Archive for October 15th, 2008
Zizek on the Soviet “empire of signs”
By Sean at 15 October, 2008, 11:38 pm
I’ve been reading Slavoj Zizek’s In Defense of Lost Causes and he has some interesting thoughts on revolutionary terror (Ch. 4, “Revolutionary Terror from Robespierre to Mao”) and Stalinism (ch. 5 ‘Stalinism Revisited, or, How Stalin Saved the Humanity of Man”). I thought I’d share this one passage I found interesting,
The public prosecutor in the [...]
Politkovskaya Trial Opens Behind Closed Doors
By Sean at 15 October, 2008, 7:52 am
The Anna Politkovskaya murder trial opened today and it’s already being marred by secrecy, conspiracy theories, and suspicion. Despite efforts by Politkovskaya’s newspaper, Novaya gazeta, the trial of Dzhabrail and Ibragim Makhmudov, and Sergei Khadzhikurbanov will not be open to the public. The trial will be a military one because, officials say, the case involved [...]
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