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The kitchen-floor debate or what does the left want?

Julia Rone
Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe
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It was a wicked, foolish lie, Mankind will never fly, Said the Bishop to the People. Bertold Brecht, Ulm 1592 On kitchen floors and Lidl The first stories I ever heard about Western Germany were told...

Russia’s ‘imminent’ invasion of Ukraine or a slow ‘annexation’ of Donbass?

Boyan Stanislavski
Global affairs
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The media all over the world, most notably in Europe and North America, has been attempting to persuade the public in recent weeks that Russia is about to invade Ukraine. However, there are a number...

After COP26: The world needs climate cooperation, not a new Cold War

No Cold War
China
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The COP26 regrettably failed to make the breakthrough towards establishing a new pathway for humanity that avoids a climate catastrophe. The UN scientific community considers it necessary to limit global warming below 1.5°C — however,...

An EU Commissioner is insulted by the Polish deputy justice minister

Boyan Stanislavski
European Union
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Polish politics has become the domain of ignoramuses and lowlifes who ineptly mask their profound lack of competence with viciousness and belligerence under the rule of the Catholic fundamentalists of the Law and Justice (PiS)...

“Capitalism’s deadly threat” — transform!Europe’s 2021 Yearbook is out

Boyan Stanislavski
Ecology
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The 2021 "Yearbook" of transform!Europe examines capitalism's impact on the global ecosystem and the accompanying economic crisis, as well as the effects on logistics and borders, the structure of work, healthcare systems, European integration, geopolitical...

Bulgaria’s new political victor promises to continue the country’s downward spiral

Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski
Anti-corruption
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On November 14th Bulgaria held its third round of parliamentary elections after the first two rounds took place in April and July, and did not result in the forming of a government. For the first...

Poland’s dictatorial farce reaches comical proportions

Boyan Stanislavski
Immigration
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The brutal treatment of migrants by the Polish military, police, and border guards has sparked widespread public outrage. Also in Poland, despite the fact that the majority of citizens support the Polish authorities' barbaric reactions. The...

The horror intensifies: the Polish border guard attack migrants with gas and water cannons

Boyan Stanislavski
Belarus
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The Polish side is becoming increasingly cruel. Near the closed border crossing Kunica-Bruzgi, desperate migrants threw stones, branches, and empty cans of tinned food at Polish officers and soldiers. On the Polish side, the police...

Bulgarian Left on its deathbed

Boyan Stanislavski
Analysis
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The elections in Bulgaria this past Sunday (November 14) raised the usual set of questions for anyone who has even tangentially followed the country's political process. Why, in the poorest country in the EU, devastated...

Poland’s response to the ‘migrant crisis’ is brutal, irrational, and repugnant

Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski
Belarus
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To believe that the Polish response to the migrant gathering on the Polish-Belarussian border could be even remotely rational and meaningful, one would have to be completely insane. Let us begin by recognizing that those...