Civilization
Stephen Fry calls for return of Parthenon marbles to Athens
By Nadia Khomami
Thu 5 Jan 2023
The removal of the Parthenon sculptures from Athens was akin to removing the Eiffel Tower from Paris or Stonehenge...
The destiny of civilization: An interview with Michael Hudson
On July 15, 2022, Platypus Affiliated Society member D. L. Jacobs interviewed Michael Hudson to discuss his new book, The Destiny of Civilization: Finance Capitalism,...
Actor Frank Langella denounces “cancel culture” in response to firing from...
By Nick Barrickman
9 May 2022
Veteran Hollywood and stage actor Frank Langella responded to allegations of “sexual harassment” in a scathing letter published last week...
The degeneration of ecologic protest
Anti-oil protesters throw tomato soup on van Gogh’s Sunflowers
By Erik Schreiber, David Walsh
17 October 2022
On Friday, two anti-oil activists threw two cans of tomato...
Phil Hammond – Culture Wars and Wars for Values
Values-driven’ foreign policy is simultaneously a domestic culture war. On both fronts, Western values-talk is past its sell-by date.
Phil Hammond is Emeritus Professor for...
UN Warns of ‘Total Societal Collapse’ Due to Breaching of Planetary...
By Nafeez Ahmed
26 May 2022
When the United Nations published its 2022 ‘Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction’ (GAR2022) in May, the world’s attention...
Inside The Military-Entertainment Complex
By David Sirota
Jun 9, 2022
The military quietly infiltrating a movie studio… the idea might seem like a fantastical plot from a film, but Top...
The War between East and West, the Non-Aligned and the Struggle...
By Dimitris Konstantakopoulos (*)
Second of two parts. Here you can read the first part The War between East and West, the Non-Aligned and the struggle...
France: Former Director of Louvre Charged for Art Trafficking
On Wednesday, the former president and director of the Louvre Museum were prosecuted under the charge of art trafficking.
May 26, 2022
Jean-Luc Martinez, former president...
Book Review Mozart’s intriguing if incomplete visage
Bravura surfing of the wave of history omits profound truths, writes JOHN GREEN
Mozart in Motion: His Work and His World in Pieces
By Patrick Mackie
Granta...