Poslovil se je eden največjih vojnih poročevalcev in novinarjev vseh časov, Robert Fisk.

Nekaj neutolažljivo, topo žalostnega je bilo v njegovih očeh, ki so videle vse, česar je zmožno človeštvo. Nihče tam zunaj ni vztrajal dlje od Roberta, ki je (pre)živel novinarstvo; holistično in neposredno. Ne, nič človeškega mu ni bilo tuje. Učil nas je, generacijo za generacijo. Usmerjal nas je, generacijo za generacijo. Jezil nas je,...

On Sunday night  (24th of March) as the Cyprus authorities were choosing their doom from the troika’s menu, some two thousand protesters were shouting anti-European slogans in front of the European house in downtown Nicosia. Not so long ago, this edifice epitomised every positive civic and social value in the region; now its gate looked more than slightly dilapidated and was being guarded by the members of special police forces....

Egypt two years after the revolution

“At that moment, I didn’t understand anything… I had no idea what was happening… All I knew was that there were hundreds of hands stripping me of my clothes and brutally violating my body. Who were those men? There was no way out. Everyone was saying that they were protecting me, saving me even, but all I felt was the finger-rape of my body,...

On November 7th, Athens was burning again. In front of the parliament, where another monstruous bargain had been struck, the special police units were hitting children and old women. The most brutal austerity package yet had just been rammed through. In the streets, molotov cocktails were crashing down, slogans were chanted, the teargas was making people weep openly. In this respect, Athens is now officially the weeping capital of Europe....

We were standing in the memorial room of the elite University for political studies. For the past few decades, this illustrious institution served as a breeding ground for top party bigwigs. A small frail student with jerky motions, a waxy complexion and a Hitleresque parting in his hair was telling us a lot about the university’s glorious past and even more about China’s invincible future....