Mikhail BearkuninThe Guillotine (Part Four: Mutatis Mutandis)First as tragedy, then as farce, then as farce, then as farce…10 min read·Dec 28, 2021----
Mikhail BearkuninThe Guillotine (Part Three: The Terror)“Citizens, we have reason to fear that the Revolution, like Saturn, will successively devour all its children, and finally produce…11 min read·Dec 28, 2021----
Mikhail BearkuninThe Guillotine (Part Two: The Citizen)“I picture the law as being the centre of a huge globe; all citizens, without exception, stand equidistant from it… all are equally…10 min read·Dec 28, 2021----
Mikhail BearkuninThe Guillotine (Part One: Origins)For, lo, the great Guillotine, wonderous to behold, now stands here; the Doctor’s Idea has become Oak and Iron; the huge cyclopean axe…8 min read·Dec 28, 2021----
Mikhail BearkuninPeasantry and the Dictatorship of the Proletariat (Part 4: Longue Durée)“And hereupon, The Earth… was hedged in to In-closures by the teachers and rulers, and the others were made Servants and Slaves” — Gerrard…14 min read·Dec 21, 2021--1--1
Mikhail BearkuninPeasantry and the Dictatorship of the Proletariat (Part 3: Betrayal)“It is not a matter of coddling the peasant and regarding this as establishing correct relations with him, for coddling will not carry you…10 min read·Sep 24, 2021--4--4
Mikhail BearkuninPeasantry and the Dictatorship of the Proletariat (Part 2: War and Peace)“The liberated Russian nation will… run for the tavern to drink liquor, smash glasses, and hang the nobility, whose only guilt is to shave…10 min read·Sep 10, 2021----
Mikhail BearkuninPeasantry and the Dictatorship of the Proletariat (Part 1: Alliance)“For almost two hundred years, [the Russian peasants’] whole life has been one long, dumb, passive opposition to the existing order of…10 min read·Sep 3, 2021----
Mikhail BearkuninThe Myth of Putin’s Rasputin — Aleksandr DuginThis is a rant of mine from a few years ago, that I’ve edited slightly to be more suitable for Medium.10 min read·Jun 9, 2021----
Mikhail BearkuninThe Propaganda Model: In the West and RussiaThis is part of an old essay I wrote, spruiked up slightly for Medium.14 min read·Jun 9, 2021--2--2