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Whose side are you on? Radical Left in postwar Finland - on the phenomenon of Marxism-Leninism outside the Eastern Bloc
Skálová, Barbora ; Švec, Luboš (advisor) ; Masař, Tomáš (referee) ; LARMOLA, Heikki Markku (referee)
Barbora Skálová Whose side are you on? Radical Left in postwar Finland - on the phenomenon of Marxism-Leninism outside the Eastern Bloc Abstract The dissertation aims to explore the phenomenon of a radical left movement - Taistoists - which at the turn of the 60s and 70s for a short period of time dominated the student and cultural circles in Finland. The dissertation strives to shed light on the reasons for the uprise of the - in European context unique - pro-Soviet, Marxist-Leninist and "anti-anti- establishment" youth movement, and on its influence on home and foreign policy of Finland in terms of so-called Finlandization. The work also puts the movement into the Czechoslovakian context, mainly in relation to the 1968 Warsaw Pact invasion. The dissertation discusses the theoretical anticapitalistic background of the movement and compares it to the theoretical background and political practice of coeval New Left movements in Europe and the USA. The experience of the members of the movement has been elaborated in the oral history part based on personal interviews. The oral history chapter aims to offer an explanation and a broader perspective of the taistolaiset phenomenon presented by direct witnesses and participants of the movement.
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The ideological background of the collective administering Autonomous Social Center Klinika: Clasification in the theoretical framework
Ježková, Karolína ; Charvát, Jan (advisor) ; Mlejnek, Josef (referee)
1 Abstract The bachelor's thesis deals with the collective of the Autonomous Social Center Klinika in Žižkov, on the example of which it examines the internal values of its members and then raises the question of whether it is possible to find aspects of subculture, counterculture or social movement in this collective. The theoretical part focuses on a summary of the development of the subcultural, countercultural and social movements studies and then presents the definitions of these concepts in the post-soviet Czech Republic. Subsequently, I describe the development of Czech squatting. Important part of the thesis are interviews with former members of the collective. The conclusion is that collective was counterculturally oriented with the features of social movement. Subcultural aspects were present to a very limited amount, because the members were actively suppresing them.
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The Rise of the Radical Left in Europe (Syriza and Podemos)
Bošanská, Barbora ; Mejstřík, Martin (advisor) ; Handl, Vladimír (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with the rise of the radical left in Europe. The aim of this thesis is to introduce radical left parties and to answer the question, whether the Greek party SYRIZA influenced the Spanish movement Podemos. The transfer should be based on examples. The first part presents the theoretical frame of the topic, especially the theory of policy transfer, which is the main theoretical pillar of this thesis. It also contains the theory of left-wing populism which defines the parties ideologically and explains the nature of their policy. The next part describes the causes of the rise in popularity of the radical left. It also deals with the origins, ideology and political programmes of SYRIZA and Podemos. In the last, research sections, the theory of policy transfer is applied on specific examples. Topics are divided into 3 parts - economic area, social measures and foreign policy. The degree of policy transfer is based on analysing the primary and secondary sources.
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