With the Conservative victory in the UK following the election of Trump in the USA and the earlier Brexit vote, the political landscape in the West seems… Read more “France’s new revolutionary politics: anything new under the sun?”
Month: June 2017
Identity Politics series
This is a short series of video interviews on identity politics and the crisis of political rationality (interviews below) Each interview opens the question of the political… Read more “Identity Politics series”
Forging a Constellation: The Memory Strategies of Patricio Guzman
Since the release of Battle of Chile/La Batalla de Chile over the course of three years (1975, 1976, 1979) the films of Patricio Guzman have become internationally… Read more “Forging a Constellation: The Memory Strategies of Patricio Guzman”
Fake news, post truth and closed minds
Debates about fake news and post-truth politics seem central to the contemporary political moment. It is striking that these terms have so rapidly become part of the… Read more “Fake news, post truth and closed minds”
Trump, elections and the end of mainstream news?
Has the election of Donald Trump spelled the end of mainstream news media? Probably not – at least if you dig down into the structures of media.… Read more “Trump, elections and the end of mainstream news?”