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What exactly is “vaccine nationalism,” and why is it a terrible idea?

Boyan Stanislavski
Commons
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The concept of "vaccine nationalism" is not widely understood. However, it has gained popularity among journalists and researchers who have been following the progress of Covid-19 vaccines. The United States and Israel, the two countries...

On the verge of war in eastern Ukraine w/ Mark Sleboda

Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski
Global affairs
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart, Joe Biden, have discussed Ukraine-related tensions, security concerns, and the need for nuclear arms control, with the White House proposing a formal meeting in “a third country.”...

Right-Wing Attacks on Germany’s Press

Thomas Klikauer - Norman Simms
Analysis
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In recent months attacks on press freedom have been on the rise throughout Germany. There has also been a sharp increase in violence against journalists. Assaults on the media in general have intensified massively in...

Whose return to normalcy?

Ovidiu Ţichindeleanu
Analysis
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A cursory look at the things that “have returned to normal” over the extended state of exception caused by the pandemic shows the madness in the system. The first to return to being at risk,...

A transnational response to the attacks on the Istanbul Convention

The Barricade
E.A.S.T. (Essential Autonomous Struggles Transnational)
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On April 11th, EAST members, women and LGBTQIA+ people from Turkey, Poland, Greece, Italy, Bulgaria, Romania, […], drawing from Turkey’s withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention, gathered together in a public assembly. This assembly was called...

Bulgaria’s political system is a non-representative democracy

Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski
Bulgaria
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On April 4th the General Election was held in Bulgaria. Another stage of the political, social and cultural degradation and destitution was marked. This time the most emblematic element was the massive vote for a...

Non-representative democracy — season BG, episode 2021

Mirena Filpova - Boyan Stanislavski
Bulgaria
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On April 4 in Bulgaria’s parliamentary elections, 25% of voters supported Prime Minister Boyko Borissov's right-wing party, GERB. But new parties that campaigned on anti-corruption and COVID denial also did extremely well. The left's decline...

Fereydoun Majlessi: Extremists did not allow Rouhani to keep his word

Vladimir Mitev
China
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Fereydoun Majlessi is a former diplomat, who served in Washington DC and in Brussels in the European community before the Iranian Revolution in 1979. Since then he has been a manager and an entrepreneur, as...

Why Ukraine’s borders are back at the center of geopolitics

Vijay Prashad
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On March 11, Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba wrote on Twitter that his government has “approved the Strategy for Deoccupation & Reintegration of Crimea.” What he referred to is a new strategy driven by Ukraine’s...

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