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Degrowth and MMT: A thought experiment

Jason Hickel
Commons
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This article was published originally on 23 September 2020 at Jason Hickel's blog and is republished with permission. Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) is getting a lot of attention these days, thanks in large part to...

Dracula Politics – the Pathetic Fight with Imaginary Monsters

Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski
On the Barricades Special (Podcast)
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On September 27th local elections were held in Romania. Maria Cernat and Boyan Stanislavski discuss how cheap political theatre continues to displace serious political debate. The campaign before these elections was Romanian “politics” in a...

High time for a mass grassroots movement in Bulgaria

Vladimir Mitev
Bulgaria
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In politics it makes no sense to complain. Solutions are needed; people on the left in Bulgaria and in our region in general should know better, but we just can’t get over the general political...

“Nothing to lose but our chains.”

The Barricade
Belarus
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The interview was conducted by Daniel Schukovits for the Austrian left-wing magazine Volksstimme. It was published on Transform!Europe's site on 23 September 2020. Could you tell us a bit about yourself? My name is Pavel...

Covid and Conspiracy Rising in Romania

Paul Jay
Analysis
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This podcast was published on 27 August 2020 at the site The Analysis. Hi, I’m Paul Jay, and welcome to theAnalysis.news podcast. This episode is produced in collaboration with Other News. Other News is...

John Paul II on period

Boyan Stanislavski
Art & culture
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Speculations on the psychological nature of the Polish right-wing hardliners should be left to specialists. However, one cannot but draw some very specific conclusions from observing their identity excesses that occur almost daily, some of...

Scandals in Romania and Poland: the disturbing and the exuberant are the norm

Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski
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Romania holds a sad record in terms of gender-based violence. The event Maria Cernat is talking about in this edition of The Barricade's Podcast is no different. Just a few days ago Traian Ogâgău, the...

Another return

Boyan Stanislavski
Ecology
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Returning to Poland is never easy. I've written about that many times in a very pessimistic tone. However this time, it's different I spent a week in Bulgaria, where of course one is still forced...

Cancel Culture – a Simple Way to Smear the Left or an Anti-Political Culture

Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski
Analysis
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On this episode of The Barricade’s Podcast, Maria Cernat and Boyan Stanislaski take on a very controversial topic: Cancel culture! The term is mostly used to smear the left, but one must not succumb to...

St. Business and the left-wing devil

Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski
Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe
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“In Romania there has been a lot of talk in the last decades on the country’s alleged subordinate position to the Soviet Union after the Second World War. But if you raise some questions about...