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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A report by organizations from 18 countries in EuropeThe Barricade
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Maria Cernat joins the feminist activist Andreea Rusu, Executive Director of the Romania-based Center Filia for a discussion.Maria CernatMaria Cernat is a graduate of the Faculty of Journalism and Communication Sciences (FJSC) (2001) and the Faculty of Philosophy (2004) at the University of Bucharest. She obtained an MA from FJSC
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Input for report on COVID-19 and right to housing, issued by the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing The Barricade
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Open letter to the European CommissionThe Barricade
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The proposed social and economic measures mean a greater role for the state in the solution of the crisis in a moment when president Klaus Iohannis calls on the private sector to give ideas and solutionsVladimir MitevVladimir Mitev is a Bulgarian-Romanian journalist based in Rousse, a town on the very
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A supporter we never expected, but a supporter we should definitely welcome: Britney Spears called for a general strike and massive redistribution of wealth.Boyan StanislavskiBulgarian and Polish activist, journalist, editor, publisher and translator. In the late `90 active in the Polish left and later in the labor movement, particularly the
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One of the strongest pillars of the Polish government’s propaganda machine, the weekly magazine Gazeta Polska, got carried away and seems to have demonstrated the true identity and aspirations of the Catholic fundamentalist right currently in power. The outlet announced on social media that they will soon be giving out
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The anti-communist paranoia in Lithuania deepens. A new ‘hero’ from WWII has been put on a pedestal. In the town of Vilkija on the Nemunas river a special plaque was mounted to commemorate Zenonas Ignatavičius – the chaplain of the 12th Lithuanian Auxiliary Police Battalion which fought on the side
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Had it not been tragic it would have surely been funny. The Catholic jihadists are really fighting for Christians in Europe!From the regular meddling in the internal political process of the country, via their lament against ‘satanic’ LEGO bits and hue and cry over goat cheese sold at 6.66 PLN
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