Mikhail Zygar: What the Russian Revolution would have looked like on social media
Mikhail Zygar: Cómo se habría vivido la Revolución rusa en las redes sociales
Mikhail Zygar is the founder of Future History, the creative digital studio behind Project1917 and 1968.digital. Full bio
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should be focused on the rulers,
debe girar en torno a los dirigentes,
in many countries, like mine, Russia,
that was predetermined
como algo predeterminado
influence it in any way.
de la gente común.
that Russia could ever have been
no creen que Rusia pudo haber sido
verdaderamente democrático,
history has been framed
en que les contaron la historia.
of my life trying to go 100 years back,
de mi vida intentando retroceder 100 años:
and Facebook existed 100 years ago?
si Internet y Facebook
a social network for dead people,
de personas fallecidas
all possible real diaries and letters
de diarios y cartas auténticas
de este sitio web o de la aplicación
for each day of 1917
de cada día del año 1917
like Stravinsky or Trotsky,
como Stravinski o Trotsky,
and others thought and felt.
being ordinary people like you and me,
comunes, como nosotros, no semidioses
of their mistakes, fears, weaknesses,
de sus errores, miedos, debilidades,
has always been an autocratic empire
siempre ha sido un imperio autocrático
could never have prevailed,
y democracia no tenían cabida,
was not our destiny.
no era nuestro destino.
desde una perspectiva más amplia,
of communist dictatorship.
a 70 años de dictadura comunista.
could have had a different history
pudo haber tenido otra historia
as any other country could or still can.
o puede tenerlo cualquier otro país.
was the first country in the world
el primer país del mundo
to grant women voting rights.
a la mujer el derecho al voto.
how ordinary people influenced history
la influencia de la gente común en ella
a construir un futuro mejor,
of what's happening right now.
de lo que está pasando ahora.
manera de contar la historia.
that is called 1968Digital.com,
llamado "1968Digital.com",
vía web, ambientada en 1968,
of that year, 1968,
social a nivel global
created the world as we know it now.
lugar al mundo tal y como es hoy.
characters could use mobile phones ...
principales usan teléfonos móviles,
and were fighting for the same values,
y luchaban por los mismos valores,
in the US or in USSR
or in Czechoslovakia.
in such a democratic way,
tan democrática,
are not the only ones making choices.
los únicos que toman decisiones.
of reclaiming history.
la posibilidad de reivindicar la historia.
philosophers matter.
los filósofos, todos importan.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Mikhail Zygar - Journalist, writer, filmmakerMikhail Zygar is the founder of Future History, the creative digital studio behind Project1917 and 1968.digital.
Why you should listen
Mikhail Zygar is a Russian journalist, writer, filmmaker and the founding editor-in-chief of the Russian independent news TV-channel, Dozhd (2010 - 2015). Prior to Dozhd, Zygar worked for Newsweek Russia and the business daily Kommersant, where he covered the conflicts in Palestine, Lebanon, Iraq, Serbia and Kosovo. His bestseller All the Kremlin's Men is based on an unprecedented series of interviews with Vladimir Putin’s inner circle, presenting a radically different view of power and politics in Russia. His recent book The Empire Must Die was released in Russian and English in 2017. It portrays the years leading up to the Russian revolution and the vivid drama of Russia's brief and exotic experiment with civil society before it was swept away by the Communist Revolution.
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