What unites all fundamentalists is an over-riding commitment to a sacred text, through which all of truth must be interpreted. The sacred text cannot be questioned; only obeyed. Nigel Pocock In the past the word ‘fanatick’ (sic) meant an ‘enthusiast’ and it usually seems to have had an […]
In Focus
In Focus
Racism, football, and people of African descent in Latin America
The racist comments of a football commentator in a Peruvian television programme, once more, places the reoccurring theme of racism and football at centre stage. More specifically, the constant racist abuse against football players of colour or of African descent. Claudio Chipana Gutiérrez These racist abuses aren’t limited […]
How violent systems maintain themselves
The Nazis hid their crimes behind the famous legend that ‘Work makes free’. Indeed! But both agreed that extermination was the only suitable outcome. Nigel Pocock It has long fascinated historians and others how such an apparently sophisticated society as ancient Rome could also be so barbaric, an […]
Praise to forgetfulness
Fanatical fans are from everywhere not only here in this country of crazy, violent, passionate people… without passion, they want to see themselves reflected in the heroic ball-playing characters, but the next day they still don’t agree on anything. Armando Orozco Tovar Forgetfullness should be in the words […]
Carlos Arango: a true journalist
Gran told me about my father’s childhood. She recalled how as a child, he took lunch to the workers on the Antioquia Railway. Armando Orozco Tovar Carlos Arango Z was his name and he started working at just six-years-old to help support his family. From Tulúa, in the […]
















