Paul Klee, Angelus Novus (1920) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/Klee%2C_Angelus_novus.png?20130120065947 Paul Klee, Angelus Novus Walter Benjamin: Thesis 9 in The Concept of History (1940) My wing is ready to fly / I would rather turn backFor had I stayed mortal time / I would have had little luck Gerhard Scholem, Angelic Greetings There is a painting by Klee called… Read More Walter Benjamin and The Angel of History
In Israel, Sinwar’s killing brings catharsis, if not clarity On Thursday afternoon on the beach in Tel Aviv, a lifeguard made an announcement through the broadcast system. “Attention all bathers,” he said. “It is not yet 100% confirmed … but the chances are very high that the rat from the tunnels known as Yahya Sinwar… Read More ‘We have paid the price’: Gazans say Sinwar’s death will not change anything
The world is changed by your example, not your opinions: Mother Teresa Avay Shukla These days Mr. D.Y. Chandrachud, Chief Justice of India, is talking of, and worrying about, the legacy he will leave behind when he retires from the job next month. And well he might. He was elevated to this position at perhaps… Read More A LEGACY THAT IS BEST FORGOTTEN
By its actions, Canada seems to have definitively shut the door on back-channel communication on the Nijjar issue. Up till now, they were talking to Indian officials in a bid to improve the relationship between the two countries. That attempt is now over.. In August 2023, the Union Home Ministry promulgated a unique order under Section 268… Read More Fallout of a transborder assassination
The UK plans to hand some remote islands back to Mauritius, and relocate the Sri Lankan asylum seekers stuck there Three years ago, 89 Tamil asylum seekers left Sri Lanka via southern India to escape persecution. Their aim was to reach Canada in an unseaworthy boat, as others had attempted before them. They expected the… Read More Why is the UK sending Tamil refugees to Romania?
New book exposes the power of oil – from colonialism, to post-Soviet Russia, to the current climate crisis Adam Hanieh Nearly four decades ago, a large team of scientists from around the world launched a major global research programme called the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP). Their goal was to study the connection between human activities and… Read More Crude capitalism: How oil greases the wheels of the world market
A new generation across the UK is demanding political representation. But this unstoppable force is meeting an immovable object, the Labour Party… The real politics happens outside parliament. We’ve already witnessed huge protests take shape against the massacre in Gaza, and the coming years could see mass movements and industrial unrest over cuts and living… Read More Forget Corbynism 2.0. Something bigger is happening on the British left
Zionism will be looked upon as one of the greatest disasters in Jewish history GAZA casualties, live statistics Gabor Maté CM (born January 6, 1944) is a Canadian physician. He has a background in family practice and a special interest in childhood development, trauma, and potential lifelong impacts on physical and mental health, including autoimmune… Read More GABOR MATE interview: Zionism will be looked upon as one of the greatest disasters in Jewish history
Henri Bergson and Albert Einstein fundamentally disagreed about the nature of time and how it can be measured. Who was right? Think of a melody. Each note has its own distinct individuality while blending with the other notes and silences that come before and after. As we listen, past notes linger in the present ones,… Read More Clock time contra lived time
The above is the title of a prose poem in French by Victor Segalen (1878 – 1919) The English translation is followed by the original French (1922), below. The prose poem is cited by Simon Leys in an essay called The Chinese Attitude Towards The Past; in his book; The Hall of Uselessness. I am… Read More To the ten thousand years / Aux dix mille années
After the truth-shower 
