Monthly Archives: July 2011
Waging War (Sergey Chernov interviews Oleg Vorotnikov)
The St. Petersburg Times Wednesday, July 27, 2011 Waging War Now in hiding, the award-winning, politically minded Voina art group is preparing a new stunt By Sergey Chernov The state’s pressure on the radical art group Voina — famous for … Continue reading
Filed under activism, contemporary art, interviews, political repression, Russian society
Museum Songspiel: The Netherlands 20XX
Sadly, this seems like an appropriate time to post this video… Museum Songspiel: The Netherlands 20XX A film by Chto Delat, 2011 This video film, whose narrative takes place against the background of Dutch politics in the year 20XX, tells … Continue reading
Breivik: Perfect Product of the Axis of Islamophobia (Mondoweiss)
Anders Behring Breivik, a perfect product of the Axis of Islamophobia by Max Blumenthal When I wrote my analysis last December on the “Axis of Islamophobia,” laying out a new international political network of right-wing ultra-Zionists, Christian evangelicals, Tea Party … Continue reading
Oliver Ressler: Resist to Exist
Resist to Exist A project in public space in Copenhagen by Oliver Ressler The project Resist to Exist consists of two elements, which are presented next to each other within sight of the S-train station Bispebjerg in Copenhagen. The first … Continue reading
Filed under contemporary art
Norway: Terror in the Eye of the Beholder? (Left Flank)
Editor’s note. We couldn’t have said it any better than “Dr_Tad,” writing at the Australian blog Left Flank. Terror in the eye of the beholder? Norway, the far Right & the state-media complex This weekend was a salutary lesson in … Continue reading
Filed under anti-racism, anti-fascism, immigration, international affairs
Louis Proyect: Chto Delat and Ostalgia
Our favorite unrepentant Marxist, Louis Proyect, has just posted a tremendously kind and positive review of our contribution to Ostalgia, a group exhibition of art from and about the former Eastern Bloc that is currently on view at New York’s … Continue reading
Kazakhstan: Authorities Crack Down on Striking Oil Workers
[Editor's note: the following press release has been lightly edited to make it more readable.] 13 July 2011 Kazakhstan: authorities engage in violent reprisals against striking oil workers In Kazakhstan’s Mangistau province, a real threat has emerged to the security … Continue reading
