Russia – The Barricade

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

13 February 2018 Boyan Stanislavski

Saakashvili in the center of yet another grotesque event

The right-wing madness in Ukraine is mostly dangerous and sad, but thanks to personages like the infamous ‘Eurasian Berlusconi’ it sometimes appears comically pathetic. Boyan 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

15 January 2018 Boyan Stanislavski

New Year’s winds of war

Another record of New Year’s pyrotechnical goods consumption was probably beaten this year. It is a pity though, that no one thought that we could spend one of the upcoming New Year’s Eves in nuclear shelters, where firecrackers are useless. Pop and disco polo played, “champagne” corks flew, and firecrackers