Postcard from Poland ️#4Boyan 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 2012 editor-in-chief of its weekly magazine. Contributor at Baricada.org
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The results of the Czech left in the regional elections are poor, for both the Communist KSČM and the social-democratic ČSSD. In regional councils, left-wing voices will be heard even less than in the past. The Barricade
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The left has given up on having its own agenda in the conditions of coronavirus pandemics. The extreme right is the only opposition to the right-wing governments in the region. That is a problem.Maria Cernat – Boyan StanislasvskiBoyan Stanislavski (Poland) and Maria Cernat (Romania) make a regular video podcast, in
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The Barricade’s Vladimir Mitev was the guest of Paul Jay’s The Analysis podcast, discussing Bulgarian protests, the all-weather warm relations between Sofia and Washington, the Bulgarian acquisition of US war planes, the genesis of Bulgarian organised crime and oligarchy in the times of transition, the eternal Soros-Trump clash in Eastern
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Ben Burgis, contributor to the Jacobin, gets interviewed by the Barricade 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 from FJSC in 2002 and in 2008 she got
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Russia and the United States are the main actors in the conflict in Nagorno Karabakh, with Turkey being a second-tier player and Israel still not having taken a position on the new tensions between Yerevan and Baku, believes the Iranian foreign policy analyst.Vladimir MitevVladimir Mitev is a Bulgarian-Romanian journalist based
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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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It’s curious how the serious personal deviations of some candidates doesn’t seem to prevent the people from voting for them in the Romanian local elections. Neighbouring Bulgaria is another example of that current. For a number of years Bulgarians have been electing an authoritarian gangster to the countrys’ top position.
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Yet another disgusting nomination in PolandBoyan 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 2012 editor-in-chief of its weekly magazine. Contributor
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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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