentating the phenomenon of censorship, […]
Solidarity against austerity and against evictions in Europe On the occasion of the Week of Action in Solidarity with Greece and against Austerity from 20 to 26 June, the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung (Brussels – Athens) we are organising this international meeting on housing on 20 and 21 June in Athens. In co-operation with: Solidarity for All […]
