#postcommunist

[drum-cu-naluci]

postcomunist static

#romanisme #romania #bucharest #bucuresti #snowing #snow fall #winter #december #slavic aesthetic #balkans #postcommunist #communist architecture #eastern europe #black and white photography

[pasternaksmuse]

Thinking every day ‘bout what Poland could have been had Russia not stretched its long, scarred arm over her. Aka communism.

#poland #Polska #Slavic #west Slavic #communism #ussr #russia #slaviccore #postcommunist #post soviet #polish #polishcore #polski tumblr #polskitumblr #polskie rzeczy #polishhistory #slavicrage #confession #rossiya #russian history

[ssweetdreams1488]

Czekam na wiatr co rozgoni

Ciemne skłębione zasłony

Stanę wtedy na raz

Ze słońcem twarzą w twarz

#grunge #nostalgia #warsaw #doomer #postcommunist #drug abuse #drug blog #skinhead #oi #post punk #new wave #goth

[apricitystudies]

what i read in sep. 2023:

(previous editions) bold = favourite

race, gender, sexuality

fighting kung fu

justin roiland used his 'rick and morty' fame to pursue young fans, text messages show

tharman's presidency should be a turning point in the non-chinese prime minister conversation (singapore)

how columbia ignored women, undermined prosecutors and protected a predator for more than 20 years (usa)

goodbye 'girl boss', hello 'snail girl'

i saw my father reflected in the faces protesting against lgbtq rights and sex ed (canada)

mississippi goddam: the ballad of billey joe (usa)

politics & current affairs

derna valley was once a 'paradise.' now there's nothing left but devastation (libya)

'a hidden universe of suffering': the palestinian children sent to jail (israel)

lost in ai translation: growing reliance on language apps jeopardizes some asylum applications (via @dutch-polyglot)

'i log into a torture chamber each day': the strain of moderating social media (india)

how facebook and instagram became marketplaces for child sex trafficking

boy with autism unlawfully pinned to the ground facedown by adults in 'abusive' ndis-funded therapy (australia)

history, culture, & society

quantum poetics

the strange, dark story of smash mouth and 'all star'

flat places are the ground that my mind is built upon

the villa where a doctor experimented on children (austria)

the man in the iron lung

solidarność (poland)

the decomposition of rotten tomatoes

the woman on the line (drug reform)

deservingness (postcommunist europe)

#studyblr #studyspo #student #academia #university #productivity #dark academia #reading list #reading lists #myresources

[monstrousgourmandizingcats]

@tar-miriel is from a postcommunist country where the usual gift exchange day is New Year's rather than Christmas, so I decided to surprise her with this in-a-better-world pen doodle of her namesake leading prayers on Meneltarma at Eruhantalë. Bonus photobomb from my kitten, who was very, and unhelpfully, interested in the drawing process.

#j.r.r. tolkien #tar míriel #fanart

[tomorrowusa]

Lech Wałęsa is the founder of the Solidarność trade union which contributed to the collapse of communism in Poland in the 1980s. He served one term as president of Poland and won the Nobel Peace Prize.

Like most people in Poland, Wałęsa has no illusions about the intentions of Vladimir Putin. In a recent visit to Washington, he called for strong and united leadership in the West regarding Russia – especially in the ongoing information war.

“The whole world has joined together against Russia. It has never been like this. It’s our great opportunity to finally put some order into this world,” Walesa said in an address on February 8 at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), a Washington think tank. Walesa said fate has given the United States the role of leader in meeting these challenges and it cannot retreat now. “Our grandchildren will never forgive us” if it does, he said. The co-founder of Poland's Solidarity movement, who served from 1990 to 1995 as Poland’s first postcommunist president, said he fought his struggle against the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact more than 40 years ago mainly with information and he encouraged the United States to do a better job “fighting with propaganda” against the current regime of Russian President Vladimir Puin. This includes tactics such as publishing data about the number of Russian soldiers killed and maimed in the war and the stories behind those losses. Ordinary Russians must be reminded that their neighbors or their neighbors’ sons may no longer be alive because they were sent to “die for Putin.” Westerns should help Russians “internalize what needs to be done.” In the decades since he left politics Walesa has been a champion of democracy and the rule of law, encouraging Eastern Europe’s formerly communist countries to pursue progress through democratic means. Walesa was celebrated in Washington in 1989 as the man who did more than any other single individual to bring down communism in Eastern Europe and addressed a joint session of Congress.

His trip to the US comes at a time aid to Ukraine is stalled in Congress as a result of Donald Trump's open advocacy of the Putin dictatorship.

Poland's current Prime Minister Donald Tusk has been far more direct about pointing the finger of blame.

