Opinion
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Dehumanization is the recipe for civil war
Sergey Klimkovich, Minsk Dehumanization happens when the object of persecution (as it is very often in political mass hysteria), ridicule or hatred, a living person, is equated with a useless thing or with a terrible and evil animal, for which does not need to be sorry if they are torn to pieces or slapped a… Continue reading
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Eastern Europe beats West in Covid-19 fight, but West can’t acknowledge it because of Cold War SUPERIORITY complex
By Neil Clark This article was originally published on RT.com By any objective assessment, governments in the eastern half of Europe have dealt with the Covid-19 outbreak better than many in the west. Yet, because of deep-seated attitudes of superiority, few are giving credit where it’s due. Europe is divided again, but this time not… Continue reading
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Why Russians Don’t Want to Be Europeans
By Patrick Armstrong This article was originally published by the Strategic Culture Foundation. In a previous essay I argued that Russia was not a European country. It was its own thing – a civilisation-state. I used a Toynbeean argument that the history of Europe could be written without ever using the word “Russia” up until… Continue reading
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Why should it be ok if the left is so divisive?
We truly live in a strange world. I don’t know whether it’s because of postmodernism or postpostmodernism, because of the triumph political correctness or the oversimplification of any message in the age of social media and short attention spans. It’s clearly though that only a few years ago, even if it looks so far away… Continue reading
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Let’s try to avoid the rhetoric of a war between the races – Myśl Polska
This article was originally published in Myśl Polska. Protests in the United States cause extreme emotions in Poland. One could say that it is natural: the inhabitants of the protectorate are interested in the situation in the metropolis. However, this interest is more and more often characterized by emotional commitment and support for specific forces… Continue reading
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Ukrainian lessons or the romanticism of hatred – Ukraina.ru
This article originally appeared on Ukraina.ru Ukrainian classical literature is full of descriptions of suffering, servitude, existential sadness. Ukrainian classics, trying to emphasize the poor life of the people in the empire, painted a dark kingdom in the best traditions of Russian literature, and their readers dreamed about Ukraine as a progressive, “free, new family”.… Continue reading
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Expect “experts” to come up with a Russia connection for the Minneapolis riots
Protests and riots in Minneapolis and in other US cities have been going for for days following the killing George Floyd, a black man, by a white police officer. The national guard has been called in to bring the demonstrations under control, while much of the media appears to be siding with the protesters –… Continue reading
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Why does the West care so much about Hong Kong?
In political theory, states are utilitarian constructs that in general look after the well-being of their citizens. In history states were created in order to prevent mob rule and the condition of all against all and to protect the social group from being oppressed by a foreign other, to prevent the rape both metaphorically of… Continue reading
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The European Union is an insufferable charade but it can emerge stronger after covid-19
The coronavirus epidemic has once again shown the true face of the European Union, just as the euro crisis in 2011 and the subsequent treatment of Greece showed. There are the beautiful slogans and proclaims of common values, solidarity and prosperity – and there is the hard, brutal and cold reality. Before this latest crisis,… Continue reading
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Liberalism and the third world
To the so called third world, the periphery of the “civilized world”, the regions and countries that did not have the historical experience of capitalism and liberalism, the West offers a universal model of development and progress. This model of course cannot be implemented without the necessary financial means, and so the “civilized world” inevitably… Continue reading
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The true face of liberalism – Liberalism as anti-democracy
We used to be taught from childhood that public interests are higher than personal ones. All levels of social formation of a full member of society are saturated with this idea, starting from children’s fairy tales and cartoons, ending with history and religion. At each level of education of a spiritually healthy and highly moral… Continue reading
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Could the coronavirus kill neoliberalism too?
It’s clear that neoliberalism as an ideology is dead. Rather than managing to self-regulate, markets simply collapse when exposed to black swan events, leaving the state and taxpayers’ money as the means of survival. Could the coronavirus kill neoliberalism too, in the same way it is killing thousands of people? With entire countries locked down… Continue reading
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Für die Europäische Union kann das Coronavirus ein Glück im Unglück sein
Die Coronavirus-Epidemie und die schweren wirtschaftlichen Folgen der Finanzturbulenzen der letzten Wochen sowie aufgrund der Maßnahmen vieler europäischer Länder zur Eindämmung der Ansteckung, könnten für die Europäische Union eigentlich zu einem Glück im Unglück werden. In den letzten Jahren waren die Eurokrise von 2010, der lange Flüchtlingssommer 2015, der Brexit 2016, das katalanische Unabhängigkeitsreferendum 2017… Continue reading
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For the European Union the coronavirus can be a blessing in disguise
The coronavirus epidemic and the heavy economic consequences provoked by the financial turbulences of recent weeks and the measures adopted by many European countries to contain the contagion may be a blessing in disguise for the European Union. In recent years the euro crisis of 2010, the long summer of refugees in 2015, Brexit in… Continue reading
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Forget 1984. The future is Brave New World
In recent years, with the growth of the internet and the possibilities of online surveillance, many began to imagine the present and even more so the future as some sort of world straight out of George Orwell’s famous novel 1984. A world with cameras everywhere and all powerful institutions gathered all possible information about every… Continue reading
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If we want equality, it’s time to ban the sexist Women’s Day
What’s the point of having a Women’s Day in 2020? Ages ago, that is, as late as twenty years ago, men used to buy their beloved women flowers and write cliche verses praising all the unique and feminine qualities of their wives, fiancees, girlfriends, daughters and mothers on March 8 every year, in a sincere… Continue reading
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Coronavirus paranoia is a healthy thing
The recent outbreak of Coronavirus in China has seen a rapid spread of the contagion from East to West. Overreaction to this inevitable pandemic is not only logical but more than welcome. The last couple of weeks have seen the birth of a new catchphrase in the mainstream media. The key phrase, one touted by… Continue reading
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Polish intellectual: “Brexit is like fascism and bolshevism”
It is probably the greatest of all truism that in the XXI century the world changes very rapidly. The problem is that it has become immensly hard to keep up with all the changes, be it in the sphere of technology, views on adoption for homosexual couples or in the realm of grand politics. The… Continue reading
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Where is the end of Eurasia? – Antoni Koniuszewski
This article originally appeared in Myśl Polska. You can find it here in Polish. The views expressed in the article are exclusively of the author and may not be shared by East & West. Of course, in terms of understanding political space and, naturally, taking into account geographical factors, i.e. rivers, mountains, climates, etc., we… Continue reading
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Want to stop climate change for real? Say good riddance to capitalism and globalization
This Friday saw mass demonstrations against climate change across the world. In Berlin, London, Warsaw, New York and many other cosmopolitan first world cities, thousands of people gathered to give a massive sign against global warming. Many participants were school pupils, who, following the example of the now famous Swedish 16-year-old Greta Thunberg, skipped school… Continue reading
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