A white cow is not a white dove, says Eduardo Embry, a Chilean poet based in the UK. A gracing pristine cow is heavy, and the meaning of peace is not to appease or to be appeased. By contrast, peace is not a given, but an ongoing process of understanding […]
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Muslim ‘evangelists’
My friend and I used to sit and drink coffee on Edgware Road, to talk about life, and about his passions. What he said made me think about issues of tolerance in western liberal society. Steve Latham His own overriding concern is promoting his faith. For this, he […]
Spain and the Holocaust
Over the course of the Second World War, Spain remained officially neutral or ‘non-belligerent’ as it declared itself in 1940, despite the ideological affinity of Franco’s Catholic-military dictatorship with the fascist regimes in Germany and Italy. Sean Sheehan This affinity had been made obvious as early as 1937 […]
Government and power
Governing is not necessarily synonymous with power, as progressive nationalist governments in Latin America can attest, especially those opting to create a new social order that goes beyond overcoming the current neoliberal model.
Silvio Martínez: painting and immigrating
The 50 years of artistic life of the Cuban painter and designer Silvio Martinez, based in Colombia, are born and confirmed in a mixture of colours, graffiti, coins, dreams and sketches. He understands the diaspora from his own experience and that takes on a profound meaning in his paintings. […]