Reagan ‘must be turning in his grave’: Poland’s Tusk slams Republicans over Ukraine aid

Ultimately it's up to American voters to get Republicans to quit acting like mindless stooges for the Evil Empire.

Progress has been made in the Senate on aid to Ukraine. But the House, led by religious fanatic Speaker "MAGA Mike" Johnson remains a problem.

Here is a list of Republican House members from districts won by President Joe Biden in 2020. These GOP representatives are particularly vulnerable. Presumably the 2020 presidential figures have been adjusted to 2022 district boundaries.

If you live in one of those districts, you have a disproportionate amount of influence on aid to Ukraine. Contact your representative and politely demand that the House quits starving Ukraine of needed assistance. Remind these Republicans that Ronald Reagan would be disgusted by the GOP acting as lap dogs for Putin's Evil Empire. Interestingly, 11 of those 18 districts are in either New York or California.

And yes, that table was made before the ouster of George Santos – otherwise it's up to date.

Not sure who represents you? Use your ZIP+4 to find out here...

Find Your Representative

#invasion of ukraine #assistance to ukraine #stand with ukraine #lech wałęsa #donald tusk #poland #polska #russia #vladimir putin #russia's war of aggression #the evil empire #ronald reagan #us house of representatives #find your representative #election 2024 #house republicans from biden districts #агрессивная война россии #владимир путин #путин хуйло #путин - военный преступник #путлер #геноцид #руки прочь от украины! #геть з україни #вторгнення оркостану в україну #деокупація #будь сміливим як україна #слава україні! #героям слава!

[leafyleaf657]

McCormick's typology of postcommunist states really just sounds like a mid-life crisis.

[polar-bears-making-pancakes]

Sooo.. what did you think of the show? How was it? (Only if you want to share of course!!)

Soooo it's gonna be messy because I'm still reeling from 24 hours without sleep and then 4 hours of sleep during the day and I'm not very good at processing what happened aldkfj

First of all I'm so happy and thankful for all the people who I met up with. They are the best and I had the an absolute blast. I don't know if it's a phannie specific occurrence when you meet people from the internet but we were all on so very similar wave lengths and we talked for hours about fascinating topics and of course dnp. I felt so safe with them and I could talk about basically everything. So thank you so much Kate, Katie, Magda, Jana and Jo <333 you are the best

About the show on its own .. hmm it was definitely a budget version. I'm so sad we didn't get the rainbow lights, the eclipse light and the cubes :( The venue looks godawful from the outside, and you have ultrasound and tile shop in the same building but the inside was quite hipstery and not as bad. Very postcommunistic tho. Also the church, cemetery and closed mall just outside gave very specific vibe to it aksjdjhf I got the cheapest ticket so I didn't have meetngreet but it still felt surreal to be in the same room as Dan. I sat quite far to the back but at the isle so I had not the worst view. Seeing him on stage didn't feel real, I felt like I was watching a video with a room full of rowdy queers. And even if in Poland we weren't really meeting new people and mingling socially amongst the separate groups, sitting in the audience still felt like being a part of some bigger thing. What irritated me were the bar lights that were on the whole duration of the show and kinda ruined the immersion. Also I was cold. About the show's content: wow Dan sings really good, I loved looking at him enjoying himself so much on the stage, this really was his passion project and I felt like he did it mostly for himself but also wanted to give us a good message too. I think I enjoyed the most the part with sending to hell jk rowling, jeff bezos and putin (the scream for him was the loudest :')) and sparing tony the tiger because tigers and endangered. Polish specific madlips were also very good. Bubbles? It was weird hearing it in zloties. And my friends in the front row get soaked. Also daaan we don't have student's depts here?? The unis are free. As a lot of people said before he was really careful about the communist part because he underlined that NOT like soviet russia but like Denmark he said I think? I was very focused on every word he said and was listening to him carefully but I don't remember that. In the calendar part, I'm so happy they have their take away fries days on saturdays 🥹 the time he most constantly feel the most content... And the most important part.. the monologue at the end. The second part of the show was shorter, wasn't it? Because it ended so fast for me. I didn't cry because I'm absolutely emotionally disconnected and can't feel much of anything. But I love him so much. I was looking at him and trying really hard to telepathically convey to him how much he is loved here. The hopeful message is so important to me. It gets better. And we can help someone. We should reach out. We can't give up because even my stupid reblogging of some posts might be the one thing that saves someone. Very interesting to think about virtue signaling in this context as he was saying. I loved when people started cheering after he said he's gay and he was like wow took you so long of the show to realise this akdjdbbfjf and yeah I loved the gay jokes and him smacking his butt multiple times. I was wondering how many people were there randomly because something gay was happening and how many people only vaguely knew who he was and watched him only a bit in the past. Because there was so many references and when he shows bits of his old videos? I wonder what thoughts they had. And the worst part is that he fucking sneaked out so fast before we left the building :((( we waited for him after because we didn't believe when someone said to us that he left already. And I had the train back at 4 am so I didn't have much else to do. Absolutely don't recommend warszawa centralna train station during the night. I'm so glad I wasn't alone. Dan also said fuck Warsaw I don't want to spend any additional minute here bye. Hope he has fun in Helsinki.

