The Russian Revolution didn’t start and end in 1917, nor indeed in 1905. There were many things preceding it. As far back as 1894 in fact, a group of intellectuals issued the then Tsar with […]
Where does communism come from? The idea of equality and common ownership of property has always been around. There were communes in the English civil war and radical communities in Germany around about the same […]
‘If Eris, the Greek goddess of strife, symbolises the electoral climate in the UK, US and France these days, Harmonia, her antagonist in Greek mythology, must be watching over Berlin’. Josef Janning for CFR Finally […]
Angola, a former Portuguese colony, is on the west coast of Africa: below the Congo (formerly Belgian) and above Namibia (formerly German). Angola was colonised by the Portuguese in 1575 and was big in the […]
Pictured above: Current President and leader of the MPLA, Jose Eduardo dos Santos (on the left), welcomes his candidate for Angola’s new President: Joao Lourenco (on the right). On Wednesday this week, elections took place […]
Well, naughty V3, if you discount Slovakia, as they are not considered to be flouting the EU imposed refugee quotas; Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic are though. According to the FT, if they don’t […]
‘I have decided that I will send back to Sejm (lower house of parliament), which means I will veto the bill, on the Supreme Court, as well as the one about the National Council of […]
In the burrows of the Nightmare Where Justice naked is; Time watches from the shadow And coughs when you would kiss. WH Auden, ‘As I walked out one Evening’ As I was driving […]
‘For each certified genius, there are at least a hundred great people who helped achieve such outstanding results’. Cathy O’Neil, Bloomberg View In her article, ‘A Mathematician’s Secret: We’re not all geniuses’, Cathy O’Neil talks […]
‘I’m not a spokesperson for the L.G.B.T. community. I don’t want to be branded as a gay minister, just as my colleagues don’t want to be primarily defined as being straight. All I want is […]
