The main argument presented in this essay is that the politics of Ataka, the most successful and influential populist party in Bulgaria, should be construed as a form of left-wing radicalism. Originally a nationalist formation, over the last decade Ataka has evolved into a broader social movement that blames free markets, neoliberalism, and US led neocolonialism for the country's misfortunes. Today its activists routinely assault liberal democracy as a political system unable to cope with the evils of capitalism, and seek to marginalize political actors and social constituencies identified as pro-western.

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“新自由主义是法西斯主义，应该被定罪”：保加利亚民粹主义作为左翼激进主义

本文提出的主要论点是，保加利亚最成功和最有影响力的民粹主义政党阿塔卡的政治应该被解释为左翼激进主义的一种形式。最初是民族主义的形成，在过去的十年中，阿塔卡已经演变成一场更广泛的社会运动，将国家的不幸归咎于自由市场、新自由主义和美国领导的新殖民主义。今天，它的激进分子经常攻击自由民主制，认为这是一种无法应对资本主义邪恶的政治体系，并试图将被认为是亲西方的政治行为者和社会选民边缘化。