Monthly Archives: October 2010
Global Action Days 2.0 in Solidarity with Gaskarov and Solopov
November 12–15, 2010: New International Days of Action We Demand that the Russian Authorities Close the Khimki Case and Drop All Charges against Alexei Gaskarov and Maxim Solopov In late October 2010, Russian social activists Alexei Gaskarov and Maxim Solopov … Continue reading
Socialism Failed, Capitalism Is Bankrupt. What Comes Next? (Oliver Ressler)
SOCIALISM FAILED, CAPITALISM IS BANKRUPT. WHAT COMES NEXT? A project by Oliver Ressler The project “Socialism Failed, Capitalism Is Bankrupt. What Comes Next?” focuses on the political and economic situation in the Republic of Armenia, one of the successor states of the … Continue reading
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Turn Off the News: Tikkurila Is Lying
Turn Off the News: Tikkurila Is Lying What would you think if you saw a news report on TV claiming that Citizen A. was engaged in a “dirty campaign” against Citizen B., who in turn was presented as an utterly … Continue reading
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Engineers of the Soul (New York City)
ENGINEERS OF THE SOUL Инженеры человеческих душ 人类灵魂的工程师 October 23 – December 4, 2010 Postmasters Gallery 459 West 19th Street, NYC 212-727-3323 www.postmastersart.com Opening reception: Saturday, October 23, 6-8 pm A show about communism and artists’ relationship to power with: … Continue reading
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Happens Every Day
www.sptimes.ru POLICE TORTURE SUSPECT TO DEATH By Galina Stolyarova, The St. Petersburg Times A 28-year-old suspect was beaten to death by local police who were torturing the man to get a confession from him. The identities of the police officers who … Continue reading
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Resist the EDL in Amsterdam (October 30)
Amsterdam anti-fascists call for resistance to pro-Wilders EDL demonstration http://antifaamsterdam.wordpress.com/2010/10/15/press-release-amsterdam-anti-fascists-call-out-for-resistance-against-pro-wilders-edl-demonstration/ ‘Defence leagues’ plan Amsterdam show of support for Geert Wilders http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/oct/08/far-right-geert-wilders-protest The English Defence League and other European far-right groups modelled on the EDL are planning to demonstrate in Amsterdam … Continue reading
São Paulo Is Burning: A Response
Editor’s note. On September 27, we posted an open declaration, entitled São Paulo Is Burning: The Spectre of Politics at the Biennial, in which the so-called Argentinean Brigade for Dilma and its supporters alleged that curators at the 29th São Paulo Biennial … Continue reading
Court Experiment (Kyiv)
http://vcrc.ukma.kiev.ua/en/actual/court-experiment Visual Culture Research Center, the Center for Social Research, and Hudrada Curatorial Union in cooperation with tranzit.at 12 October – 12 November 2010, Kyiv Court Experiment Court Experiment is a statement against the judicial prosecution of Ukrainian activists for … Continue reading
No Borders Activists Arrested and Tortured in Belgium
7 October 2010 This is an urgent Pluto Press action mail. It includes shocking details of police brutality towards one of our authors and others during the No Borders Camp in Brussels. We ask those who feel that the actions … Continue reading
Etats de l’Artifice (Paris)
Musée d’Art moderne de la Ville de Paris / ARC ETATS DE L’ARTIFICE Victor Alimpiev, Olga Chernysheva, Chto Delat, FFC, Nikolay Oleynikov Press preview: October 7th, 11am – 2pm. Preview: October 7th, 6pm– 9pm. Entrance upon presentation of this announcement. Salle … Continue reading
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