Bulgaria: Between pro-war consensus and the need for an anti-war movement

17 March 2022 Stanislav Dodov

Bulgaria: Between pro-war consensus and the need for an anti-war movement

Notes on the Bulgarian public’s reaction to the outbreak of the war in Ukraine.Stanislav DodovStanislav Dodov is a Bulgarian, who is engaged with political journalism, activism and social pedagogy.

11 March 2022 Aliona Lyasheva

Notes from Lviv in times of war

A firsthand account from Ukraine.Aliona LyashevaAliona Lyasheva is a sociologist, researcher of urban political economy, works at the Research Center for Eastern Europe at the University of Bremen and Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.

11 March 2022 Riccardo Petrella

To end the Ukrainian war, we must know how to prevent new wars

East European events are the result of two factors: a battle for survival between two once powerful but now weakened world powers (the US and Russia) and the transformation of war into a dominant world economic, technological, scientific, and cultural existence. What is the solution?Riccardo PetrellaDoctor of Political and Social

7 March 2022 Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski

No to War! – Anti-Russian Anti-NATO Initiative in Romania

“On the Barricades” – s04e10Maria Cernat – Boyan StanislasvskiBoyan Stanislavski (Poland) and Maria Cernat (Romania) make a regular video podcast, in which they discuss various developments in Poland, Romania and the region. The work title of their podcast is On the Barricades.

22 February 2022 Ognjen Kojanić

Environmental issues spark large-scale protests in Serbia

The resistance of the Balkans meets global extractive companies.Ognjen Kojanić Ognjen Kojanić is a socio-cultural anthropologist based in Pittsburgh, PA, USA. As a labor organizer with the United Steelworkers, he was involved in campaigns to unionize graduate student workers, faculty, and staff at the University of Pittsburgh. He is an incoming

14 February 2022 Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski

Feminism in Poland – an ongoing battle against individualism and conservatism, part 2

“On the Barricades” — s03e46Maria Cernat – Boyan StanislasvskiBoyan Stanislavski (Poland) and Maria Cernat (Romania) make a regular video podcast, in which they discuss various developments in Poland, Romania and the region. The work title of their podcast is On the Barricades.

13 February 2022 Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski

Feminism in Poland – an ongoing battle against individualism and conservatism

“On the Barricades” — s03e45Maria Cernat – Boyan StanislasvskiBoyan Stanislavski (Poland) and Maria Cernat (Romania) make a regular video podcast, in which they discuss various developments in Poland, Romania and the region. The work title of their podcast is On the Barricades.

29 January 2022 Boyan Stanislavski

Why did the Greek left fail in government in 2015? (pt. 3) What happened when SYRIZA took power?

Divided We Fall discusses the take aways for the left from Syriza’s failureBoyan StanislavskiBulgarian and Polish activist, journalist, editor, publisher and translator. In the late `90 active in the Polish left and later in the labor movement, particularly the biggest Polish labor confederation — The All-Poland Trade Union Alliance. Until

17 October 2021 Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski

Political theater outperforms political activism? w/ David Schwartz

“On the barricades” — s03e03, s03e04Maria Cernat – Boyan StanislasvskiBoyan Stanislavski (Poland) and Maria Cernat (Romania) make a regular video podcast, in which they discuss various developments in Poland, Romania and the region. The work title of their podcast is On the Barricades.

11 September 2021 The Barricade

About a new imminent forced eviction in Cluj-Napoca

Press Release by Caşi Sociale Acum (the housing movement of Cluj Napoca, Romania)The Barricade