* Vladimir K. Bukovsky (1942-2019) << A selection >> * "Punitive Psychiatry" (Bloch & Reddaway, Russia's Political Hospitals), 1977. * TO BUILD A CASTLE: My Life as a Dissenter, André Deutsch: London, 1978 (345 pp). Translation, Michael Scammell. * "The Peace Movement and the USSR", Commentary, 5 January 1982. "Support the Nicaraguan Resistance", New York … Continue reading Bukovsky: Essays, Articles and Books (1977-2019)
Category: 10. Essays and Articles
[iii] Support the Nicaraguan Resistance
New York Times, 18 April 1985 (display advertisement) * An Urgent Message from Europeans to Congress Support the Nicaraguan Resistance Democracy itself is at stake in Nicaragua. After four years of dictatorship, the FSLN, the totalitarian ruling party, has not succeeded in breaking the resistance of the Nicaraguan people. After the relative liberalization represented by … Continue reading [iii] Support the Nicaraguan Resistance
“Judgement” in print (1995-2019)
LANGUAGE EDITIONS in alphabetical order (* earliest editions, 1995-1996) * ENGLISH (2016; 2019) Judgment in Moscow, 9th November Press: Los Angeles, 2019 (unabridged, translated by Alyona Kozhevnikov). Judgement in Moscow, 2016 (abridged, translated & edited by John R. Crowfoot). * FRENCH (1995) * Jugement à Moscou: Un dissident dans les archives du Kremlin, Robert Laffont: … Continue reading “Judgement” in print (1995-2019)
Only a Trial will do This Time (2013)
On Sunday, 18 March 2018, Vladimir PUTIN ran for the Russian presidency for a fourth time and won easily in the first round, claiming 77% of votes cast (by 68% of the electorate), in a contest that was neither free nor fair. His most prominent opponent, following the murder of Boris Nemtsov, was Alexei NAVALNY, … Continue reading Only a Trial will do This Time (2013)
[iv] Is Glasnost a Game of Mirrors? (1987)
«The New York Times» (22 March 1987) Are Mikhail S. Gorbachov's new policies the historical turning point we have been praying for, signaling the end of oppression and misery in the Soviet Union? Or are we witnessing only a short-lived ''thaw,'' a tactical retreat before the next offensive, as Lenin put it in 1921? True, … Continue reading [iv] Is Glasnost a Game of Mirrors? (1987)
(II) “The Peace Movement and the USSR” (1982)
"Peace will be preserved and strengthened if the people / take the cause of peace into their own hands and defend it to the end" Joseph Stalin, 1952 * The “struggle for peace” has always been a cornerstone of Soviet foreign policy. Indeed, the Soviet Union itself rose out of the ashes of World War … Continue reading (II) “The Peace Movement and the USSR” (1982)
The Bukovsky Archives 