A review of Anke Stelling’s “Higher Ground” from an Eastern European perspective.Julia RoneJulia Rone is a postdoctoral researcher at CRASSH, the University of Cambridge. She has a PhD from the European University Institute in Florence with a thesis on mobilizations against free trade agreements. Her current research explores contestations over
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“On the barricades” — s03e14 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 biggest Polish labor confederation — The All-Poland Trade Union Alliance. Until 2012 editor-in-chief of its weekly magazine. Contributor at
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“On the barricades” — s03e13Maria 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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The Bulgarian post-election landscape can be summed up in a single phrase: everything went as planned. The caravan has passed. Last year’s barking dogs are now applauding. And the Left is dying.Boyan StanislavskiBulgarian and Polish activist, journalist, editor, publisher and translator. In the late `90 active in the Polish left
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In the Bundestag elections of 26 September, Germany’s left party Die Linke achieved a dire result. Some 2.3 million people voted for the party, 2 million fewer than in 2017. What happened?Herman MichielThe author is the Belgian editor of the website Ander Europa (Another Europe). This is a Flemish-Dutch cooperation of activists
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For a Black Book of Romanian Fascism.Doru PopDoru Pop is a professor of film and media studies at Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj, Romania. In the United States, he has taught courses at Bard College and Columbus State University. He has published several books on visual culture, media, and politics, and
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Prime minister Andrej Babiš’s party narrowly lost in the parliamentary election. For the left, the result was a disaster: both social democrats and communists failed to enter Parliament.Jiří MálekJiří Málek graduated from the Institute of Chemical Technology in Prague. He was active in the youth movement and in the Communist
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“I believe in socialism. I am convinced that everyone has the right to be happy”, this is how Elke Kahr explains her political credo. She has been active in the Communist Party of Austria for nearly thirty years. On September 26, she and her comrades from Graz, the country’s second
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“On the barricades” — s02e57Maria 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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The United Miners of Bulqiza Trade Union (SMBB) in Albania has been for the last couple of years the most militant and sustained labor movement in Eastern Europe. Earlier this year, the Albanian left united around the miners’ leader’s, Elton Debreshi’s, candidacy for parliament. In August there was an attempt
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