Friday, August 24, 2012

LGBT issues have taken a battering in Russia over the last year

Pride, prejudice — just ‘don’t say gay’ in Russia

 

Thursday, August 23, 2012

THE HISTORICAL TRAGEDY OF RUSSIAN BYZANTISM

Mike Nova
 
THE HISTORICAL TRAGEDY OF RUSSIAN BYZANTISM

The essence of this subject is Russian Byzantism and its historical failure and tragedy. Both State and Orthodox Church in their uneasy but strategic partnership ("Symphony") served as means and tools of enslavement, and slavery, both spiritual (religious) and real (social and economic) was the hallmark and the very texture of life in all its aspects in Byzantium and later in what we now call Russia. In the case of the latter it was compounded by the enormous, deadly, crashing impact of mongol-tatar invasion. This is not marxist, but common sense analysis. Now it came to a breaking point because this "symphonic" model cannot sustain itself any longer, it simply does not work. I think we (or future generations) will see the long overdue process of "protestanisation" of ROC and inevitable social, economic and territorial break-up of Russia as we know it.

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Богородица плачет - Александр Морозов

Byzantism

Russian Byzantism - Google Search

Византизм - Google Search

русский византизм - Google Search

 Konstantin Leontiev - From Wikipedia

Леонтьев, Константин Николаевич - Материал из Википедии 

 Византизм и славянство (1875)

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Византизм как симулякр самосознания
 
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Леонтьев - лучший из идеологов рабской официальной народности, которая позволяет, с одной стороны, стирать различия между народом и быдлом, а с другой - заменять представительство символикой былого или грядущего величия.


"Леонтьев – поэт аутентичности, которая в переводе именуется словом "самобытность". У Леонтьева панэстетическое мышление, из духа которого выросла современная гей-культура."

"мы по-прежнему не осознали роль византизма..."

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Words, words, words.
 

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Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Pussy Riot - Press Review: 8:18 AM 8/22/2012

Last Update: 1:40 PM 9/8/2012

Vovchik!
Khoroshaya u tebya dochka: krasivaya i umnitsa, no i svoyenravnaya, konechno, chto i ne udivitelno; oni vse seychas takiye. A te devochki, chto, ne tvoi dochki? I u dvoikh po rebyonku. Vipusti ikh pryamo seychas, legalniy pretext naydyotsa. Potushi pozhar. I, glavnoye: pust Tserkov znayet svoyo mesto, khvatit etogo litsemeriya. Vsya eta vizantiyskaya "symphoniya" davno uzhe prevratilas v kakophoniyu, yesli ne khuzhe. Oni tebe sovershenno ne nuzhni, no, glavnoye: oni sovershenno ne nuzhni sovremennomu gosudarstvu. Ot nikh tolko problemi. Razdeleniye Tserkvi i Gosudarstva imeyet davnuyu i glubokuyu istoricheskuyu mudrost i traditsiyu. Vera ili neveriye - eto lichnoye i chastnoye delo kazhdogo i s gosudarstvennim upravleniyem smeshivatsa nikak ne dolzhni. Tsarevitch, podtverdi: ti zhe zakonnik. Yuridicheski, etot Pussy Riot dolzhen rassmatrivatsa kak forma politicheskogo i khudozhestvennogo protesta, i tolko. Nikakoy ugolovshini i huliganisma zdes net. I yesli Kirillu eto ne nravitsa, pust pishet zhalobi v svoi sobstvenniye visshiye instantsii.

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Kak khochu, tak svoim perom i vorochu: eto - moy avtorskiy stil.

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Press Review:

Pussy Riot Was Carefully Calibrated for Protest - New York Times
It's its own form of culture jam, a savvy reference to feminist and musical history — riot grrrl and Susie Bright, as well as a wink to women's appropriation of sexual agency and bodily power. Madonna has worn Pussy Riot's name on her bare skin, a ...

