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John Feffer

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Name: John Feffer

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 1 reports

John Feffer: The City and the City

Kosice is not simply one city. Like any Central European metropolis worthy of the name, many urban incarnations coexist cheek and jowl in this charming capital of eastern Slovakia. In the Old Town, a medieval church overlooks a beautifully preserved Renaissance ... [Published Huffington Post - May 24 2013]

Entities: Rome, Kosice (Slovakia), John Feffer, Slovakia

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

John Feffer: The Politics of Memory

America is the land of "move on." That's the name of the organization whose original mission was to persuade the U.S. electorate to move on from the impeachment proceedings against President Bill Clinton. But it could also be the name of President Barack ... [Published Huffington Post - May 22 2013]

Entities: Bulgaria, John Feffer, Memory, Stara Zagora (Bulgaria)

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

John Feffer: Voice to the Voiceless

The media in East-Central Europe used to be idea-centric. The unofficial samizdat publications focused on the cruelties and inanities of the regimes, unearthed nearly forgotten history, and often featured philosophic meditations on politics and morality. ... [Published Huffington Post - May 20 2013]

Entities: John Feffer, Bulgaria, Jacques Derrida

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

John Feffer: Infantalizing North Korea

It's time for us to grow up in our assessments of North Korea. Belittling North Korea, literally and figuratively, ultimately prevents us from developing our own mature alternatives. Read More... More on North Korea ... [Published The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - May 17 2013]

Entities: John Feffer, North Korea

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Tchetin Kazak

John Feffer: Representing the Movement

Bulgarian voters went to the polls on May 12. The two top vote-getters were the former ruling party, Citizens for a European Bulgaria (GERB), followed by the former Communists, the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP). GERB resigned in February during a surge ... [Published Huffington Post - May 16 2013]

Entities: John Feffer, Ahmed Dogan, Bulgaria, Tchetin Kazak

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

Kim Jong-un

Infantalizing Kim and country

Infantalizing North KoreaBy John FefferOriginally published in HankyorehPolitical Cartoonists love to portray North Korea as an irrational and infantile force. It's either a baby with a nuclear rattle or a little truant in need of a timeout. The relative ... [Published Asia Times Online - May 13 2013]

Entities: North Korea, John Feffer, Predation, Kim Jong-un

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 1 reports

MOVEMENT FOR RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS

John Feffer: Challenging the Movement

Last fall, I spent the night in the Bulgarian city of Yambol on my way from the Black Sea coast back to Plovdiv and Sofia. Although I drove around the city looking for my hotel and poked around a bit the following morning, I failed to see what is considered ... [Published Huffington Post - May 08 2013]

Entities: John Feffer, MOVEMENT FOR RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS, Bulgaria, Assimilation, Plovdiv

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 1 reports

John Feffer: Regretting the Region's Right Turn

Some of the first oppositionists to Communism came from the left, such as the Socialist Revolutionaries in the Soviet Union after the Bolsheviks seized power in 1917. Later, in Eastern Europe, the first stirrings of dissent from below also came from the ... [Published Huffington Post - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Tom Harrison, Poland, John Feffer, Karol Modzelewski, Jacek Kuroń

First reported Apr 25 2013 - Updated Apr 25 2013 - 1 reports

John Feffer: Inside the Movement

When I met Miroslav Durmov in 1990, he was a spokesperson for the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF), a political formation that focused on minority rights in Bulgaria, particularly those of ethnic Turks. We conversed in Russian, since he didn't speak ... [Published Huffington Post - Apr 25 2013]

Entities: John Feffer, MOVEMENT FOR RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS, Ahmed Dogan, Bulgaria

First reported Apr 15 2013 - Updated Apr 15 2013 - 1 reports

John Feffer: Losing My Illusions

Anyone engaged in social change has grappled with the essential question. Should I work within the system or outside the system?In the United States, the question is often expressed geographically: to operate "inside the Beltway" or "outside the Beltway." ... [Published Huffington Post - Apr 15 2013]

Entities: John Feffer, Bulgaria, Boyko Borisov, Sofia

First reported Mar 25 2013 - Updated Mar 25 2013 - 1 reports

John Feffer: Religious Freedom in Bulgaria

The "case of the 13 imams" sounds almost mythic. But the current case the Bulgarian government is prosecuting against 13 imams from the area of Pazardzhik -- west of Plovdiv on the way to Sofia -- is very real. Read More... More on Europe ... [Published The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - Mar 25 2013]

