Everyday Maoism in Revolutionary China
Guest: Aminda Smith on Maoism, consciousness, and the everyday.
May 29, 2020
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Soviet WWII Songs
Guest: Suzanne Ament on Sing to Victory! Song in Soviet Society during World War II published by Academic Studies Press.
May 22, 2020
Hearing Communism: Part Two
Part two of Hearing Communism—five short audio pieces by students in my International Communism undergraduate research seminar at the University of Pittsburgh.
May 21, 2020
Hearing Communism: Part One
Part one of Hearing Communism—five short audio pieces by students in my International Communism undergraduate research seminar at the University of Pittsburgh.
May 19, 2020
Socialism for Realists
Guest: Sam Gindin on socialism for realists.
May 15, 2020
Resistance
A Euro Revolution for the Long Haul?
Guest post by William Risch I was in Kyiv December 14-22 to witness what has now been called Ukraine’s “Euro Revolution.” While Western media focused
December 27, 2013
Ukraine’s “Warm Ocean Strategy”
Oleksiy Arestovych is a family psychologist and contributor to the Internet newspaper in Kyiv, Ukrains’ka Pravda. His op-ed piece, published as “Стратегія теплого океану”
December 8, 2013
Pavlensky’s Body in Protest
This week’s Russia Magazine column, “The Power of Pavlensky’s Nailed Body,” The image of Petr Pavlensky sitting on the cold, wet cobblestone of Red Square
November 16, 2013
Midwifing Russia’s LGBT Movement
For my article in the Nation on Russian LGBT activism, “Repression and Gay Rights in Russia,” I interviewed Polina Adrianovna, an activist with the LGBT
September 27, 2013
Neutralizing the Russian Radical Left
This week’s Russia Magazine column, “The Kremlin’s War against the Russian Left,” Two weeks ago, Aleksandr Ivakhnik argued that over the last year Russia’s security
August 29, 2013
The Dynamics of Protest
This weeks Russia! Magazine column, “The Russian Opposition: Between Despair and Vanguard,” Earlier this month, Sergei Shelin wrote that a “perfect storm” threatens Russia. If that storm
August 15, 2013
The Cold Civil War
May 6 is the first anniversary of the Bolotnaya protests that erupted in violence. Twenty-eight people and possibly more await prosecution. Bolotnaya has also served
May 5, 2013
Putin and Russian History
Arch Getty’s comment, “Putin in History,” was included in today’s Johnson’s Russia List. I asked him if I could repost it here. He kindly agreed.
April 29, 2013
Dissecting Bolotnaya
This week’s Russia! Magazine column, “An Autopsy of a Protest,” Yesterday, Ezhednevnyi zhurnal and the New Times, two of Russia’s most vociferous opposition news sites, published a leaked
April 11, 2013
Valentin Urusov Freed!
Good news from Russia is a rarity. But today is one of the those rare days. After four and a half years in prison on
March 15, 2013