Istanbul Convention – The Barricade

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...

Feminism in Turkey – an Epic Battle With a Neoliberal Conservative President

Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski
Citizens Movements
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Being a feminist in a conservative country with a government that overtly fights to limit the rights of women can be a very challenging task. Nevertheless, there are fierce women that do not back down...

Bulgaria discovers fanatical conservatism

Georgi Hristov
Analysis
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As with most nightmares, in the beginning it all looked like a bad joke. No sane person could have suspected that what was about to unfold was possible. But in the first days of 2018...

Bulgaria: The schizophrenic battle of the Socialist party with itself

Nikolay Draganov
Analysis
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The Bulgarian Socialist Party has been in decay for years. It is now trapped between an overwhelming nationalist narrative and its ignorant right-wing leadership. The results are grotesque. In a pitiful attempt to follow the...