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Race Defaced is an exceptional contribution to the debate about race because it does so much more than most writing on the subject. Comment?
MIN-BKN Musical Preview: C...
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Today I have the pleasure of presenting the musical preview. Since the Wolves play Brooklyn, we thought New York could share its spotlight with some Russian music today. Comment?
Pro-Kremlin TV Channel Attacks Orthodox Church Critics
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MOSCOW, January 21 A pro-Kremlin TV channel, whose exposs of President Vladimir Putin's critics led last year to the arrests of political activists, has aired a new documentary, this time attacking what it called the "godless" enemies of the Russian Orthodox Church. Comment?
Read "Mostly Other People Do the Killing: Setting the Record Straight"
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Mostly Other People Do the Killing is frequently typecast as one of today's most humorously irreverent young jazz groups, based in no small part on their provocative name, which was inspired by a quote attributed to inventor Leon Theremin-a survivor of the Soviet gulag who exonerated Stalin because "mostly other people did the killing." Bassist and ... (more) Comment?
Neo-Communism Out of the Closet
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... are evil, capitalism is bad, America is the great imperialist Satan - and the view taken by the Communists of the Stalin era. Of course, time changes everyone somewhat. Even Communists like Khrushchev, who spearheaded Stalin's purges, came to find ... Comment?
Crushing Eastern Europe
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The period following WWII in eastern Europe is considered to be a black one, best forgotten. Comment?
Review of Applebaum's "Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe 1944-1956"
The period following WWII in eastern Europe is considered to be a black one, best forgotten. Comment?
'Opus No. 7' Attempts to Heal the Past
The ambiguously titled "Opus No. 7," conceived and directed by Dmitry Krymov, is a memory play, with the emphasis, refreshingly, on play. Comment?
Book review: 'Iron Curtain' reveals devastation
"Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe, 1945-1956" , by Anne Applebaum Writing from the multiple vantage points of individuals across Eastern Europe rather than the perspective of governments and political leaders, Anne Applebaum sheds long overdue light on the devastation experienced across the region after World War II. Comment?
Krzysztof Stanowski: Poland uses all possible ways to press Lukashenka
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Krzysztof Stanowski told about his oppositional work in the dictatorship, about the time he spent in prisons, and gave his view of why Poland wants to see Belarus in the Eastern Partnership. Comment?
Depardieu checks out possible new Russian homeland
... hand is famous for its harsh climate and a large number of prison camps, which appeared in the 1930s as part of the Stalin-era gulag system of forced labor camps. Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, a member of Pussy Riot punk band, is serving her two-year ... Comment?
Depardieu offered home amid gulags to escape French tax
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GERARD DEPARDIEU appears to have escaped France's proposed super-tax on the rich by becoming a Russian citizen. Comment?
French actor Depardieu gets Rus...
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... is famous for its harsh climate and a large number of prison camps, which appeared in the 1930s as part of the Stalin-era GULAG system of forced labour camps. Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, a member of Pussy Riot punk band, is serving her two-year prison ... Comment?
Depardieu checks out new Russian homeland
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French actor Gerard Depardieu, who has threatened to forsake his homeland for Russia to avoid massive new taxes, has travelled to the central Russian region of Mordovia where he may next hang his hat. Comment?
Minister: “Give children the vote”
A German minister is calling for children to be given the vote, it was reported on Thursday. Comment?
Book review: 'Iron Curtain' reveals Eastern Europe's devastation
"Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe, 1945-1956" , by Anne Applebaum Writing from the multiple vantage points of individuals across Eastern Europe rather than the perspective of governments and political leaders, Anne Applebaum sheds long overdue light on the devastation experienced across the region after World War II. Comment?
Heading for a financial cold war
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If what our Communists and other left-wingers are saying is anything to go by, there is no greater enemy to humankind than the International Monetary Fund and the related World Bank that incorporates the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development , even though the much-accursed and condemned IMF is the main source for the replenishment ... (more) Comment?
Speaking to men and women as citizens, co-equal in responsibility for our country and the various messes our government has gotten us into. Comment?
Russia breaks up anti-Putin rally
Russian police on Saturday detained dozens of people, including opposition leader Alexei Navalny, as they broke up an anti-Vladimir Putin rally that mustered hundreds in Moscow in defiance of an official ban. Comment?
Russian Police break up anti-Putin rally, detain leaders
AFP: Russian police on Saturday detained dozens of people, including opposition leader Alexei Navalny, as they broke up an anti-Vladimir Putin rally that mustered hundreds in Moscow in defiance of an official ban. Comment?