Wieland Hoban / 04 Mar 2021
Palestinians and the German Left
The Ramsis Kilani Interview, Part II
If it was just about numbers, in Germany, Jews and Palestinians could be equals. (...)
Interviews
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.(...)
Filip Noubel / 10 Nov 2020
In the Heart of Europe, an Endangered Turkic Language Lives On
Romuald Čaprockij is One of the Few Remaining Native Speakers of Karaim
Turkic languages are spoken by an estimated 200 million people in countries and territories extending from Siberia, China, Central Asia to Turkey, the Middle East and the Balkans.(...)
The Battleground / 22 Oct 2020
All About Britain
Brexit and the Irish Question
Brexit will turn out badly. Not just for the United Kingdom. That's a given. But Ireland, too. Including the British-occupied north. (...)
The Battleground / 07 Oct 2020
Angry Young Britain
The Slowthai Remix
Why are all the artists minorities? It's a problem typical to countries which built their wealth on the Global South. Eventually, the money stops flowing, and the locals follow you home.(...)
Natalie Sarkic-Todd / 29 Jan 2020
Leaving Europe
The Molly Scott Cato Interview, Part II
Last year, as the UK approached its original March 31st Brexit deadline, The Battleground interviewed British Green MEP Molly Scott Cato about defending democracy, fighting fascism and false narratives. (...)
John Foster / 17 Jan 2020
Playing for the Troops
Adrestia on Rojava
As far as band names go, Adrestia couldn't be better. The goddess of revolt in Greek mythology, it's astonishing no one used it until now. Leave it to a political punk group from Sweden, with a fondness for vintage death metal, to seize the day.(...)