“Queer activists have been at the forefront of the protests since the beginning” — LGBT+ lead fight in chaotic Belarus
This is a translation of the article “‘Queera personer har deltagit i protesterna från start’ – HBTQ+ kamp i kaotiskt Belarus,” originally published in Swedish by the anarchist magazine Brand. [...]
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Civil Society
“The last European Executioner”: Why Belarus preserves the death penalty
Disclaimer: this is a translated, modified and updated version of an article that was published by the same author three years ago in the Russian online-journal “7×7”. The original version [...]
Cinema
From avant garde to dreamscapes: aesthetics in the Soviet Cinema 1917-1964
Cinema in the Soviet Union was one of the most controlled mediums under the Communist regime. As a result of this, each era, marked above all by changes in the leadership, transformed the [...]
Memory and Identity
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“Serebrennikov was not just an accomplished director, but a loud voice in some of Russia’s most divisive conversations. Beginning in 2011, perhaps coinciding with his rising stardom, Serberennikov had been more vocal in his disdain for the Putin administration and his support for anti-Putin figures, including the band Pussy Riot“
