Multiculturalism is about ‘integration’ and ‘tolerance’, both ill-defined. This envisages a meshing together, in some sense, of a socially complex and pluralistic western culture, with those that are ‘Other’. This Other may be traditional, and very different. Nigel Pocock Most psychologists would say that adaptability and the […]
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Militaristic tendencies in the global economy
Information coming from the North Atlantic Trade Organisation (NATO), the European Union, the United States, Japan, Russia, China and other international players shows an increase in expenditure on the production of weapons and dual-use technological goods (civil and military). María Julia Mayoral Last January, NATO signed additional contracts […]
In memory of the future
The gap between ethics and politics has never seemed to yawn wider. The response of the laughingly called “international community” to Gaza has exposed truths and the need for a politics of Truth. Sean Sheehan Such a need confronted Lenin when the leading socialist party in Germany transformed […]
Beginning the journey towards community
Far from being a society of mature people, western culture encourages mass narcissism and infantilisation, in ever-increasing numbers. Nigel Pocock What is ‘community’? It is a noun, and has a verbal form, ‘communication’. This gives us the essence of a ‘community’, for it is nothing more or less […]
The irrational and inhumane policy against Cuba
The United States embargo against Cuba, the longest and most comprehensive isolation policy against any country, was formalised by Democrat John F. Kennedy on 3 February 1962. Republican Donald Trump stepped up the blockade during his term in office (2017‑2021), with 243 coercive measures in force. Under Joe Biden, the […]