Bryan Gigantino
@bryangigantino.bsky.social
Historian, writer, researcher : USSR, Georgia, South Caucasus and Eurasia.
Co-producer: Reimagining Soviet Georgia https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/reimagining-soviet-georgia/id1555761205
Lecturer @ Georgian-American University, Tbilisi.
Co-producer: Reimagining Soviet Georgia https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/reimagining-soviet-georgia/id1555761205
Lecturer @ Georgian-American University, Tbilisi.
We have many new episodes of Reimagining Soviet Georgia in the works - and today we’re happy to release one of them!
Episode 49: History and Anti-Communism with Stefan Gužvica
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Episode 49: History and Anti-Communism with Stefan Gužvica
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March 19, 2025 at 4:49 PM
We have many new episodes of Reimagining Soviet Georgia in the works - and today we’re happy to release one of them!
Episode 49: History and Anti-Communism with Stefan Gužvica
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Episode 49: History and Anti-Communism with Stefan Gužvica
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If you missed it before, check out my review article in Kritika Journal - “Sabchota Sakartvelo: Entitled Nationhood, History and Memory in Soviet and Post-Soviet Georgia”
My review article “Sabchota Sakartvelo: Entitled Nationhood, History and Memory in Soviet and Post-Soviet Georgia” is now out in Kritika - Fall 2024, Volume 25 Number 4
February 26, 2025 at 10:22 AM
If you missed it before, check out my review article in Kritika Journal - “Sabchota Sakartvelo: Entitled Nationhood, History and Memory in Soviet and Post-Soviet Georgia”
Great article on the recent wildcat strike at the Zangezur Copper-Molybdenum Combine in Armenia, and what it can tell us about the country’s political economy and working class politics.
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‘’Baron helmsmen, don’t spread lies’’: A miners’ strike brings attention to Armenia’s industrial exploitation problem - Lefteast
From January 31st to February 10th, workers at the Zangezur Copper-Molybdenum Combine (ZCMC) in southern Armenia, the country’s largest mining company and its biggest taxpayer, went on a wildcat strik...
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February 12, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Great article on the recent wildcat strike at the Zangezur Copper-Molybdenum Combine in Armenia, and what it can tell us about the country’s political economy and working class politics.
lefteast.org/baron-helmsm...
lefteast.org/baron-helmsm...
Great stuff by @almutrochowanski.bsky.social on @jacobinmagazin.bsky.social about foreign funding, NGOs and civil society
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Western-Backed NGOs: A Hollow Version of Civil Society
Donald Trump’s moves to dismantle USAID clearly aren’t driven by fears of infringing on other nations’ sovereignty. Still, we should recognize that Global South NGOs’ reliance on Western donors hinder...
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February 8, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Great stuff by @almutrochowanski.bsky.social on @jacobinmagazin.bsky.social about foreign funding, NGOs and civil society
jacobin.com/2025/02/west...
jacobin.com/2025/02/west...
After a two month winter break, an new episode of Reimagining Soviet Georgia is up and ready!
Episode 48: Marxism and Academia in Soviet Georgia with Bakar Berekashvili
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Episode 48: Marxism and Academia in Soviet Georgia with Bakar Berekashvili
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February 7, 2025 at 3:02 PM
After a two month winter break, an new episode of Reimagining Soviet Georgia is up and ready!
Episode 48: Marxism and Academia in Soviet Georgia with Bakar Berekashvili
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Episode 48: Marxism and Academia in Soviet Georgia with Bakar Berekashvili
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Had the pleasure of meeting Henri at his apartment in Paris one year ago, he gave me some books from his personal library and told me some stories. RIP.
Henri Simon has died today. A militant marxist and proponent of council communism, Henri was a founding member of Socialisme ou Barbarie. He was also a good friend and a comrade with an unsurpassed history of experience and struggles. Goodbye friend ✊
December 17, 2024 at 12:49 AM
Had the pleasure of meeting Henri at his apartment in Paris one year ago, he gave me some books from his personal library and told me some stories. RIP.
“Colonizers, get out!”
Georgian SSR, 1960
By Giorgi Firtskhalava
Georgian SSR, 1960
By Giorgi Firtskhalava
November 26, 2024 at 3:42 PM
“Colonizers, get out!”
