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Human rights and civic liberties

The Polish war on women is over 30 years old

Boyan Stanislavski
Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe
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Poland has had one of the most draconian anti-abortion laws in Europe since 1993. On Thursday a constitutional court ruled that one of the three exceptions to the ban – cases of severe foetal impairment...

How do we make progressive politics appealing to a conservative workforce?

On this special edition of the Barricade's Podcast, Maria Cernat interviews Ben Burgis, professor at Georgia State University, author of "Give them an Argument: Logic for the Left", and contributor at The Jacobin and other...

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

Nikolay Draganov - Boyan Stanislavski
Analysis
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Where is Bulgaria 30 years into capitalist restoration? Pretty much at the end of its statehood. The society and culture in deep decline, the economy virtually controlled by oligarchic structures and institutions that are only...

Scandals in Romania and Poland: the disturbing and the exuberant are the norm

Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski
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Romania holds a sad record in terms of gender-based violence. The event Maria Cernat is talking about in this edition of The Barricade's Podcast is no different. Just a few days ago Traian Ogâgău, the...

Water as a public good for all

Riccardo Petrella
Commons
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This article was published on 28 July 2020 in a number of international media and agencies. The Barricade has repbulished it from the Italian agency Pressenza. On July 28 this year we “celebrate” the 10th...

The Corona Crisis and the Consequences for European Politics

The Barricade
Analysis
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This article was published on 28 May 2020 on the site of the Transform!Europe Network. Preamble The health crisis that the world is facing reveals a structural crisis that already existed and that the EL...

Riccardo Petrella: The militarization of pandemic is dangerous

Vladimir Mitev
Coronavirus
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Riccardo Petrella is an Italian economist who was a scientific and technology policy analyst to the European Commission between 1979 and 1995, becoming a witness and voice of dissent over the EC’s definition of Europe...

Feminism in Kyrgyzstan – a dangerous option

Maria Cernat
Gender issues
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On this year’s 8th of March the women of Kyrgyzstan, or to be more precise, the feminists of Bishkek, the capital of the Central Asia country, decided to march for their rights. The international press...

Nur für Heterosexuelle? Major Polish pro-government media outlet launches a shocking Nazi-esque ca..

Boyan Stanislavski
Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe
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The masks have dropped: Dr Goebbels, the infamous Nazi propagandist-in-chief of the Third Reich must be cheering in his grave. The most recent instigation by Gazeta Polska (Polish Gazette) smells of hitlerite intention. #StrefaWolnaOdLGBT #naklejka...

Crime and punishment: The Khachaturyan case

Maria Cernat
Gender issues
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A very unsettling event took place in Russia. A year ago, three sisters, Kristina, 19, Angelina, 18, and Maria, 17, brutally murdered their abusive father. Now the prosecution is trying to sentence them to 20...