Charlie Bertsch / 27 Sep 2023
Love After Fascism
Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s The Marriage of Maria Braun
The Marriage of Maria Braun is a cinematic speedball, tugging the heart in opposite directions until it cannot bear the strain.(...)
Fascism
Joel Schalit / 11 Sep 2023
Reading Politics
The Battleground’s Fall Books List
Journalists don't read books. Or if they do, very sparingly. Trained to follow the 24-hour news cycle, they focus on the daily flow of events, hour by hour, minute by minute. That's the narrative we know.(...)
John Foster / 11 Aug 2023
Max Weber Today
Wendy Brown’s Nihilistic Times
Max Weber is the thinker of modernity par excellence.(...)
Natalie Sarkic-Todd / 08 Aug 2023
Remembering Fascism in Montenegro
A Family Story
Every July, Montenegro remembers its antifascist history.(...)
John Foster / 21 Jul 2023
The Inhuman Condition
Surviving Artificial Intelligence
You’ve seen it before. It’s a title that screams marketing department, with all the requisite keywords required to stand out at an airport bookstore:(...)
Maxime Sattonnay / 20 Jul 2023
Making Spain Far-Right Again
The Verónica Fumanal Interview
It's all about the truth. Veteran Spanish political consultant Verónica Fumanal spoke with The Battleground about the impact of the 2023 election campaign on the country's press.(...)
Basilio Korman / 17 Jun 2023
Only Loyal to Himself
Silvio Berlusconi and L’Etat Pour Moi
There’s an old Doonesbury comic strip about a group of rich people attending a seminar to overcome their guilt about being rich.(...)
The Battleground / 22 May 2023
Giorgia Meloni, Serial Racist Part II
The ChatGPT Sessions
The apple never falls far from the tree. Particularly when it comes to post-fascist parties.(...)
Joel Schalit / 21 Apr 2023
Liberation Day Today
Remembering WWII in Italy
In the lead-up to every Liberation Day on 25 April, adverts commemorating the event appear on most of the municipal billboards of my Torino neighbourhood.(...)
