Ukraine’s protest movement: the far-right in focus. An interview with Tetiana...
An interview of James Robertson with Tetiana Bezryk. 1.In the past few weeks we’ve seen the government make significant concessions to the protests – the repeal of the anti-protest laws and the...
View ArticleBringing the class back in(to what?): A response to F. Poenaru
In his recent analysis of events in Ukraine, Florin Poenaru raises several points whose relevance goes well beyond the specific situation in that country. They speak to important problems that concern...
View ArticleThe fight for socialism in Slovenia. An interview with Anej Korsika
Anej Korsika is a political scientist, a member of the Marxist think tank, Institute for Labour Studies in Ljubljana and a member of the socialist party Initiative for Democratic Socialism. James...
View ArticleOn Czech Marxism: An interview with Ivan Landa and Jan Mervart
LeftEast’s James Robertson speaks with Czech scholars Ivan Landa and Jan Mervart about their current project collating and translating some of the key texts from the history of Czech Marxism....
View ArticleTransgression as ends and means: The trial of Kaur Kender
Early last year the Estonian writer and controversial public figure Kaur Kender was formally charged with production of child pornography. The charges related to a novella Kender penned in the winter...
View ArticleThe Life and Death of Yugoslav Socialism
The following originally appeared at Jacobin. During the Cold War, the Socialist Federative Republic of Yugoslavia represented to many a viable alternative to the Soviet model. Grounded by workplace...
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