Who bought Politico for a billion dollars? A right-wing German news conglomerate?

5 October 2021 Thomas Klikauer - Meg Young

Who bought Politico for a billion dollars? A right-wing German news conglomerate?

Axel Springer’s sense of political mission and ideological political program is characterized not by facts, but by emotions and his disappointed vanities – just like that of Rupert Murdoch.Thomas Klikauer – Meg Young

5 October 2021 Thomas Klikauer - Meg Young

Germany’s new neo-Nazis: the Reichsbürger

Germany’s antisemitic and semi-fascistic Reichsbürger, also known as sovereign citizens, create a lot of troublesThomas Klikauer – Meg Young

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”

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

29 July 2021 The Barricade

Why did the EU accept authoritarianism in Bulgaria but object to it in Belarus?

The Barricade Analysis — s01e02The Barricade

29 July 2021 The Barricade

While the EU opposes authoritarianism in Eastern Europe, it is delighted with its own!

The Barricade Analysis — s01e01The Barricade

28 July 2021 Thomas Klikauer - Meg Young

Authoritarian populism and democracy

An endless list of saviours of the imagined community (the Volk) waits for their chance to use and abuse people’s powerThomas Klikauer – Meg Young

13 July 2021 Philip Bourov

Why is xenophobia the most prevalent conviction in Bulgaria?

Growing gaps in education and political culture, combined with economic and social destitution, have resulted in the growth and normalization of far-right views, creating a fertile ground for dangerous extremism. Such are the depressing findings of a recent Bulgarian study.Philip BourovBulgarian journalist specializing in the international relations, conflicts, macroeconomics and

12 July 2021 Vladimir Mitev

“European identity” after Brexit means disappointment, frustration and confusion

One of the British Europeans — a Romanian-born activist and researcher, Alexandra Bulat — tells a rather perplexing story of highly mixed feelings, political confusion and various difficulties faced by migrant workers and students from EU countries in post-Brexit Britain.Vladimir MitevVladimir Mitev is a Bulgarian-Romanian journalist based in Rousse, a

11 July 2021 Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski

Conservatism and academia in Romania and Poland

Right-wing intellectuals fighting imaginary monstersMaria 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”