Jailed Pussy Riot Trio Gets Fundraiser, Show in Chelsea - Businessweek

Pussy Riot sentence brings dissent to the masses - Washington Post

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New York Times




Pussy Riot Was Carefully Calibrated for Protest
New York Times
It's its own form of culture jam, a savvy reference to feminist and musical history — riot grrrl and Susie Bright, as well as a wink to women's appropriation of sexual agency and bodily power. Madonna has worn Pussy Riot's name on her bare skin, a ...
Jailed Pussy Riot Trio Gets Fundraiser, Show in ChelseaBusinessweek
Pussy Riot sentence brings dissent to the massesWashington Post
Jailed Russia Trio Gets Fundraiser, Show in ChelseaBloomberg
Town Hall -Examiner.com -Christian Science Monitor
all 413 news articles »

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Crackdown on Pussy Riot Has History – Analysis
RIA Novosti
Years before Pussy Riot, who last week were given two years behind bars for a “punk prayer” at a church, activists of the now-banned National Bolshevik Party, or NBP, were being slapped with prison terms for acts of civil disobedience bordering on art ...



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Pussy Riot Songs Added to 'Protest' Station on Slacker Radio
Mashable
One of four Pussy Riot songs — “Kill the Sexist,” “Putin Wet Himself,” “Kropotkin Vodka” and “Deliver Pavement” — will launch the “Protest Songs” the first time you listen to it. The songs, which are in Russian, aren't available on iTunes, Spotify or ...



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San Francisco Chronicle




Website of court that sentenced Pussy Riot hacked
San Francisco Chronicle
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian hackers on Tuesday attacked the website of the Moscow court where three members of the Pussy Riot punk band were tried and sentenced to two years in prison for an irreverent protest. The Russian offshoot of the loose-knit ...



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Christian Science Monitor




Jailed Pussy Riot Trio Gets Fundraiser, Show in Chelsea
Businessweek
The three Pussy Riot members who were sentenced to two years in prison last week will become the centerpiece of a Sept. 10 pop-up exhibition and fundraiser in New York backed by Amnesty International. Five videos of the group -- which comprises not ...
Pussy Riot sentence brings dissent to the massesWashington Post
How Pussy Riot Bamboozled the MediaTown Hall
Photos: Pussy Riot arrests highlight U.S. obscenity and blasphemy lawsExaminer.com
Christian Science Monitor -Huffington Post
all 359 news articles »

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Kodak, Pussy Riot, News Corp.: Intellectual Property
Bloomberg
Pussy Riot, the all-female Russian band sentenced to two years in jail after its protest in a Moscow cathedral, has begun the process of registering its name as a trademark, the Moscow News reported. Mark Feigin, the feminist band's lawyer, said the ...

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SF Weekly (blog)




Pussy Riot Trial: A Worldwide Outrage, Thanks to the Internet
SF Weekly (blog)
Three members of Russian punk band Pussy Riot, having been sentenced to two years' hard labor for the crime of "hooliganism motivated by religious hatred" have seemingly lost their battle for free speech against President Vladimir Putin's regressive ...



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Pussy Riot, new punk legends
Salon
Pussy Riot, new punk legends Members of the female punk band "Pussy Riot" (R-L) Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Yekaterina Samutsevich and Maria Alyokhina sit in a glass-walled cage after a court hearing in Moscow, August 17, 2012. A judge sentenced three ...



via Pussy Riot - Google Blog Search by Andrey Tselikov on 8/21/12
Due to the shameful events of the last months, and especially due to the unjust verdict for Pussy Riot, rendered with direct instigation by the Russian Orthodox Church and the people who mistakenly call themselves “Orthodox ...

via Pussy Riot - Google Blog Search by Anna Heim on 8/20/12
Yahoo! posted one of the most obnoxious tweets we have seen in quite a while.

via Pussy Riot - Google Blog Search by Glenn Peoples, Nashville on 8/21/12
Slacker announced Monday it added four tracks by the now-famous Russian punk group Pussy Riot to its catalog as well as its Protest Radio station -- here's how and why they...

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Website of court that sentenced Pussy Riot hacked
MiamiHerald.com
17, 2012 file photo, feminist punk group Pussy Riot members, from left, Maria Alekhina, Yekaterina Samutsevich, and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova show the court's verdict as they sit in a glass cage at a courtroom in Moscow. The two-year prison sentence ...



