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Tribute to Navalny – a less flattering portrait

Maria Cernat
Global affairs
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Alexei Navalny, a prominent figure in the Russian political landscape, has passed away. In recent days, countless words have been spoken about him, and articles in the specialized press have substantially contributed to shaping the...

Greece: Protest against NATO

Emily Wall
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Greece calls on NATO to stop interfering in Ukraine's internal affairs Residents of Athens have protested against the aggressive policy of the North Atlantic Alliance towards Ukraine. More than fifty residents of the capital came...

Hags. The Demonization of Middle Aged Women

Maria Cernat
Art & culture
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Review of Victoria Smith’s book Victoria Smith has recently published a book with a very suggestive title: Hags: The Demonisation of Middle Aged Women. Deconstructing the old age of women, the author suggests we resist...

What is the solution for Western Ukrainians?

Boyan Stanislavski
NATO
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Boyan Stanislavski speaks to Vitahlyi Makhinko, the chairman of the civic non-governmental organization European Galicia, a social and labor union activist with a long past record of defending the rights of Ukrainians abroad. Do you...

Education and false inclusion

Maria Cernat
Education
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Reflections on Romanian education The beginning of this academic year was quite challenging for me. I witnessed conflicts between students and an attitude I was not used to. The level of dissatisfaction and aggression increased...

Socialism with Romanian characteristics

Maria Cernat
Romania
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A short report from a recent event My friend Youri Smouter kept telling me that we have to accept the idea of socialism with Chinese, Romanian... or (I might add) Paraguayan characteristics. Today, March 25,...

Why Democracy doesn’t work on an empty stomach

Maria Cernat
Democracy
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An attempt to explain It is often said that it is literature that provides us with the best explanations of social phenomena in a condensed form. I tried to explain to a militant American pacifist,...

The Romanian left and its events

Florin E. Platon
Analysis & reports
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A sad picture The past week has been filled with landmark events on the Romanian Left. For three days, starting on Thursday, the conference "Capitalist transformations in Romania: unequal development and social gaps" was held...

The mystery of unpaid prices – last part

The Barricade
Energy
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What can be done? Here we are at the end of our story! Professor Andrei Mocearov has been patient enough to take us on this adventurous journey through misinformation, speculation and highly problematic reactions from...

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