Wieland Hoban / 26 Mar 2021

Jewish in Germany

The JID Interview, Part I

Israelis in Germany. Say what? Few stories about European immigration have been as loaded, and complex as those about Jews moving from the Middle East to Germany. (...)

Wieland Hoban / 12 Mar 2021

The BDS Issue

The Ramsis Kilani Interview, Part III

When it comes to Palestine, it’s impossible to avoid the topic of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS).(...)

Joel Schalit / 09 Mar 2021

The George Floyd Echo

Zack Furness on America on Fire

American civil rights crises usually don't go global. National issues, in Europe their significance tends to be the monopoly of activists and academics, primarily, and leftist politicians.(...)
Wieland Hoban / 22 Feb 2021

Palestinian in Germany

The Ramsis Kilani Interview, Part I

Ramsis Kilani is not a well-known name. But, for members of Germany’s Palestinian community, and anti-occupation activists in the country, it’s a different story.(...)

The Battleground / 08 Dec 2020

The Case for Jacques Derrida

Peter Salmon, in Conversation With John Foster

The spectre of Jacques Derrida haunts the world. Sixteen years after his death, he remains one of the most polarising figures in Western intellectual life, lauded and reviled in equal measure.(...)

Joel Schalit / 07 Dec 2020

Brexit and Racism

The Antisemitic Elements

Nationalism is a synonym for prejudice. It's a throwback to a time when citizenship was equivalent to ethnicity. If you look different or speak a language that's hard to understand, you must surely come from somewhere else.(...)
The Battleground / 24 Nov 2020

Brexit Above All Else

The Politics of Leave

Brexit is nowhere near being over. Regardless of whether a deal is concluded between the UK and EU, the process of disentangling the two will be felt for decades to come. Mostly, in the British Isles.(...)

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