Georgian SSR, 1960
By Giorgi Firtskhalava
Georgian SSR, 1960
By Giorgi Firtskhalava
Reposted by Bryan Gigantino
The new issue of Kritika: Explorations in Russian and Eurasian is out featuring articles by Lewis Siegelbaum, Ann Komaromi; @faithhillis.bsky.social and @vhtroyansky.bsky.social; reviews by @bryangigantino.bsky.social and others. muse.jhu.edu/issue/53729
Project MUSE - Kritika: Explorations in Russian and Eurasian History-Volume 25, Number 4, Fall 2024
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November 26, 2024 at 8:58 AM
The new issue of Kritika: Explorations in Russian and Eurasian is out featuring articles by Lewis Siegelbaum, Ann Komaromi; @faithhillis.bsky.social and @vhtroyansky.bsky.social; reviews by @bryangigantino.bsky.social and others. muse.jhu.edu/issue/53729
My review article “Sabchota Sakartvelo: Entitled Nationhood, History and Memory in Soviet and Post-Soviet Georgia” is now out in Kritika - Fall 2024, Volume 25 Number 4
November 21, 2024 at 9:43 AM
My review article “Sabchota Sakartvelo: Entitled Nationhood, History and Memory in Soviet and Post-Soviet Georgia” is now out in Kritika - Fall 2024, Volume 25 Number 4
Reposted by Bryan Gigantino
Radio War Nerd EP #483 — Georgia Elections & Precarious Neutrality, feat. Sopo Japaridze
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Radio War Nerd EP #483 — Georgia Elections & Precarious Neutrality, feat. Sopo Japaridze | Radio War Nerd
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November 20, 2024 at 7:18 PM
Radio War Nerd EP #483 — Georgia Elections & Precarious Neutrality, feat. Sopo Japaridze
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🚨🚨NEW Radio War Nerd up! We talk to Sopo Japaridze about Georgia's elections & endless political precarity in a targeted country amid US imperial decline.
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Radio War Nerd EP #483 — Georgia Elections & Precarious Neutrality, feat. Sopo Japaridze | Radio War Nerd
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November 20, 2024 at 6:40 PM
🚨🚨NEW Radio War Nerd up! We talk to Sopo Japaridze about Georgia's elections & endless political precarity in a targeted country amid US imperial decline.
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Meet this week’s guest! 🌟
@bryangigantino.bsky.social is a historian of the South Caucasus and Eurasia, who co-hosts 'Reimagining Soviet Georgia,' a podcast with the aim of recontextualizing Georgian history.
Welcome to the Eurasian Knot, Bryan!
patreon.com/posts/georgia-in-116245715
@bryangigantino.bsky.social is a historian of the South Caucasus and Eurasia, who co-hosts 'Reimagining Soviet Georgia,' a podcast with the aim of recontextualizing Georgian history.
Welcome to the Eurasian Knot, Bryan!
patreon.com/posts/georgia-in-116245715
November 19, 2024 at 5:47 PM
Meet this week’s guest! 🌟
@bryangigantino.bsky.social is a historian of the South Caucasus and Eurasia, who co-hosts 'Reimagining Soviet Georgia,' a podcast with the aim of recontextualizing Georgian history.
Welcome to the Eurasian Knot, Bryan!
patreon.com/posts/georgia-in-116245715
@bryangigantino.bsky.social is a historian of the South Caucasus and Eurasia, who co-hosts 'Reimagining Soviet Georgia,' a podcast with the aim of recontextualizing Georgian history.
Welcome to the Eurasian Knot, Bryan!
patreon.com/posts/georgia-in-116245715
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What is the context for the recent crisis in Georgia?
This week, we turned to @bryangigantino.bsky.social, co-host of podcast 'Reimagining Soviet Georgia,' to explain the complex issues that are shaping the country's social, political, and economic fate.
patreon.com/posts/georgia-in-116245715
This week, we turned to @bryangigantino.bsky.social, co-host of podcast 'Reimagining Soviet Georgia,' to explain the complex issues that are shaping the country's social, political, and economic fate.
patreon.com/posts/georgia-in-116245715
November 18, 2024 at 6:41 PM
What is the context for the recent crisis in Georgia?
