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....
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:...
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...
Ukrainian academic Olga Baysha details Volodymyr Zelensky’s embrace of widely loathed neoliberal policies, his repression of rivals, and how his actions fueled the current war with Russia. A comedic actor who rose to the country’s...
It is not authentic or 'natural,' as some claim; on the contrary, it defies logic, history, and popular sentiment (and resentments). If the situation worsens and the sovereignty of both countries is actually merged, even to...
There has been a huge exodus of Ukrainians into neighbouring countries fleeing the war in their country- three million and counting. Just as in Syria and in other countries engulfed by war, there has been...
The dramatic events in Ukraine over the last 72 hours constitute a disaster, the full scope of which remains unknown. There is no doubt that the Russian president gave the order to invade, and he,...
Veronika Sušová-Salminen is our guest "On the Barricades" this weekend. She is a researcher from the Czech Republic, who produced a report on the peripheries of the European Union in a project supported by Transform!...
This year's Forum was held in Brussels and online on 26 and 27 November. Starting on 15 November, a number of online events took place in the framework of the Forum, like the presentation of...
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...