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From wild dingo children to the cannibal generation: the history of the disappearing East

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....

The contemporary beginning of Czech McCarthyism

Jan Klán
Czechia
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The new Czech government, which consists of the Civic Democratic Party (ODS), the Mayors and Independents (STAN), the Christian Democrats (KDU-ČSL), the Liberal Democratic Party (TOP 09), and the Czech Pirate Party, has a very broad concept...

The necessary change in Bulgaria: from static to dynamic identity?

Vladimir Mitev
Bulgaria
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In the English-language world, the story from Panchatantra about the elephant and the blind wise men is popular. Each of them touched a certain part of his body and proclaimed that part to be the...

Webinar: Producing knowledge from the left in Eastern Europe

The Barricade
Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe
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A webinar hosted by the Transnational Institute (TNI) will address knowledge production in Eastern Europe by leftist organizations and it will be held on 21 October at 6PM CET. You can register here to attend. Understanding Eastern Europe’s post-socialist...

Bulgaria’s transition to capitalism — a very uncreative destruction

Veronika Stoyanova
Analysis
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Few of the developments of the post-1989 transformation in Bulgaria were a result of popular democratic politics, much of it being part of the global turn towards neoliberal globalization. In some popular accounts in the...

Is Trump Good for Bulgarian Corruption?

This interview was published on 19 October 2020 at TheAnalysis.news and was made in partnership with The Other News. Welcome to theAnalysis.news podcast. I’m Paul Jay. Don’t forget there’s a donate button at the top...

The Bulgarian middle class wants to be getting empowered by the anti-corruption fight

Zlatko Jovanovic
Bulgaria
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Democracy in Europe (DEO) is a Danish NGO, which aims to make nuanced debate on the EU and promotes participatory democracy. Vladimir Mitev was invited by the DEO to give an interview, screened within an...

Romania – illusions turning Into nightmares

The Barricade
History
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Maria Cernat was invited by Belgian-based journalist Youri Smouter to appear on his podcast, 1+1, to share with an international audience what Romania was like during communist times and also to talk about the past...

A step beyond the transition?

Vladimir Mitev
Bulgaria
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Yes, that's exactly what the Bulgarians that have been protesting in the streets of Sofia and other major cities for over four weeks now really want. Grasping this idea seems to be the key to...

From wild dingo children to the cannibal generation: the history of the disappearing East

The contemporary beginning of Czech McCarthyism

The necessary change in Bulgaria: from static to dynamic identity?

Webinar: Producing knowledge from the left in Eastern Europe

Bulgaria’s transition to capitalism — a very uncreative destruction

Is Trump Good for Bulgarian Corruption?

The Bulgarian middle class wants to be getting empowered by the anti-corruption fight

Romania – illusions turning Into nightmares

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