The world has been treated to successive spectacles of national leaders gathering at a G7 Summit in Cornwall and a NATO Summit in Brussels.Medea Benjamin – Nicolas J.S. Davies Medea Benjamin is cofounder of CODEPINK for Peace, and author of several books, including Inside Iran: The Real History and Politics
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Fifty years ago, on 4 June 1971, the philosopher Georg Lukács died in Budapest.The Barricade
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Together with the MEPs Özlem Demirel and Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, we will discuss the concept of security: Why do we need a new concept of security for the left in Europe? What are the major debates over security in the EP? What are the next steps the Left in the
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Veronika Sušová-Salminen argues that the Ukrainian president has in many ways returned to the policies of his predecessor, Petro Poroshenko.Veronika Sušová-SalminenVeronika Sušová-Salminen is a Czech historian and political analyst currently living in Finland. She holds a Ph.D. in historical anthropology from the Faculty of Humanities of Charles University. Her research
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An opinion piece by Riccardo Petrella, Roberto Morea and Roberto MusacchioThe Barricade
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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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Defining neoliberal efforts merely as market radical is misleading. The dynamic and diverse sphere of neoliberal actors, both worldwide and on a European level, makes it necessary to abjure simplistic reductions when looking at neoliberal networks. This applies in particular against the background of current post-Covid struggles.Dieter PlehweDieter Plehwe is
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Press releaseThe Barricade
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LeftEast statement in solidarity with the Palestinian struggleThe Barricade
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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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