While elites in Germany bemoan young peoples’ lack of knowledge of the history of East German Communism and occasionally reveal the limitations of their own understanding, they neglect to preserve the landmarks that ground the historical knowledge of this period … Lire / Read
Tariq Ali in Conversation (Part I)
Over three hundred students, professors, and members of the general public packed into a former Catholic chapel at the University of Windsor last month to hear historian and novelist Tariq Ali lambaste the imperial wrong-headedness of American policies in the … Lire / Read
Tariq Ali in Conversation (Part II)
In Part II of his interview with Tariq Ali, Lorenzo Buj asks the historian and novelist about his take on the meaning of Islamic jihad and his reaction to Iranian President Ahamdinejad’s recent visit to Columbia University, New York.
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Accountability, Transparency and Access to Information in Mexico
Transparency and access to information are two key topics that have emerged from Mexico’s political transition in 2000. This article examines the measures taken towards establishing these democratic markers, and argues that these policies have failed to include provisions for … Lire / Read
Ruminations on Burma: Why Now?
The month of September was marked by a flood of interest and attention on the political situation in Burma. As repression and abuse have been common and enduring traits of the military regime, why has this particular round of violence … Lire / Read
Which is Healthier: Wild or Farmed Salmon?
In recent years, the global production of farmed fish has exploded. There have been many ecological concerns over aquaculture practices, but when it came to health issues, matters were overlooked until the publication of a controversial paper in Science, 2004. … Lire / Read
Agit-Vogue: Ideology Makes the Woman
This September’s issue of U.S. Vogue, touted as the “Biggest Issue Ever”, contains only 13% editorial content. Nevertheless, an aesthetic continuity ties the magazine’s advertising to its editorial features, betraying implicit ideological concerns in the content. Drawing on images of … Lire / Read
The Black Face of the Great War
In Memoirs of the Maelstrom: A Senegalese Oral History of the First World War Joe Lunn reveals a side of the “Great War” that is commonly neglected. He explores in detail the participation of Black Senegalese recruits on the European … Lire / Read
Breaking with Nazism: National Identity and Memory in West Germany after the Second World War
What are the effects of the Nazi legacy on the Federal Republic of Germany? What effects did it have on German national identity and collective memory in the decades following WWII? A connection exists between the shifting conceptions of collective … Lire / Read
The Social Dimensions of Do-It-Yourself Environmental Solutions
This article presents a case study of a small car-share and the operation of a micro biodiesel production facility. In addition to providing anecdotal evidence of the feasibility of biodiesel ‘homebrewing’, this example also highlights how a cooperative ethics of … Lire / Read