EU politics
Anton Jäger – Political Instincts?
As civic life continues its steady decline, politics is becoming ever-more volatile. In New Left Review’s ‘Sidecar’. Read the article HERE.
Culture
Geopolitics
Tarik Cyril Amar – Two Very Different Cancelings
Two intellectuals, one in New York the other in Gaza, made similar points about Gaza and the Warsaw Ghetto: one was ‘cancelled’ from an award ceremony, the other was cancelled entirely. Tarik Cyril Amar (@TarikCyrilAmar) […]
EU politics
Claire Squires, Beth Driscoll – Frankfurt book fair: cancelled prize ceremony for Palestinian author is part of a long history of political zigzagging
The history of the Frankfurt book fair is a reminder that hypocrisy and cowardice among cultural gatekeepers is not a new phenomenon. Claire Squires is Professor of Publishing Studies at the University of Stirling. Beth […]
EU politics
Marco D’Eramo: Western Pravdas
There is a strong whiff of McCarthyism in The West over the Ukraine war. In New Left Review’s ‘Sidecar’. Read the article HERE.
Media
Ramzy Baroud – ‘Bread and Circuses’: Musk, Zuckerberg and the Art of Distraction
The use of entertainment as a population control mechanism. Ramzy Baroud is a journalist and the Editor of The Palestine Chronicle. He is the author of five books. His latest is “These Chains Will Be […]
Corruption
Binoy Kampmark – Looting the looters: Theft at the British Museum
The pilfering of the British Museum, which contains objects stolen from all over the world in the times of colonial plunder, is a curious tale. Binoy Kampmark was a Commonwealth Scholar at Selwyn College, Cambridge. He […]
Uncategorized
Prabir Purkayastha – Oppenheimer Paradox: Power of Science and the Weakness of Scientists
Oppenheimer’s rise and fall shows how the scientists who were hailed for their role in the Manhatten Project were ultimately subordinates to the US’ military industrial complex Prabir Purkayastha is the founding editor of Newsclick. […]
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Mark Steven: The Global Class War in Five Novels
Contemporary literature on class struggle is territorially grounded but internationally expansive. Mark Steven is Senior Lecturer in Twentieth- and Twenty-first Century Literature at the University of Exeter, UK. He is author of ‘Class War: A […]
National Politics
David Jamieson: No, we don’t need to win the culture war
Every aspect of our personal lives is fleetingly the subject of intense political debate, while the big questions of our epoch are left to the powerful to resolve David Jamieson is editor of Conter, a […]
Environment
Adriana Mayor: Alcarràs and As Bestas: Spain’s Renewable Energy Divides Play Out in Cinemas
The slogan Renovables sí, pero no así has become increasingly prominent in Spain in recent years as the reality of corporate renewable macro-projects kicks in. Cross-posted from the Green European Journal RURAL Spain, with its […]