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Cancelling comedians while the world burns

Maria Cernat
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Ben Burgis’s latest book is a therapeutic experience for those who have experienced online public shaming. It is also a courageous book taking on the dysfunctions of the left; pathologies that Burgis calls “diseases of...

To elections with a song! Winners and losers in the Bulgarian parliamentary elections

Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski
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On July 11, 2021, Bulgarians voted for the second time this year for parliament, as representatives of the parties elected in the first vote on April 4, 2021, failed to form a coalition. Last year,...

A leftist perspective on the victory of Maia Sandu’s party in Moldova

Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski
Anti-corruption
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On July eleventh, both Bulgaria and Moldova held parliamentary elections. In this edition of our show, we shall discuss the landslide victory of the Party of Action and Solidarity. This is the political party of...

The future of work

Thomas Klikauer - Meg Young
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It has been said many times that predicting the future is hard. Understanding this, the Nobel Laureate and father of the atomic model Niels Bohr once said, prediction is very difficult, especially if it’s about the...

Covid-19 and the gender gap in Germany

Thomas Klikauer - Meg Young
Coronavirus
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By mid-July 2021, Germany had around 92,000 Corona deaths and about 800 to 900 new cases per day. Most discussions centered around two issues, a summer holiday in southern Europe and the expected coming of the fourth...

Hungarian reception of changing political scenes in Bulgaria and Moldova

Eva S. Balogh
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This morning I watched a fascinating interview with Árpád Székely, the former Hungarian ambassador to Moscow, who was asked what he thought of the Orbán government’s foreign policy. “What foreign policy? There is no such thing. There...

Why is xenophobia the most prevalent conviction in Bulgaria?

Pawel_Tsch
Bulgaria
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The Bulgarian population is rife with negative stereotypes about others — Turks, Roma, Jews, refugees, and sexual minorities. Anyone familiar with the situation on the ground will recognize that such sentiments have always been a...

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

Vladimir Mitev
Immigration
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In the United Kingdom, the terms "Europe" and "European" appear to have acquired a negative connotation. Unpleasant incidents are becoming more common. How did we end up in this predicament? Yes, a lot has changed...

Conservatism and academia in Romania and Poland

Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski
Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe
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The idea of being forced by the neo-Marxist European and US forces to be politically correct is haunting the minds of Eastern European politicians. Their public display of fears and anxieties generated by this Apocalyptic...

The Origins of Murdochracy

Thomas Klikauer - Meg Young
Democracy
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Perhaps one of the first times Murdochracy appeared was in a 2012 article by one of the world’s most eminent journalist – John Pilger. Pilger wrote about the $22.5bn-man and media mogul Rupert Murdoch. Rupert Murdoch controls most of...