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Political theater outperforms political activism? w/ David Schwartz

Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski
Art & culture
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This time, The Barricade's hosts sat down with David Schwartz, a Romanian theater director and, in some ways, political activist. His art is meant to motivate people to take political action and to instill hope...

Covid-19 and the gender gap in Germany

Thomas Klikauer - Meg Young
Coronavirus
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By mid-July 2021, Germany had around 92,000 Corona deaths and about 800 to 900 new cases per day. Most discussions centered around two issues, a summer holiday in southern Europe and the expected coming of the fourth...

Serbia – in the shadow of exploitation; recognizing the need for redefinition

In Serbia, May 1 was overshadowed by Orthodox Easter and by a moment of realization that many had to work on this day too, as the number of working poor increased, low, insufficient wages under...

Notes from the precariat

Thomas Klikauer - Norman Simms
Analysis
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Less than ten years ago, a new word entered the world of work. By now, it has risen to stratospheric popularity with 400,000 Google hits, articles, books, lecturers and educational videos: the precariat. Many see the...

Ukraine: Workers protest utility price hikes demanded by U.S., IMF

The Barricade
Anti-corruption
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On New Year’s Day, the price of electricity, gas and oil for heating, and other utilities doubled for most households in Ukraine. The surprise price-hike was announced by President Vladimir Zelensky’s government under orders of...

Exploitation of Eastern European migrant workers

Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski
France
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Due to the dismantlement of the Soviet Union and the Eastern Bloc, we were told we were now going to live in the best of all worlds. As we were led to believe the mythology...

The protesters in Belarus are something very different from the oppositional leaders in exile

Vladimir Mitev
Belarus
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Malgorzata Kulbaczewska-Figat is a Polish journalist and expert on Eastern Europe and the Middle East. She is the deputy editor of the Polish left media platform Strike and an editor at another Polish left-wing media...

“Nothing to lose but our chains.”

The Barricade
Belarus
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The interview was conducted by Daniel Schukovits for the Austrian left-wing magazine Volksstimme. It was published on Transform!Europe's site on 23 September 2020. Could you tell us a bit about yourself? My name is Pavel...

Struggles in Social Reproduction during Covid-19: from East to West and Beyond

The Barricade
Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe
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This article was originally published at the site of The Transnational Social Strike platform in cooperation with the Bulgarian feminist collective LevFem. The Covid-19 pandemic showed, more than anything, the deep interconnectedness and mutual dependence...

Political theater outperforms political activism? w/ David Schwartz

Covid-19 and the gender gap in Germany

Serbia – in the shadow of exploitation; recognizing the need for redefinition

Notes from the precariat

Ukraine: Workers protest utility price hikes demanded by U.S., IMF

Exploitation of Eastern European migrant workers

The protesters in Belarus are something very different from the oppositional leaders in exile

“Nothing to lose but our chains.”

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