As Russian president Vladimir Putin visits London to engage in both Olympic and diplomatic shenanigans, several major British musicians, including Pete Townshend, Jarvis Cocker and Corinne Bailey Rae are calling…
Recently, the Putin regime in Russia extended the pre-trial detention of 3 members of the feminist punk group “Pussy Riot” until January 2013. Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Maria Alekhina and Ekaterina Samutsevich…
INTERNATIONAL ANARCHIST MOVEMENT:NOTES FROM THE BALTIC ANARCHIST GATHERING: Impressions from the Baltic Anarchist Meeting 2012 Impressions from the Baltic Anarchist Meeting 2012 Almost two months have passed since the Baltic…
It is an extreme act of bravery and commitment to put on a queer film festival in many parts of the world, where the cultural politics of film festivals play…
Vladimir Putin recently issued new fines for unsanctioned protests, $9,000 for protesters and $30,000 for protest organizers. Meanwhile a few months ago in Canada, Quebec Premier Jean Charest issued new…
India has nothing but friends these days, that is if you leave out Pakistan. Russia’s her friend, has been for generations. China wants to be India’s BFF. And America is…
It may be beyond rational explanation, but almost three-quarters of the Russian people approve of Vladimir Putin. The man is a corrupt thug with KGB written all over him, but…
The awesome swearing in ceremony: Is he the new Stalin of Russia? Read the CBC story.
The independent elections watchdog agency, Golos, found that “carousel voting” occurred during the Russian presidential election that you think you won. If you believe in democracy, maybe you should address…
Peas in a pod Like the Conservatives’ voter suppression tactics during the last federal election in Canada, it looks like Russia’s governing party also rigged the vote. No surprise there,…
Lawmakers in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on Wednesday passed a controversial law banning "homosexual propaganda" in the city of nearly five million inhabitants. The city's governor, Georgy Poltavchenko, has vowed to…
Lawmakers in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on Wednesday passed a controversial law banning "homosexual propaganda" in the city of nearly five million inhabitants. The city's governor, Georgy Poltavchenko, has vowed to…
Lawmakers in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on Wednesday passed a controversial law banning “homosexual propaganda” in the city of nearly five million inhabitants. The city’s governor, Georgy Poltavchenko, has vowed to…
Lawmakers in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on Wednesday passed a controversial law banning “homosexual propaganda” in the city of nearly five million inhabitants. The city’s governor, Georgy Poltavchenko, has vowed to…
Bad news out of Russia: St. Petersburg passed a law banning “homosexual propaganda” today. What counts as propaganda is broad and ill-defined, so Russian Slap readers may officially reading be…
The first thing that has to be said is that the Syrian people are bravely resisting and suffering under – first and foremost – the brutal Syrian regime. But the…
The first and foremost thing that must be said is that the people of Syria, who have resisted an utterly vicious military repression of their aspirations for nearly a year,…
Pure insanity from Russia. After Maxim Kupreev created an LGBT group within Aeroflot to fight for the protection of the rights of gay employees in June 2011, the airline offered…
A collection of items noted in the past week or so. 1. Canadian Press had a good year end type piece on the 24th. It captured what was, to me,…
