Not modern any more, the London buildings that Ian Na irn wrote about in the early `1960s have been eclipsed by The Shard and 22 Bishopsgate and wonkily-shaped edifices christened with names like Gherkin, Walkie Talkie and Cheesegrater. Sean Sheehan Nairn would have liked the nicknames more than […]
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The vileness of continuing to attack and stigmatise Cuba
The fact that the United States has included Cuba on the list of sponsors of terrorism is a nonsense, an infamy that affects the daily lives of the people on the island. Therefore, today more than ever, we must redouble our efforts and concrete actions of international cooperation and solidarity. […]
Poll that cast doubts and shadows
“Rigged opinion polls, anti-democratic conditions, errors of strategy, dirty campaigning and the electoral dynamics of recent history are the big areas of variables that allow us to understand…how a fraudulent legitimisation of neo-liberalism and authoritarianism in Ecuador was manufactured.” These are the words of the sociologist Agustín Burbano referring […]
For the first time, senior military commanders will be put on trial
In the 1980s, during the conflict that confronted the people of El Salvador, three individuals were known for leading large-scale massacres and human rights violations, and to this day they are still at large. But the landscape has changed and today they are finally facing justice. Luis Beatón […]
Empty-headed people
Jonathan Meades was once a familiar face on television, especially on the BBC, in documentaries about architecture and the built environments of Britain. Sean Sheehan He has long been a journalist and a writer of fiction so the publication of “Empty wigs”, a collection of short stories, should […]
















