Mikhail Zygar: What the Russian Revolution would have looked like on social media
Mikhail Zygar: Como a Revolução Russa apareceria nas redes sociais
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,
devia concentrar-se nos governantes,
in many countries, like mine, Russia,
de muitos países, como o meu, a Rússia,
that was predetermined
como uma coisa pré-determinada
influence it in any way.
não podem influenciar de modo algum.
that Russia could ever have been
que a Rússia possa ter sido
realmente democrática
history has been framed
a História tem sido transmitida
of my life trying to go 100 years back,
da minha vida a tentar recuar cem anos,
and Facebook existed 100 years ago?
a Internet e o Facebook?
a social network for dead people,
para pessoas mortas,
criámos um "software",
all possible real diaries and letters
e cartas reais que pudemos
for each day of 1917
para cada dia de 1917
like Stravinsky or Trotsky,
como Stravinsky ou Trotsky,
and others thought and felt.
e outros pensavam e sentiam.
being ordinary people like you and me,
como pessoas vulgares, como todos nós,
of their mistakes, fears, weaknesses,
nos seus erros, receios, fraquezas
para muitos russos,
has always been an autocratic empire
tem sido sempre um império autocrático
could never have prevailed,
nunca puderam prevalecer,
was not our destiny.
não nos está destinada.
of communist dictatorship.
de ditadura comunista
could have had a different history
uma história diferente
as any other country could or still can.
e ainda pode ter.
was the first country in the world
foi o primeiro país do mundo
to grant women voting rights.
às mulheres o direito de voto.
how ordinary people influenced history
como as pessoas vulgares a influenciaram
of what's happening right now.
para o que está a acontecer atualmente.
de contar a História
that is called 1968Digital.com,
que se chama 1968Digital.com,
of that year, 1968,
social mundial
created the world as we know it now.
criou o mundo como o conhecemos.
characters could use mobile phones ...
usassem telemóveis
and were fighting for the same values,
e lutavam pelos mesmos valores,
in the US or in USSR
or in Czechoslovakia.
ou na Checoslováquia.
in such a democratic way,
desta forma democrática,
are not the only ones making choices.
não são as únicas que fazem escolhas.
of reclaiming history.
a possibilidade de reclamar a História.
os filósofos são importantes.
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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