Around 30,000 islands in the Pacific Ocean are facing a real threat due to rising sea levels, which are estimated to reach between 24 and 30 centimetres by 2065. Amelia Duarte de la Rosa The situation faced by the majority of the islands in Melanesia, Polynesia and Micronesia […]
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The conservative conjuncture: analysing actual ‘new times’
In his New Year Message, Jeremy Corbyn called for the Labour Party to lead the ‘resistance’ against the Conservatives. Steve Latham Immediately after his election defeat, however, as he announced his resignation, Corbyn had advocated a “period of reflection”. But he is returning to the back benches, where […]
Sitting down with a good book
Adorno wrote how notions like ‘sitting down with a good book’ are archaic.’ His reasoning was that the administered world of modern capitalism renders obsolete the idea of stories based around individuals seen to be in charge of their own destiny. Sean Sheehan The whole idea of what […]
Tired of London?
“Why, Sir, you find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.” Steve Latham James Boswell, in his famous biography of […]
Military repression aims to silence social unrest in Latin America
For popular movements in Latin America and the Caribbean, achieving high levels of political awareness and organisation is not enough whilst the ruling classes, in one way or another, maintain control of the armed forces.