Canada

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Canada’s Ukrainian Obsession

Posted by Gleb Bazov ⋅ Apr 22, 2015 ⋅ 9 Comments

Canadian Defence Minister, Jason Kenney, announcing that Canadian troops will be sent to Ukraine. / by Adrian Wyld, The Canadian Press Preamble: On the heels of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra’s fiasco in attempting to silence the music of a brilliant pianist Valentina Lisitsa for her outspoken position on the war in Ukraine, Lysiane Gagnon, a renowned Canadian journalist and … Continue reading →

The Toronto Symphony Orchestra Silences Valentina Lisitsa’s Music

Posted by SL ⋅ Apr 6, 2015 ⋅ 41 Comments

In Russian Симфонический оркестр Торонто попытался замолчать музыку Валентины Лисицы It is no secret that nowadays many alternative media activists face appalling state-sponsored censorship in many nominally free and democratic Western countries. Now it seems that such censorship has penetrated much deeper than we have come to expect. Art itself, the truest form of free expression, is being silenced. Valentina Lisitsa … Continue reading →