Ukrainianization,terror and famine: coverage in Lviv's Dilo and the nationalist press of the 1930s

This article looks at the press coverage of Ukrainianization, the Soviet terror, and the famine (Holodomor), particularly in the years 1932–33, focusing on the largest Ukrainian daily outside Soviet Ukraine, the Lviv Dilo. It compares this coverage to the reporting in the press of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN). It argues that these two years were a turning point in political attitudes. Galician Ukrainians turned away from the Communist Party of Ukraine and support for the OUN began to grow. Ironically, the OUN had not led protests against the famine, but benefited from the lack of a strong response from European governments and international bodies. The article draws on a reading of the Ukrainian press of the 1930s, and on recent research by Polish and Ukrainian scholars.     

Fezzes in the river: identity politics and European diplomacy in the Middle East on the eve of World War II

This article analyzes how the Poles and Jews who disappeared from the western Ukrainian city of L'viv as a result of the Second World War are remembered in the city today. It examines a range of commemorative practices, from monuments and museums to themed cafes and literature, and analyzes how these practices interact to produce competing mnemonic narratives. In this respect, the article argues for an understanding of the city as a complex text consisting of a diverse range of mutually interdependent mnemonic media produced by a range of actors. The article focuses in particular on the ways in which Ukrainian nationalist narratives interact with the memory of the city's “lost others.” The article also seeks to understand L'viv's memory culture through comparison with a range of Polish cities that have faced similar problems with commemorating vanished communities, but have witnessed a deeper recognition of these communities than has been the case in L'viv. The article proposes reasons for the divergences between the memory cultures of L'viv and that found in Polish cities, and attempts to outline the gradual processes by which L'viv's Polish and Jewish pasts might become more widely integrated into the city's memory culture.     

和谐之音：抗战时期的延安日本工农学校

日本工农学校,1940年10月成立于宝塔山西麓。其办学宗旨为宣扬中国共产党俘虏政策之精神,改造渐多之日军战俘。学校通过行动感化、理论讲述、生活照顾等方式对日本战俘进行再教育并使之转化。在清除法西斯主义毒害之后,他们或加入八路军,或服务于反战组织,其中许多人在战后也一直为中日友好做贡献。     

深入学习贯彻科学发展观以部队建设的优异成绩迎接党的十七大

科学发展观是马克思主义中国化的最新成果,开辟了马克思主义关于发展理论的新境界。科学发展观"军事篇"是党的军事指导理论的与时俱进,是新的历史条件下国防和军队建设的科学指南。以部队建设的优异成绩迎接党的十七大,首要的是用科学发展观统一思想,把全军的思想和意志、智慧和力量凝聚到党的创新理论旗帜下。     

New media and strategic narratives: the Dutch referendum on Ukraine – EU Association Agreement in Ukrainian and Russian Internet blogs

ABSTRACT

This article analyses two confronting narratives authored by Ukrainian and Russian bloggers who reported the Dutch referendum held on 6 March 2016, and discussed Dutch citizens’ referendum vote on the Ukraine–EU Association Agreement. The considered narratives, addressed to the Ukrainian and Russian audiences respectively, are viewed as strategic because they specifically portray political actors of the referendum “drama” – the Netherlands, the European Union (EU), Ukraine and Russia. These actors are significant participants of European international relations, and their perceptions of one another are important for European security at the present time of critical diplomacy. In this paper, information about the DUTCH REFERENDUM obtained from the new media texts is regarded as a narrative-based political concept (NBPC). It is argued that this concept has different versions, or images that reflect the narrators’ biased perceptions imposed upon the public. Identification and comparison of such images require a particular methodology. Therefore, the objective of this paper is two-fold: to expose the two confronting versions of a strategically relevant political image, and to develop an authentic, interdisciplinary methodology for its analysis. The proposed methodology is informed by the ontology theory employed in cognitive science and cognitive linguistics.     

The dog that did not bark: the army and the emergency in India

In June 1975, Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi imposed Emergency rule, capping off a decade long process of the ‘deinstitutionalisation’ of the founding Congress party, increased social mobilisation, and political instability – factors generally considered conducive to military intervention in politics. Organisational factors encouraging military praetorianism, such as military involvement in internal security missions and the growth of ‘rival’ paramilitary institutions, accompanied this process of political decay. But the Indian military did not exploit this window of opportunity. This article offers an institutionalist explanation of the military’s political restraint based on two factors. First, institutionalised mechanisms of civilian control, forged during the critical juncture following independence, insulated the military from politics and the politicians from the military despite the weakening of the political system under which these were created. Second, military internalisation of the norm civilian supremacy, continually reinforced via professional socialisation processes, acted as an internal barrier to military role expansion.     

军队发展党员和党员管理工作要科学化

当前,军队党员发展和管理工作中存在着入党动机多元、发展党员标准降低、受负面影响较大、党员队伍结构不合理、个别基层党组织功能有所弱化等问题。要解决这些问题,必须加强筹划指导,在新的起点上加强发展党员和党员管理工作;严把党员"入口"关,从源头上保证党员队伍的先进性和纯洁性;健全落实党员管理机制,不断增强党员队伍的生机活力;加强一线战斗堡垒,着力提高基层党组织管理党员的能力。     

加强新形势下军营廉政文化建设的总体思考

廉政文化作为社会主义先进文化的重要组成部分,是加强党风廉政建设的思想保障和文化支撑。大力发展军营廉政文化,必须牢牢把握军营廉政文化建设的正确方向,紧紧围绕部队中心任务加强军营廉政文化建设,努力创作生产更好更多的廉政文化产品,同时加强对廉政文化建设的组织领导。     

MOOC模式给思想政治教育信息化建设的启示

MOOC(Massive Open Online Course——网络公开课程)作为信息时代大数据环境下的产物,或许是机遇,或许也是挑战,其短短数年发展的历程已经给高等教育模式以极大影响。作为部队一项极端重要的工作,思想政治教育需要顺应时代潮流,搭上信息化建设的快车,借鉴先进的教学理念和模式,创造出适合我们自身情况的网络公开课程。     

西方国家军队精神教育对我国干部教育培训的启示

西方国家军队精神教育普遍重视国家利益至上的爱国主义教育、忠于军队的传统教育、坚定信念的政治意识教育、恪尽职守的道德教育、切合实际的宗教教育、健康向上的心理教育、严格要求的法纪教育,而且西方军队探索了多途径、多形式的方法,对军人进行灵活多样、潜移默化的精神教育。西方国家军队精神教育的内容、方式方法,对我国干部教育培训具有启示意义。