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Is there life after capitalism?

Posters on the streets of Tallinn this week:


The Death of Communism (Poster advertising a play at Teater No99).

Is There Life After Capitalism? (Poster advertising a program of discussions and plays at Von Krahl theater).

As the West drags the world into a financial meltdown, some in the East are celebrating the chance to start over again. Fucked by communism, raped by capitalism, Eastern Europe has never been given a chance to decide what kind of social and economic system it truly wants for itself.

This weekend B EAST ran into a group of neo-hippies on the cobbled streets of Tallinn who are embracing the potential collapse of financial systems. “If the banks fail, the government will pay only 50,000 EU to every customer. What could be better than that?” they said.

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