Interview with the German economic sociologist Wolfgang Streeck about the political figure of Angela Merkel, Germany’s positions on refugees and debt mutualization and the future of solidarity and Europe in neoliberal timesNoémi LehoczkiSelf-described populist. Author of Merce (Hungary).
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An interview with Miruna Butnaru-Troncotă, international relations expert on the Balkans, about the Bulgarian-Macedonian dispute over good neighbourliness and common historyVladimir MitevVladimir Mitev is a Bulgarian-Romanian journalist based in Rousse, a town on the very border between the two countries. He is the editor-in-chief of the Romanian website BARICADA Romania,
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Interview with Tomás Hirsch, independent Chilean parliamentarian and founder of Acción Humanista (Humanist Action) organisation about forthcoming struggle to a democratic constitution in ChileCecilia CapannaExecutive Director at The Other News (http://other-news.info). Press Agent at Motorsport Technical School (http://mtschool.it). Jazz musician.
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The site Tut.by and the Zabastovka channel on Telegram provide good quality journalism and workers’ perspectives. The protests are self-organised and the Poland-based Telegram channels such as NEXTA just encourage them.Vladimir MitevVladimir Mitev is a Bulgarian-Romanian journalist based in Rousse, a town on the very border between the two countries.
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“These protests will not succeed. These oppositional leaders in Ukraine are waiting for their time” Małgorzata Kulbaczewska-Figat, a Polish left-wing journalist and an expert on Eastern Europe, claimed in a special interview for The Barricade.Vladimir MitevVladimir Mitev is a Bulgarian-Romanian journalist based in Rousse, a town on the very border between
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Interview with the Polish journalist Malgorzata Kulbaczewska-Figat on the internal context and causes for the Belarussian protestsVladimir MitevVladimir Mitev is a Bulgarian-Romanian journalist based in Rousse, a town on the very border between the two countries. He is the editor-in-chief of the Romanian website BARICADA Romania, which initially started as
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The Barricade’s Vladimir Mitev was the guest of Paul Jay’s The Analysis podcast, discussing Bulgarian protests, the all-weather warm relations between Sofia and Washington, the Bulgarian acquisition of US war planes, the genesis of Bulgarian organised crime and oligarchy in the times of transition, the eternal Soros-Trump clash in Eastern
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Ben Burgis, contributor to the Jacobin, gets interviewed by the Barricade 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 in 2002 and in 2008 she got
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Russia and the United States are the main actors in the conflict in Nagorno Karabakh, with Turkey being a second-tier player and Israel still not having taken a position on the new tensions between Yerevan and Baku, believes the Iranian foreign policy analyst.Vladimir MitevVladimir Mitev is a Bulgarian-Romanian journalist based
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The Barricade’s Vladimir Mitev was interviewed by the Danish organisation Democracy in Europe on the Bulgarian protests: their demands, the comparisons between the Bulgarian and the Romanian anti-corruption fights and protests, the role of the new left and its democratic innovations.Zlatko JovanovicZlatko Jovanovic has taught, has researched and has written
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