Monthly Archives: February 2011

by | February 3, 2011

Revealing the October Revolution (Maastricht)

Revealing the October Revolution A workshop organized by Oxana Timofeeva Saturday, 5 February 2011, 14:00 — 21:30 Jan van Eyck Academie Academieplein 1 6211 KM Maastricht The Netherlands Revealing the October Revolution takes a new look at the heritage of Russia’s revolutionary … Continue reading →

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by | February 3, 2011

The Unbearable Lightness of Saint Petersburg

The St. Petersburg Times February 2, 2011 Governor Tries to Remove City’s Historic Status By Sergey Chernov, Staff Writer Actor Oleg Basilashvili and author Boris Strugatsky were among artists, teachers and rights activists who wrote an open letter to Prime Minister … Continue reading →

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by | February 1, 2011

Egypt: Roots of the Revolution

(Video via The Unrepentant Marxist) __________ In the above interview, Mohammed Ezzeldin mentions the murder by police of Khaled Said, a young Alexandrian, in June 2010 (and Egyptian police brutality in general) as one of the catalysts that have sparked the … Continue reading →

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