Monthly Archives: September 2008
Our Friends and Us: A Gluklya and Tsaplya Film Retrospective at Rodina Cinema Centre
Our Friends and Us: A Retrospective of Films by Gluklya and Tsaplya at the Rodina Cinema Centre (Saint Petersburg) Wednesday, 1 October 2008, 9:00 p.m. Three Mothers and a Chorus. Russia, 2007. 32 minutes Trilogy: The Triumph of Fragility; Immersion; … Continue reading
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Chto Delat Weekly Reader No. 1
A selection of articles from our virtual magazine rack. This week’s topics include: the US/world financial crisis and the leftist response to it; the showdown between Bolivia’s leftist government and rightist insurrectionists; the latest provocative action by Moscow’s War Group; … Continue reading
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New Special Issue: Knowledge in Action
Knowledge in Action, a special joint issue of Chto Delat and the Petersburg Street University is now online! This issue presents a critical selection of activists today who are consciously continuing the tradition of autodidactic initiatives in direct actions. We … Continue reading
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Don’t Purchase a Better World, Fight for a Better World (Oliver Ressler)
DON’T PURCHASE A BETTER WORLD, FIGHT FOR A BETTER WORLD A billboard on gated communities in Warsaw By Oliver Ressler Gated communities seem to emerge primarily in countries with big differences in income among people and where governments show no … Continue reading
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Free Babi Badalov!
Babi Badalov is an old friend of many of Chto Delat platform’s Petersburg members. From the late eighties until the late nineties, Babi was one of the brightest figures on the Petersburg independent art scene, especially that part of it … Continue reading
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Opposition Newspapers Shelved by Printers (St. Petersburg Times)
St. Petersburg Times Opposition Newspapers Shelved By Printers By Sergey Chernov Staff Writer A newspaper that was to have been handed out during the March for the Preservation of St. Petersburg, which takes place this Saturday, has been rejected by two printing … Continue reading
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A World Where Many Worlds Fit (Taipei Biennial 2008)
A WORLD WHERE MANY WORLDS FIT A section on the counter-globalisation movement for the Taipei Biennial 2008 Curated by Oliver Ressler The trope “A World Where Many Worlds Fit” goes back to Subcommandante Marcos, when talking about the Zapatistas’ struggles … Continue reading
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Upcoming Activities, Publications and Related Events
In September 2008, members of Chto Delat will be in Copenhagen, Vienna, Amsterdam, Belgrade, and Tapei, as well as other locations. Read on for a complete list of upcoming events and activities.
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A “Coercive” Peace: The Harassment of the Leftist Press in Petersburg
In our last post, we reported on the confiscation of the latest issue of Chto Delat newspaper at the printing plant and the apparent connection between this and the arrest of another local Petersburg leftist as he was handing out … Continue reading
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