Apr

30

A World After its Own Image

April 30, 2006 | 4 Comments

“The most intimate reactions of human beings have been so thoroughly reified that the idea of anything specific to themselves now persists only as an utterly abstract notion: personality scarcely signifies anything more than shining white teeth and freedom from body odor and emotions. The triumph of advertising in the culture industry is that consumers […]

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Apr

27

The Chernobyl Effect

April 27, 2006 | 1 Comment

Twenty years ago the nuclear plant Chernobyl exploded. The Guardian did an excellent article on the event and its lingering effects. There is no official count on how many died as a result. The number is probably in the tens of thousands, and its effects will continue to be felt in the […]

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Apr

25

Russia’s Youth Uncritical of Putin’s Politics

April 25, 2006 | 5 Comments

Russian youth continues to be a topic for commentary on Russia Profile. The husband-wife team of Yelena Rykovtseva and Alexei Pankin comment on the conservatism of Russian youth and the differences between the lives of Soviet post-Soviet Russian youth. These two commentaries are nicely supplemented by an article in the Moscow News on […]

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Apr

21

Georgi Derluguian’s Bourdieu’s Secret Admirer in the Caucasus

April 21, 2006 | 1 Comment

On the right side of this page you will find a “Currently Reading” section. The only reason why I mention this is because of the current book that is displayed, Georgi Derluguian’s Bourdieu’s Secret Admirer in the Caucasus: A World Systems Biography. I’m sixty pages into it and I find it absolutely fascinating. […]

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Apr

21

Ufa Blog and Anti-Fascism in Russia

April 21, 2006 | 1 Comment

I want to give a quick plug and shout out.
Daut at Ufa Blog seems to be pretty plugged in to Russian anti-fascist activism and the rise of right wing racism. His newest post is a letter about the murder of anti-fascist activist Alexander Ryukhin, which I mention in my last post.
I’m also happy […]

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Apr

20

Soldiers’ Mothers, HIV/AIDS NGOs Under Attack & Anti-Fascist Murdered in Moscow

April 20, 2006 | 2 Comments

There are three rather disturbing articles in the April 20 edition of the Moscow Times that are worth mentioning.
The first, “Soldiers’ Mothers in the Crosshairs,” concerns how the Justice Ministry’s Federal Registration Service lawsuit against the Union of Soldiers’ Mothers Committees. However, when the case was made public when the Soldier’s Mothers […]

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Apr

18

Discussion on Russia Blog

April 18, 2006 | 1 Comment

There is a rather interesting discussion on immigration, obtaining American and Russian visas, ethnicity, race, and citizenship on Russia Blog. Those interested in these subjects should join in.
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Apr

16

Does Putin’s Russia resemble the Shah’s Iran?

April 16, 2006 | 3 Comments

Does Putin’s Russia resemble the Shah’s Iran? This is the question Boris Kagarlitsky ponders in his recent column “The Shah’s Iran & Putin’s Russia” on Eurasian Home. His argument runs like this. Like the Shah’s Iran, Putin has successfully created an economy that shows stable growth based on oil and gas exports. […]

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Apr

15

Natsbols Banned Again and Russia’s Anti-Fascist Skins

April 15, 2006 | 5 Comments

It looks like Eduard Limonov’s National Bolshevik Party can’t catch a break. Once again the radical organization has been denied registration as a political party. The decision by the Taganka district court upholds the previous ruling by the Justice Ministry. This is the fifth time the NBP has been denied official registration […]

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Apr

14

Time Europe’s Making the World Safe for Capital

April 14, 2006 | 8 Comments

The first article listed in JRL #84 (4/9/06) has been eating at me for days. When I first read it, I said to myself, “I must comment on this.” But other things got in the way. A few days passed. Yet it continues to eat at me for its utter ridiculousness […]

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