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    War

    Interviews
    John Foster / 02 Dec 2022

    From Punk to Rojava

    The Adrestia Interview

    Adrestia are one of the most important hardcore bands in Sweden today.(...)

    Culture
    Charlie Bertsch / 28 Sep 2022

    The Work of Remembrance

    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.(...)

    Politics
    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.(...)

    Culture
    Charlie Bertsch / 13 Jul 2022

    Imagining a Different Future

    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.(...)

    Culture
    The Battleground / 13 Jun 2022

    End of An Era

    The Battleground’s Summer Books List

    “No more blood.” The graffiti has been there for as long as I can remember.(...)

    Photo Essays
    Joel Schalit / 17 May 2022

    Sharing the Tragedy

    Nakba Day in Torino

    No European city knows the Nakba like Berlin. At least in my part of town, Neukölln.(...)
    Culture
    John Foster / 01 Apr 2022

    The Post-Soviet Future

    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.(...)

    Culture
    Charlie Bertsch / 23 Mar 2022

    Club Music at War

    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.(...)

    Politics
    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.(...)

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