Overall I'm proud of myself that I did go even if I'm often scared to leave my house at all. Warsaw show felt a bit like a bastard show added later on with very cut expanses. But I'm glad he went here and I'm so happy I saw him. Hopefully I don't fali my exam because of it

#wad spoilers #dan and phil #pancakesanswers #thanks for the ask!!

[gerdfeed]

And his main goal now is to bring Greece’s living standards in line with the rest of Europe. For a country that’s second poorest in the E.U., after postcommunist Bulgaria, that’s a tall order. “There’s a lot of catching up to do,” he concedes.

Meet the Greek Prime Minister Shaking Up His Nation

[dertaglichedan]

Poland's Election Had a Surprise Winner: the EU

Rumors of the death of a united Europe have once more proved to be exaggerated. In a big way.  

Poland, the giant of postcommunist East Europe and the European Union’s No. 5 economy, pulled a 180 in Sunday’s parliamentary election. An opposition coalition led by Donald Tusk, who became European Council president after his last stint as Polish prime minister, looks set to wrest power from incumbent Mateusz Morawiecki, who was fond of declaring himself “fed up with the diktats of European bureaucracy.” 

The poll stems an “illiberal,” Euroskeptic tide that seemed to be sweeping Europe’s eastern flank with recent election victories for Viktor Orban in Hungary and Robert Fico in Slovakia. It likely quashes any possibility that Poland would break with the EU consensus on backing Ukraine. “The results are signaling that Poland is coming back to the heart of Europe,” says Eoin Drea, senior researcher at the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies. 

[drum-cu-naluci]

Светлана Дел Доомер

#romanisme #eastern europe #eastern bloc #balkans #postcommunist #sovietica #alternative style

[pasternaksmuse]

@ermakana

#aesthetic #polska #poland #polish #post soviet #postcommunist #rossiya #russian #west slavic #slavic #east slavic #slaviccore #coquette #kate moss #sadgirl #lana del ray aka lizzy grant #eastern europe #slavicrepresentation

[ssweetdreams1488]

Śmierć jednostki to tragedia, milionów statystyka. Tylko dawka czyni truciznę ✠ ✠ ✠

#skinhead #post punk #junkie xl #drugstore #based #slavic #goth #new wave #doomer #military #postcommunist #occult #thelema #oi #Spotify

[todorpeychev]

Ne cherchez pas à me ressembler ! Je suis un garçon très singulier…, Todor Peïtchev, Gay Grenoble

Ne cherchez pas à me ressembler ! Je suis un garçon très singulier…

Quatre bonnes raisons de lire le 1er roman de Todor Peïtchev

Invité comme chaque année au « festival international du livre de Sofia », Todor Peïtchev reste modeste sur le succès de son 1er roman :

Avec ce livre ouvertement gay, j’ai comblé un manque auprès des lecteurs bulgares, d’où le bon accueil que le public m’a réservé.

L’expérience se poursuit maintenant dans les pays francophones, depuis que la traduction française du livre est distribuée par les sites d’Amazon, de Kobo, de la Fnac et de Youscribe.

Voici, selon moi, quatre bonnes raisons de lire ce roman :

1 – La découverte d’un pays encore méconnu Avant le livre de Todor Peïtchev, l’homosexualité était un thème quasiment absent de la littérature bulgare.

A l’instar du lecteur bulgare, le lecteur français pourrait lui aussi avoir quelques bonnes surprises.

Lire ce roman, c’est notamment découvrir la réalité d’un petit pays d’Europe, généralement méconnu du monde francophone.

Le fait que l’action se déroule en Bulgarie communiste et postcommuniste confère à l’histoire une très grande originalité.

2 – L’empathie suscitée par une confession sincère et émouvante Comment ne pas être ému par cet adolescent ou par ce jeune adulte, qui nous accompagne tout au long du récit, dans une quête afin de comprendre ce qu’il est et ce qu’il désire de la vie ?

Certes le destin de ce jeune est assez singulier, mais chacun, je pense, peut se reconnaître dans ce personnage, à un moment ou à un autre de sa propre histoire.

3 – La qualité du texte Contrairement à ce qu’il a pu écrire ensuite, Todor Peïtchev n’a pas cherché à créer une œuvre littéraire en réalisant ce premier ouvrage.

A ce sujet, il explique :

Quand j’ai commencé à écrire ce livre, je n’avais aucune intention de le publier.

