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Why are we afraid of revolution?

Vladimir Borţun
Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe
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Comments on Albena Azmanova’s book "Capitalism on edge" Could anyone have imagined 10 years ago that a book written by a former anti-communist dissident who openly poses the question of overcoming capitalism would be translated...

Paul Gabriel Sandu – Speech at the launch of the translation of the book “Capitalism on edge..

Paul Gabriel Sandu
Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe
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Capitalism on edge – a plea for emancipation. The publication in Romanian of Albena Azmanova's “Capitalism on Edge”, for which we have to thank Maria Cernat and Alexandru Ionașcu, is extremely important for the Romanian...

Enikő Vincze – Speech at the launch of the translation of Albena Azmanova’s “Capitalis..

Enikő Vincze
Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe
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Mentally and materially, capitalism creates us in such a way that we cannot imagine overcoming it. If we do imagine it, we cannot overcome it without being pushed towards violent actions against it. Thanks to...

West prepares to plunder post-war Ukraine with neoliberal shock therapy: privatization, deregulati..

Jake Kallio and Benjamin Norton
Analysis & reports
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Western governments and corporations met in Switzerland to plan harsh neoliberal economic policies to impose on post-war Ukraine, calling to cut labor laws, “open markets,” drop tariffs, deregulate industries, and “sell state-owned enterprises to private...

German capitalism needs its Green Party

Thomas Klikauer
Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe
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And there is nothing new about this. During the previous participation by the Greens in a coalition with the SPD, from 1998 to 2005, the Greens were just as neo-liberal and war-mongering as this time....

From Belarus, with love…

Maciej Wiśniowski
Belarus
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A postcard from Minsk. The sculpture Unbowed Man by Sergei Selikhanov at the Khatyn Memorial site in Belarus. It depicts Yuzif Kaminsky, the only adult to survive the Khatyn massacre of March 22 1943, in...

Ovidiu Țichindeleanu: Who speaks for our region?

Vladimir Mitev
Bulgaria
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Interview with the Romanian philosopher about non-alignment as an option for the East of the European continent, regional internationalism and popular sovereignty. Originally published at Cross-Border Talks. Ovidiu Țichindeleanu is a philosopher and cultural theorist,...

From wild dingo children to the cannibal generation: the history of the disappearing East

The novel Sălbaticii Copii Dingo (The Wild Dingo Children, Polirom 2021) by Vasile Ernu was awarded the Observator Cultural 2022 prize for the best book in the memoir category. This text is a longer form of the award speech....

Thumbs up, thumbs down, part 2: Government breakdown in Bulgaria; The Summit of the Americas

Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski
Bulgaria
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This is the second instalment of this week's “On the Barricades” release. This episode is part of our regular series, which we co-produce and co-host with Youri Smouter of 1+1. Maria, Boyan, and Youri discuss:...

Thumbs up, thumbs down, part 1: The media’s harsh treatment as Romania becomes a grain corridor

Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski
Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe
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This our thumbs up and thumbs down session with Youri Smouter of 1+1 (https://www.youtube.com/user/Yourismo...) 01:00 Maria Cernat on the meeting in Kiev of Romanian President Klaus Iohannis with leaders Macron, Schultz, Dragi to negotiate a...