The middle class struggles for change in Bulgaria, but the protests’ slogans deal with justice, not social affairs. Real change would come from the “downtrodden masses”, who need to find new energy, free time and financial resources in order to strengthen themselves politically. They are presently lured into populist and
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The poles have been for a long time under attack by discourses of intolerance and emotional exploitationMaria 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
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Roberto Savio – the founder of the site The Other News, describes the political dimensions of evangelicalismThe Barricade
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Vasile Ernu speaks with Victoria Stoiciu about the new serfdom and the guaranteed minimum income: ”In our country the fight against poverty has turned into a fight against the poor” Vasile ErnuVasile Ernu is born in the USSR in 1971. He has graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy (The University
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Weird events have once again transpired on the outskirts of Europe. In Gorna Oryahovitsa, a provincial Bulgarian town, people have been up in arms over a social housing project out of fear it would become… a home for the poor. And to make it even weirder – the Bulgarian Socialist
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