History is made at night

Great to see this Free Pussy Riot banner at tonight's football match between Manchester City and CSKA Moscow. It may have been swif...

Global Day of Action in support of Pussy Riot next Saturday September 15 - London action is 11 am - 2 pm opposite Russian Consulate,...

It's now been four months since Maria Alyokhina, Yekaterina Santsevich and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova were arrested and detained in Russia....

Well you can now watch the whole of Sergei Eisenstein's 1925 film Battleship Potemkin for free on youtube . If you don&#...

'Young people who gathered to celebrate spring by blowing bubbles at an annual flash mob in central St. Petersburg were attacked by a gr...

Terrible news (via BBC) of a nightclub fire in Russia last night: 'At least 101 people have died following an explosion at a nightclub ...

Thanks to John Hutnyk at Trinketization for reminding me that today is the 51st anniversary of the launch of Spuntnik 2, with its passenger...

Matthew Collin, who has been reporting for the BBC during the recent terrible events in Georgia, is also the author of 'Altered State: ...

This chronology of raves, clubs and policing was compiled from the dance music press at the time ( Mixmag , Muzik , Eternity, DJ etc.). Much...

Martin from Beyond the Implode with tales of drunken dancing and snogging from Dunstable to St. Petersburg . Don't think we've met ...

We have already discussed Yuri Gagarin's first song in space . A couple of years later, a woman's voice joined the ranks of space si...

The anarchist Emma Goldman (1869-1940) is perhaps best known today for one quote attributed to her: 'If I can't dance I don't w...