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Slovakia’s election: “more than a fight between democracy and autocracy”

Note from LeftEast Editors: The English original of this interview, which first appeared in Hungarian, is published in English on LeftEast, thanks to our cooperation with Hungarian portal Mérce within the framework of the East European Left Media Outlet (ELMO). Early parliamentary elections will be held in Slovakia on Saturday 30th September. Former Prime Minister […]

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Sudan: revolutions that learn from each other (Part II)

Ana Vilenica and Lucilla Lepratti continue their conversation with Ahmed Isamaldin from SudanUprising Germany, the first part of which you can find here. This conversation was recorded on 2 July 2023 to explore the work of SudanUprising Germany in  raising awareness about the Sudanese revolution and the ongoing war. Ana and Lucilla are part of […]

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Sudan: revolutions that learn from each other (Part I)

Note from LeftEast editors: this pieces is a conversation between Ana Vilenica and Lucilla Lepratti and Ahmed Isamaldin from SudanUprising Germany. It was recorded on 2 July 2023 to explore the work of SudanUprising Germany in raising awareness about the Sudanese revolution and the ongoing war. Ana and Lucilla are part of collectives that signed […]

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Racism, Islamophobia and Decoloniality on the Balkans. Interview with Piro Rexhepi

Note from LeftEast editors: We reprint Neda Genova’s interview with Piro Rexhepi about some of the motivations and main ideas behind his book “White Enclosures. Racial Capitalism and Coloniality Along the Balkan Route”. The Interview was originally published at Dversia, as part of a collaboration within ELMO – The Eastern European Left Media Outlet. Please note […]

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‘This regime is not subject to evolution’ an interview with Ilya Budraitskis

Note from LeftEast editors: This interview was initially published by Meduza and translated by Anna Razumnaya. Political writer Ilya Budraitskis explains the left’s vision of decentralized governance and why Russia’s Communist Party must exit together with Putin. The invasion of Ukraine confronted Russian society with the consequences of a decades-long transformation that began, among other […]

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[Podcast] Neda Deneva: Labour in the factory: Work to live or Live to work

Note from LeftEast editors: We share this podcast with the permission of its producers from Contrasens. “Contrasens” is a podcast which explores current themes in the field of the social sciences. The project aims to bring to the forefront and make as accessible as possible research conducted by sociologists, anthropologists and other specialists from related […]

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Lea Vajsova: There is a boom of feminist organizations in Bulgaria after the debate on the ratification of the Istanbul Convention

Note from Lefteast Editors. We repost Vladimir Mitev’s interview with sociologist and left feminist activist Lea Vajsova, which originally appeared at Crossbordertalk on 13 February 2023. We saw the conservative insistence on the “traditional Christian family” around the Istanbul Convention debate as a metaphor behind which a process of re-traditionalisation was taking place as an […]

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A View on War and Violence from Post–Postwar Japan: Interview with Toshimaru Ogura

Please say a few words about your activities over time in Japan! I was born in 1951 and had been teaching Marx’s economics and critique of modern capitalism at a local Japanese university for over 30 years. Therefore, I am sometimes considered an “economic scientist.” Those who have read my book “Acid Capitalism,” which refers […]

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“They have the technology, they have the weapons, they have the money, they have everything. What do we have? We have solidarity!” Lessons from the Rojava Revolution

An interview with a representative from the Academy of Democratic Modernity by Stoyo Tetevenski, LevFem What is the Academy of Democratic Modernity? The perspective of Democratic Modernity is coming from the Kurdish movement as an alternative system to Capitalist Modernity. It was developed by Abdullah Öcalan. The aim of the Academy of Democratic Modernity is […]

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Privatization of Healthcare in Georgia and Its Disastrous Social Consequences: Interview with Beka Natsvlishvili

Note from LeftEast editors. We reached out to one of the authors of a recent and timely study “Social Consequences of Privatization of Healthcare” written by Beka Natsvlishvili, Nodar Kapanadze, and Sopo Japaridze (Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Tbilisi Office, October 2022). Another coauthor of the study and LeftEast editorial board member Sopo Japaridze translated the text from Georgian. […]