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The mystery of unpaid prices – a series with Andrei Mocearov – part 3

Maria Cernat
Energy
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Speculation on energy markets How has the European Commission reacted to rising energy prices? On the one hand, the European Commission recognises that there is very high volatility on the spot markets and that there...

The mystery of unpaid prices – a series with Andrei Mocearov

The Barricade
Energy
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Part I - How we went from natural monopoly to market Energy, and especially energy prices, have been the subject of much debate recently. As not only our lives, but the entire economy is heavily...

The Ukrainian crisis and possible future scenarios dissected in detail (pt. 1) w/ Mark Sleboda

Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski
Global affairs
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The more tensions rise in Ukraine, and the situation is exaggerated by increasingly deranged media narratives, the more difficult it becomes to make sense of the entire crisis unfolding before our eyes. Nonetheless, many people...

António Guterres’ hour

Boaventura de Sousa Santos
Analysis
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There is a clear discomfort among international activists and commentators who follow the United Nations, as well as among former UN senior officials and special rapporteurs, with the organization’s growing irrelevance as the world is...

On the outcomes of the Summit for ‘Democracy’ w/ Pat Byrne

Boyan Stanislavski
Democracy
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The American government hosted a global conference called the Summit for Democracy in early January. We discussed it at the time with Pat Byrne, a long-time socialist activist and historian. Today, after a few weeks...

European periphery — EU’s dark side w/ Veronika Sušová-Salminen

Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski
Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe
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Veronika Sušová-Salminen is our guest "On the Barricades" this weekend. She is a researcher from the Czech Republic, who produced a report on the peripheries of the European Union in a project supported by Transform!...

Bulgaria’s new political victor promises to continue the country’s downward spiral

Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski
Anti-corruption
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On November 14th Bulgaria held its third round of parliamentary elections after the first two rounds took place in April and July, and did not result in the forming of a government. For the first...

Migrants pay the price for Poland’s nationalistic posture with their lives

Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski
Belarus
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The hosts of "On the Barricades," Maria Cernat and Boyan Stanislavski, discuss the situation on the Polish-Belarussian border in this episode, focusing on the Polish authorities' cynical, violent, and downright stupid response to what they...

Czech Elections: All fears have come true

Jiří Málek
Czechia
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With 27.8% the SPOLU (Togеther) coalition, consisting of the Civic Democratic Party (ODS), Christian Democrats (KDU-ČSL), and Liberal Democratic Party (TOP 09), received the most votes; the next largest vote share — 27.1% — went...

Presenting the 2021 transform! yearbook – An Interview with John Bellamy Foster

The Barricade
Ecology
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transform! yearbook 2021 is the seventh of an annual series reporting on and analysing European and world political and social developments. The current issue looks at capitalism’s impact on the world ecosystem through global warming and...