The Progressive Post #14 from the Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS).

[Celerity]

https://progressivepost.eu/wp-content/uploads/PP14-07NEW-RECAP-28-09-2020_2.pdf




The United Nations is currently celebrating its 75th anniversary. The backdrop of these celebrations however is bleak: some world powers are knowingly sabotage multilateralism, and the escalating global crises—health, climate and economic downturn to name just a few—have led to a further deterioration of the United Nations system. If we needed a reminder, the Covid-19 pandemic has made it blatantly clear that our most critical challenges are transnational and can only be addressed through coordinated action.
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With this issue, The Progressive Post wants to congratulate the United Nations on its anniversary, and wants to celebrate multilateralism, but our authors also want to seize this unique opportunity to make proposals for rebuilding and reforming the multilateral architecture.
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The weakness of today's multilateralism also further exposes the contradictions that are baked into the capitalist system. In its neoliberalism-dominated form, it is pushing the planet's ecosystem to a collapse, while the rich are getting richer and the poor poorer. That is why this issue of The Progressive Post also wants to explore a world beyond capitalism and gather concrete ideas on how to initiate a profound policy-shift. The aim is a paradigm-change to overcome the dominant neoliberal approach.
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In addition, we pay tribute to Salvador Allende, 50 years after he won the presidential elections in Chile. And, as the EU moves towards a new framework on Roma integration, we take a look at where the current one has brought us.