“On the barricades” — s02e55Maria 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. The work title of their podcast is “Squatting reds in tracksuits”
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A look from Latvia to the newest migrant crisisAndris ŠuvajevsAndris is a Latvian author writing about macroeconomic policy and political economy. He has received a Masters degree in Social Anthropology and teaches anthropology of money at Riga Stradins University. He publishes regularly on various Latvian media outlets and is generally
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Interview with a Danish migration researcher on the externalization agreements the EU enters into with countries in North Africa, on their human rights dimensions for migrants and on the larger implications of such measures in European migration management.Vladimir MitevVladimir Mitev is a Bulgarian-Romanian journalist based in Rousse, a town on
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What do we understand erroneously about the outgoing German chancellor?Thomas Klikauer – Meg Young
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Growing gaps in education and political culture, combined with economic and social destitution, have resulted in the growth and normalization of far-right views, creating a fertile ground for dangerous extremism. Such are the depressing findings of a recent Bulgarian study.Philip BourovBulgarian journalist specializing in the international relations, conflicts, macroeconomics and
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One of the British Europeans — a Romanian-born activist and researcher, Alexandra Bulat — tells a rather perplexing story of highly mixed feelings, political confusion and various difficulties faced by migrant workers and students from EU countries in post-Brexit Britain.Vladimir MitevVladimir Mitev is a Bulgarian-Romanian journalist based in Rousse, a
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Experiences of people on the move on a new (iteration of the) Balkan route through RomaniaRight to City (Timişoara, România)Dreptul la Oraş (Right to the City) is a democratic, non-hierarchical group for critical analysis and direct action based in Timişoara, Romania. We want the city to belong to all its inhabitants,
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On May 9th, European countries celebrated Europe Day in commemoration of Robert Schuman who presented the idea of peaceful cooperation in Europe. Michal Pavlásek points out the problematic role Frontex plays at European borders, and asserts that Schuman’s idea has been replaced by the EU’s self-threatening border regime which causes
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On social and state violence upon immigrants in SpainCorina TulbureCorina Tulbure is a freelance journalist based in Barcelona. She has written stories of displacement and migration in Spain and other countries (Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Tunisia, Germany) and about frozen conflicts (Nagorno-Karabakh, Abkhazia, Transnistria, and Kosovo). Tulbure holds a PhD
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A statement by E.A.S.T. (Essential Autonomous Struggles Transnational)The Barricade
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