Monthly Archives: February 2009
Campaign against UK Home Office Restrictions on Non-EU Artists and Academics
Petition against Home Office restrictions on non-EU artists and academics The Home Office recently introduced new restrictions on international artists and academics visiting the UK for talks, temporary exhibitions, concerts or artists’ residencies. Visitors now have to submit to a series … Continue reading
Tolerance, (United) Russia(n) Style
2009 is the “Year of Youth” in that mega-large hip-hop kingdom known as the Russian Federation. And what is more on the mind of today’s ultra-cool Russian youthsters than tolerance? The Year’s official website explains “what up” to the perplexed: … Continue reading
The War against Memorial (and Memory)
Tatiana Kosinova, “The Battle for Russia’s Past”
Filed under censorship, political repression, Russian society
Petersburg: Flying Demos and Illegal Flyers
This just in from our comrades in the Pyotr Alexeev Resistance Movement (DSPA): At 7:00 p.m. today (February 20), outside the Akademicheskaya metro station in Petersburg, anarchists and DSPA activists carried out their latest action. This action, dubbed a “flying … Continue reading
Filed under activism, political repression, protests, Russian society
NYU Occupation
The official campaign website The demands of the occupiers Scenes of a struggle? (A dispassionate eyewitness account) Da Man speaks (NYTimes dispatch) Live and archived video
Filed under activism, alternative education, protests, student movements
Iran: Drop Charges against Jailed Unionists
Act NOW! Iran: Drop charges against jailed union leaders Ali Nejati, Feridoun Nikoufard, Mohammed Heydari Mehr, Ghorban Alipour and Jalil Ahmadi are leaders of the trade union of workers at the Haft Tapeh Sugar Cane Plantation and Industry Company in … Continue reading
Helsinki University Occupied!
UPDATE! Overnight Student Sit-in Ends at Helsinki University Spread the Word University students, researchers, professors and staff are currently occupying the director’s floor in the building of the university administration of Helsinki University in Finland. This happened as an offshoot of a demonstration against … Continue reading
Watch What You Sign (Police Intimidate Municipal Election Petition Signers in Petersburg)
The St. Petersburg Times Issue #1450 (12) Friday, February 20, 2009 Police Said To Have Intimidated Opposition By Sergey Chernov Staff Writer The local political opposition says the authorities are increasing the pressure on them as the March 1 … Continue reading
No More Reality [Crowd and Performance] (Istanbul)
No More Reality CROWD AND PERFORMANCE DEPO, Istanbul Tütün Deposu Lüleci Hendek Cad. No.12, Tophane 34425/ İstanbul January 31–March 5 Artists: Fia Backstrom [Sweeden/U.S.], Johanna Billing [Sweden], Susanne Burner [Germany], Chto Delat [Russia], Marcelo Exposito [Spain], Claire Fontaine [France], Igor Grubic … Continue reading
Filed under activism, art exhibitions, contemporary art, film and video
What It Means to Be a Public Intellectual
George Monbiot: An open letter to Hazel Blears MP, secretary of state for communities and local government.
