Black Radicalism and the USSR
Guests: Meredith Roman and Minkah Makalani on Black radicalism, the Comintern, and Soviet antiracism.
November 13, 2020
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American Tourism to the USSR
Guest: Andrew Jacobs on American tourism to the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
November 9, 2020
Pogroms and Race Riots
Guests: Steven Zipperstein and Michael Pfeifer on anti-Jewish and anti-Black violence in Russia and the United States.
October 30, 2020
From Aliaska to Alaska
Guests: Bathsheba Demuth and Ilya Vinkoveysky on Russian and American colonialism and the environment in Alaska.
October 23, 2020
American Famine Relief to Soviet Russia
Guest: Douglas Smith on The Russian Job: The Forgotten Story of How America Saved the Soviet Union from Ruin published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
October 16, 2020
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Russia’s Crude Paradox
As of Friday, the price of oil on the world market stood at $50 a barrel, the lowest itās been since May 25, 2005. This
January 21, 2007
Spare Organs
Despite the sharp differences and disagreements Kim Zigfield and I have had over Russia and its nature, I have to give credit where credit is
January 21, 2007
Perry Anderson on “Russia’s Managed Democracy”
Perry Anderson, prominent left wing social critic and historian at UCLA, has written an insightful analysis of Putinās Russia for the London Review of Books.
January 19, 2007
Russia on Saddam Hussein’s Execution
The execution by hanging of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein reverberates beyond the civil war in Iraq or even American imperial politics. Praise, unease, and
January 4, 2007
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I wish all readers of Sean’s Russia Blog a very happy New Year! I hope all of you keep reading in 2007 and beyond! Let
January 1, 2007
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I wish all readers of Sean’s Russia Blog a very happy New Year! I hope all of you keep reading in 2007 and beyond! Let
January 1, 2007
A Gross Violation of the Public Order
By Daut In what Moskovskii Komsomolets calls “an echo of the explosion at the Cherkizovskii market,” five Moscow militsia officers and a police dog named
December 26, 2006
The Anatomy of Protest
The āMarch of Dissentā has certainly come and gone. The demonstration was modest and certainly ineffective on a political level. And while I donāt think
December 19, 2006
Julian Evans’ “Two Russias”
The āMarch of Dissentā continues to generate opinion and discussion. I especially liked Julian Evansā description of how the Other Russia and Nashi rallies provide
December 18, 2006
Other Russia Marches Despite Police Intimidation
Three days ago, Russian MVD commandos raided the offices of Garry Kasparov under the auspices of the āOn combating extremism law.ā The law, which was
December 16, 2006