Daily Archives: March 2, 2008
“Worse than Nothing”: On the Discussion of the Letter by Russian Leftists to Alain Badiou
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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 lay a memorial firehose and say farewell to their dear alma mater. They were joined by Chto Delat platformistas Ada, Pasha, Foma, Artyom, and Dima V., some of whom teach and study at the university. For all those on hand, however, the university had been a bright haven amidst a black storm of reaction.
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How It All Began (YouTube)
On the occasion of the Russian elections, a short YouTube KVN video with an alternate soundtrack for a Soviet comedy classic. Great to watch if you’ve seen the original. Too bad there’s no subtitled version…
Thanks to AP for this link from platform chto delat.
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