Monthly Archives: November 2010
Flowers for Mikhail Beketov
Editor’s Note. Below, you will find a call made by a friend of our platform, artist Nika Dubrovsky, to participate in a very worthy initiative in support of Mikhail Beketov, the independent Khimki journalist who was left severely crippled after … Continue reading
LGBT Demo in Petersburg Attacked by Orthodox Wackos
PROTESTERS THROW EGGS AT GAY RIGHTS DEMONSTRATORS By Sergey Chernov The St. Petersburg Times Protesters holding Orthodox Christian church banners and icons, singing prayers and throwing eggs helped to bring the city’s first authorized lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) … Continue reading
Filed under activism, feminism, gay rights, film and video, protests, Russian society
Masked Thugs Attack Transgender Event in Kyiv
Press Release About 10 men in masks tried to attack the participants of a discussion on hate crimes but were fought off. In Kyiv, Ukraine, on November 20, 2010, during the Transgender Day of Remembrance of those who have been … Continue reading
The Chronicles of Primitive Accumulation: Garages and Dorms versus the Smolny
http://socsopr.ru/news/garazhi_i_obshhagi_protiv_smolnogo On the morning of November 16, a column of more than a dozen cars invaded the square outside the Smolny [Petersburg city hall], their drivers honking their horns in a deafening manner. Simultaneously, people bearing placards and banners began … Continue reading
Timur Kacharava: Five Years Later
The St. Petersburg Times Issue #1626 (87), Tuesday, November 16, 2010 Five Years On, Antifascists Mourn Kacharava’s Death By Sergey Chernov, Staff Writer As antifascist activists marked the fifth anniversary of the murder of the 20-year-old antifascist activist and punk musician … Continue reading
Bring the Noise! (November 14, Moscow, Chistye Prudy)
Two years ago a wave of terror against social activists and journalists rolled over Russia. Newspaper editor and activist Mikhail Beketov was severely beaten in Khimki. In Moscow, persons unknown attacked sociologist and activist Carine Clément. In Vsevolozhsk (Leningrad Region), … Continue reading
Babi Badalov: My Life Report in Paris (Prague)
BABI BADALOV: MY LIFE REPORT IN PARIS 11.11. 2010 – 16.01. 2011 • opening Thursday, November 11, 8 p.m. tranzitdisplay • Dittrichova 9/337, 120 00 Prague 2 CZ curated by Zbyněk Baladrán Babi Badalov is an artist and poet. His visual poetry very … Continue reading
Filed under art exhibitions, contemporary art, immigration
Petersburg: Where Freedom of Assembly Is a Crime
http://sptimes.ru/index.php?action_id=2&story_id=32853 The St. Petersburg Times Issue #1623 (84), Tuesday, November 2, 2010 Strategy 31 Rally Hit With Criminal Case By Sergey Chernov, Staff Writer The authorities stepped up repressive measures against Sunday’s Strategy 31 rally in defense of freedom of assembly … Continue reading
Filed under political repression, protests, Russian society
2nd FORMER WEST Research Congress (Istanbul)
2nd FORMER WEST Research Congress On Horizons: Art and Political Imagination 4–6 November 2010 Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul Turkey www.formerwest.org On Horizons: Art and Political Imagination, the second in the series of FORMER WEST Research Congresses is streamed live at … Continue reading
Filed under contemporary art, critical thought
