Sobaka (magazine)

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Sobaka magazine [1] was an avant-garde periodical that examined and reviewed events in Third World countries but usually did not get the attention of the mainline press. Countries covered included Haiti, [2] Asian successor states of the Soviet Union and Caucasian and Middle Eastern states. [3] Its editors were Cali Ruchala and Mark Irkali, issuing the magazine as Diacritica Press. Seventeen issues of the periodical were published during 1998–2006. [4]

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References

  1. Sobaka means "hound" or "dog" in Russian.
  2. The Double Standard of NCHR
  3. Cali Ruchala, 2003: If there's anything I've tried to illustrate with Sobaka, anything I've hoped to hammer into the heads of everyone within a mile radius of our paper abode, it's to believe nothing you don't see with your own two eyes – and to make an effort to see as much as possible (2003)
  4. Sobaka #17