Interview with the German economic sociologist Wolfgang Streeck about the political figure of Angela Merkel, Germany’s positions on refugees and debt mutualization and the future of solidarity and Europe in neoliberal timesNoémi LehoczkiSelf-described populist. Author of Merce (Hungary).
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A review of the Western Balkans’ slow motion to the EU.Miruna Butnaru-TroncotăDr Miruna Butnaru-Troncotă is a lecturer in the Department of International Relations and European Studies at the National University of Political Science and Public Administration (SNSPA) in Bucharest, Romania. Since 2019 she has coordinated the SNSPA Center for European
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Florentin Iancu of the labour union SITT told the story of his union to a community of Bulgarian labour activistsVladimir MitevVladimir Mitev is a Bulgarian-Romanian journalist based in Rousse, a town on the very border between the two countries. He is the editor-in-chief of the Romanian website BARICADA Romania, which
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On the Barricades Podcast has as special guests Antal Antilla and Stefano Bottoni, commenting on the scandal with the Hungaran MEP Jozsef SzajerMaria Cernat – Boyan StanislasvskiBoyan Stanislavski (Poland) and Maria Cernat (Romania) make a regular video podcast, in which they discuss various developments in Poland, Romania and the region.
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An interview with Miruna Butnaru-Troncotă, international relations expert on the Balkans, about the Bulgarian-Macedonian dispute over good neighbourliness and common historyVladimir MitevVladimir Mitev is a Bulgarian-Romanian journalist based in Rousse, a town on the very border between the two countries. He is the editor-in-chief of the Romanian website BARICADA Romania,
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Left-wing forces all over Europe demand free and universal access to a Covid-19 vaccine and treatments for everyone.The Barricade
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“These protests will not succeed. These oppositional leaders in Ukraine are waiting for their time” Małgorzata Kulbaczewska-Figat, a Polish left-wing journalist and an expert on Eastern Europe, claimed in a special interview for The Barricade.Vladimir MitevVladimir Mitev is a Bulgarian-Romanian journalist based in Rousse, a town on the very border between
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Poland’s uprising against the Catholic yoke has begun.Since the shocking verdict of the Polish Constitutional Tribunal last Thursday, which resulted in the banning of abortions on the grounds of them representing drastic malformation of the fetus, there has been a huge and growing wave of protests all over the country.
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The recent ruling of the Constitutional Tribunal in Poland is the latest episode in the 30-year long war on women in that country. It is disgusting and enraging but it is a part of a process that has been going on since 1988. Boyan StanislavskiBulgarian and Polish activist, journalist, editor, publisher
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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
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