The 11 April 2021 episode of the On the Barricades podcast had as a guest the Bulgarian analyst Todor TodorovMaria 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
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The devastation will continue in Bulgaria after its April 2021 parliamentary electionsMirena Filpova – Boyan Stanislavski
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Since the world is still lacking any meaningful regulation on disinformation, the demand for disinformation is allowed to grow. Consequently, a growing number of people believe in alternative facts, emotional truths and conspiracy fantasies – particularly those who follow a Nietzsche-like, All Too Human, tendency to privilege information that is
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A march entitled “No Nazis on our streets” was held for another year in Sofia.Nikolay DraganovDraganov is a Bulgarian journalist based in Sofia, currently writing for the left analytical platform BARICADA He graduated at the University of National and World Economy in Sofia has earned a BA degree in sociology and
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The story of the so-called Dark Germany is the opposite of what prospering, well-lit and well-known West Germany representsThomas KlikauerThomas Klikauer teaches MBA students at the Sydney Graduate School of Management at Western Sydney University in Australia. He was born in southern Germany about half way between Castle Frankenstein to
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First episode of the new podcast Divided We FallBoyan 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
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Fascism is not just about violence. It’s also about politics.David OstDavid Ost is currently a member of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, working on a book project titled “Workers, The Fascist Allure, and the Transformation of the Left.” Normally he teaches politics at Hobart and William Smith Colleges
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Seeing economic precarity as a root cause of dissent helps to better explain why so much of the working-class radicalization has taken a turn to the rightAlbena Azmanova – Marshall AuerbackAlbena Azmanova is an associate professor of politics at the University of Kent’s Brussels School of International Studies and author of Capitalism on Edge:
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Storytelling from rampage’s aftermath.J.G. MichaelJ.G. Michael is the producer and host of Parallax Views, a program covering an eclectic variety of topics ranging from politics and pop culture to history and philosophy as well as everything in between. Previously he worked for Zero Books as the co-host of the Alternatives
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The repositioning of right-wing forces necessitates anti-nationalist and anti-racist class solidarity of all workers.Enikő VinczeProfessor of sociology at the Faculty of European Studies at the Babeș-Bolyai University. Activist for right to housing in the frame of the organisations Căși sociale ACUM! (Social housing now!) in Cluj and Blocul pentru Locuire
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