Josh White / 05 Dec 2022
Soviet Collapse, National Decline
Russia 1985–1999, by Adam Curtis
Adam Curtis is a collagist who deals with ideas and their emotional impact.(...)
USSR
John Foster / 18 Nov 2022
The Forever War Comes Home
Ukraine and American Strategy
The conflict between Russia and Ukraine continues with no end in sight.(...)
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.(...)
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.(...)
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.(...)
John Foster / 10 Jun 2022
Status Quo Apologist
Liberalism and Its Discontents, by Francis Fukuyama
Francis Fukuyama has a fraught relationship with history. In the late 1980s, he thought it was over.(...)
Joel Schalit / 31 Mar 2022
Ukrainian History Lesson
Anarchists in the Ukrainian War of Independence. Anti-Russian invasion flyer, Berlin. [Joel Schalit]
Joel Schalit / 22 Mar 2022
The Way They Weren’t
Last kiss before neoliberalism. My God, Help Me to Survive This Deadly Love replica, Berlin Brandenburg. [Joel Schalit]