Last week, I started getting messages from friends back in Czechia saying that the Czech punk bands Visací zámek and Znouzecnost will be playing exactly one year from now at London’s legendary 100 Club. I couldn’t believe my eyes—but it turns out it’s true. Visací zámek—one of the biggest legends of Czech punk—is set to…
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When politics turns into a cabaret and cabaret into a threat, it’s time to take off the gloves.
The world around us has changed beyond recognition since the beginning of the year. People are afraid to open news sites in the morning, dreading what new madness the imbecile elected by Americans in the last presidential election has come up with. One day he promises to release the Epstein files. Then, when it leaks…
The Nation’s Mirror in TV Commercials: Czech Republic vs. Britain
Because I regularly watch both British and Czech television channels—and therefore also the commercials that run on them—I was reminded of a quote from Norman Douglas’s book South Wind. He wrote it back in 1917, and the quote goes: “You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements.” That line inspired me to…
Antifa is Amphifa
Trump’s government of psychopaths, systematically denying reality, recently added Antifa to the list of terrorist organizations. But there’s a small catch. Or rather, a big one. Antifa isn’t actually an organization at all. Not only does it lack any formal structure, it has no fixed membership either. Antifa is more of a movement or an…