“Tiredness kills” is a motorway sign warning drivers to take regular breaks in order to avoid accidents. Steve Latham It also describes our cultural moment, as Covid-19 continues to sap our energy, and we approach a state of societal enervation. For example, I noticed, among my colleagues, as […]
Author: ThePrisma
Killings, protests and political violence
In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic that has caused more than 20,000 deaths and has infected more than 700,000 people, the situation in Colombia is deeply worrying; abuse of power, repression, vandalism and a government failing to act. The most recent demonstrations in Colombia in respect of the […]
Saving lives in the “Covid zone”
The desire to heal and save lives has prevailed since that day in April when the first person with a positive diagnostic test, María Nancy Ángel Rivas, aged 32, was admitted. Since then the team of physicians has deeply felt the imminent challenge from the always-present danger of infection. […]
Alliances of the right to stop the far-right
The events of extreme violence that plague Colombia and the mass citizen protests against police brutality are further proof of the rot affecting the country.
Julian Assange extradition hearing / Statement of Daniel Ellsberg
I provide this statement in the ongoing proceedings USA v Julian Assange. I am aware of the allegations against Mr Assange and have read the indictments. I am familiar with the nature of the content of the publications in question. I have met Mr Assange on a number of occasions […]