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…
Punk in London: Iconic places (6)
I’ve already mentioned in previous parts of this series about how Camden Town became a central hub with a crucial role in the birth and development of the punk subculture, and about some of its iconic venues. Here are more places worth mentioning. It’s also important to note that unlike other parts of London, punk…
Israel/Palestine: Reason Must Not Surrender
Yesterday in Manchester, right during the time when Jews celebrate Yom Kippur, there was an Islamist attack on a synagogue. In the midst of the ongoing war in Gaza, this appalling act once again fueled passions on both sides. On top of that, more than forty vessels of the Flotilla for Gaza were intercepted yesterday…