war – Page 2 – The Barricade

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...

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...

Feminism and War! Driving and Sharing my Thoughts with our Viewers

Maria Cernat
Gender issues
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Maria Cernat discusses feminism and war, and how the latter appears to have had an unexpected impact on the former. Many feminist activists appear to have opportunistically joined the warmongering machine rather than protesting it....

The Pro-War Attitude and Its Dangers, part 2

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...

The Pro-War Attitude and Its Dangers

Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski
Journalism and Media
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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...

Fallacies – the Perfect Tools to Fight the War, part 2

No war can be fought today without powerful narratives based on persuasive discourses. The war in Ukraine is no exception to this rule. In an era when we have the most formidable tools of communication,...

Fallacies – the Perfect Tools to Fight the War

“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...