It is true but simplistic to say the Irish Great Famine (1845-1851) was caused by a potato blight that struck Europe. The reaction of the governing colonial power, Britain, allows for asking whether the famine was an act of genocide. Sean Sheehan A new book by Padraic X. […]
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Real estate boom threatens farmland in El Salvador
The accelerated sale of land for housing projects is displacing essential crops and putting food security at risk. The high cost of materials, debts and real estate market pressure is pushing many people to abandon their farms in El Salvador. It is rumoured that the land that could produce […]
The truth about forced migration and the myth of ‘legality’
Enforced migration is not what happens when an immigrant chooses to travel and decides to make the crossing to a foreign country, with a different language and culture. Virginia Moreno Molina Migration is: ‘The geographical displacement of individuals or groups, generally for economic or social reasons.’ But there […]
A Ural gemstone in Bulgakov’s narrative
The political situation that the narrative of Mikhail Bulgakov’s “The white guard” is rooted in was as volatile as it was exciting. Sean Sheehan There were two revolutions in Russia in 1917 but it is the second one that earns its capital letters. The October Revolution brought the […]
The UN’s policy (in Gaza) is the continuation of the occupation
The UN is one of the few institutions that has truly done something for Palestine, but it has done it badly. In 1947 it divided its territory, and in 1982 it abandoned civilians in Beirut so that they could be massacred. Víctor de Currea-Lugo In 2002, the Bertini […]
















