“Pусские очнитесь,” pronounced “Russ-kee-ye och-nit-es,” rings a few bells in my mind. Alexis Klimoff, my college Russian language instructor, would sometimes say “студенты, очнитесь!” — “students, wake up!” — to our class still-waking first year students. The question is, can it work on a Russian population deprived of accurate information and swamped in propaganda? More generally, can we wake up to the moral action required to end a war and provide relief to its victims?
Wachet auf
Wachet auf
Wachet auf
“Pусские очнитесь,” pronounced “Russ-kee-ye och-nit-es,” rings a few bells in my mind. Alexis Klimoff, my college Russian language instructor, would sometimes say “студенты, очнитесь!” — “students, wake up!” — to our class still-waking first year students. The question is, can it work on a Russian population deprived of accurate information and swamped in propaganda? More generally, can we wake up to the moral action required to end a war and provide relief to its victims?