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A Polish soldier asked for asylum in Belarus

  • Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski
  • Belarus
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This is a special edition of our show. We are here today to discuss an exceptional event taking place in Poland. Emil Czeczko, a Polish soldier mobilized at the border, defected to Belarus and he...

December’s thumbs up and down, part two w/ Youri Smouter

  • Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski
  • Belarus
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As the end of December and the year 2021 approaches the hosts of "On the Barricades" sat down with the youtuber Youri Smouter to offer critical leftist commentary on the month's most important events. We...

The horror intensifies: the Polish border guard attack migrants with gas and water cannons

  • Boyan Stanislavski Boyan Stanislavski
  • Belarus
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The Polish side is becoming increasingly cruel. Near the closed border crossing Kunica-Bruzgi, desperate migrants threw stones, branches, and empty cans of tinned food at Polish officers and soldiers. On the Polish side, the police...

Poland’s response to the ‘migrant crisis’ is brutal, irrational, and repugnant

  • Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski
  • Belarus
  • 0 Comments
To believe that the Polish response to the migrant gathering on the Polish-Belarussian border could be even remotely rational and meaningful, one would have to be completely insane. Let us begin by recognizing that those...

Migrants pay the price for Poland’s nationalistic posture with their lives

  • Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski
  • Belarus
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The hosts of "On the Barricades," Maria Cernat and Boyan Stanislavski, discuss the situation on the Polish-Belarussian border in this episode, focusing on the Polish authorities' cynical, violent, and downright stupid response to what they...

Sadism towards migrants on the Polish-Belarusian border and Poland’s political theater

  • Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski
  • Belarus
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You have most likely not heard about the humanitarian crisis on the borders of Belarus and Poland, as well as Belarus and Lithuania and Latvia. This is because, as soon as the news went viral,...

Warfare on the borders of EU: hybrid-legality and a chance for the Left?

  • Andris Å uvajevs Andris Å uvajevs
  • Belarus
  • 0 Comments
In early August, the government of Latvia declared a state of emergency on the border with Belarus. Included in this measure was a decision to not accept any asylum claims. While the emergency measure is...

Why did the EU accept authoritarianism in Bulgaria but object to it in Belarus?

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This is the second part of a two-part discussion on Europe's growing authoritarian tendencies, especially in Eastern Europe. We'll talk about the West's hypocritical and selective response to this phenomenon in this segment. The EU,...

Eastern European leftist journalists dissect the Belarus situation

  • Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski
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Aleksander Lukashenko has been the undisputed leader of Belarus for over 25 years. How is this even possible? Is it truly only through the plethora of dictatorial measures he employed during that time? Certainly not!...

On the barricades — May’s thumb-ups & thumb-downs pt. 2

  • Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski
  • Belarus
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We cover the most important events of the previous few weeks in this episode, which we usually release at the end of the month. Unquestionably, a major shift in international relations is taking place right...

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