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Voices Against Putin’s War

There can be no better way to mark this website's 18th birthday today than by promoting a new book in whose birth it played a part — Voices Against Putin's War: Protesters' Defiant Speeches in Russian Courts, edited by Simon Pirani and published by Resistance Books…
Voices Against Putin’s War
There can be no better way to mark this website's 18th birthday today than by promoting a new book in whose birth it played a part — Voices Against Putin's War: Protesters' Defiant Speeches in Russian Courts, edited by Simon Pirani and published by Resistance Books (London).
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ICE Goes After Russian Asylum Seekers: The Cases of Alexander Bolokhoev and “Dimitry”

ICE has also been targeting Russian asylum seekers, as exemplified by the cases of Buryat activist Alexander Bolokhoev and Peterburg anti-electoral fraud activist "Dimitry." Their stories are told by Julia…
ICE Goes After Russian Asylum Seekers: The Cases of Alexander Bolokhoev and “Dimitry”
ICE has also been targeting Russian asylum seekers, as exemplified by the cases of Buryat activist Alexander Bolokhoev and Peterburg anti-electoral fraud activist "Dimitry." Their stories are told by Julia Khazagaeva, Buryadmongol, Sota News, and New York Magazine.
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Toxicity

"Eating seeds as a pastime activity": this all-star omnibus post features School of Rock, Martin Sheen, John Cusack, Slavoj Žižek, Russian political prisoner Mikhail Krieger, Shirley Manson, Memorial, Pussy Riot, Petersburg anti-war activist Yegor Shramko, Hanna Perekhoda, Donald Trump,…
Toxicity
"Eating seeds as a pastime activity": this all-star omnibus post features School of Rock, Martin Sheen, John Cusack, Slavoj Žižek, Russian political prisoner Mikhail Krieger, Shirley Manson, Memorial, Pussy Riot, Petersburg anti-war activist Yegor Shramko, Hanna Perekhoda, Donald Trump, Volodymyr Zelensky, Vladimir Putin, Heather Cox Richardson, and System of a Down.
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Sunday Reader No. 6: Hell Is Full

"Blood is fuel. Hell is full. Devils are here": depaywalling is a civic duty in these desperate times.
Sunday Reader No. 6: Hell Is Full
"Blood is fuel. Hell is full. Devils are here": depaywalling is a civic duty in these desperate times.
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MOVE

Grim reflections by TV's "The Rookie," The Bulwark's Adrian Carrasquillo, and Dr. Stacey Patton on America's continuing, monstrous war on Black and Brown people, as exemplified by the 1985 MOVE bombing in Philadelphia, the recent South Shore raid in Chicago, and ICE's systematic and…
MOVE
Grim reflections by TV's "The Rookie," The Bulwark's Adrian Carrasquillo, and Dr. Stacey Patton on America's continuing, monstrous war on Black and Brown people, as exemplified by the 1985 MOVE bombing in Philadelphia, the recent South Shore raid in Chicago, and ICE's systematic and demonstrative dehumanization of the people it abducts.
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Suffer the Children

The documents and eyewitnesses collected in Russian Reader No. 2738 would lead only a fool conclude that Americans, Russians, and Israelis—as polities—love children. The evidence overwhelmingly points in the other direction.
Suffer the Children
The documents and eyewitnesses collected in Russian Reader No. 2738 would lead only a fool conclude that Americans, Russians, and Israelis—as polities—love children. The evidence overwhelmingly points in the other direction.
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Choice Is Yours, Don’t Be Late

TV series "High Potential," Stacey Patton, and James Sacré on the current scary conjuncture at home and elsewhere, and where it might lead us.
Choice Is Yours, Don’t Be Late
TV series "High Potential," Stacey Patton, and James Sacré on the current scary conjuncture at home and elsewhere, and where it might lead us.
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El lector ruso: El Pamir se está derritiendo

Los glaciares de las montañas Pamir, en Tayikistán, se están derritiendo a un ritmo alarmante, lo que tiene consecuencias para la agricultura y la energía hidroeléctrica en Asia Central.
El lector ruso: El Pamir se está derritiendo
Los glaciares de las montañas Pamir, en Tayikistán, se están derritiendo a un ritmo alarmante, lo que tiene consecuencias para la agricultura y la energía hidroeléctrica en Asia Central.
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Something I Learned Today: The Pamirs Are Melting

