There is a photograph of a woman reading a letter in a bombed and battle-strewn city which illustrates the central message of Ariella Aïsha Azoulay’s “Potential history: unlearning imperialism” It was taken by a German photojournalist in Berlin in the days following the Nazi surrender and the end of World […]
In Focus
In Focus
Sex is difficult
During lockdown, like many people, I watched a lot of unhealthy tele. One late-night programme, for example, purported to be an investigation into people’s sexual behaviour during the crisis. Steve Latham It was actually an excuse for titillating tales of sexual kinkiness, enjoying what new quirks people had […]
Eusebio Leal: People and stones will remember him
Havana’s history would probably be different without the prominence of the Cuban intellectual, Eusebio Leal, whose death resonated with people in many countries. Martha Sánchez Doctor of Historical Sciences and Master of Archaeological Sciences, Leal became a kind of mediator between the past, present and future. Reactions to […]
US-American imperialism and the legacy of the atomic bomb
Hiroshima and Nagasaki were not the only places to suffer nuclear destruction. As illustrated by John Pilger’s documentary, “The Coming War on China”, the United States caused devastation across the Pacific Islands. Juanjo Andrés Cuervo Although the atomic bomb caused unprecedented nuclear catastrophe in Japan, it was not […]
Social crisis and pandemic
The economic crisis that was already coming into view at the end of last year is showing itself now in all its harshness, intensified by the coronavirus pandemic; and the immediate prospects for the evolution of the crisis could not be worse.
















