From 2016, when the peace agreement was signed, until December 15th this year, 246 signatories have been killed in Colombia and the implementation of the agreement has been quite fragmented. Justice For Colombia (a British NGO with headquarters in London) has undertaken a full report on what these 4 years […]
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Periodisation and Covid-history
As I write, today the very first people in Britain are being vaccinated for C0vid-19. It’s an exciting time. The tide is turning. Steve Latham But while politicians engage in mutual backslapping, we must remember there is still a long way to go. It reminds me of Winston […]
The Situationist International
The Situationist International (SI) was founded in 1957 and disbanded in 1972 but its ideas sparkle with relevance and a new book from Pluto Press makes this abundantly clear. Sean Sheehan The nine chapters of the book’s first part, Key Contexts, does what it says on the tin, […]
Drug dealers, violence and pandemic
According to official statistics, in 2020, Panama recorded 455 drug and gang related killings, with most of the cases happening in the middle of the epidemic. This time last year, 407 killings occurred. Nubia Piqueras Grosso 65 killings were recorded in January, 22 more than in 2019. Some […]
The end of the Trump era
The United States ends 2020 under the weight of a pandemic and strong political polarisation accentuated by Trump, and enters a year in which a new government will take power with numerous challenges ahead, including the health crisis and divided politics. Martha Andrés Román To a large extent, […]
















