The word limbo, signifying a state of waiting and uncertainty, used to be the name of a theologically-based location. Sean Sheehan It was a place, neither Heaven nor Hell, an in-between spot in God’s landscape that had a geographical exactitude: existing on the border of Hell – the […]
In Focus
In Focus
Our bodies as better than other bodies
Oppressed and victimized communities do not need telling about the body’s vulnerability to harm. Covid-19 has extended this awareness to just about everyone, making this a timely moment to look again at William Reich. This is what Oliva Laing does in “Everybody: a book about freedom”. Sean Sheehan […]
Strategies to overcome the economic crisis
Cuba is facing a difficult time which is why profound legislative changes are being seen that result in a gradual process of recovery. There are changes in the state socialist enterprise, so that it converges without contradiction with the private sector and diversifies the productive framework. In 2020 Cuba’s […]
3 Reasons why coca crops are at record high
Though the exact amount of coca in Peru has been the subject of recent debate, reports indicate that coca crops have increased and are spreading. Laura Avila Coca cultivation rose 22 percent to 88,200 hectares in 2020, according to the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy […]
The Dylan industry
The James Joyce Foundation in Zurich is deservedly well known to devotees of the writer and one large room there is filled from floor to ceiling with over five thousand books: not just various editions and translations of Joyce’s work but bibliographies, biographies, monographs, literary criticism, dissertations, essays and reference […]