The people of this neighbourhood in Bogota and the nomadic tourists observe, by surprise, when they look up into the sky, the figures in glass and latex of Jorge Olave. Armando Orozco Tovar This neighbourhood, old and located in the centre of the capital of Colombia, is […]
In Focus
In Focus
Israel’s theft of Palestine
On the evening of August 31, a protest took place outside Sadler’s Wells Theatre in London, calling on the theatre to cut its links with one of its chief sponsors, Barclays Bank. Sean Sheehan As part of its business, Barclays Bank is involved with companies that supply weapons […]
Journalism and the battle for cultural hegemony
Journalism has remained reduced to a trench of influences and interests very far from uncovering the truth. In reality, the objectives of journalism are to manipulate, lie, distort, persecute and generate business for those who are able to pay for their services. But theoretically, modern journalism has five objectives: informing, […]
Moral wars and religious wars
This is such a common myth amongst so many people, that it needs to be questioned. There are three main things to note. firstly, that all the world’s worst genocides, both in terms of absolute numbers, and, secondly, in terms of percentages, are the produce of, in Franz von Papen’s […]
The changing politics of third-wave feminism
Finally, the shoe is on the other foot, as a generational shift takes place. Instead of me taking time to teach my daughter, she is assuming the role of teacher. Steve Latham It’s a reversal of Rebecca Solnit’s ironic essay, “Men explain things to me”, exposing men’s practice […]