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23 October 2020 Boyan Stanislavski

The Polish war on women is over 30 years old

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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26 August 2020 The Barricade

Organizing for Housing Justice during the Covid-19 pandemic

A report by organizations from 18 countries in EuropeThe Barricade

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10 July 2020 Maria Cernat

The incitement to hatred in the public sphere must stop!

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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25 June 2020 The Barricade

Humanitarian, Ecological and Housing Crisis in the Pata Rât area of Cluj-Napoca, Romania

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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5 June 2020 The Barricade

Work camps in Bulgaria? Compulsory labour introduced as another emergency measure

Open letter to the European CommissionThe Barricade

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31 March 2020 Vladimir Mitev

Romanian professionals come out with a large-scale plan against the crisis

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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25 March 2020 Boyan Stanislavski

From “Hit Me Baby One More Time” to calling for a general strike

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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18 July 2019 Boyan Stanislavski

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

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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10 July 2019 Małgorzata Kulbaczewska-Figat

Another ‘war hero’ honored in Lithuania: A nazi-collaborating priest, of course

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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2 April 2019 Boyan Stanislavski

The Catholic fanatics in Poland take on witchcraft by publicly burning books

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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22 December 2020 Maria Cernat

Bad joke! The far-right will lead the Romanian Parliamentary Commission for Equal Opportunities!

Postcard from Romania #3 Maria CernatMaria Cernat is a graduate of the

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19 November 2020 Boyan Stanislavski

Chaos, desperation and violence

Postcard from Poland #7Boyan StanislavskiBulgarian and Polish activist, journalist, editor, publisher and

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16 November 2020 Maria Cernat

Union Save Neoliberalism

Postcard from Romania #2Maria CernatMaria Cernat is a graduate of the Faculty

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3 November 2020 Boyan Stanislavski

Poland: Time to abolish the codgerstate

Postcard from Poland ️#6Boyan StanislavskiBulgarian and Polish activist, journalist, editor, publisher and

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