When societies get militarised
Most people expect their government to provide them with a safe society, where one doesn’t have to live in fear of dangers, enemies and refugees.
The difficult Jewish compromise
Covered Up is an emotional trip marking one woman’s struggle between personal choice and ultra-orthodox Jewish tradition.
The female Kurdish fighters
Film director Alba Sotorra spends five months at the Kurdish frontline in Syria following the life and struggle of the female Kurdish fighters belonging to the Women’s Protection Units (YPJ).
Hidden everyday racism in France
RACISM: In our daily lives, we constantly sacrifice others’ uniqueness, identity, and individuality on the altar of group belonging, writes the French political scientist Tania de Montaigne in her new book.
The economic feasibility of worker-led companies
Could more companies be collectively owned and run by their employees in the future? That’s the idea put forward by Patrick Witkowsky, the director behind the documentary Can We Do It Ourselves?
Left-wing America is on the wrong track
«American identity politicians have no strategy, and do not want one. All they want is to express themselves and progressively radicalise.»
Impressions from Piazza Vittorio
Abel Ferrara‘s latest film is a kaleidoscope of impressions that narrates the life of immigrants in Italy and their shared experience of desperation and an uncertain future in Europe.
From a child’s perspective
ANIMATED MOVIES: Girls dressed as boys in Kabul and Tehran’s underworld of sex, drugs and rave music are portrayed through the eyes of children in the animated movies The Breadwinner and Tehran Taboo.
Evil: The powerlessness of the spirit
The French-Tunisian philosopher Mehdi Belhaj Kacem wants to show us the path towards good by sharpening our insight into evil.
The ‘high times’ of the Brezhnev years
USSR: Vivid memories of home-made psychedelic drugs and Soviet revolutionary times are brought to life in Soviet Hippies.
Parallel lives at the West Bank
A coupling of Biblical panoramas showing breathtaking sunrises and tranquil landscapes highlight the comparative heaven and hell of how differently someone’s birth and their dreams can collide contingent on context.
The sweat of labour
The book Move Fast and Break Things criticises Google, Facebook and Amazon sharply, but is at the same time partly romantic and crude.