1 may 2021 was an occassion for a review of labour’s situation in the Western Balkans countryTibor T. MeszmannTibor T. Meszmann is a researcher at the Central European Labor Studies Institute, and member of Public Sociology Working Group “Helyzet”, Budapest. His research is at the border of the interdisciplinary areas of
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Gambling is all over Twitch right now. Streamers are gambling hundreds of thousands of dollars. Tens, if not hundreds of people are watching. Most of those are children or teens. What are the implications of that?Radu StochiţaRadu Stochița is an international student at Bowdoin College, in the History & Sociology
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A part from the European Left Media Outlet series on 1 MayDamjana AjdDamjana Ajd is a trade union activist and the trade union president of the retail store chain Spar in Slovenia.
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SSSH organised the first e-protest in the countryNediljka Junaković Nediljka Junaković is an Education and Youth Officer in The Union of Autonomous Trade Unions of Croatia (UATUC) since 2015. Her background is teaching; for years she has been involved in non-formal education and training. In UATUC she organizes union learning and
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Neoliberalism created a class that is practicing self-exploitationThomas Klikauer – Norman SimmsThomas Klikauer is the author of Hegel’s Moral Corporation and Seven Management Moralities.
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How has the coronavirus influenced work globally – from India, via Romania, to Germany and other countries?Thomas Klikauer – Catherine Link
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The realities of forced self-employment in Hungary.Soma Ábrahám KissSoma Ábrahám Kiss is a journalist at the Hungarian news and opinion portal Mérce, sociologist and hopefully an anthropologist one day. Former courier and bartender.
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On the Barricades, 30 May 2021Maria 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 On the Barricades.
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Gig Work in CEE’s Platform Economy: a series by ELMO (East Left Media Outlet)Slobodan GolušinSlobodan Golušin is a PhD student of sociology and social anthropology at the Central European University in Vienna and a research associate at the Public Policy Research Center in Belgrade. His research interests revolve around the
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Between a rock and a hard place: “For Uber and Bolt, we are nothing but slaves”Dunja KučinacDunja Kučinac (1989) is a cultural worker from Zagreb. She’s a member of the curatorial collective BLOK and Platform „Za K.R.U.H.“ (For BREAD) that gathers cultural workers and artists in a fight for better
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