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Feminism and War! Driving and Sharing my Thoughts with our Viewers

Maria Cernat
Gender issues
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Maria Cernat discusses feminism and war, and how the latter appears to have had an unexpected impact on the former. Many feminist activists appear to have opportunistically joined the warmongering machine rather than protesting it....

Eastern Europe’s demographic deficit

Michael Roberts
Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe
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There has been a huge exodus of Ukrainians into neighbouring countries fleeing the war in their country- three million and counting. Just as in Syria and in other countries engulfed by war, there has been...

A new low in Romania! Police leaks journo’s intimate pics to threaten her?

Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski
Journalism and Media
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Boyan Stanislavski and Maria Cernat discuss the recent scandal in Romania in today's episode of "On the Barricades." Emilia Șercan, a well-known Romanian journalist, received numerous threats after revealing that the country's prime minister plagiarized...

During a war, the Romanian military and police will not care about civilians

Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski
Human rights and civic liberties
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Romania is one of the countries that spends a lot of money on its security apparatus, and the costs of the military's lethal toys are rising every year. There is a lot of talk about...

Statement of solidarity and support for Walden Bello

The Barricade
Info
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Sign the statement against the life-threatening harassment of the Philippine Hugpong ng Pagbabago party against Prof. Walden Bello, co-founder of and current senior analyst at the Bangkok-based think tank Focus on the Global South and...

The Pro-War Attitude and Its Dangers, part 2

Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski
Journalism and Media
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As the war continues in Ukraine, more and more people, intellectuals, journalists, and artists are drawn into the pro-war narrative. The slightest deviation from the official line is deemed to be “pro-Putinist Russian propaganda”. There...

Privatization of humor — post-April Fool’s Day reflections

Maria Cernat
Democracy
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When we're all laughing, humor is nice. And when we make fun of those in power. It's pretty sad humor when we laugh at the weak and at others. In some ways, humor is similar...

The Pro-War Attitude and Its Dangers

Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski
Journalism and Media
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The Belgorod incident and the Russian narrative’s hollowness

Boyan Stanislavski
Russia
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Another contribution from our editor, Boyan Stanislavski, who is currently in Sofia, Bulgaria. He is making some spontaneous observations and comments on Russia's rather obvious weakness in communicating their objectives in Ukraine, as well as...

Why are the Polish authorities so enthusiastic to escalate the ongoing war?

Boyan Stanislavski
Poland
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A rational politician would want to protect their country from war and other heinous events. But not the current Polish government! Not the Catholic fundamentalist ideologues who seized control of Polish society in 2015 and...