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“The Russian public has no appetite for war” /w Stanislav Byshok, part 2

Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski
Russia
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Stanislav Byshok, a Russian political scientist, is our guest this time. He earned a PhD after graduating from Moscow State University, and he is frequently described as a scholar deconstructing nationalism and populism in international...

“The Russian public has no appetite for war” /w Stanislav Byshok

Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski
Global affairs
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The Ukraine crisis and it’s complex nuances w/ Volodymyr Artiukh

Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski
Nationalists
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Ukraine has captured the attention of the international media, because there are serious concerns about a potential military confrontation in the region. First, there were conversations regarding the potential military invasion of the country by...

António Guterres’ hour

Boaventura de Sousa Santos
Analysis
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There is a clear discomfort among international activists and commentators who follow the United Nations, as well as among former UN senior officials and special rapporteurs, with the organization’s growing irrelevance as the world is...

Summit for (capitalism without any) democracy w/ Pat Byrne

Boyan Stanislavski
Anti-corruption
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In the second part (part one — https://bit.ly/3Id00GC) of our discussion with Pat Byrne on the outcomes of the Summit for Democracy, which was held in early January, we discuss how American and other Western...

On the outcomes of the Summit for ‘Democracy’ w/ Pat Byrne

Boyan Stanislavski
Democracy
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The American government hosted a global conference called the Summit for Democracy in early January. We discussed it at the time with Pat Byrne, a long-time socialist activist and historian. Today, after a few weeks...

Kazakhstani Chessboard — Part 3 — Traditional agitprop in the media and more

Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski
Global affairs
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It was predictable, but it was still disappointing. The western media began their usual campaign of support for anything that could be construed as anti-Russian. It was their usual agitation for those 'fighting for their...

Kazakhstani Chessboard — Part 2 — From spontaneous demos to rampant riots

Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski
Labour
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What exactly happened last week in Kazakhstan? This is a question that many people have. Was this a genuine protest, or a western-led American jab in Russia's soft underbelly? Was this a working-class movement or...

Kazakhstani Chessboard — Part 1 — The setting

Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski
Labour
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Last week, a stunning series of events occurred in Kazakhstan, a major Central Asian country. In comparison to many other states with a similar history of ties to the USSR, this post-Soviet republic was largely...

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