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The art of despair | Eurozine
The Syrian writer, journalist and dissident Yassin al-Haj Saleh is one of the most prominent voices of the Syrian Revolution. Imprisoned as a communist by
Writing is a job, not a mission
Every year in Poland we ritualistically lament the country’s low-level readership, but we are yet to see the state take any meaningful action. What are
Serbia’s present future | Eurozine
The student protests in Serbia have persisted for seven months, yielding widespread and diverse effects. All state universities are still blocked and primary and secondary
Trans-national | Eurozine
Looking at the paintings on the wall of the Italian courtroom was a welcome distraction from my nerves. They depicted bullfights, lending the room an
No longer a victim | Eurozine
Bundesheer poster, Vienna, 30 November 2024. Image by Sarah Waring The poster needed a double take: three action-ready figures dressed in fatigues could have easily
Class struggle is real | Eurozine
All people are intellectuals but not everyone in society is given the role of intellectual Antonio Gramsci Chaussée Ménilmontant barricade, Paris Commune, 18 March 1871.
Profiting from destruction and reconstruction
Right now, the dominant narrative of those that occupy political and economic power-centres, and those whose careers and lives are wedded to militaries, is that
Updating common knowledge | Eurozine
Have you ever wondered how the results of scientific research get written up, published, disseminated and, in some cases, eventually accepted as conventional wisdom? How
Just ourselves | Eurozine
In his 1993 book Pleasant the Scholar’s Life: Irish Intellectuals and the Construction of the Nation State, Maurice Goldring emphasised the role of intellectuals in
Taming the ship of fools
Greta Thunberg accused participants of the 2023 World Economic Forum with ‘fuelling the destruction of the planet’. She argued that the irresponsibility of the economic