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Syriza’s victory and what comes next: Anastas Vangeli, Republic of...

“We can learn a lot from Syriza, work together with them and the other movements on the ground on issues such as social justice, solidarity and civic mobilization in border regions; developing...

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Syriza’s victory stirs the Left’s political imagination across Central,...

Three weeks ago the Left celebrated Syriza’s victory. The plot has thickened since, and it will surely intensify further by the 28th of February when the EU-IMF bailout is due to expire. As the Greek...

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International Women’s Day in the Balkans: Jana Tsoneva

Jana Tsoneva is a PhD student in Sociology and Social anthropology at CEU, Budapest. She researches the latest anti-government mobilizations in Bulgaria and is interested in theories of populism,...

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International Women’s Day in the Balkans: Nita Luci

Nita Luci holds a PhD in Anthropology from the University of Michigan – Ann Arbor. She heads the University Program for Gender Studies and Research and teaches at the departments of Anthropology,...

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International Women’s Day in the Balkans: Tijana Okić

Tijana Okić is a philosopher and one of the founders of the Sarajevo Plenum. She teaches at the University of Sarajevo and translates from English,French and Italian. “Feminism has been reduced to...

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International Women’s Day in the Balkans: Ana Vilenica

Ana Vilenica is a researcher, theorist and an activist. She is the editor of the book Becoming a Mother in Neoliberal Capitalism, co-editor of the book On the Ruins of the Creative City and the chief...

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International Women’s Day in the Balkans: Antonio Mihajlov

Antonio Mihajlov is President of the Association for the critical approach to gender and sexuality – Subversive Front in Skopje and a Committee member of the National network against homophobia and...

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International Women’s Day in the Balkans: Eirini Gaitanou

Eirini Gaitanou, is a PhD student at King’s College London, studying social movements amid the crisis in Greece. She has been active in the social movements in Greece for over a decade and has...

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International Women’s Day in the Balkans: Anita Tolić

Anita Tolić is a member of the Initiative for Democratic Socialism and Institute for Labour Studies in Slovenia. “In the relative absence of an organized, progressive feminist struggle, the economic...

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International Women’s Day in the Balkans: Ankica Čakardić

Ankica Čakardić is an assistant professor at the Department of Philosophy, University of Zagreb. She coordinates educational programmes at the Centre for Women’s Studies in Zagreb, is a member of The...

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Was the 8th of March cancelled in the Balkans this year?

Wrapped in a perfumed Valentine’s-meets-Mother’s-Day packaging, year after year International Women’s Day seems to become further stripped of its political flavour. What is worrying is that this occurs...

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International Workers’ Day: resounding struggles from Greece to Russia

“For more than twenty years have the wage workers of this country begged and prayed their masters, the factory lords, to reduce their burdens. It has been in vain.” – this proclamation could easily...

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We Asked: Refugee Rights Organizers Address the Conditions of Refugees on the...

A migrant family sits on the ground as they wait to be allowed onto the platform of the Eastern Keleti by local police in the Hungarian capital Budapest, on September 12, 2015 (AFP PHOTO / ATTILA...

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The Left in Greece & Macedonia: We can write new pages of common struggle!

The ongoing negotiations between the Greek and the Macedonian government on the issue of the “name” of the Republic of Macedonia have sparked a nationalist backlash in Greece- it manifested itself in...

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We Asked: Geopolitics and the Left (Part I: Russia & the West)

The latest wave of confrontation between Russia and the West—from the Skripal affair and the following diplomat expulsions and sanctions on Russia to the gassing of Douma residents most likely...

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We Asked: Geopolitics & the Left, Part II

Early communist geopolitical imaginings. Comrade Lenin swipes the filth from the Earth. Russian Civil War poster In continuing the theme of the conflict between Russia and the West, which we discussed...

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Israel’s position on Venezuela – A Left Perspective

Benjamin Netanyahu on January 25th recognized Juan Guaido as Venezuela’s president (IsraeliPM/Youtube) 1.Has the government of Israel taken an official position regarding the situation in Venezuela?...

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Bulgaria’s position on Venezuela – A Left Perspective

Unlike the Bulgarian government, Bulgarian President backs Maduro 1. Has the government in Bulgaria country taken an official position regarding the situation in Venezuela? If yes, what is the...

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Serbia’s position on Venezuela- A Left Perspective

1. Has Serbia’s government taken an official position regarding the situation in Venezuela? If yes, what is the position? Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic says Serbia favors resolving problems in Venezuela...

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Croatia’s position on Venezuela: A Perspective from the Left

Feb 4th -Croatia’s MFA issued a statement recognizing Mr. Juan Guaidó as President ad interim of Venezuela 1.Has Croatia’s government country taken an official position regarding the situation in...

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