Our Strike is Essential! Together with Polish Women for Freedom of Abortion

28 October 2020 The Barricade

Our Strike is Essential! Together with Polish Women for Freedom of Abortion

Message of support for the Polish striking women by E.A.S.T. – Essential Autonomous Strugges TransnationalThe Barricade

22 October 2020 The Barricade

What is the situation of the Czech left after the regional elections?

The results of the Czech left in the regional elections are poor, for both the Communist KSČM and the social-democratic ČSSD. In regional councils, left-wing voices will be heard even less than in the past. The Barricade

20 October 2020 Paul Jay

Is Trump Good for Bulgarian Corruption?

The Barricade’s Vladimir Mitev was the guest of Paul Jay’s The Analysis podcast, discussing Bulgarian protests, the all-weather warm relations between Sofia and Washington, the Bulgarian acquisition of US war planes, the genesis of Bulgarian organised crime and oligarchy in the times of transition, the eternal Soros-Trump clash in Eastern

11 October 2020 Riccardo Petrella

COVID-19. Global public health remains “a private thing”

Thoughts on the developments at the 75th UN General AssemblyRiccardo PetrellaDoctor of Political and Social Sciences, honorary degree from eight universities: in Sweden, Denmark, Belgium (x2), Canada, France (x2), Argentina. Professor emeritus of the Catholic University of Louvain (Belgium); President of the Institut Europeen de Recherche sur la Politique de

28 September 2020 The Barricade

“Nothing to lose but our chains.”

Mass protests have been taking place in Belarus for over three months now. Political scientist and member of the Central Committee of the left party Fair World Pavel Katarzheuski speaks about the development of the protest movement, prison and torture, as well as the perspectives of the left opposition.The Barricade

27 September 2020 Paul Jay

Covid and Conspiracy Rising in Romania

The decay of the Romanian education system has created a fertile ground for Covid conspiracy theories, many of which originate in right-wing America. Maria Cernat joins Paul Jay on theAnalysis.news podcast produced in collaboration with Other News.Paul JayPaul Jay (born 1951) is a journalist and a filmmaker. He is the founder and host of

17 September 2020 Sopiko Japaridze

Lessons from the Therapist Union in Georgia

Post-Pandemic Struggles in Social Reproduction – a series of articles and webinars by the Bulgarian left feminist colective LevFem and the platform Transnational Social StrikeSopiko JaparidzeSopiko Japaridze is the co-founder of Solidarity Network, a member-driven labour union in Georgia. She has been a labour and community organiser for 12 years.

26 August 2020 Paul Jay

Poland: Suppression of LGBTQ a Move Towards Authoritarianism (The Analysis podcast)

Poland’s right-wing fundamentalist Catholic government has been brutally suppressing the LGBTQ community to strengthen the move to a broad authoritarian government. Boyan Stanislavski joins Paul Jay on theAnalysis.news podcast.Paul JayPaul Jay (born 1951) is a journalist and a filmmaker. He is the founder and host of theAnalysis.news, a news analysis service. He was the