Democracy

Charlie Bertsch / 02 Feb 2023

Pre-Neoliberal Poland

Krzysztof Kieślowski’s The Scar

Krzysztof Kieślowski's 1976 film The Scar, which chronicles the construction and operation of a large chemical factory, breaks many of the rules that had governed narrative cinema since the silent era.(...)

Culture

Mirjana Najchevska / 30 Jan 2023

Awards for Ukraine

Russia in North Macedonia

The Russian government is awarding prizes to Macedonian writers.(...)

Culture

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.(...)

Politics

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.(...)

Culture

John Foster / 08 Jul 2022

Stupid and Dangerous

The Starmer Project: A Journey to the Right, by Oliver Eagleton

Boris Johnson has been a dead man walking for months. His resignation has been more of a relief than a shock.(...)

Culture

John Foster / 27 May 2022

The Bad Influencers

A World After Liberalism, by Matthew Rose

In the aptly titled A World After Liberalism, Matthew Rose presents a series of close readings of reactionary thinkers who helped shape today’s far-right.(...)