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
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.
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....
Slovenia voted for “green change”: a look into Robert Golob’s political message
Slovenia is a beatiful country, which has traditions in centre-left politics (source: Pixabay, CC0) The winner of the 24 April...
The presidential elections in France are history. The new battles begin
No earthquake in France - Emmanuel Macron, just as it was expected, wins his second term. Did he expect, though,...
Poland: (not all) refugees welcome
The Christian messages of the citizens of the Polish areas on the border with Belarus: "There is no quantity of...
What does the European left do to overcome the crisis in the EU?
The European left party is looking for alternatives to the current capitalist-ridden and crisis-laden model of development of the EU...
Danièle Obono: We have an existential crisis and the market will not solve it
Thousands of yellow vests (Gilets Jaunes) protests in Paris calling for lower fuel taxes, reintroduction of the solidarity tax on...
The fight for the rule of law in EU is only just beginning
A part of the cover page of Binding the Guardian report (source: Cross-border Talks) Małgorzata Kulbaczewska-Figat interviewed the left-wing member...
