John Foster / 24 Sep 2022
Can’t Forget Fascism
Mussolini in Myth and Memory, by Paul Corner
If the spin is correct, Giorgia Meloni won Italy’s election already.(...)
Russia
Zhenia Perutska / 16 Sep 2022
Resisting Russia
Learning Anti-Colonialism in Ukraine
In school, we’d always have two different classes for Ukrainian and foreign literature.(...)
Natalie Sarkic-Todd / 06 Sep 2022
Life Under Gorbachev
The End of the USSR
When Mikhail Gorbachev was appointed General Secretary of the Communist Party of the USSR in 1985, I was studying Russian at university.(...)
Heather Allansdottir / 15 Aug 2022
Universitet Lessons
Russia After the Arab Spring
In 2015, I moved to Moscow to spend a year teaching human rights. I lasted five months. As my former students from that time are arrested for protesting the Ukrainian war, here are some reflections on what I learned about the evil of Putin and the kindness of Russians.(...)
Joel Schalit / 14 Aug 2022
New Arrivals Here
This way for asylum seekers. Refugee drop-off, Berlin. [Joel Schalit]
Public Education Project
Germany at war. Bilingual history advert, Charlottenburg. [Joel Schalit]
Joel Schalit / 11 Aug 2022
Sent by Russia
Ukrainian refugee drop-off. Charlottenburg, Berlin. [Joel Schalit]
Germany for Asylum Seekers
Ukraine is everywhere. Refugee support advert, Berlin Hermannstraße. [Joel Schalit]
Natalie Sarkic-Todd / 01 Aug 2022
Life Under Thatcher
Working for the Iron Lady
It’s remarkable how candidates in the Tory leadership race have channelled Margaret Thatcher. Especially as they're barely old enough to have experienced her policies.(...)