Ethical and Independent Journalism… Journalism for immigrants
Friday, October 23, 2026
This pandemic is bringing to light all the weaknesses of the current capitalist order. For that reason, it is more a wish than a realistic claim from those analysts who maintain that the current crisis is the circumstance that will open the doors to a new universal order. Nothing can be stated with certainty. It is possible that the pandemic will be overcome in time, or we could be on the verge of something worse with unprecedented consequences.
When you notice a crop of books all dealing with the same subject, then you know something is up with the zeitgeist. Steve Latham In recent years there were a flock of left-wing books addressing hope. Terry Eagleton, Slavoj Žižek, Srecko Horvat, and David Graeber, all essayed their […]
The deep-rooted appeal of the Jack Reacher novels is no big secret and, if you believe Amazon’s page about their author, Lee Child, every nine seconds another one of them is sold. Sean Sheehan Reacher embodies vengeance with a social conscience. In the early novels Reacher succeeds through […]
For his increasingly unpredictable behaviour in the face of the coronavirus and his inappropriate speeches, the Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, appears to be on track for an impeachment. Osvaldo Cardosa Even his allies are keeping their distance. By all accounts, the far-right president has lost support in Congress […]
Is violence decreasing worldwide? This is the question addressed by Steven Pinker (professor of psychology, Harvard), to which he answers a resounding, albeit qualified, 800 page ‘Yes!’ Nigel Pocock For hundreds of years violence has been dropping, even if there are huge spikes in the downward graph caused […]
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