Tag Archives: Soviet Union
Banned in Russia
Growing up during the second half of the Cold War, when I was a child the Soviet Union was notable for two reasons: nuclear weapons and censorship. That’s about all I really knew: the Russians and citizens of their satellites can’t read or watch or print what they want. Also they have enough warheads to [...]
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Tagged animation, banned, censorship, European painting, Fantastic Planet, Glass Harmonica, Khrzhanovsky's, modernism, nuclear weapons, Open Culture, Russia, Soviet Union, Vertov, warheads
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Banned Books and Burroughs
While we all get tired of the endless holidays that have been squeezed into the calendar by charities, special interest groups and greeting card manufacturers, I’m happily celebrating Banned Books Week, which is happening now – from September 22 – 28. BBW was started in 1982 when the dawn of Reagan’s America saw a rise [...]
