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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...

The real Zelensky: From celebrity populist to unpopular Pinochet-style neoliberal

Natylie Baldwin
Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe
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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...

Imagining the Ukrainian-Polish La-la land

Boyan Stanislavski
Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe
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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...

Eastern Europe’s demographic deficit

Michael Roberts
Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe
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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...

War is never the answer! Russia out of Ukraine, NATO out of existence!

Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski
Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe
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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,...

European periphery — EU’s dark side w/ Veronika Sušová-Salminen

Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski
Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe
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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!...

European Forum 2021 – Videos and Recordings

The Barricade
Analysis
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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...

December’s thumbs up and down part 3 w/ Youri Smouter

Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski
Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe
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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...