THE STEERAGE II:
THE USSR, KIEV,
& THE ELECTION IN UKRAINE
The presidential election in Ukraine today
(January 17, 2010), has resulted in the need
for a second round (no majority winner).
Above, a reminder of what politics looked like under the USSR. I call it "THE STEERAGE II." Here in Kiev
(Ukraine), on September 1, 1984, is a mass rally for Peace & Knowledge Day. Notice that although the participants have been vetted, the authorities keep their distance -- with a large divide between them and their "constituents," and only (Soviet) security and media allowed in an otherwise "no man's land" separating the leaders from the led.
For me, there are echoes of "THE STEERAGE," the photograph by Alfred Stiegltiz. The photograph can be seen here, and an interesting discussion of it found here.
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