On May 15, 1970, the New York Times published an article by esteemed Russia scholar Albert Parry detailing how Soviet dissident intellectuals were covertly passing forbidden ideas around to each other on handcrafted, typewritten documents called samizdat. Here is the beginning of that seminal story: “Censorship existed even before literature, say the Russians. And, we may […]
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American Pandemic ‘Samizdat’: Bhattacharya
September 24th, 2023 Awake Goy
American Pandemic ‘Samizdat’: Bhattacharya Authored by Jay Bhattacharya via RealClear Wire, On May 15, 1970, the New York Times published an article by esteemed Russia scholar Albert Parry detailing how Soviet dissident intellectuals were covertly passing forbidden ideas around to each other on handcrafted, typewritten documents called samizdat. Here is the beginning of that seminal […]