Czech Elections: All fears have come true

13 October 2021 Jiří Málek

Czech Elections: All fears have come true

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

5 October 2021 Małgorzata Kulbaczewska-Figat

Austria: Communists are struggling for those who are forgotten by everyone

“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

2 October 2021 Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski

Elections in Russia rigged against the CPRF? w/ Ilya Budraitskis

“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 “Squatting reds in tracksuits”

15 September 2021 The Barricade

Always by the side of Elton Debreshi and the Albanian mine workers

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

13 September 2021 Maria Cernat

The Left’s Contempt For The Working Class And Its Political Implications W Paul Embery (2)

“On the barricades” — s02e52Maria 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 her PhD in Philosophy. She is

22 August 2021 Maria Cernat

Ben Burgis on cancel culture – part 2

“On the barricades” — s02e46Maria 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 her PhD in Philosophy. She is

21 August 2021 Maria Cernat

Ben Burgis on cancel culture – part 1

“On the barricades” — s02e45Maria 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 her PhD in Philosophy. She is

9 August 2021 Peoples Dispatch

Leftist groups call for volunteer effort, slam underfunding as wildfires spread across Turkey, Greece

Extreme weather conditions due to global warming and flawed preventive policies by the governments concerned are said to be the reasons for the extensive spreading of wildfires throughout the MediterraneanPeoples DispatchPeoples Dispatch, formerly The Dawn News, is an international media project with the mission of bringing to you voices from

29 July 2021 Andris Šuvajevs

Post-socialist angles of left political strategy

Considerations from the Baltic region about contemporary leftAndris ŠuvajevsAndris is a Latvian author writing about macroeconomic policy and political economy. He has received a Masters degree in Social Anthropology and teaches anthropology of money at Riga Stradins University. He publishes regularly on various Latvian media outlets and is generally interested