With a personality cult to rival that of Kim Jong-un’s in North Korea, Turkmenistan’s Turkmenbashi has built a comprehensive system of secular adulation centered on his life and his teachings as embodied in his various proclamations, speeches, and writings, most famous among which is the Ruhnama. Having elevated himself to the position of secular god […]
Read MoreTensions in the Ukraine have increased ever since meetings between Ukrainian President Yanukovych and Russian President Vladimir Putin occurred in early December with pro-European protesters expressing their discontent with the attempted shift towards Moscow.
Read MoreVice’s documentaries are known for pushing the boundaries and this one is no exception. One part grandiose LARP session, the other part interesting socio-political experiment, Vice’s documentary focusing on ordinary Germans who have established their own state, the Kingdom of Germany – complete with its own government and bureaucracy, if somewhat faux and for show, […]
Read MoreThe controversial VICE documentary on the DPRK, The Hermit Kingdom, features everyone from Dennis Rodman to Kim Jong-un himself. If ever the phrase about truth being stranger than fiction needed proof of its validity, it has found it in this documentary. What might escape the untrained eye, however, and proves to be of great interest […]
Read MoreThe history of modern Iran is one of revolution and defiance. In 1982 Iran’s Revolutionary Guard used the Israeli invasion of Lebanon to plant the seeds of Iran’s opposition to Israel and its self-appointed position as the leader of an Islamic revolutionary vanguard against Israel and the West. These sentiments continue to this day and […]
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