“Liberation”: A film by Yuri Borndarov. I can never forget the sound of the bombing when the sky and the earth melted into a grey and hurtful mass… I remember roaring herds of German tanks advancing on our battery… the ardent and smoking barrels of the mortars. Armando Orozco […]
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Which Zionists are racist?
When a former chief Rabbi participates in Jerusalem Day during which settlers rampage through the Muslim districts of East Jerusalem damaging Palestinian property and chanting “death to Arabs” (and worse), some Zionists pretend it did not happen. Others condemn his involvement. Does this mean that only some Zionists are racists? […]
Europe in the war chess game
Experts say that only now does Europe seem to be discovering the US attempts to turn it into a second-hand player in the world economy and even in crucial international policy-making. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen considers it necessary to pay 18 billion euros to Ukraine as […]
In three decades Latin America will be a place of elderly people
In the last 50 years this region has aged at a similar pace to Europe over two centuries. There are two crucial factors in its age-related transformation: the fall in the birth rate and increased life expectancy at birth. Covid-19 has also had an effect on life expectancy.
Chris Killip: opposing history
Exhibitions like the one currently on show at The Photographers Gallery in London are becoming precious at a time when art photography is increasingly devoted to personal projects of meagre public interest or so concept-driven as to risk disappearing up its own fundament. Sean Sheehan Chris Killip, in […]
















