«The Battle of Algiers» has been considered the most influential political film for 60 years now. The resonance after the release of this film, shot in the traditions of Italian neorealism, sparked a wave of decolonial movements in different countries. Gillo Pontecorvo’s film with Ennio Morricone’s soundtrack is included in rankings of the greatest cinema of all time, and the methods of underground struggle are still used by activists around the world, including Russia.

#20thcentury #decoloniality #GilloPontecorvo #Italy #Italianneorealism #movie #leftandright #protests #revolution #France #EnnioMorricone

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We continue the conversation about the «demise of beautiful Europe under the onslaught of barbarian migrants with their alien culture.» Such views are quite popular even among post-Soviet emigrants who have lived in the West for a long time. For example, among many of the more than a million Soviet Germans and Jews who moved to Germany. They genuinely worry that «Germany is not what it used to be.» It's high time to talk about how the German system works when it comes to cultural imports.

#AngelaMerkel #refugees #Germany #europe #WestandEast #leftandright #migrants #multiculturalism #aftertheUSSR #Emigration #essay

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In the place of the closed GULAG Museum in Moscow, a «Museum of the Genocide of the Soviet People» is being created. If we didn't know what a kingdom of crooked mirrors Russia is today, this could even be welcomed — after all, there really was genocide in the USSR. However, it was not at all the kind that the Russian authorities mean today.

#WorldWarII #genocide #Hitler #Twoleggedbelt #industrialization #historicalmemory #historicalmyths #collectivization #leftandright #propaganda #repressionsintheUSSR #Russia #Stalin #statistics #Trotsky #theeconomyisalmost #essay

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On the eve of socialist Zohran Mamdani’s victory in the New York mayoral election, many predicted a mass exodus of the wealthy from the city. However, two months after his inauguration, millionaires have not gone anywhere despite a proposed city tax for the ultra-rich.

#America #elections #DemocraticPartyoftheUnitedStates #ZohranMamdani #leftandright #millionaires #Taxation #inequality #NewYork #neutral

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One of the most high-profile political assassinations in modern Russian history took place on January 19, 2009. On that day, Stanislav Markelov, a lawyer from the Moscow Human Rights Center, and Anastasia Baburova, a freelance correspondent for Novaya Gazeta, were shot dead by an activist from the far-right group BORN (Combat Organization of Russian Nationalists). They were killed because they supported the anti-fascist movement. And a recent accomplice in this crime was recently released from prison.

#2000s #antifascists #EvgeniyaKhasis #lifeinRussia #historicalmemory #leftandright #Moscow #Shuyne #NikitaTikhonov #society #reportage #ultraright

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She was imprisoned for her beliefs, refused to perform in the USSR in solidarity with dissident Natalia Gorbanevskaya, donated most of her earnings to charity, sang Bob Dylan's songs better than he did himself, and this year plans a farewell tour with him.

#1960s #America #BobDylan #JoanBaez #dictatorship #culturalhero #leftandright #music #NataliaGorbanevskaya #politicalactivism #humanrights #protests #theUSSR #feminism #folkrock #hippie

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Despite its predictability, Mamdani’s campaign unsurprisingly attracted massive international attention. This marks the peak of political activism for Generation Z, which literally carried the 34-year-old regional legislator into the New York mayor’s residence. Despite last year’s predictions of the imminent demise of wokism, radical progressives are gradually returning to the agenda.

#Analytics #elections #ZohranMamdani #zoomers #leftandright #people #NewYork #Palestine #populism #USA #elites

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