Monet ovat varmasti kuulleet suuren taitelijan, Katariina Lillqvistin teoksesta, jossa esiintyy kentauriksi muuttuva, korsettiin pukeutuva homo-Mannerheim. Kuten odottaa saattaa, ihmisten tunteita on nyt loukattu. Jupakkaa onkin jo verrattu Muhammed-pilakuviin ja niiden aiheuttamaan kuohuntaan. Onpa itse taiteilija Lillqvistkin tuominnut kriitikkonsa “yltiöisänmaallisina fundamentalisteina”.
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Archive for February, 2008
Noam Chomsky Interviewed About the Bombing of Yugoslavia
Posted in Europe, History, Kosovo, Quotes, Video on February 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I found this interview of Noam Chomsky by Serbian television from April of 2006. Chomsky discusses the backgrounds and the motive for the US-lead bombing campaign of Yugoslavia in 1999. The interview will be provided in both text as well video format.
On the NATO Bombing of Yugoslavia
Noam Chomsky interviewed by Danilo Mandic
RTS Online, April 25, [...]
Kosovo.
Posted in Europe and the World, History, Kosovo, Nationalism, News, Quotes on February 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The name of this previously internationally insignificant province has been on every European nationalists’ mind since NATO, lead by the U.S., began its bombing campaign in the late 1990’s. Now, more than ever, Kosovo is at the forefront of geopolitical tension and development.
As the province declared independence, it signalled the beginning of a new era [...]
Det Gamla Sverige
Posted in Culture, History, Norden, Video on February 5, 2008 | No Comments »