Thursday, 29 September 2022 — Big Serge
The Winter of Yuri
“You should know, by and large, we haven’t even started anything yet in earnest.”
I have been attempting for several days to collect my thoughts on the Russo-Ukrainian War and condense them into another analysis piece, but my efforts were consistently frustrated by the war’s stubborn refusal to sit still. After a slow, attritional grind for much of the summer, events have begun to accelerate, calling to mind a famous quip from Vladimir Lenin: “There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.”
(Photo: via Twitter)
Palestinians travel through Allenby Crossing in August 2021. Sulaiman Mahmoud APA images
Millions died of hunger in British-ruled India, where ‘free trade’ took precedence over famine relief.
The troika leading the far-right coalition that won Italy’s election: Giorgia Meloni (R), Silvio Berlusconi (C) and Matteo Salvini (L)
Former staffer Halima Khan saw things inside Labour she says were “horrendous.” Al Jazeera
Roberto Matta (Chile), Cuba es la capital (‘Cuba Is the Capital’), 1963.
The New Dark Age 
