Rejecting the privilege and conformity of her background, Sylvia Townsend Warner shared communist beliefs with her lover, Valentine Ackland, and the two women worked for the Red Cross during the Spanish Civil War. Sean Sheehan This is a far cry from her 1948 novel, “The corner that held […]
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On reading old books
Alan Jacobs’ new book, “Breaking bread with the dead”, is not about spiritualism, but the value of reading old books. Steve Latham A US university professor, and cultural conservative, Jacobs recommends reading literature of the past, to help us break out of the straight-jacket of modernity. The prejudice […]
Pandemic and misinformation in Peru
A candidate for the Presidency, the head of the electoral tribunal and professors of communication condemned the use of fake news and other excesses that tend to intensify during the ongoing electoral process in Peru. The subject was approached from different angles and in different circumstances by the progressive […]
Bolivia: Coup leaders deserve exile
In Bolivia, when the justice system serves indigenous victims, their white executioners cry revenge! The de facto government mobilised and financed state-sanctioned armed groups, such as the JRC in Cochabamba and the UJC in Santa Cruz, who attacked and humiliated elected public officials of the ousted former government. […]
Public opinion, identity atomised
One deceitful and yet successful strategy used by mass media to spread truths that don’t exist is by putting words in the mouths of millions, whether these be words of demand, rejection, support or condemnation. Today this strategy is employed by ideologies that seek to encroach on liberties. But this has always been the case.
