This week, we turned to @bryangigantino.bsky.social, co-host of podcast 'Reimagining Soviet Georgia,' to explain the complex issues that are shaping the country's social, political, and economic fate.
patreon.com/posts/georgia-in-116245715
This week, we turned to @bryangigantino.bsky.social, co-host of podcast 'Reimagining Soviet Georgia,' to explain the complex issues that are shaping the country's social, political, and economic fate.
patreon.com/posts/georgia-in-116245715
Reposted by Bryan Gigantino
New episode with @bryangigantino.bsky.social on the political crisis in Georgia. In it we talk about his excellent Jacobin article "In Georgia, a National Election Is a Geopolitical Struggle" jacobin.com/2024/10/geor...
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Georgia in Crisis | The Eurasian Knot
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November 18, 2024 at 5:27 PM
New episode with @bryangigantino.bsky.social on the political crisis in Georgia. In it we talk about his excellent Jacobin article "In Georgia, a National Election Is a Geopolitical Struggle" jacobin.com/2024/10/geor...
Listen! nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
Listen! nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
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Here’s my interview with Artemy about the wonderful book euraknot.org/2018/10/13/d...
November 17, 2024 at 2:51 PM
Here’s my interview with Artemy about the wonderful book euraknot.org/2018/10/13/d...
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Since I'm new here, can I re-up a project of which I am v proud? It's the complete Eric Hobsbawm Bibliography - a fully searchable database of all his published & unpublished works + a set of curated thematic lists to introduce select topics. It was a labour of love. Link: hobsbawm.shca.ed.ac.uk
November 15, 2024 at 11:29 AM
Since I'm new here, can I re-up a project of which I am v proud? It's the complete Eric Hobsbawm Bibliography - a fully searchable database of all his published & unpublished works + a set of curated thematic lists to introduce select topics. It was a labour of love. Link: hobsbawm.shca.ed.ac.uk
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The uprising against the dictatorship in Greece took place between the 15th and 17th of November 1973. 50+1 years later to the day, a three-part exploration of the most important events will be published on my Substack. This is the first instalment. pavlosroufos.substack.com/p/the-1973-u...
November 16, 2024 at 12:23 AM
The uprising against the dictatorship in Greece took place between the 15th and 17th of November 1973. 50+1 years later to the day, a three-part exploration of the most important events will be published on my Substack. This is the first instalment. pavlosroufos.substack.com/p/the-1973-u...
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FT coverage of the EU’s seppuku continues. I’m sure this has happened before, but I note that today this point shifted from the opinion page to the news page.
November 15, 2024 at 7:25 AM
FT coverage of the EU’s seppuku continues. I’m sure this has happened before, but I note that today this point shifted from the opinion page to the news page.
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jacobin.com/2024/10/geor... I got to this a little late, but this longish read by @bryangigantino.bsky.social offers a detailed, thought-provoking and nuanced overview of #Georgia's elections and the geopolitics behind them. Recommended.
In Georgia, a National Election Is a Geopolitical Struggle
Georgian liberals hope Saturday’s election will see a shift toward pro-EU parties. Yet the Georgian state’s dependence on bigger powers is making the country’s politics part of a wider geopolitical co...
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October 28, 2024 at 5:40 PM
jacobin.com/2024/10/geor... I got to this a little late, but this longish read by @bryangigantino.bsky.social offers a detailed, thought-provoking and nuanced overview of #Georgia's elections and the geopolitics behind them. Recommended.
New Episode of Reimagining Soviet Georgia
Episode 30: Anti-Colonial Bolshevik Historiography with Alexey Golubev
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Episode 30: Anti-Colonial Bolshevik Historiography with Alexey Golubev
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Episode 30: Anti-Colonial Bolshevik Historiography with Alexey Golubev | Reimagining Soviet Georgia
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November 1, 2023 at 5:25 PM
New Episode of Reimagining Soviet Georgia
Episode 30: Anti-Colonial Bolshevik Historiography with Alexey Golubev
www.patreon.com/posts/92093928
Episode 30: Anti-Colonial Bolshevik Historiography with Alexey Golubev
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