Gorki Águila founded Porno para Ricardo in Havana back in 1998, and Cuba’s cultural landscape — in both its official and underground incarnations — has never been the same
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This week, Russian authorities dealt what may be the greatest blow to LGBT rights advocates since Vladimir Putin signed into law the infamous ban on “gay propaganda in the vicinity of minors.”
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In Cuba, the obsession with aromatic oils sits between the concepts of communist kitsch and capitalist complacency.
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Four decades after the end of the Cultural Revolution, a Chinese government official makes a speech echoing the Red Guard’s ultra-leftist sentiment. Could “politics in command” be experiencing a renaissance?
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During this fifth installment of The Freedom Chat, Ukrainian journalist and novelist Andrey Kurkov – who writes for The Guardian, Time Magazine, and The New Statesman – comments on the status of press freedom and Russian propaganda impacting the Ukrainian media.
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Journalist and novelist Andrey Kurkov comments on the status of press freedom and Russian propaganda affecting Ukrainian media outlets during this fifth installment of The Freedom Chat.
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Sampsonia Way’s new video series, “The Freedom Chat”, introduces author and artist Linor Goralik. Throughout her interview, Linor reveals the struggles of publishing in Russia as well as the external forces that affect her personal work. She also keenly differentiates two propaganda “styles” during this discussion.
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