Tag archive for ‘labour movement’
The Roma of France: beware of oversimplification
We could easily agree that the plight of the Roma, as accurately and alarmingly portrayed by George Soros on this Social Europe website, remains a human tragedy of unprecedented historical proportions. The Roma’s unremitting story of poverty, (self-)marginalization, discrimination, expulsion and persecution, notably in the barbaric Nazi-years, is a grim reminder of how people treat [...]
Remembering Nina Fishman
With great sadness I learnt today that the historian and activist Nina Fishman died earlier this month of cancer. Nina was the driving force behind the introduction of a London chapter of Labour Movement for Europe and a series of academic conferences on “Rethinking Social Democracy” a few years ago. This very journal was conceived [...]
Who are the Social Democrats in a Post-Industrial Society?
The social democrats of the future must dare to reach out beyond their old constituencies. Social democracy is in crisis. And it is not just that certain parties in Europe have lost their seats in government. More importantly, we are no longer sure what social democracy is, and what it should be, given that the [...]
