The grotesque decay of the Bulgarian mafia-owned state and social despair

1 October 2020 Nikolay Draganov - Boyan Stanislavski

The grotesque decay of the Bulgarian mafia-owned state and social despair

The Prime Minister is naked! In his bedroom, with a gun right next to his head and piles of cash and gold.Nikolay Draganov – Boyan StanislavskiNikolay Draganov is a Bulgarian journalist based in Sofia, currently writing for the left analytical platform BARICADA Since 2012, he has been working as a

28 September 2020 The Barricade

“Nothing to lose but our chains.”

Mass protests have been taking place in Belarus for over three months now. Political scientist and member of the Central Committee of the left party Fair World Pavel Katarzheuski speaks about the development of the protest movement, prison and torture, as well as the perspectives of the left opposition.The Barricade

26 August 2020 The Barricade

Organizing for Housing Justice during the Covid-19 pandemic

A report by organizations from 18 countries in EuropeThe Barricade

13 August 2020 The Barricade

Western “comrades” have betrayed Lukashenko

In the geopolitical coordinate axis of “our own/foreign”, Lukashenkno is foreign. That is why the greetings for Lukashenko keep coming from China, Russia, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan, but there are no greetings from Warsaw or Washington. No greetings come from Berlin, either. Nor any from Riga and KievThe Barricade

24 June 2020 Vladimir Mitev

The EU’s refoundation is a necessity

There were aspects of life like health, education and housing, that served the public good better under Eastern Europe’s socialist experiment, than under today’s rule of the invisible hand of the market, says the Polish left-wing journalist Małgorzata Kulbaczewska-Figat. And opening to social and labour movements is a good base

23 June 2020 The Barricade

The Corona Crisis and the Consequences for European Politics

Position paper of the Party of the European Left (EL)The Barricade

3 June 2020 Enikő Vincze

Which Europe does this day belong to?

The 9th of May marks both the end and the beginning of capitalism’s inherent cycles of crisesEnikő VinczeProfessor of sociology at the Faculty of European Studies at the Babeș-Bolyai University. Activist for right to housing in the frame of the organisations Căși sociale ACUM! (Social housing now!) in Cluj and