Civilization
Left, Wars and War Capitalist Economy
A guide for the U.S. antiwar movement
Originally published: Covert Action Magazine
by Matt McKenna and Jeremy Kuzmarov
August 19, 2021
photo:antiwarcommittee.org
Since the Vietnam War, the...
‘They want to make the Acropolis into Disneyland.’ Site renovations face...
Greece says it wants to make the Acropolis more accessible. Critics say it’s turning the ancient site into Disneyland.
By Lydia Emmanouilidou
Jun 17, 2021
Architect Tasos...
Wind of change: did the CIA write the cold war’s biggest...
Scorpions’ power ballad was the sound of the iron curtain’s fall – but a new podcast explores rumours that it was propaganda
By Stevie Chick
Fri 15...
Attacking the Classic Civilization, Entering the new Dark Ages
Parthenon Marbles “not particularly inspiring… return them to Greece,” says ex Museum trustee
February 18, 2021
“Return the Elgin Marbles to Greece,'” they are not inspiration...
Decadence, anti-Humanism, mediocrity: The inverse idol of White Racism
Aristotle and Plato must go. After targeting statues, race activists now aim to topple the ancient founders of Western thought
By Alexander Adams
10 Feb, 2021
An...
War (on) of Civilizations: From Hagia Sophia to Al-Ahmer Mosque
Hypocrisy Exposed : There was deafening silence when Israel converted historical Al-Ahmar Mosque into a bar
July 13, 2020
There is a worldwide condemnation over Turkey’s...
Erdogan’s conversion of Hagia Sophia into a mosque and the danger...
By Ulaş Ateşci and Alex Lantier
15 July 2020
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s decree Friday turning the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul into a working...
Acropolis and the British “cultural” piracy
Did England commit fraud to keep the Parthenon Sculptures?
2/27/2020
For the last two centuries, the British Museum in London has claimed ownership of the...
Rise in flat-Earthers should be roundly celebrated as good for science...
By Simon Chandler,
a London-based journalist focusing on politics and technology
17 Nov, 2019
Belief in a flat Earth is becoming fashionable. Scientists and other guardians of common...
Art theft? Iraq demands return of 3,000-yr-old Assyrian artefact up for...
30 Oct, 2018
A 3,000-year-old Assyrian sculpture is expected to sell for more than $10 million at a New York auction, but the forthcoming bidding...