Equality
Human rights and neoliberalism both rose to prominence in the last decades of the 20th century, but what is the relationship between the two?
Read moreIn the UK, women spearheaded early campaigns for a basic income. Natalie Bennett explains why the feminist case for a UBI remains strong today.
Read moreAn interview with Ralf Fücks, Director of the Heinrich Böll Foundation.
Read moreNow that Merkel has triumphed in the German elections, one of the opposition’s main aims – the establishment of a national minimum wage – is likely to miss the boat and be left behind. Prospects are bleak for the growing numbers of working poor.
Read moreDespite some flaws, the bill on same sex-marriage is a positive step in the right direction.
Read moreFrance’s experience with immigration teaches us that unless we provide real equality, including political and social rights, we will always struggle as a society to cope with our changing demographics. For this to happen, we need to step out of our national context and see this as an issue that needs European level and global attention. This includes looking at environmental and social problems from a global perspective.
Read moreBlonde young women stripping off their shirts to protest for… women’s rights.
Read moreHumanity is facing an undeniable challenge. Economic growth is necessary to sustain the welfare state, but this growth is more unsustainable than ever before. It’s not at all clear how this paradox – the need for economic growth that is unsustainable – can be resolved.
Read moreThe European Project lacks any significant ingredient of emotional bonding. In the absence of a “European soul”, the existing rational, bureaucratic structure is doomed to remain a distant presence for the citizens of Europe.
Read moreIn advance of a Party meeting on the future of European, Green members of the German Bundestag and European Parliament discuss the future of the European project.
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