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

  • Stanislav Dodov Stanislav Dodov
  • Bulgaria
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As the reactions to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have shown, Bulgaria is not ready for a new anti-war movement, despite the urgency of the task. The majority of people with some access to the public...

Notes from Lviv in times of war

  • Aliona Lyasheva Aliona Lyasheva
  • Citizens Movements
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I am writing this text on the night of 7-8 March in Lviv. This is the fourth year of my living in Lviv, and I met the war here. It seems that my whole life...

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

  • Riccardo Petrella Riccardo Petrella
  • China
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Ukraine needs an immediate ceasefire. Arming Ukraine and imposing harsh sanctions on Russia will only exacerbate the conflict. Instead of ‘liberating’ the Ukrainians, they are used to defeat and even kill Russia through economic suffocation...

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

  • Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski
  • Citizens Movements
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Mihnea Teodor Popescu is one of the most vocal members of a Romanian initiative seeking to oppose war and fight imperialism by denouncing both Russia and NATO. This initiative was formed by a group of...

Environmental issues spark large-scale protests in Serbia

  • Ognjen Kojanić Ognjen Kojanić
  • Citizens Movements
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Over the past couple of months, crowds in Serbia have gathered in the streets and sometimes blocked major roads and bridges. The main reason for the protests is opposition to the proposed lithium extraction project in the...

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

  • Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski
  • Citizens Movements
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In 2016, Poles took to the streets to protest a total ban on abortions imposed by the Law and Justice Polish party that took power in 2015. The movement was called “The Black protest” and...

Feminism in Poland – an ongoing battle against individualism and conservatism

  • Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski
  • Citizens Movements
  • 0 Comments
In 2016, Poles took to the streets to protest a total ban on abortions imposed by the Law and Justice Polish party that took power in 2015. The movement was called “The Black protest” and...

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

  • Boyan Stanislavski Boyan Stanislavski
  • Citizens Movements
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We're back with another edition of Boyan Stanislavski and Pat Byrne's "Divided We Fall" series, in which they explore the weaknesses of the modern left and why it continues to lose on practically every front....

Political theater outperforms political activism? w/ David Schwartz

  • Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski
  • Art & culture
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This time, The Barricade's hosts sat down with David Schwartz, a Romanian theater director and, in some ways, political activist. His art is meant to motivate people to take political action and to instill hope...

About a new imminent forced eviction in Cluj-Napoca

  • The Barricade The Barricade
  • Analysis
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Following our notifications in July 2021, the City Hall of Cluj-Napoca decided to postpone the eviction of Szabo Iosif and his family from a modular house near the landfills in Pata Rât, Cluj-napoca. The City...

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