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Security and the Left in Europe – Perspectives from the European Parliament

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Gender issues
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Security is a basic need and an urgent necessity for everyone, particularly for those affected by war, violent conflict, police brutality, hate crimes, or domestic violence. Yet, current debates on security are mostly co-opted by...

The US has just begun a regime-change operation in Bulgaria! Who will be the new Viceroy?

Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski
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That's a difficult question to answer. There are numerous candidates. To be more specific, almost anyone could be a candidate. The American embassy in Sofia even went so far as to organize a casting call....

Eastern European leftist journalists dissect the Belarus situation

Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski
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Aleksander Lukashenko has been the undisputed leader of Belarus for over 25 years. How is this even possible? Is it truly only through the plethora of dictatorial measures he employed during that time? Certainly not!...

On the barricades — May’s thumb-ups & thumb-downs pt. 2

Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski
Belarus
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We cover the most important events of the previous few weeks in this episode, which we usually release at the end of the month. Unquestionably, a major shift in international relations is taking place right...

On the barricades — May’s thumb-ups & thumb-downs

Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski
Economy & finance
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We cover the most important events of the previous few weeks in this episode, which we usually release at the end of the month. May's selection was particularly difficult because there were so many interesting...

The Economic Reaction of Selected EU Member States to the Outbreak of the Corona Crisis 2020

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Coronavirus
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The corona crisis has placed European economies under enormous pressure. After a return to national solutions such as border closings for exports of medical products, the governments began to reflect and slowly assemble aid packages...

Zelensky follows Poroshenko’s path

Veronika Stoyanova
Nationalists
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Ukraine and its political development have long been just a marginal issue for the mainstream media. Information about Ukraine appears sporadically, although most of Ukraine's problems since 2014 have not been resolved. Crimea remains under...

To beat capitalism, you need innovation and competitiveness — Divided we fall w/ Pat Byrne s01e04

Boyan Stanislavski
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We continue our series on the Left's weaknesses. Globally, the Left has failed spectacularly over the last few decades. Clearly, there are numerous factors at play, some of which we have already discussed in previous...

From the pandemic to a sea of ignorance

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The correlation between educational and social inequalities in Bulgaria has long been at the center of public debate. However, rarely do we hear reform proposals beyond the existing neoliberal educational model based on competition, decentralization...

Europe Day: Frontex and Schuman’s Nightmare

Michal Pavlásek
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European countries commemorate Europe Day. On 9 May 1950, Robert Schuman, the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, presented an idea of peaceful cooperation in Europe in a declaration in which he proposed to create the European...