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.(...)
Imperialism
John Foster / 22 Jul 2022
Virtual Colonialism
Geographies of Digital Exclusion, by Mark Graham and Martin Dittus
In all but the most prosaic discussions of cartography today, it’s obligatory to mention “On Exactitude in Science.”(...)
John Foster / 15 Apr 2022
Putting NATO in Its Place
Russia and the Ukraine War
Baron Ismay, who served as Secretary-General of NATO from 1952 to 1957, famously described its purpose as keeping “the Russians out, the Americans in, and the Germans down”.(...)
Joel Schalit / 18 Mar 2022
A Russian Education
Putin’s Genocide Charge
No war in recent memory has divided progressives like the Ukraine crisis. (...)
John Foster / 25 Feb 2022
The Country to End All Countries
Russia vs. Ukraine
No sooner had the Winter Olympics closing ceremonies ended than the invasion of Ukraine began.(...)
Matt Rubenstein / 01 Jul 2020
Did the Russians Do It?
When the Press Takes Sides
Nothing unusual here. The Taliban have been killing NATO troops in Afghanistan for nearly two decades. But this story was a little different. According to the New York Times, recent attacks on US and British forces have been partially sponsored by Russia.(...)
Heather Allansdottir / 06 Dec 2019
Returning the Past
The Manchester Museum Makes Amends
It was long overdue. But the repatriation of Aboriginal Australian artefacts from the Manchester Museum is a significant step forward in redressing Britain’s violent past. (...)