The Power Vertical Myth
Alexander Golts, editor of the liberal Ezhednevnyi zhurnal, has written an editorial in the Moscow Times which I think is emblematic of the misunderstanding of
June 19, 2012
Resistance
Russian Presidential Election: Known Knowns and Unknown Unknowns
On Sunday, by all accounts, Vladimir Putin will be elected President of the Russian Federation for a six year term with the option of running
March 2, 2012
Russian Protest Art in The Stream
Yesterday I joined Serhiy Kudelia, professor at George Washington University, and Vor, the leader of Voina, on The Stream, Al-Jazeera English’s daily news talk show,
February 7, 2012
Navalny the Unifier
It’s a few days old, but I wanted to draw readers’ attention to an article I wrote for the Exiled on Alexei Navalny as a
December 30, 2011
Why are Russians Protesting Now?
As a day of protests against Sunday’s Duma election begins in Russia’s Far East, the big question is why are people protesting now? After all,
December 9, 2011
David Harvey animated
Marxist scholar David Harvey has a new book out, The Enigma of Capital, and this means he’s been on the road giving talks to promote
July 2, 2010
Disassembling the Tower
http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=12130035&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=ffffff&fullscreen=1 The Tower: A Songspiel is a new agitprop production from the fine people at Chto Delat. The film is the final part of a
June 9, 2010
Domesticating March 8th
One hundred years ago today, the First International Women’s Congress adopted International Women’s Day as a day of struggle for women’s rights. But in Russia, where the holiday, what was once a day calling for a “struggle against patriarchy,” has in many ways become patriarchy’s reinforcement.
March 8, 2010
In Russia, Journalist = Protester
According to Vremya Novosti, the local court in Tver district in Moscow set a “precedent which threatens to turn into new accusations that the Russian government is violating civil freedoms.” Not only is holding non-permitted gatherings consider illegal, now it’s also verboten for journalists to cover them. “According to the [court’s] ruling, journalists, who enter unsanctioned protests or marches to make their reports are equated with the participants in these protests and violators of the law.” Basically, the government now has the legal means to test the philosophical question: if a protest occurs and it’s not in the news, did it really occur? This is one more verification that the powers that be are the true postmodernists.
January 21, 2010
Iran’s “Green Revolution” in Russia
As hundreds of thousands protesters fill the streets of Tehran and other provincial centers, one can’t help think that we’ve seen this all before. So
June 19, 2009
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