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The Guardian




Have Pussy Riot sparked a new wave of grrl power?
The Guardian
The London feminist choir Gaggle are another group who have much in common with Pussy Riot: both are shape-shifting collectives of clever women spreading messages of protest and social awareness, often while wearing brightly coloured capes. I asked ...



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Pussy Riot Copycats Demonstrate at Cathedral in Germany
The Moscow Times
On Friday, Pussy Riot members Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, 22, Maria Alyokhina, 24 and Yekaterina Samutsevich, 30, were given two-year prison sentences for their participation in that "punk prayer," in which they denounced Patriarch Kirill for calling on ...



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Christian Science Monitor




Pussy Riot sentence brings dissent to the masses
Washington Post
“Topless Woman Cuts Down Kiev Cross for Pussy Riot.” That headline ran at the top of a South African Web site a few days ago, accompanied by a picture of a half-naked member of a radical feminist group, chainsaw in hand, protesting the two-year jail ...
Anti-Putin Hackers Seize Moscow Court's Web Site, Posting Calls to 'Free Pussy ...New York Times (blog)
Pussy Riot got what they deservedBaltimore Sun
Moscow court responsible for sentencing Pussy Riot hackedChristian Science Monitor
CBS News -ABC7Chicago.com
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The Guardian




Pussy Riot members face threat of violence in Russian jail, lawyer warns
The Guardian
"It seems that the planned and well-orchestrated provocation called 'Pussy Riot' succeeded," Vladimir Yakunin, the Kremlin-connected head of Russian Railways and a high-profile supporter of the Orthodox church, wrote this week. The group, he said, was ...



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Pussy Riot got what they deserved
Baltimore Sun
I applaud Russian authorities for convicting "Pussy Riot" — the very name suggesting sex and violence — of committing a hate crime against religion. The all girl punk band willfully, maliciously and blasphemously desecrated a Russian Orthodox Church.



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TIME




Hackers target website of Russian court that jailed Pussy Riot
Reuters
Anti-Kremlin, pro-Pussy Riot slogans appear on site. * Pussy Riot verdict drew international criticism. By Gabriela Baczynska. MOSCOW, Aug 21 (Reuters) - The website of a Moscow court that convicted three members of punk band Pussy Riot to two years in ...
The Priest Who Beat Pussy Riot: The Orthodox Point Man with the KremlinTIME
We must all stand with Pussy RiotNew York Daily News
Pussy Riot and Four Other Bands That Lost the Battle with Authority But Won ...Riverfront Times (blog)
Wall Street Journal (blog) -Forbes -Christian Science Monitor
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I Love You, Todd Akin. You Make Me Want to Put on a Balaclava and Riot.
New York Magazine
Sometimes I'm surprised that Pussy Riot is cool. Even young Americans who voted for Obama and supported Occupy Wall Street tend to turn up our noses at the aesthetics of domestic protest culture: ski masks, body paint, white dreads, Bono. Yet even ...

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via Pussy Riot - Google Blog Search by RT on 8/21/12
Unidentified hackers broke into the official website of a Moscow court which sentenced three Pussy Riot band members to two years in jail. For some time its front page was defaced with obscenities and video clip of a ...

 
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Jailed Pussy Riot Trio Gets Fundraiser, Show in Chelsea - Businessweek

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Christian Science Monitor




Jailed Pussy Riot Trio Gets Fundraiser, Show in Chelsea
Businessweek
The three Pussy Riot members who were sentenced to two years in prison last week will become the centerpiece of a Sept. 10 pop-up exhibition and fundraiser in New York backed by Amnesty International. Five videos of the group -- which comprises not ...
Pussy Riot sentence brings dissent to the massesWashington Post
How Pussy Riot Bamboozled the MediaTown Hall
Photos: Pussy Riot arrests highlight U.S. obscenity and blasphemy lawsExaminer.com
Christian Science Monitor -Huffington Post
all 359 news articles »