Charlie Bertsch / 28 Sep 2022
The Work of Remembrance
Germany, Year Zero, Today
It’s hard to watch Roberto Rossellini’s 1948 film Germany, Year Zero to its conclusion. The mood is relentlessly bleak and the landscape bleaker still.(...)
Syria
Natalie Sarkic-Todd / 11 Jul 2022
Hostile Environment Policy
Refugees Were Never the Issue
One of the most memorable insights I took away from my time in the UK Foreign Office was a speech by the UK’s ambassador to the UN, Sir Crispin Tickell.(...)
Joel Schalit / 30 Jun 2022
Staying Alive
The only victory of the Arab Spring. Flags of Rojava, Potsdamer Platz. [Joel Schalit]
Joel Schalit / 17 Jun 2022
Arab Spring Survivors
Turkey calls them terrorists. Syrian Kurds, Potsdamer Platz. [Joel Schalit]
Joel Schalit / 09 May 2022
Scars of Conflict
Not unlikely from Syria. Karl-Marx-Straße, Berlin. [Joel Schalit]
Joel Schalit / 14 Apr 2022
Died for Democracy
Internationals killed in Syria. Kurdish solidarity mural, Torino. [Joel Schalit]
Joel Schalit / 10 Apr 2022
Populist Fundamentalism
NATO’s token Islamist. Via XX Settembre, Torino. [Joel Schalit]
Joel Schalit / 04 Mar 2022
Radioactive Europe
Russia’s Nuclear Tightrope
The German press was alarmed. Wild boars had infiltrated Berlin and were making their way to the city centre.(...)
