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Solidarity Is for White Gays: The Need to Speak Better About Russia
The strangeness of Russian politics is attributable to it being very, well, Russian.
Chaos in the Competition Zone: Olympic Excess From Lake Placid to Sochi
Sochi is not the first Olympic community to be shortchanged, disrupted and abused.
Is Syrian “Peace” Conference Laying the Foundation for War?
The Geneva II “peace” conference has all the indicia of a sham.
The LGBT Movement Takes Aim at Sochi
Dave Zirin: The Russian government's anti-gay scapegoating diverts attention from what appears to be the most corrupt Olympics in history.
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Sochi Olympics
Clay Bennett, “Sochi Olympics”
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Six Big Names That Are Skipping the Russian Olympics
Despite a handful of out and proud athletes who have declared their intentions of competing in the upcoming Sochi Olympic Games, there are an unusually high number of celebrities …
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Climate Protection: The New Insurgency
Faced with the failure of conventional lobbying, the climate protection movement is now turning to mass civil disobedienceu2014but we can take it further still.
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As Olympic Winter Games Near, Russian LGBT Activists Speak Out Against Anti-Gay Laws
Gay rights activists from around the world are using the Olympics to put a spotlight on Russia's new law criminalizing the so-called “promotion of homosexuality.”
Two Months After Russia’s Jailing of Arctic 30, Greenpeace Urges Their Release at Warsaw Summit
The “Arctic 30” are back in court today in Russia where they have been held for two months after being detained in a direct action against Russia's first Arctic …
Lavrov Reveals Amended Draft Circulated at “Last Moment”
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov revealed a crucial detail Thursday about last weeku2019s nuclear talks with Iran in Geneva that explains much more clearly than previous reports why the …