The outbreak of revolutions in 1848 across Europe (England and Russia were notable exceptions) was a sequel to the French revolution of 1789. Sean Sheehan There was a new class on the block, the proletariat, and it inaugurated a new era: class war. There are no known leaders […]
In Focus
In Focus
The blue flower
I have a distinct childhood memory, of a scene from a film I saw, where a man is looking at a blue flower, which I remember as a blue rose. Steve Latham The image has stayed with me, throughout my life: a picture disconnected from anything else, anything […]
Nueva ola progresista ha sido detenida en el Ecuador
Los avances de la izquierda en América Latina se han detenido y el exbanquero será el próximo presidente de Ecuador. Su triunfo ocurrió pese al rechazo a su programa de varios sectores sociales que hoy lamentan su triunfo. Sinay Céspedes Moreno Con poco más del 52% el candidato […]
Conversion therapy and religious faith
The Prisma recently featured an interview with Jayne Ozanne, a leading progressive Christian in the United Kingdom. Steve Latham Herself a lesbian, she is seeking to enable legislation in Parliament, outlawing conversion therapy (CT). CT refers to supposedly psychological attempts to change someone’s sexual orientation, from LGBTQ to […]
Other people’s emotional pain
“The discomfort of evening” is a story set in the Dutch countryside where a ten-year old child, Jas, is struggling to cope with the crisis that has engulfed her family. Sean Sheehan After the death of a brother in a skating accident, the grief has left her parents, […]
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