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Kazın ayağı taraklıdır

Istanbul Institute of
Russian and Sovietic Studies

Üstte: Açlıktan ölen ayıya ağlayan Kanadalı Paul Nicklen
Altta: Kanada’da fok katliamı

Bilgi sermaye son derece kaygan, değeri sıfırlanabilen, yenilenen, kopyalanan bir üretim aracı olduğu için, rantiye hale geldiğinde bu pozisyonunu ancak devlet koruması altında sürdürebilir. Bu nedenle bilgi sermaye oligarşisi, bu korumayı sağlamak yerine, bilgi rantını sınırlayan ya da engelleyen merkeziyetçi-devletçi rejimlerle de amansız bir çelişki halindedir. Bu temel çelişkiyi ilerici ve gerçekçi sol politikalara tedavül etmek için solcunun önce ırkçı, etnik, kültürel, yerelci, kimlikçi siyaseti bir yana bırakmasi, elde hazır kurumsal ve hukuki araçlarını, sistemin karşılayamadığı vaadleri son noktasına kadar götürecek şekilde kullanması gerekir. Aksi takdirde tahteravallinin yanlış tarafına basmaya devam edeceğinden, bu çelişkiyi sol değil -daha önce de olduğu gibi- devletçi keynesçi ekonomi politikaları çözecektir. Continue reading “Kazın ayağı taraklıdır”

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“For the peasants, the king was an utterly sacred figure. His abdication gave moral sanction for redistribution” – Mikhail Davydov

Istanbul Institute of
Russian and Sovietic Studies

Historian Mikhail Davydov speaks on Russias ways of development prior to 1917 !

This interview had been made by Andrew Borzenko and originally published by meduza.io, on January 13th, 2018 at 11:38

Debates about the February and October revolutions of a century ago took up all of 2017: was it possible to avoid them? Was it possible to avoid the Civil war? Why, did Russia, after overthrowing the autocracy, soon turn out to be a totalitarian country?

Summing up the points of this discussion, “Medusa” spoke to professor Mikhail Davydov, historian at the School of History School of Economics who in November became the winner of the Yegor Gaidar Award for the book “Twenty years before the Great War. Russian modernization Witte – Stolypin.”

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The new ideological warfare between etatism and globalism

Istanbul Institute of
Russian and Sovietic Studies

At Left: The “English” Ivan the Terrible, the CEO of Muscovy Company, a “globalist”
At Right: Peter the Third, who was betrayed and dethroned by his wife, an “etatist”

What is the real stake behind the over-romanticising of October Revolution by The New York Times? It is also noticeable that Putin’s regime overlooks Lenin and the October Revolution. Is a new propanganda warfare on re-writing history between American establishment and Russian regime coming out? Could we link this warfare to Trump’s election and his neo-keynesian economy-politics aiming to overcome the current (2008) “great depression”? And the rise of Russia as the new global power undertaking huge infrastructures namely the New Silk Road, Yamal Project, Shanghai Five, rebuilding the Eurasia-centered World system as the new global converging market? Continue reading “The new ideological warfare between etatism and globalism”