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‘They Continue the Crisis’: parliamentary breakup in Bulgaria amidst war and inflation

  • Emily Wall Emily Wall
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What is going on in Bulgaria and why? A Marxist perspective. Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov and his party “We Continue the Change” (PP, Prodalzhavame Promyanata) – Pro-West darlings, self-proclaimed heroes in the fight against corruption...

Summit for (capitalism without any) democracy w/ Pat Byrne

  • Boyan Stanislavski Boyan Stanislavski
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In the second part (part one — https://bit.ly/3Id00GC) of our discussion with Pat Byrne on the outcomes of the Summit for Democracy, which was held in early January, we discuss how American and other Western...

Real summit of fake democracies or a stocktake by US imperialism

  • Boyan Stanislavski Boyan Stanislavski
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We talk with Pat Byrne, a long-time socialist activist, political analyst, and historian of the European left, a week before the President of the United States convenes the Summit for Democracy. Boyan Stanislavski discusses the...

Bulgaria’s new political victor promises to continue the country’s downward spiral

  • Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski
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On November 14th Bulgaria held its third round of parliamentary elections after the first two rounds took place in April and July, and did not result in the forming of a government. For the first...

Protests held in Serbia against large scale mining bid by Rio Tinto

  • Peoples Dispatch Peoples Dispatch
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Residents of the Serbian town of Loznica intensified protests against the proposed opening of a Lithium mine by the Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto in the Jadar and Drina rivers in Serbia. On July 29,...

A leftist perspective on the victory of Maia Sandu’s party in Moldova

  • Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski
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On July eleventh, both Bulgaria and Moldova held parliamentary elections. In this edition of our show, we shall discuss the landslide victory of the Party of Action and Solidarity. This is the political party of...

The US has just begun a regime-change operation in Bulgaria! Who will be the new Viceroy?

  • Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski
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That's a difficult question to answer. There are numerous candidates. To be more specific, almost anyone could be a candidate. The American embassy in Sofia even went so far as to organize a casting call....

Blackmail, racketeering, oligarchs and violence in Bulgaria. Discussing Borissov’s legacy w/..

  • Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski
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A heinous scandal is brewing in Bulgaria, with wealthy businessman and landowner Svetoslav Ilchovski at the center, who recently testified before a parliamentary commission about the Bulgarian PM's gangsterism. "The Barricade" has published a lengthy...

Another heinous scandal has erupted in Bulgaria. Will anyone notice?

  • Nikolay Draganov Nikolay Draganov
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It all started on May 5th this year, when Svetoslav Ilchovski, a wealthy Bulgarian farmer and landowner, was summoned to testify before the temporary parliamentary committee investigating the wrongdoings of the Borissov cabinet. Svetoslav Ilchovski...

From RussiaGate to UkraineGate: Route to apocalypse

  • Oliver Boyd-Barrett Oliver Boyd-Barrett
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Within three months of the ascendancy of Joseph Biden to the presidency of the United States, the world teeters on the edge of nuclear war, whether by design or accident, as Russia reports that the...

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