Is Bosnia and Herzegovina’s time finally up?

2 December 2021 Boyan Stanislavski

Is Bosnia and Herzegovina’s time finally up?

Russia and NATO’s game in the Balkans has all the potential to seal the fate of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), an EU/US protectorate posing as a state.Boyan StanislavskiBulgarian and Polish activist, journalist, editor, publisher and translator. In the late `90 active in the Polish left and later in the labor

6 June 2021 Veronika Sušová-Salminen

Zelensky follows Poroshenko’s path

Veronika Sušová-Salminen argues that the Ukrainian president has in many ways returned to the policies of his predecessor, Petro Poroshenko.Veronika Sušová-SalminenVeronika Sušová-Salminen is a Czech historian and political analyst currently living in Finland. She holds a Ph.D. in historical anthropology from the Faculty of Humanities of Charles University. Her research

13 March 2021 Medea Benjamin - Nicolas J.S. Davies

What Planet Is NATO Living On?

The Alliance meets with reality test 75 years after its establishmentMedea Benjamin – Nicolas J.S. Davies Medea Benjamin is cofounder of CODEPINK for Peace, and author of several books, including Inside Iran: The Real History and Politics of the Islamic Republic of Iran.– Nicolas J. S. Davies is an independent

1 February 2021 The Barricade

The Russian protests — some reason to the passionate media plot

On the Barricades podcast focused on the political developments in Russia and the figure of Alexei Navalny in its 31 January 2021 episodeThe Barricade

24 January 2021 Yuliana Metodieva

Erdogan has no influence over Bulgarian Turks

Interview with the Bulgaria—based expert on Turkey about the relations between the Turkish president and Bulgarian Muslims and about the future of Turkey after the introduction of a law which could limit the activities of NGOsYuliana MetodievaYuliana Metodieva is the founder and editor-in-chief of Marginalia – Bulgarian website for comments,

20 December 2020 Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski

Lithuania’s failed social-democracy. Was the 2020 election LSDP’s funeral?

The 20 December 2020 episode of the podcast On the Barricades was about Lithuania, its political and social condition and the state of its left forcesMaria Cernat – Boyan StanislasvskiBoyan Stanislavski (Poland) and Maria Cernat (Romania) make a regular video podcast, in which they discuss various developments in Poland, Romania

22 November 2020 Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski

Moldova goes West? Are any changes possible after Sandu’s election?

The Molodovan presidential elections seen through the prism of oligarchy, anticorruption, feminism, geopolitics.Maria 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 On the Barricades.

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

17 January 2019 Maria Cernat

Bleak prospects for feminism in Russia

Lyubov Kalugina is facing serious charges for her postings online. She is has allegedly breached the article 282 of the Russian penal code which forbids “incitement of hatred or enmity and abasement of human dignity”. In December 2018 she sat down with Maria Cernat to discuss the postings in question.Combating

5 October 2018 Maria Cernat

Independent media, social networks and conspiracy theories

Boyan Stanislavski “If you sit in front of your computer or smartphone collecting likes or taking part in some shitstorm – you’re doing exactly what your government and the corporations want you to do. It has ZERO political value!”The mass media have evolved beyond our imagination. We are communicating, at