Why Russia’s political capitalists went to war – and how the war could end their rule
- Russia’s political capitalists waged war in order to survive as a class, to continue accumulating wealth through the exploitation...
Małgorzata Kulbaczewska-Figat
Cross-Border Talks co-founder and co-coordinator. Poland-based journalist reporting on political life and social changes in Central and Eastern Europe, with a particular focus on labour movements. Examining peripheral capitalism and people's self-organisation. Digging out forgotten history of Polish (and East-European) workers' struggles. Her texts were published by Dziennik Trybuna in Poland, Left.it in Italy, Avgi in Greece and other progressive outlets.
We must open our arms to people in need. There is no reason to be afraid of refugees
- The common European policy of migration and asylum must be based on international law and the value of solidarity....
Bus drivers’ revolt shakes a Polish city, and more strikes are to come
On 24 June tram and bus drivers in Bydgoszcz, a city in northern Poland, stopped their vehicles and blocked the...
Time of capitalist cities is over. We need totally new approaches to urban life
We need a law that takes housing away from the market - says Katalin Gennburg, Die Linke politician, member of...
Looking for paths to socialism – on the joint conference of transform!europe and Jacobin Magazine
What does it mean to be a socialist nowadays and what is socialism in the 21st century - discussed the...
France sets an example for European left
In the first round of French legislative elections, New Popular, Ecological and Social Union goes head to head with Emmanuel...
The workers are defending Ukraine. The Ukrainian state is not defending workers’ rights
In the shadow of war, the Ukrainian government is pushing for labor reforms that had been planned for more than...
Małgorzata Kulbaczewska-Figat: Poland is Ukraine’s indispensable ally
A comment by Cross-border Talks' editor in the context of the media hype about Ukraine planning to give a special...
Helmut Scholz: Down with obsolete energy models! Green transition NOW!
Helmut Scholz of the European Left comments on effects of war in Ukraine upon EU’s energy policy and insufficiently developed...
Victory Day is international heritage. It does not belong to Putin
What could I wish to us all in Central and Eastern Europe on the Victory Day? First and foremost, peace....
