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The many ends of the Second World War
It is sometimes said that the Second World War began in the Horn of Africa, in 1935, with Italy’s war of aggression on Ethiopia. It is almost never said that it ended there. And yet, it was the first place in the world where the fighting came to an end. Hostilities in Eritrea, then an…
The depoliticization of 1945 | Eurozine
For much of the second half of the twentieth century, the Second World War and its aftermath were interlaced with western Europe’s present. The war was understood to have birthed the world that emerged in its wake. This is no longer so. Our present has been uncoupled from its twentieth-century past. The Second World War…
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A clash of revisionisms | Eurozine
The remembrance of the Second World War has shifted significantly in recent decades – and even more dramatic reinterpretations appear to be underway in our current moment of drastic uncertainty. More than three years since Russia launched its full-scale war against Ukraine, with the far right achieving several notable successes within the EU and beyond,…
Clickbait crusade | Eurozine
Digital publishing has turned many journalists into mere line workers in the content production industrial complex. But what about the young journalists embarking on this professional mission today? This discussion was inspired by Paulina Januszewska’s book Bullshit journalism, whose excerpt has just been published in Eurozine. It was recorded at the 32nd European Meeting of…
The joy of self-identification | Eurozine
I wanna look like what I am but don’t know what someone like me looks like. I mean, when people look at me, I want them to think “there’s one of those people that has their own interpretation of happiness”. That’s what I am. Lou Sullivan was born in Milwaukee, USA, in 1951 and passed…
Bullshit journalism | Eurozine
‘You want content verifiers working with us? The media represent the biggest bunch of hypocrites you can imagine. Journalists don’t need fact checking, they need moral backbone!’ Iwona’s critique may be strong, but it isn’t spurious; she used to work for a major media company, known for its critical stance towards the Law and Justice…
Bullshit journalism | Eurozine
‘You want content verifiers working with us? The media represent the biggest bunch of hypocrites you can imagine. Journalists don’t need fact checking, they need moral backbone!’ Iwona’s critique may be strong, but it isn’t spurious; she used to work for a major media company, known for its critical stance towards the Law and Justice…
Bullshit journalism | Eurozine
‘You want content verifiers working with us? The media represent the biggest bunch of hypocrites you can imagine. Journalists don’t need fact checking, they need moral backbone!’ Iwona’s critique may be strong, but it isn’t spurious; she used to work for a major media company, known for its critical stance towards the Law and Justice…
Another lost generation of art?
War tells many stories, and this is one of them. On 5 April 2025, artist and soldier Marharyta Polovinko was killed while serving on the frontline of Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine. She was 31 years old. Her death is one of hundreds of thousands on Russia’s hands. And yet it is a blow that…
