On 24 April 2019, France held its first official Armenian Genocide Commemoration Day, marking the 104th anniversary of the 1915 genocide. The national day of commemoration fulfilled an election pledge by President Emmanuel Macron, and drew the predictable angry tu...
Basak Ertur
Something is Missing in the Hrant Dink Murder Ruling
Hrant Dink’s murder was the culminating point of a persecution campaign that can be traced back to February 2004, when he published claims to the effect that Sabiha Gökçen, the adopted daughter of Atatürk and the first woman war pilot of the Turkish Republic, was of...
London screening of ’48’ by Susana de Sousa Dias
48, Susana de Sousa Dias 93’ minutes, Betacam Digital, Portugal, 2009 screening and discussion with the director Friday 28 January, 6:30pm University of Westminster, 309 Regent Street opening night screening of: ¡Documentary Now! A Conference on the Contemporary...
A Note on Violence
“The full force of the law must be brought against violent protesters,” David Cameron repeats his mantra, once again, on the evening of 9 December, following the fourth instance of targeted property damage and clashes with the police coming from within the groundswell...
The Nomadic Hive Manifesto
A spectre is haunting Europe – the spectre of debt slaves refusing to pay. All the powers within Europe have entered into a holy alliance to regenerate a failing economy, to realise a lethal dream of returning to business as usual, and to level the education and...