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 […]
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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 […]
Protesters in the United Kingdom demand a wealth tax
Climate Resistance disrupted Minister for Employment Dame Diana Johnson last week at the New Statesman Politics Live Conference to demand that Labour tax the super-rich. Information and photos: Climate Resistance Protesters have confronted Minister for Employment Dame Diane Johnson and Chair of the Work and Pensions Select Committee […]
The unfinished debt: reparation, responsibility and structural racism
For centuries, Afro-Caribbean people endured violence, dispossession and exploitation without ever receiving compensation. Today, the effects of slavery remain alive, and the debate over reparation sets fearful governments against communities demanding real justice. Psychologically, it is the ‘foot in the door’ for a bigger favour to follow, compensation. Abolition Acts […]
“The vanishing point”: migration and struggle in Iran
Since the 2009 protests, the Iranian people have become bolder and more desperate to challenge the increasingly repressive regime. Woman Life Freedom is a deeply-rooted movement, which will succeed against the patriarchal religious regime, without the ‘help’ of Trump and Netanyahu’s bombs.
















