Military histories tend to be less-than-riveting for readers who are not war buffs – and who wants to join that club? – but novels based around non-fictional episodes of warfare can fill the gap created by our need to know more about significant moments of military history. Sean Sheehan […]
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Social democracy and “human” capitalism
In critical situations similar to the current one, there have always been at least three alternatives. Radical system change (revolution), extreme hardening of capitalism (barbarity), or reform of the social order (capital-labour pact). Fascism now is essentially the same as fascism then, although its outward forms are numerous and extremely diverse.
Genetic modification and reparations for slavery
Knowledge makes people responsible, with the need to apply knowledge rightly; the perpetrators and the cultures that benefited are accountable. Nigel Pocock Genetic modification and reparations for slavery might seem on first appearances to be somewhat distant companions. How should we define ‘GM’? If we limit the definition […]
Muchas mujeres renuncian a su identidad indígena
La sociedad guatemalteca es visceralmente machista y con un odio histórico hacia lo indio, tanto que la pronunciación de este vocablo equivale al mayor insulto. se busca reflexionar y reivindicar la identidad indígena en Guatemala. Maitte Marrero Para ser aceptados en la sociedad, los indígenas deben hacerse ‘invisibles’, […]
Pictures of everyday life
A woman passes a child from her arms to those of another woman; a man walks his pet; girls play on a swing; women wash themselves; in the countryside, fruit is gathered from a tree; two men wrestle for a sporting prize before a judge. Sean Sheehan The […]
















