The dog in the title is the State Security (DS) – the secret services of Bulgaria during the communist regime (1944-1989). Their numerous functions also include monitoring various aspects of the country's economy. The preserved authentic documents with which the DS representatives informed the political leadership about the economy of Bulgaria are important and interesting. …
More »The new digital money yoke
One currency rules them, it alone will discover them, it alone will gather them all and wrap them in control in the city of Frankfurt, where the Brussels darkness looms. The debate on globalization shifts its focus from the traditional plane of left and right and reorganizes itself under a new dimension, namely national versus …
More »Keynes, war and economic recovery
Many of the policies that our and foreign leaders are proposing in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic can be described as Keynesian, named after the English economist John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946). He was born in Cambridge, UK, his basic education was in mathematics, he listened to lectures on economics from brilliant scholars such as …
More »Prague Summer: The Invasion of Czechoslovakia with Some Historical Details
“We occupied you Czechs because we love you.” Explanation of what happened by a Russian officer, given on August 24, 1968 to Milan Kundera During this week in 1968, another desire for freedom and humanity in the socialist camp was trampled. It did not start with the economy, but with culture, music, everyday life …
More »Ep. 11: What are the real problems with the media environment in Bulgaria?
02:11 - The tragic story of Alfie Evans 13:30 - Media freedom around the world and in our country: What are the problems of the media environment in Bulgaria? Links: The story of Alfie Evans Reporters Without Borders data Problems with the Reporters Without Borders ranking Map of the media environment in Bulgaria (infographic) March …
More »"The Handmaid's Tale" - a series about the dangers of retrograde totalitarianism
The Handmaid's Tale is a series adapted from the novel of the same name by Margaret Atwood. The story takes place in the United States in the present day, where a totalitarian regime serving "traditional" values has seized power and seized human freedoms, replacing them with the dystopian state of Gilead. Religious totalitarianism in a frightening dystopia The revolution of Christian …
More »History of freedom of speech and the press
Author: Georgi Georgiev History of the development of the right to freedom of expression, the right to free speech and free press and media. The article is divided into several main sections and follows a chronological order of presentation, namely: Definition of Freedom of Speech and Press and legal framework Freedom of speech and …
More »Victims of totalitarianism, whataboutism and what to remember
Today we honor the victims of totalitarianism, especially two of its most horrific manifestations – Nazism and Communism, which led to the deaths of millions and the destruction of human well-being for decades. On this occasion, we have published some statistics from “The Black Book of Communism”, a volume by Harvard University Press, in which …
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