J’avais juste besoin d’écrire, les feuilles de papier devenant peu à peu mes confidentes.

Le livre cependant est écrit dans un style fluide, particulièrement agréable à lire.

4 – La possibilité de communiquer avec l’auteur et avec son traducteur Si la version en français a pu être diffusée dans les pays francophones, c’est grâce à l’amitié de l’auteur et de son traducteur, qui se sont associés dans cette démarche d’autoédition d’un ebook.

Vous pouvez visitez leur page Facebook entièrement consacrée au livre, y laisser un commentaire ou leur poser des questions.

Alors surtout : Lisez ce livre !

Ne cherchez pas à me ressembler ! Je suis un garçon très singulier (gay-grenoble.fr)

[eeitonline]

The Power of Transparency: Building Confidence for Business in Eastern Europe

by Eastern European Institute for Trade

Transparency, often undervalued, remains a pivotal force in fostering a healthy business environment. Eastern Europe, a region characterized by historical challenges and economic disparities, continues to grapple with issues related to transparency in business practices. This article delves into the significance of transparency and its role in building investor confidence and promoting sustainable economic growth in Eastern Europe, excluding Ukraine.

To appreciate the magnitude of transparency, one must first explore the potential consequences of its absence. Corruption, inefficiency, and distrust can hinder economic growth and deter potential investors (Transparency International, 2020). Additionally, the lack of transparency can exacerbate income inequality, perpetuate a culture of cronyism, and impede social mobility (Kaufmann, 2011).

Eastern European countries have made strides in recent years to enhance transparency and reduce corruption. Various strategies, such as the implementation of e-government systems, have played a crucial role in increasing transparency (Sundakov & Chugunov, 2015). Moreover, the European Union’s integration process has pushed many Eastern European countries to improve their governance standards (Epstein & Sedelmeier, 2008).

Collaboration with international organizations and the adoption of best practices can further bolster transparency in the region. The World Bank’s Doing Business Report (2021) emphasizes the importance of streamlining regulations and reducing bureaucratic obstacles for businesses. By embracing transparent policies, Eastern European countries can attract foreign direct investment, create jobs, and foster innovation (Guerin & Manzocchi, 2009).

Civil society organizations also play a vital role in promoting transparency. NGOs, advocacy groups, and the media can act as watchdogs, monitoring the government and private sector to ensure accountability and the fair distribution of resources (De Maria, 2008). This collaboration between public institutions, private enterprises, and civil society can lead to a more transparent and prosperous future for the region.

In conclusion, the power of transparency cannot be overstated. By fostering an open and accountable business environment, Eastern European countries can build investor confidence, encourage innovation, and pave the way for sustainable economic growth. With concerted efforts from all stakeholders, the region can overcome the challenges of its past and embrace a more transparent future.

References:

De Maria, W. (2008). The failure of the watchdogs: NGOs, civil society and the marketplace. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 28(11/12), 404–413.

Epstein, R. A., & Sedelmeier, U. (2008). Beyond conditionality: International institutions in postcommunist Europe after enlargement. Journal of European Public Policy, 15(6), 795–805.

Guerin, S., & Manzocchi, S. (2009). Political regime and FDI from advanced to emerging countries. Review of World Economics, 145(1), 75–91.

Kaufmann, D. (2011). Transparency, inequality, and trust. In S. Fardigh, A. Glassman, & M. Nanny (Eds.), The role of transparency in development: Issues, experiences, and future directions. Palgrave Macmillan.

Sundakov, A., & Chugunov, A. (2015). E-government in transition economies: The case of the Black Sea economic cooperation countries. Eastern European Economics, 53(1), 45–62.

Transparency International. (2020). Corruption Perceptions Index 2020.

Sourced from https://www.transparency.org/en/cpi/2020/index/nzl

Read more at Eastern European Institute for Trade.

E-government systems EU integration processEastern Europe governanceStreamlining regulationsBureaucratic obstacles

#EEIT #Eastern European Institute for Trade #Eastern Europe transparency #Business confidence Eastern Europe #Economic growth transparency #Corruption reduction strategies #E-government systems #Eastern Europe governance #Streamlining regulations #Bureaucratic obstacles

[apsny-news]

La guerre "tire ses racines de la Révolution orange, vécue par Poutine comme une humiliation"

Un an après le déclenchement par la Russie d’une guerre de haute intensité en Ukraine, France 24 s’intéresse à la rhétorique antioccidentale maniée par Vladimir Poutine pour justifier l’agression, dont les racines remontent au début des années 2000, comme l’explique l’historienne Françoise Thom, spécialiste de la Russie postcommuniste. Le 24 février 2022, un discours de Vladimir Poutine est…

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