John Foster / 03 Nov 2023
When Left is Right
The Sahra Wagenknecht Experience
It was inevitable that Sahra Wagenknecht ditched Die Linke. From her perspective, she was the only thing keeping the party afloat.(...)
Iran
John Foster / 07 Apr 2023
The Difficulties of Proxy Warfare
From the Cold War to Ukraine
The casualties speak for themselves. Russia’s winter offensive is producing mixed results.(...)
The Battleground / 17 Mar 2023
Giorgia Meloni, Serial Racist
The ChatGPT Sessions, Volume 1
By community standards, his trip was a failure. Italian Jews protested Netanyahu's visit, and the community's leader, Noemi Di Segni, excoriated him for the settler pogrom in Hawara and for undermining Israeli democracy.(...)
Joel Schalit / 09 Jul 2021
Everything is Field Recording
Learning From the BBC
Women were screaming. Gunfire echoed in the distance. A British accented voice drifted in and out, periodically commenting on the upheaval.(...)
Joel Schalit / 03 May 2021
The Cosmopolitan Ideal
May Day in Neukölln
The language was a victory by itself. Seeing the word "Yallah" spread across Karl-Marx-Straße, was like living in the best of all possible worlds.(...)
John Foster / 16 Apr 2021
Last Lesson From Vietnam
Afghanistan, or How to Stay at War
On 20 January 2001, George W. Bush was inaugurated as president of the United States.(...)
Charlie Bertsch / 11 Mar 2021
When There is Here
The Glitterbeat Guide to Globalisation
Hamburg-based record label Glitterbeat provides a beacon of hope, not only for music lovers tired of hearing endless iterations of the tried-and-true, but for anyone who believes unapologetic cosmopolitanism is our only gateway to a brighter future.(...)
Joel Schalit / 07 Feb 2020
When Enemies Are Friends
Trump and Israel
It might as well have been a declaration of war.(...)
Joel Schalit / 13 Jan 2020
Two Scalps Are Better Than One
America and Islam
Nobody remembers al-Baghdadi. The head of ISIS, who was killed by American commandos in a nighttime raid in Syria, in October, was nowhere to be found.(...)