Entities: John Feffer, Bulgaria, Religion

First reported Mar 13 2013 - Updated Mar 13 2013 - 1 reports

John Feffer: Restoring the Erased

On June 26, 2012, the European Court of Human Rights upheld a lower court ruling that Slovenia had violated the European Convention on Human Rights in its treatment of the roughly 25,000 people stripped of residency in the wake of the country's independence. ... [Published The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - Mar 13 2013]

Entities: John Feffer, European Court of Human Rights, Slovenia

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John Feffer: The City and the City [Published Huffington Post - May 24 2013]
John Feffer: The Politics of Memory [Published Huffington Post - May 22 2013]
John Feffer: Voice to the Voiceless [Published Huffington Post - May 20 2013]
John Feffer: Infantalizing North Korea [Published The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - May 17 2013]
John Feffer: Representing the Movement [Published Huffington Post - May 16 2013]
Infantalizing Kim and country [Published Asia Times Online - May 13 2013]
John Feffer: Challenging the Movement [Published Huffington Post - May 08 2013]
John Feffer: Regretting the Region's Right Turn [Published Huffington Post - Apr 30 2013]
John Feffer: Inside the Movement [Published Huffington Post - Apr 25 2013]
John Feffer: Life under Sanctions [Published Huffington Post - Apr 17 2013]
Rising hope [Published Philippines Daily Tribune - Apr 16 2013]
John Feffer: Losing My Illusions [Published Huffington Post - Apr 15 2013]
John Feffer: Religious Freedom in Bulgaria [Published The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - Mar 25 2013]
John Feffer: Finding a Normal Path in Serbia [Published The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - Mar 19 2013]
John Feffer: Restoring the Erased [Published The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - Mar 13 2013]
John Feffer: High Times in Yugoslavia [Published The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - Mar 06 2013]
John Feffer: The Squats of Berlin [Published The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - Feb 27 2013]
John Feffer: Punks and Professors in Slovenia [Published The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - Feb 23 2013]
John Feffer: The Same Mistake as Solidarity [Published The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - Feb 19 2013]
John Feffer: The Two Europes [Published The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - Feb 07 2013]
John Feffer: Community Organizing in Bulgaria [Published The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - Feb 04 2013]
John Feffer: Human Rights in Bulgaria [Published The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - Jan 23 2013]
John Feffer: Escape From Ignorance and Chalga [Published The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - Jan 22 2013]
Party Search: Why's North Korea attractive for ... [Published Russia Today - YouTube - Jan 08 2013]
John Feffer: The Persistence of Discrimination ... [Published The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - Dec 30 2012]
North Korea's nuclear theater [Published Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire - Dec 20 2012]
John Feffer: The New Bulgarian Left [Published The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - Nov 27 2012]

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John Feffer: Infantalizing North Korea [Published The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - May 17 2013] It's time for us to grow up in our assessments of North Korea. Belittling North Korea, literally and figuratively, ultimately prevents us from developing our own mature alternatives. Read More... More on North Korea ...
John Feffer: Religious Freedom in Bulgaria [Published The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - Mar 25 2013] The "case of the 13 imams" sounds almost mythic. But the current case the Bulgarian government is prosecuting against 13 imams from the area of Pazardzhik -- west of Plovdiv on the way to Sofia -- is very real. Read More... More on Europe ...
John Feffer: Finding a Normal Path in Serbia [Published The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - Mar 19 2013] Even today, the country in Europe with the largest population of internally displaced persons (IDP) is Serbia. More than a decade after the end of the wars in former Yugoslavia, more than 200,000 people remain in limbo in Serbia. Many ethnic Serbs ...
John Feffer: Restoring the Erased [Published The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - Mar 13 2013] On June 26, 2012, the European Court of Human Rights upheld a lower court ruling that Slovenia had violated the European Convention on Human Rights in its treatment of the roughly 25,000 people stripped of residency in the wake of the country's independence. ...
John Feffer: High Times in Yugoslavia [Published The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - Mar 06 2013] In 1968, protests erupted around the world: Chicago, Mexico City, Paris, Warsaw, Tokyo. The protestors, most of them part of a new generation untouched by World War II, demanded an end to war, dictatorships, economic follies, and the culture of death ...

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Party Search: Why's North Korea attractive for ... [Published Russia Today - YouTube - Jan 08 2013]