Podcast: Italian Election Special
In our latest podcast Frank Armstrong is joined by Massimiliano Galli and Daniele Idini to…
Browsing: Global
Maasai Forced off Land by UAE Royals
Forcing indigenous peoples off ancestral lands to create so-called Gardens of Eden, pasture for grazing,…
A Greek Watergate Unfolds
A phone surveillance scandal targeting journalists and a prominent politician has been simmering for some…
Refugee Pushbacks in the Balkans
On the last day of February, the first Ukrainian refugees arrived in Serbia. Radoš Đurović,…
Travels in Ukraine 2015
Frank Armstrong recalls two overland trips into Ukraine in 2015. The first was through the…
Russia-Ukraine: Everything to Lose
A hundred years on from the blood-stained birth of a partitioned island of Ireland, another…
“Nuances”: Fellipe Lopes in Conversation
“Nuances” is a work in progress by South American documentary maker Fellipe Lopes. Since May…
What Next for Aghanistan?
So where do we go from here? Better still how do we even begin to…
Covid-19: The View from Turkey
On March 11th, 2020 the first case of Covid-19 was diagnosed in Turkey, followed by…
Ireland and Colombia: the Coal Connection
Most Irish people could not imagine what links their country with Colombia, or even the…
Belfast’s Broken Record Crackles On
There is a strong impression of the same old story of the Troubles in Belfast,…
Rule of Law Backsliding in Rogue EU States
This is an abridged interview with jurist Laurent Pech, Professor of European Law, Jean Monnet…
The Mad King’s Final Stand
“If we nominate Trump, we will get destroyed … and we will deserve it,” Lindsey…
When the Unthinkable Becomes the Everyday: Covid-19 and Authoritarianism
The idea that our society might be moving in a fundamentally bad direction is an…
Lebanon’s Rotten Leadership Seems Irreplaceable
As Lebanon marked the centenary of its creation last week, it was not state-orchestrated ceremonies…
In Search of Greek Inspiration
The grip of the pandemic having loosened, Frank Armstrong travelled over land and sea from…
Spain: Vegan Jailed for ‘Glorifying Terrorism’
The jailing in June of thirteen rappers for ‘glorifying terrorism’ in their lyrics has once…
Italy: Thankfully it is Summer
Photographer Daniele Idini travelled from North to South of Italy and discovered a country in…
Multiculturalism in an Age of Extremes
I feel that Europe, in its state of degeneracy has passed its own death sentence.…
Corporate Media Bias Against the Cuban Revolution
Since the triumph of the Cuban Revolution in 1959, the United States has inflicted various…