Politics – Strangers Guide

China

“Being ignorant among the crowd demonstrating In the streets, opening an umbrella against tear gas This...”

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France

What began as a student sit-in at the Sorbonne campus of the University of Paris in the spring of 1968—with protestors railing against capitalism...

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Sudan

Protests this spring in Sudan, which resulted in the ousting of longtime strongman Omar al-Bashir, began in December with high school students demonstrating against...

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Moscow

Taking to the Streets

Pro-democracy protests were loud in Moscow in 2011, but slowly got quieter

by Mikhail Fishman

It was Monday, December 5, 2011—a grey, warm afternoon, and a thin cover of snow started...

Moscow

Mediazona

The media arm of Pussy Riot that takes pot shots at Putin

by Stranger’s Guide

Mediazona is the brainchild of Pussy Riot, the Moscow-based punk rock protest group that likes to...

India

Sabarmati Ashram, located on the banks of the Sabarmati River in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, was Mahatma Gandhi’s favorite place. It was from the ashram...

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Russia

A New Love of Stalin

Over the past decade, public approval of Russia’s famous dictator has grown

by Stranger’s Guide

In an interview he gave to American filmmaker Oliver Stone, broadcast last year, Russian President Vladimir...

Germany

“It’s the day before the German election, and Stefan Liebich, a member of the Bundestag for...”

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Iran

“After the rally ended, a large crowd mingled outside, reluctant to call it a day. A...”

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India

In India’s 2014 election, then-candidate Narendra Modi campaigned at dozens of rallies simultaneously by appearing as a 3‑D holographic image. He won the election...

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Ukraine

Paul Manafort’s now-infamous work as a political consultant for Ukrainian politician Viktor Yanukovych included bringing a slew of American-style campaign tactics to Yanukovych’s Party of...

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China

“That laws of history tell us that only when the old is gone can the new...”

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