They point out that Elgin had a permit from the Ottoman occupying forces in Athens to take what he liked from the Acropolis — which, they insist, gave him the right to own and to sell on whatever he removed…..Imagine if the Nazi occupying forces in Paris had granted some gentleman a permit to remove statues from the Louvre. Or if Putin’s men in Mariupol were, today, to grant a visiting antiquities dealer a permit to remove priceless artefacts from a local museum. The very notion that these permits bestow secure property rights over the removed artefacts is an affront to every decent person worldwide.
EU politics
David Graeber: The Center Blows Itself Up: Care and Spite in the ‘Brexit Election’
Maybe not the most focussed piece by David Graeber, but there are many interesting elements, so worth reading. Sad is that after writing “Most of the new, young Labour activists had enough experience with genuine […]
EU politics
Adam Tooze: Crisis Tribes – on Europe Now
Very useful opinion polling of what the populations of different European countries think about the key crisis points of our times. In Adam Tooze’s ‘Chartbook’ Substack. Read the article HERE.
Geopolitics
Middle East Eye: UK arrests 83-year-old priest for backing Palestine Action and opposing Gaza genocide
In the United Kingdom holding a placard reading “I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action” now carries a penalty of up to 14 years in prison. Read Article HERE
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