moacir on February 28th, 2008

[Introduction]
The anti-commememoration of the 90th anniversary of V-16 begins with this contextual piece, providing a few paths of inquiry into understanding what the circumstances were that led to the establishment of the Republic of Lithuania. I’m not, importantly, a historian. At best, I’m a literary critic. As such, this context is badly simplified, but it [...]

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moacir on February 21st, 2007

Fascists during a Jan. 13 commemoration. lrytas.lt

Nothing sets off an identity crisis like a millennial jubilee! Lithuania continues to play the role of jittery bride in the run up to the celebrations of 2009.
First, we’ve had the problems over the question of why citizens of the Republic Lithuania must be citizens of the Republic of [...]

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