ideology
Voina: 'As a Russian activist, I'm not sure that I will live long'
With organisers saying that almost 100, 000 people protested in Russia's biggest anti-governmental rally on 10 December - accusing the kremlin of 'fraud' in 4 December parliamentary elections - we hear from the Moscow-based self-styled 'street art gang' in part two of an exclusive interview, where they describe their role in this Russia
ideology, russian federation, protest, elections, media, politics, voina
Russian art collective Voina: 'Zhlobs are in power in today's Russia'
The Moscow-based self-styled 'street art gang' formed in 2005. Its four main members consist of president Leonid Nikolaev - who was arrested at an 'election fraud protest rally' on 5 December - ideologist Oleg Vorotnikov, coordinator Natalia Sokol and her son and Voina's youngest activist, two-year-old Kasper Can't-Take-Our-Eyes-Off-Him Sokol. Part one of an exclusive interview marks their brief history
ideology, russian federation, university, moscow, protest, elections, society
Modern day ideology: I spy an@rchy
'Anarchist' has become something of a redundant curse word, void of its original ideological meaning and rudely served on platters across Europe in different dressings. What if Europe had one anarchist stereotype today? He or she would probably be a Greek-French student skipping their teacherless-university to riot at a G20 protest in London before driving home and ripping some files on Pirate Bay. cafebabel.com's up-to-date request to its citizen journalists was to expose those corners where anarchy lurks today: the process took us to Lithuania and inside the skin of one its prominent young anarchists, and to San Francisco Bay via Italy, to discover if anarchy is seeping into our craft too
- Read the special edition Modern day ideology: I spy an@rchy
- Calling Europe’s anarchist class 2008-2009: no need to smash bank windows
- Kasparas Pocius, not quite the father of Lithuanian anarchism in the millenium
- Spot.us: 'anarchist' American news website that will save journalism
- Internet: 'the great anarchist event' no longer ours to 'control'
- Lyon Zero: French universities what run themselves
A simple guide to the European elections
Seven out of ten young people didn’t vote in the 2004 European elections. Was this lack of interest due to a lack of understanding? It seems that a little clarification is needed, so here is something to whet your political appetite, two months out from polling day
ideology, eudebate2009, eudebate 2009, vote, european elections 2009, european elections 2009, les verts
Slavoj Zizek: great European export or sell-out to US cultural hegemony?
The Slovenian philosopher cites Viagra to prop up Lacanian theory, wrote a critique of the matrix and has linked Hegel to sex games and Maggie Thatcher. Zizek is an impish theorist with immense transatlantic and popular appeal. So why haven't we heard of him?
ideology, karl marx, profile, georg friedrich hegel , united states, g8, germany
Turkish intellectuals and Europe
Europe represents a slippery and elusive object of desire for Turkey, but Turkish intellectuals are wondering whether it might not be best to define Europe before beginning to covet it.
ideology, candidate countries, mustafa kemal atatürk, secularity, akp, books, islam
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