Interview with Karolina Więckiewicz, a feminist and activist who is a member of the Aborcyiny Dream Team (Abortion Dream Team)Maria CernatMaria Cernat is a graduate of the Faculty of Journalism and Communication Sciences (FJSC) (2001) and the Faculty of Philosophy (2004) at the University of Bucharest. She obtained an MA
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Why does Bulgaria need a right to housing movement? And what are the dimensions of the housing issue in one of the big Bulgarian cities?David BissetDavid Bisset is a specialist in child poverty and deprivation. He is one of the founders of Equilibrium, which is one of the leading social care
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Thoughts on the developments at the 75th UN General AssemblyRiccardo PetrellaDoctor of Political and Social Sciences, honorary degree from eight universities: in Sweden, Denmark, Belgium (x2), Canada, France (x2), Argentina. Professor emeritus of the Catholic University of Louvain (Belgium); President of the Institut Europeen de Recherche sur la Politique de
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The Barricade’s Vladimir Mitev was interviewed by the Danish organisation Democracy in Europe on the Bulgarian protests: their demands, the comparisons between the Bulgarian and the Romanian anti-corruption fights and protests, the role of the new left and its democratic innovations.Zlatko JovanovicZlatko Jovanovic has taught, has researched and has written
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An essay on the psychology and sociology of present-day BulgariansDavid BissetDavid Bisset is a specialist in child poverty and deprivation. He is one of the founders of Equilibrium, which is one of the leading social care and children care organisations in Southeastern Europe. His relationship with Bulgaria goes back to 1991.
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Cronyism harms Bulgrian sociey in many ways, causing poverty, lack of social mobility, discouragement and depression. Significantly, cronyism promotes mediocrity in positions of management, blockinig social change and encouraging the youth’s emigration.David BissetDavid Bisset is a specialist in child poverty and deprivation. He is one of the founders of Equilibrium, which
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Postcard from Bulgaria #3Vladimir MitevVladimir Mitev is a Bulgarian-Romanian journalist based in Rousse, a town on the very border between the two countries. He is the editor-in-chief of the Romanian website BARICADA Romania, which initially started as a Romanian language version of the Bulgarian portal by the same name. He
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The Agora of the Inhabitants of the Earth proposes solutions to current crisis, based on the commonsThe Barricade
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The coronovirus crisis requres business and scientific ethical behaviour, similar to the one shown in the case of fight against poliomyelitis after World War TwoThe Barricade
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A live interview with Vladimir Mitev about the escalation of the Bulgarian protests this past week as two of the biggest trends in the fight against corruption in Bulgaria square off, the parallels the protests have with the broader Romanian fight against its own corruption, and on what could be
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