Last week we announced the closing of LeftEast. Endings are sad––and that one particularly so,--but it also marks a new beginning, or at least the birth of a successor project.
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LeftEast was born 13 years ago. 1679 articles, 663 authors, and 8 summer schools later, it is coming to an end. Thank you to all who contributed! And no farewells from us: in the next couple of weeks we'll be announcing its successor projects!
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the third edition of the ‘Capitalist Transformations in Eastern and Central Europe’ conference will take place online between 19 - 22 May 2025, and host 250 participants from all over the region. Program: capitalist-transformations.com/conference-pro…. Registration: capitalist-transformations.com/registration/
The situation of political prisoners in Azerbaijan continues to be dire following years of war and increased repression. Veronika Pfeilschifter has interviewed young Azerbaijani left-wing democrats about the meaning and prospects of hope in their lives lefteast.org/hope-explorati…
lefteast.org What Is It with Hope? Explorations with Young Azerbaijani Left-Wing Democrats - Lefteast Currently, there are more than 330 political prisoners in Azerbaijan, however the Azerbaijani authorities deny their existence in the country. The group is diverse, encompassing journalists, blogge... Long-time activists and researchers in the field of housing rights in Romania, Ioana Florea and Mihail Sandu-Dumitriu look into the popular support for the right to housing and strategize how to build coalitions for housing for all lefteast.org/popular-suppor…
lefteast.org The Popular Support for the Right to Housing in Romania - Lefteast Over the last two decades in Romania, the housing question has received more attention than before, from left-wing as well as, at certain times, liberal or even right-wing organizations, alliances,...