You always hear about "the fall of communism" after 1989 in Eastern Europe and how capitalism then took over. But, what's the rest of that story? We dive deep into the current crisis of capitalism in Bulgaria and Romania with two expert guests, Boyan Stanislavski and Professor Maria Cernat of The Barricade, a new outlet set up by a group of left oriented activists from around Eastern Europe – Bulgaria, Poland, Slovakia and Serbia. Part 1 focuses our analysis on Bulgaria, part 2 focuses on Romania.
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More about our guests:
Boyan Stanislavski | Боян Станиславски is the initiator and organizer of The Barricade. He is a Bulgarian and Polish activist, journalist, editor, publisher and translator. In the late `90s he was active in the Polish left and later in the labour movement, particularly the biggest Polish labour confederation — The All-Poland Trade Union Alliance (OPZZ). Until 2012 editor-in-chief of its weekly magazine. Contributor at Baricada.org and Strajk.eu, Polish correspondent for Bulgarian National Radio.
Maria Cernat graduated in 2001 at the Faculty of Journalism and Communication Science, University of Bucharest. She also graduated the Faculty of Philosophy in 2004 at University of Bucharest. In 2002 she got an M.A. in Communication Science at the Faculty of Journalism and Communication Science. In 2008 she got her PhD in analytical philosophy at the University of Bucharest with a thesis examining the ontological status of events. She was an associate professor for several years at the University of Bucharest teaching Media Ethics and Public Relations Management. She is currently Lecturer at the Faculty of Communication Sciences and International Relations at Titu Maiorescu University. She is also an author of several academic and journalistic articles concerning critical theory, political communication, media ethics, academic ethics and communication science.