From Punk to Rojava
The Adrestia Interview
Adrestia are one of the most important hardcore bands in Sweden today.(...)
The Adrestia Interview
Adrestia are one of the most important hardcore bands in Sweden today.(...)
Germany, Year Zero, Today
It’s hard to watch Roberto Rossellini’s 1948 film Germany, Year Zero to its conclusion. The mood is relentlessly bleak and the landscape bleaker still.(...)
Learning Anti-Colonialism in Ukraine
In school, we’d always have two different classes for Ukrainian and foreign literature.(...)
Reconsidering Susan Sontag, Part II
Even as Susan Sontag’s celebrity has dimmed, the time she spent in battered Sarajevo in the 1990s, directing Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot remains a touchstone in discussions of intellectual engagement.(...)
The Battleground’s Summer Books List
“No more blood.” The graffiti has been there for as long as I can remember.(...)
Nakba Day in Torino
Ukraine’s Revolt, Russia’s Revenge, by Christopher Smith
If the war in Ukraine has taught us anything, it’s that really good henchman are hard to find.(...)
Sounds of Survival: From Ukrainian Underground
Sounds of Survival: From Ukrainian Underground is so consistently good that its social function almost seems extraneous. We should have been listening to this music before we felt it was our democratic duty.(...)
Russia vs. Ukraine
No sooner had the Winter Olympics closing ceremonies ended than the invasion of Ukraine began.(...)