More Isles of the Left
Egrant: Navigating Through Party Propaganda
When information is fragmented and is constantly perverted to advance vested interests, it is only reasonable to doubt its accuracy. And when matters of justice are treated as mere pawns in partisan power games, democracy is indeed in danger.
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Losing My Space: Literature and Politics in Malta
We’re losing spaces where we can be social human beings. And this is where literature has a space. Authors can identify such cracks and vocalise them.
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A Closer Look At The Rescue Vessel Berthed In Limbo
Detained Sea Watch 3 also serves as temporary home to its crew members. Sea rescue is not just about misery and suffering. There is space for hope and fun too. Toys, washing lines and origami birds in the engineer’s cabin are also part of a rescue vessel.
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Earn Money Online: the Politics of Microwork and Machines
Understanding how the world of work is changing, and in whose interest, is the key political question of the future. [Read more…] about Earn Money Online: the Politics of Microwork and Machines
On How Not to Consider the Immigration Issue
The EU rhetoric heavily focuses on stopping smugglers from exploiting people and putting their lives at risk, instead of examining what induces them to seek the services of smugglers in the first place.
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You Too Might Need Help of a Rescue Mission One Day
The crew of Sea Watch 3 urges the Maltese public to support their pledge to set them free. The only issue of the vessel and the only wrongdoing of the crew was saving lives—the lives that should be as valuable as ours, alas they seem not to be. [Read more…] about You Too Might Need Help of a Rescue Mission One Day
Spectres are Haunting Europe
If refugees and migrants do not simply “become like us”, forgetful of a system which will keep producing its outcasts, the ‘vanguard’ of refugees may become the sign of a new beginning, of the possibility of a different world. [Read more…] about Spectres are Haunting Europe
Three Points for a Map of Utopia
Utopia means an actual, public-political organisation of living together, a democratic approach to human life, to production and care, collaboration and research, interaction and creativity, learning and questioning, community and individuality, participation as well as withdrawal.
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Christian Religion, Identity and Marxism: Can They Be Compatible?
Dom Franzoni died on the 13th of July 2017. He had founded the San Paolo Base Community in Rome. This interview commemorates his thoughts and achievements.
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