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A step beyond the transition?

Vladimir Mitev
Bulgaria
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Yes, that's exactly what the Bulgarians that have been protesting in the streets of Sofia and other major cities for over four weeks now really want. Grasping this idea seems to be the key to...

Rampant right-wing hooliganism is now mainstream politics

Boyan Stanislavski
Postcards from Poland
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So, this is an effort sum up the events which transpired last weekend. The Polish right-wing extremists marched through the streets of Warsaw to commemorate an uprising organized against their analogs from over 70 years...

Why Bitcoin Is Not a Socialist’s Ally

Yannis Varoufakis
Economy & finance
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This article was published at the site of Yanis Varoufakis on 27 July 2020. On 15th July, Ben Arc published in Bitcoin Magazine an open letter addressed to me in a bid to convince me...

The Screen New Deal

Theodora Kotsaka
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This article was published on 27 July 2020 at the site of Syriza's newspaper "Avgi". The article is translated into English by Wayne Hall and is republished with the permission of the author Dora Kotsaka....

LGBT community trumps the Russians as public enemy №1 in Poland

Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski
Gender issues
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There are two “public enemies” in Poland: Russia and the LGBT community. Recently, the LGBT community found itself under heavy fire since the government of Catholic fundamentalists Law and Justice takes pride in vilifying these...

Water as a public good for all

Riccardo Petrella
Commons
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This article was published on 28 July 2020 in a number of international media and agencies. The Barricade has repbulished it from the Italian agency Pressenza. On July 28 this year we “celebrate” the 10th...

Revolution in Bulgaria? Not so fast!

Georgi Hristov
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Some of you may have seen here and here that there is a lot of political turmoil currently happening in Bulgaria. The people are revolting against a government that has been in power for ten...

Bulgarian protests: battles over anti-corruption?

Vladimir Mitev
Analysis
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This article was published at the Open Democracy site on 27 July 2020. The Bulgarian protests of the summer of 2020 constitute an unusual eruption of political energy. Bulgaria has been known for its apathy...

Identity politics vs. class struggle. Where’s the debate?

Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski
Gender issues
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Identity politics is a paradigm where political change is driven by identitarian struggle — to it, equality and justice will never be truly realized until all forms of discrimination against marginilized identities are quelled. That's how is...

Struggles in Social Reproduction during Covid-19: from East to West and Beyond

The Barricade
Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe
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This article was originally published at the site of The Transnational Social Strike platform in cooperation with the Bulgarian feminist collective LevFem. The Covid-19 pandemic showed, more than anything, the deep interconnectedness and mutual dependence...

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Revolution in Bulgaria? Not so fast!

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