Against the false duo. Eastern European left and change

25 July 2021 Kamran Baradaran - Vladimir Mitev

Against the false duo. Eastern European left and change

The role of the Bulgarian and Eastern European left in bringing about effective systemic change.Kamran Baradaran – Vladimir MitevKamran Baradaran is an Iranian translator, author, and journalist. He has translated works by Slavoj Žižek, Paul Virilio, Jean Baudrillard, Antonio Gramsci, Paul Mason, among many others. He has also published a

7 July 2021 The Barricade

Endgame for neoliberalism? What is on the horizon for the return of politics?

Transform!Europe’s main topics for 2022.The Barricade

15 June 2021 The Barricade

Security and the Left in Europe – Perspectives from the European Parliament

Together with the MEPs Özlem Demirel and Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, we will discuss the concept of security: Why do we need a new concept of security for the left in Europe? What are the major debates over security in the EP? What are the next steps the Left in the

14 March 2021 Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski

Working class mobilizations in Serbia and Romania

On the Barricades, March 14, 2021Maria Cernat – Boyan StanislasvskiBoyan Stanislavski (Poland) and Maria Cernat (Romania) make a regular video podcast, in which they discuss various developments in Poland, Romania and the region. The work title of their podcast is “Squatting reds in tracksuits”

28 January 2021 Boyan Stanislavski

What’s wrong with the Left?

First episode of the new podcast Divided We FallBoyan StanislavskiBulgarian and Polish activist, journalist, editor, publisher and translator. In the late `90 active in the Polish left and later in the labor movement, particularly the biggest Polish labor confederation — The All-Poland Trade Union Alliance. Until 2012 editor-in-chief of its

21 October 2020 Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski

The autumn wave of coronavirus strikes Eastern Europe. Where’s the left?

The left has given up on having its own agenda in the conditions of coronavirus pandemics. The extreme right is the only opposition to the right-wing governments in the region. That is a problem.Maria Cernat – Boyan StanislasvskiBoyan Stanislavski (Poland) and Maria Cernat (Romania) make a regular video podcast, in

2 October 2020 The Barricade

Romania – illusions turning Into nightmares

Maria Cernat joined Yuri Smouter on his podcast 1+1 talking about Romania’s socialism, transition and contemporary societyThe Barricade

18 September 2020 Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski

St. Business and the left-wing devil

Romania and Poland fit perfectly into the neoliberal tendencies still holding strong in Eastern Europe. That is, to ignore and demonize those who question the system and to blame all problems on minorities.Maria Cernat – Boyan StanislasvskiBoyan Stanislavski (Poland) and Maria Cernat (Romania) make a regular video podcast, in which

1 July 2020 Diem 25 Romania

A leap of faith for the Left

Answer to Transform!Europe’s invitation for discussion among the European left-wing movements and groups on a strategic document about the future of the EU and the place of the left in it Diem 25 Romania

23 September 2018 Vladimir Borţun

The anti-politics of liberal ”analysis” displayed again. This time in Romania

The civic church of anti-corruption, which has recently accomplished successful recruitment on the left, entirely misses the point about the actual cause of the social tensions in this countryVladimir BorţunAfter BA (2008) and MA (2010) in political science at the University of Bucharest, he worked as translator and assistant researcher.