Soviet dissident writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn died today. He is finally free. His biographical acceptance speech from when he won the 1970 nobel prize is here: Speech The Soviets didn't allow him to travel to accept it.

It took me an entire summer to read his thinnest book, Cancer Ward, but it was worth every minute. picked by meggysue 1 year ago

Artists have a duty to dissent—even against Obama picked by shuallyo 4 months ago

Most streakers are just feeling frisky, but Chinese authorities have uncovered their real motive: baring protest tats. Their recently published handbook for Olympic visitors spells out rules they hope will quell dissident behavior. This podcast dishes the details. Scroll down so you don't miss it. Online protest packs are already available to push the limits. http://english.aljazeera.net/spor... read full post picked by meggysue 1 year ago

Apparently the group was inspired to enact their own unique sort of protest action by mounting a mattress on the roof of a car and then driving it through the streets of Moscow while copulating after witnessing the Moscow protest action last weekend led by dissident politicians Garry Kasparov and Mikhail Kasynanov as the "Other Russia" coalition. It seems they wanted to emphasize the &qu... read full post picked by sholom22 3 years ago

Did the German Luftwaffe successfully build a base on the moon a half century ago? Are they still up there?? You betcha! ...says Vladimir Terziski, President of the American Academy of Dissident Sciences.

(pure cuckoo stuff but a fun read) picked by BrownTrout 3 years ago