Monthly Archives: June 2010
The News from Moldova
Five recent videos about the dire state of the economy and the lives of workers in Moldova, as well as protest actions against this state of affairs, from our friends in the People’s Resistance (Rezistenţa Populară/Народное сопротивление). White Swan To … Continue reading
Practicing Memory (Cittadellarte-Fondazione Pistoletto, Italy)
Practicing Memory graphic identity by Chiara Figone, after Watching over the Reichstag, 2010, by Société Réaliste. On 25-26 June 2010, during the 13th edition of Arte al Centro (Art at the Centre), the annual international festival that focuses on the sphere of … Continue reading
Filed under art exhibitions, contemporary art
Student Power: Puerto Rico and Zagreb
June 8. Students at the University of Zagreb crash a session of the university senate, whose members were going to vote on fee increases. As you can see in the video above, the senators were forced to leave the room. … Continue reading
Filed under activism, film and video, student movements
The Bulldozer Exhibition (Kadashi, Moscow)
Roland Oliphant, “Facing the Bulldozer” (Russia Profile): Activists have dug themselves in at a building site in central Moscow to stop developers from throwing up a housing and office complex next door to an ancient Church in one of Moscow’s … Continue reading
Filed under activism, protests, urban movements (right to the city)
The Assault on Gorky Park (Kharkiv, Ukraine)
In an attack sadly reminiscent of the destruction of Submariners Garden in Petersburg two years ago, the forces of “development,” disguised as common criminals dressed in black, make short work of protesters and trees in Kharkiv’s Gorky Park. (Gorky Park … Continue reading
Greece: So Close, So Far Away
First, a prime specimen of reactionary brainwashing, on the Russian state channel’s news broadcast: http://www.vesti.ru/doc.html?id=361326 Greece is again on strike and for the fourth time this year saying no to its government. In any case, today’s strike will not change anything. Wages … Continue reading
Filed under activism, critical thought, film and video, international affairs, protests
Living Politically: A 48-Hour Communal Life Seminar (Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht)
Living Politically: A 48-Hour Communal Life Seminar Friday 2 July, 10:00 – Sunday 4 July, 10:00 Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht, the Netherlands The Jan van Eyck Academie is hosting Living Politically: A 48-Hour Communal Life Seminar. The Communal Life Seminar … Continue reading
Filed under activism, alternative education, contemporary art, critical thought
