Friday, 4 September 2026 — Struggle / La Lucha
On Aug. 26, a glacier collapsed high on the Nepali side of the Himalayan range, sending a wall of ice, rock, mud and water down the river valleys straddling the border between Nepal and the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. About 26 miles of road were wiped out, leaving helicopters as the only means of reaching survivors. As of Sept. 4, Nepal’s death toll had passed 900, with more than 4,000 people missing; on the Chinese side, 16 have been confirmed dead and 546 are reported missing.
This is the disaster that Laura Bicker, the BBC’s China correspondent, chose to report as follows: “Shocking footage isn’t being shown in China — and we know little about victims there.”
Juan O’Gorman (Mexico), Mexico City, 1949.
The New Dark Age 