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Watsa discusses the magic of capitalism, how it shaped his experience and how well it’s holding up around the world

Colin Everett recounts the anarcho-syndicalist origins of the Brazilian labour movement, and its eventual supersession by authoritarian, state-linked unions.

21.07.21 | Arte | 07:50 - 08:35 | Dokumentation Als Christoph Kolumbus die Naturwunder Kubas entdeckte, erklärte er, etwas Schöneres habe er in seinem Leben noch nicht gesehen. Fünf Jahrhunderte später ist Kuba nach rund 60 Jahren US-Embargo, politischer Isolation und der daraus resultierenden Wirtschaftsschwäche ein Land ohne Schwerindustrie und intensive Landwirtschaft. Aus dieser geopolitischen Situation geht ein eindeutiger Gewinner hervor: die Natur...

Ich war gerade mitten im Corona-Lockdown, als ich das Lied von León Gieco "Fünf Jahrhunderte das Gleiche" hörte. Dabei erinnerte ich mich daran, dass vor einem halben Jahrhundert ein Buch erschien, das zuerst in "América Lapobre" 1 und dann in der ganzen Welt die Runde machte. Ein Text, der vielleicht seiner Zeit voraus war, uns aber mit dem Virus infizierte, viel mehr über uns selbst, über unsere Geschichte zu erfahren. Für viele von uns, die damals um die 20 waren, war es eines der wen...

Meet the modern-day Mitfords! Scions of the headline-grabbing sisters are every bit as intriguing and glamorous - from models and fashion muses to a data analyst who helped track down Osama Bin Laden Mitford sisters were glamorous, talented, scandalous, and headline-grabbing so its of little wonder that their scions are continuing the tradition of success  Sisters back in spotlight due to BBC series of Nancy Mitford’s The Pursuit of Love, which was inspired by her familys tumultuous love liv...

Painting found at Glasgow home of Dr Helen Cargill Thompson could fetch six figure sum at auction PREMIUM Painting discovered in the Glasgow home of late arts patron Dr Helen Cargill Thompson could fetch six figure sum at auction SHE was the last of a wealthy Scottish merchants’ family whose contribution to the Glasgow art world and generations of new artists cannot be underestimated. Dr Helen Cargill Thompson died in October 2020 leaving a treasure trove of contemporary art, books and si...

Toggle Sidebar Present Tense: Five Centuries of Colonialism in Latin American and Caribbean Art n a sign that COVID-19 is lessening its grip, the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) announced today that it is reopening Sunday, May 2, 13 months after it shut its doors. The museum will be open three days a week — Friday, Saturday and Sunday — and will reduce its ticket prices from $14 to $10, implement a timed-ticket system, require face masks, and limit occupancy to 25% cap...

Five centuries of German and Austrian graphics on view at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts View of the exhibition GRAFIK! Five Centuries of German and Austrian Graphics. Photo MMFA, Denis Farley. MONTREAL .- For the first time, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts is focusing an exhibition on the sweep of stylistic and cultural developments articulated in printmaking in Germany and Austria from the early history of the medium in the mid-15th century to modern times. GRAFIK! Five Centuries of Germa...

21 March 2019: Emblazoned on the wall of Spain’s National Drama Centre is Boa Mistura’s painting of an Eduardo Galeano quote from The Open Veins of Latin America: “We are what we do to change what we are.” (Photograph by David Silverman/ Getty Images) Considered a literary giant of Latin America’s Left, Eduardo Galeano was a novelist and journalist who wrote extensively about oppression and resistance in Latin America. In 1973, after a coup in Uruguay, Galeano was imprisoned and later...