The glaciers in Tajikistan's Pamir Mountains are melting at an alarming rate, with downstream implications for agriculture and hydropower in Central Asia.
Something I Learned Today: The Pamirs Are Melting
The glaciers in Tajikistan's Pamir Mountains are melting at an alarming rate, with downstream implications for agriculture and hydropower in Central Asia.
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Belarus: Five Years Later

BBC News Russian remembers the biggest protests in Belarusian history, five years on, while Belarusian poet Julia Cimafiejeva highlights the plight of her country's numerous political prisoners, and the exiled Russian folk music label Antonovka Records commemorates the…
Belarus: Five Years Later
BBC News Russian remembers the biggest protests in Belarusian history, five years on, while Belarusian poet Julia Cimafiejeva highlights the plight of her country's numerous political prisoners, and the exiled Russian folk music label Antonovka Records commemorates the anniversary with a release by the traditional Belarusian group Kapela Rej.
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Judging Them by How They Look

Led by fascist despots, Russia and the U.S. are brutally cracking down on immigrants even as they desperately need them to do the jobs white Russians and Americans won't do.
Judging Them by How They Look
Led by fascist despots, Russia and the U.S. are brutally cracking down on immigrants even as they desperately need them to do the jobs white Russians and Americans won't do.
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Eating Kimchi in Public

Carry your U.S. passport with you at all times and don't eat kimchi or speak a language other than English in public.
Eating Kimchi in Public
Carry your U.S. passport with you at all times and don't eat kimchi or speak a language other than English in public.
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El lector ruso: Darle la espalda a la propaganda (Valeria Zotova)

El ex preso político soviético Alexander Podrabinek habla sobre la lucha de Valeria Zotova, actual presa política rusa y resistente a la guerra, contra las autoridades penitenciarias.
El lector ruso: Darle la espalda a la propaganda (Valeria Zotova)
El ex preso político soviético Alexander Podrabinek habla sobre la lucha de Valeria Zotova, actual presa política rusa y resistente a la guerra, contra las autoridades penitenciarias.
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Turning Her Back on Propaganda: Valeria Zotova

Former Soviet political prisoner Alexander Podrabinek on current Russian political prisoner and antiwar resister Valeria Zotova's one-woman fight against prison authorities.
Turning Her Back on Propaganda: Valeria Zotova
Former Soviet political prisoner Alexander Podrabinek on current Russian political prisoner and antiwar resister Valeria Zotova's one-woman fight against prison authorities.
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I Love Saint Petersburg

The Facebook page I Love Saint Petersburg has 180,000 followers, including me. Earlier today, they engaged in a priceless bit of trolling at Donald Trump's expense.
I Love Saint Petersburg
The Facebook page I Love Saint Petersburg has 180,000 followers, including me. Earlier today, they engaged in a priceless bit of trolling at Donald Trump's expense.
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Passing Through

Timely reflections on immigration, identity, being, and birthdays by Celia Jiménez and Stanley Kunitz, in celebration of my fifty-eighth.
Passing Through
Timely reflections on immigration, identity, being, and birthdays by Celia Jiménez and Stanley Kunitz, in celebration of my fifty-eighth.
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603,628 Kilometers Square (Solidarity with Ukraine)

The Kyiv Independent makes an offer you shouldn't refuse as it raises funds for East SOS, and the tireless Ukraine Information Group digests all the news from and about Ukraine and Russia's war against it.
603,628 Kilometers Square (Solidarity with Ukraine)
The Kyiv Independent makes an offer you shouldn't refuse as it raises funds for East SOS, and the tireless Ukraine Information Group digests all the news from and about Ukraine and Russia's war against it.
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El lector ruso: Yulia Moskovskaya, terrorista

Retrato (necesariamente) incompleto de Yulia Moskovskaya, de 22 años, detenida en junio en Petersburgo y acusada de «intento de atentado terrorista» contra un diseñador de drones.
El lector ruso: Yulia Moskovskaya, terrorista
Retrato (necesariamente) incompleto de Yulia Moskovskaya, de 22 años, detenida en junio en Petersburgo y acusada de «intento de atentado terrorista» contra un diseñador de drones.
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Yulia Moskovskaya, Terrorist

A (necessarily) sketchy portrait of 22-year-old Yulia Moskovskaya, arrested in June in Petersburg and charged with "attempting to carry out a terrorist attack" against a drone designer.
Yulia Moskovskaya, Terrorist
A (necessarily) sketchy portrait of 22-year-old Yulia Moskovskaya, arrested in June in Petersburg and charged with "attempting to carry out a terrorist attack" against a drone designer.
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