23. Veronika Stoyanova on neoliberalism in Bulgaria, Voices against any pandemic austerity in Canada

Free City Radio

Listen to the 23rd edition of Free City Radio. On this edition we speak with Bulgarian writer and lecturer at Kent University, Veronika Stoyanova, who speaks about the post-1989 neoliberal economic policies that have been pushed on Bulgaria by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the ways that western backed pro business policies have been damaging for poor and working people in Bulgaria and the Balkans. Read Veronika's latest article on Jacobin here: https://jacobinmag.com/2020/11/bulgaria-capitalism-austerity-world-bank-imf Also on this edition we highlight voices from a community press event in Montreal to speak out against any austerity driven measures within the context of the pandemic that would impact poor and working people. With a growing federal deficit and increasing talk about cost cutting, these community voices came together to speak out against any cuts that impact the most vulnerable in the post-pandemic recovery. We hear from Dolores Chew from the South Asian Women's Community Centre, David Bleakney from the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) and Nakuset from the Native Women's Shelter in Montreal. Read the full press release via Courage coalition. http://www.couragecoalition.ca/media-advisory-no-to-pandemic-austerity-for-poor-and-working-people-in-response-to-ballooning-deficit/ Music on this episode via @amekcollective in Sofia, Bulgaria and TNS with the track Umona ft. Mpumi, from South Africa.