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Global affairs

Global warming’s walking dead

Once again, the recently issued Sixth Report of the IPCC on global warming paints a rather grim picture of our common global future. The report, written by 200 scientists and approved by 195 countries, came at a time when sections...

The six myths of Angela Merkel

As the term of German Chancellor Angela Merkel comes to an end with her announcement that she will resign after Germany’s next federal election to be held on 26th September 2021 – Covid-19 permitting, one...

Authoritarian populism and democracy

One of the key activities of authoritarian populism is to present the democratic system as, a system of lies incapable of representing the true will of the people. In the world of the authoritarian populists,...

Capitalism and its pathologies

Perhaps ever since ironmonger and Baptist lay preacher Thomas Newcomen applied his newly invented steam engine in 1712 to pump water out of a coal mine to increase profits, we were doomed to live in an economic...

Cross-border Talks: hot July in South-Eastern Europe

We are excited to launch a new international media initiative - the Cross-Border Talks podcast will be co-hosted by Małgorzata Kulbaczewska-Figat, Strajk's deputy editor and author of numerous texts on Eastern European politics, and Vladimir...