April 2004's Issue
It’s been well over a decade since the Berlin Walt came tumbling down. But instead of freedom and prosperity many of those who lived behind the Iron Curtain have faced a massive assault on their living standards and a demodernization of their societies. The NI explores what ‘freedom’ has meant for the peoples of Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union. We travel through the wreckage of corruption and exploitation and give a voice to those struggling to build a real democracy out of the rubble.
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Revolution of roses
Voices – both optimistic and sceptical – from the frontlines of Georgia’s democracy movement.
- Richard Swift
- 1 Apr 2004
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Poverty and corruption
A young man’s death forces Urvashi Butalia to come to terms with corruption.
- Urvashi Butalia
- 1 Apr 2004
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Capturing the Friedmans
Capturing the Friedmans directed by Andrew Jarecki.
- Malcolm Lewis
- 1 Apr 2004
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Care-charming Sleep
Care-charming Sleep by John Potter and The Dowland Project
- Louise Gray
- 1 Apr 2004
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South Africa Special - to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the ending of apartheid
SOUTH AFRICA SPECIAL: celebrating the 10th anniversary of apartheid’s end. Keeping His Promise by Enver Carim; Unfinished Business by Terry Bell with Dumisa Buhle Ntsebeza; History After Apartheid by Annie E Coombes; Amandla! directed by Lee Hirsch.
- Malcolm Lewis
- 1 Apr 2004
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We expected better
The hopes of the post-communist young have been dashed on the shoals of transition realities. Irena Maryniak tells their story.
- Irena Maryniak
- 1 Apr 2004
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The Wild East
Richard Swift takes the pulse of post-communism and finds the patient in a weakened condition.
- 1 Apr 2004
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Democracy - beyond the market
Profiles in activism from the former Soviet Union.
- Richard Swift
- 1 Apr 2004
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Theatre of the absurd
Ioana Baetica’s survival guide for young theatregoers in Bucharest.
- Ioana Baetica
- 1 Apr 2004
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Profile of Eloísa Cartonera
The ultimate poor person’s publisher profiled: Eloísa Cartonera from Argentina.
- Tomás Bril
- 1 Apr 2004
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Re-inventing Russian socialism
An interview from Moscow with Boris Kagarlitsky.
- Boris Kagarlitsky
- 1 Apr 2004
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Shafiqul Alam Kiron
The infinite joy of childhood, by Bangladeshi photographer Shafiqul Alam Kiron.
- Shafiqul Alam Kiron
- 1 Apr 2004
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Hungarian soufflé
Alex Bandy draws up a balance sheet of winners and losers as Hungary knocks on the door of the European Union.
- Alex Bandy
- 1 Apr 2004
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Ricardo: 'The only thing I hate in the world is the police'
Selling religious cards in Uruguay by day, afraid of the dark at night. Interview by Jenny Smith.
- Jenny Smith
- 1 Apr 2004
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