Mikhail Zygar: What the Russian Revolution would have looked like on social media
Mikhail Zygar: Come sarebbe stata la Rivoluzione Russa sui Social Media
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,
dovrebbe essere focalizzata su chi governa
in many countries, like mine, Russia,
come il mio, la Russia,
that was predetermined
come a qualcosa di predeterminato
influence it in any way.
non può mai influenzare.
that Russia could ever have been
che la Russia avrebbe mai potuto essere
autenticamente democratica,
history has been framed
la storia è stata inculcata
of my life trying to go 100 years back,
cercando di tornare a 100 anni fa
and Facebook existed 100 years ago?
internet e Facebook fossero già esistiti?
a social network for dead people,
un social network di gente morta,
abbiamo creato il software
all possible real diaries and letters
tutti i possibili diari e lettere reali
o applicazione
for each day of 1917
per ogni giorno del 1917
like Stravinsky or Trotsky,
gente come Stravinsky o Trotsky,
and others thought and felt.
pensavano e provavano.
being ordinary people like you and me,
come persone normali, come voi e me,
of their mistakes, fears, weaknesses,
dai loro sbagli, paure, debolezze,
per molti russi,
has always been an autocratic empire
terra è sempre stata un impero autocratico
could never have prevailed,
non avrebbero mai potuto prevalere,
was not our destiny.
non era il nostro destino.
of communist dictatorship.
di dittatura comunista.
could have had a different history
avrebbe potuto avere una storia diversa
as any other country could or still can.
come ogni paese potrebbe o può avere.
was the first country in the world
fu la prima nazione al mondo
to grant women voting rights.
potere di voto alle donne.
how ordinary people influenced history
ordinaria abbia influenzato la storia
of what's happening right now.
di ciò che sta accadendo proprio ora.
di raccontare la storia,
that is called 1968Digital.com,
chiamato 1968Digital.com,
of that year, 1968,
a livello globale
created the world as we know it now.
al mondo come lo conosciamo oggi.
characters could use mobile phones ...
capaci di usare un telefonino...
and were fighting for the same values,
e combattevano per gli stessi valori,
in the US or in USSR
negli States o nell'URSS
or in Czechoslovakia.
in such a democratic way,
in questo modo democratico,
are not the only ones making choices.
non sono le uniche a compiere scelte.
of reclaiming history.
di riabilitare la storia.
philosophers matter.
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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