We're closing soon at the Institute for Social Solidarity. It looked like a project with great potential. A left-wing think-tank. Like so many other projects it ended sadly and with great resentment from some of...
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...
Fact-checking is waking up, drunk, and taking a shot of vodka Ever since the discussion about fact-checking started – it's been a few years now – I've been seriously questioning the viability of this model...
Comments on Albena Azmanova’s book "Capitalism on edge" Could anyone have imagined 10 years ago that a book written by a former anti-communist dissident who openly poses the question of overcoming capitalism would be translated...
Capitalism on edge – a plea for emancipation. The publication in Romanian of Albena Azmanova's “Capitalism on Edge”, for which we have to thank Maria Cernat and Alexandru Ionașcu, is extremely important for the Romanian...
Mentally and materially, capitalism creates us in such a way that we cannot imagine overcoming it. If we do imagine it, we cannot overcome it without being pushed towards violent actions against it. Thanks to...
The novel Sălbaticii Copii Dingo (The Wild Dingo Children, Polirom 2021) by Vasile Ernu was awarded the Observator Cultural 2022 prize for the best book in the memoir category. This text is a longer form of the award speech....
This is the second instalment of this week's “On the Barricades” release. This episode is part of our regular series, which we co-produce and co-host with Youri Smouter of 1+1. Maria, Boyan, and Youri discuss:...
This our thumbs up and thumbs down session with Youri Smouter of 1+1 (https://www.youtube.com/user/Yourismo...) 01:00 Maria Cernat on the meeting in Kiev of Romanian President Klaus Iohannis with leaders Macron, Schultz, Dragi to negotiate a...
...Or, how the state institutions were sacked and all we got was this suspect philanthropist funding anti-racism projects. In this second episode of this week’s “On the Barricades”, hosts Maria Cernat and Boyan Stanislavski continue...