A neoliberalizmus romjain: lehetséges-e szolidáris gazdaság Közép- és Kelet-Európában?

In the ruins of neoliberalism: is a solidarity economy possible in Central and Eastern Europe? 

A magyar változat az első oldalon található.

The collapse of state socialism in Central and Eastern Europe has been followed by radical neo-liberal reforms that have altered the fabrics of social life and have connected the region to global capitalist markets. After three decades of structural reforms, CEE societies have internalized the logic of market-competition, entrepreneurialism and meritocratic utopias. In addition to this, Central and Eastern European societies are facing probably one of the most serious challenge in its history along-side the other global economies: climate change. In the hand of capital and allied bureaucracies, the climate crisis is becoming a new mobilizing tool to create beneficial positions for stakeholders and companies. Meanwhile, movements who struggle for the lives of those already affected by this process – women, peasants and endangered workers – emphasize the need to liberate the reproduction of ecological and social life from the burden of the profit drive.  

This event focuses on the various movements and struggles in the region of Central and Eastern Europe to build alternatives to the regional capitalist economy. Solidarity economy is a concept around which new practical initiatives to create a reproductive and regenerative economy in face of the climate and social crisis converge. Reflecting on the recent issue by the Hungarian journal Fordulat, Ágnes Gagyi (University of Gothenburg) and Márton Szarvas (Central European University) discuss the potential of solidarity economy in Central and Eastern Europe with editors of aszem.info from Cluj-Napoca and members of the Solidarity Economy Center in Budapest and the Institute for Social Solidarity from Romania. Discussants: Nóra Ugron (a szem), Juhász-B. Kincső (a szem) and Enikő Vincze (Institute for Social Solidarity). The event takes place online, the working language is english and it is moderated by Daniela Gabor (University of the West of England, Bristol).

Venue: 6:30 PM – 8 PM (Romanian Time), Thursday, November 5, 2020

UPDATE: The recording of the live stream is available online.