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New Issue of Chto Delat Confiscated and Under Investigation
PETERSBURG, August 29, 2008. On the evening of August 27, the new issue of the newspaper Chto Delat (No. 19: What Does It Mean to Lose? The Experience of Perestroika) was confiscated during a police raid at the printers in … Continue reading
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Shadowboxing (Petersburg Antifa)
Anna Rudnitskaya Shadowboxing Russian Reporter 25 (55) 3 July 2008 It is hard to believe that the war against fascism is once again being fought on the streets of Russia’s cities. This war is waged by young people who for … Continue reading
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How Things Were Done in Petersburg: The Destruction of Submariners Garden
The current regime presents itself, at home and abroad, as having brought “stability” and prosperity to Russia. Russians, the storyline goes, are enjoying the fruits of their new consumerist society, and thus social conflict, much less outright resistance to the … Continue reading
European University: A Battle Won (A Letter from Artemy Magun)
Dear Colleagues, As you might have heard, the European University was reopened last Friday! I want to thank you all, on my own behalf (the rector’s general thanks are at www.eu.spb.ru), for your support: many of you have signed letters … Continue reading
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For Worker Power!
On February 28, members of the Chto Delat e-mail platform received the following message from Comrade X, the editor of the broadsheet For Worker Power: The printing plant refused to run off this issue of our newspaper because: “There is … Continue reading
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Firehose Isn’t a Band from San Pedro. It’s an Instrument for Strangling Academic Freedom in Russia
Better stay away from those / That carry around a firehose. —Bob Dylan, “Subterranean Homesick Blues” On 29 February 2007, students of the still-closed European University in Saint Petersburg gathered at the monument to Russian renaissance man Mikhail Lomonosov to … Continue reading
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Ousting the Ideological Enemy (More on the Closing of EUSP)
Ousting the Ideological Enemy By Yelena Biberman Russia Profile International Academic Community Sees the University’s Closure as a Bad Lesson about Russia A prominent ivory tower in the Russian cultural capital has become one of the tragic casualties of Russia’s … Continue reading
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BASTA! Special Issue: RASH, “We Have to Take People to the Next Level”
This is the fifth in a series of translations of the articles in BASTA!, a special Russian-only issue of Chto Delat that addresses such pressing issues as the fight against racism and facism, the new Russian labor movement, the resistance … Continue reading
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BASTA! Special Issue: Mañana Mejor, “A View of a Construction Site”
This is the third in a series of translations of the articles in BASTA!, a special Russian-only issue of Chto Delat that addresses such pressing issues as the fight against racism and facism, the new Russian labor movement, the resistance … Continue reading
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BASTA! Special Issue: Foma, “Who Makes the Nazis?”
This is the second in a series of translations of the articles in BASTA!, a special Russian-only issue of Chto Delat that addresses such pressing issues as the fight against racism and facism, the new Russian labor movement, the resistance … Continue reading
