Ukraine – Page 2 – The Barricade

The real Zelensky: From celebrity populist to unpopular Pinochet-style neoliberal

Natylie Baldwin
Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe
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Ukrainian academic Olga Baysha details Volodymyr Zelensky’s embrace of widely loathed neoliberal policies, his repression of rivals, and how his actions fueled the current war with Russia. A comedic actor who rose to the country’s...

Imagining the Ukrainian-Polish La-la land

Boyan Stanislavski
Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe
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It is not authentic or 'natural,' as some claim; on the contrary, it defies logic, history, and popular sentiment (and resentments). If the situation worsens and the sovereignty of both countries is actually merged, even to...

What grain? What famine?

Boyan Stanislavski
European Union
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I’ve been listening to the growing intensity of the Western media’s lament about the impending famine for at least two weeks. Its cause is, of course, a well-known devil who has devised his latest cruel scheme: starving the...

The Kursk report 2022

Florin E. Platon
Russia
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Propaganda is entirely political and does not change the events on the ground. Its purpose is to prevent the understanding of the events, promoting conclusions instead of explanations. It proclaims singular ‘truths’, instead of multiple...

Half of the US lives in poverty, so this is the ideal time to send $40 billion to Ukraine!

Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski
Economy & finance
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This is the second part of our conversation with Patricia Gorky, an American leftist activist and member of the Party for Socialist Liberation. She spoke with Boyan Stanislavski and Maria Cernat, the hosts of "On...

Thumbs up and thumbs down, pt. 2: Ukraine’s war, militarism, and a failing left

Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski
On the Barricades (Podcast)
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This is the second installment of this week's On the Barricades release. This episode is part of our regular monthly series, which we co-produce and co-host with Youri Smouter of 1+1. Maria, Boyan, and Youri...

The Pro-War Attitude and Its Dangers

Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski
Journalism and Media
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As the war continues in Ukraine, more and more people, intellectuals, journalists, and artists are drawn into the pro-war narrative. The slightest deviation from the official line is deemed to be “pro-Putinist Russian propaganda”. There...

Why are the Polish authorities so enthusiastic to escalate the ongoing war?

Boyan Stanislavski
Poland
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A rational politician would want to protect their country from war and other heinous events. But not the current Polish government! Not the Catholic fundamentalist ideologues who seized control of Polish society in 2015 and...

“Russia is constantly readjusting their endgame,” says an international security analyst

Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski
On the Barricades (Podcast)
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The diplomatic front of the war is discussed in the second part of the discussion with ex-US military man and scholar Mark Sleboda on the war in Ukraine. Some commentators argue that the Russians are...

Why are most leftist media failing to properly cover the Ukraine war? /w Pat Byrne

Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski
Journalism and Media
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The second part of this conversation with Pat Byrne, a political analyst, author, and historian of the European left, is about the leftist media and their coverage of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. Since Russia's...