Hubert Heckmann's new book, “Cancel! From the culture of censorship to the erasure of culture”, is to be published by Éditions Intervalles.
Teachers' unions demand that the Soljenitsyne college in Aizenay, in Vendée, be renamed
"in support of the peoples who are victims of Putin"
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Should the emotion aroused by the tragedy suffered by the people of Ukraine lead us to look with suspicion at the great Russian writer, a symbol of intellectual resistance to Soviet oppression?
Solzhenitsyn's work and example, as well as his particular relationship to the Vendée, could however help us to understand the ongoing disaster, and inspire us with the courage to refuse any form of lie.
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In order to mobilize the Russian people, the Putin regime's propaganda castigates an alleged "Russophobia" of the West.
It is therefore particularly irresponsible to provide him with arguments by practicing the “cancel culture” against anything that can evoke Russia.
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