Richard Willmsen, autor en Katoikos

The unacknowledged present: An interview with the artist Stine Marie Jacobsen

Especially in times of populism and growing right-wing movements, artists hold a mirror up to societies and sense tendencies long before these become conscious.

Analogies between the Ayotzinapa disappearances and the Grenfell Tower fire

It would be hard to understand either disaster without a reference to the brutal ravages of two out-of-control markets which habitually devastate lives.

Campaigners from global citizens´ movement Avaaz demonstrate after UK general elections

Who did you vote for?

We asked a number of voters to explain the political earthquake that shook the UK last week and to say what the opposition parties should do next.

“Neoliberalism had some good points”: An interview with Nick Currie aka Momus about Europe, politics, identity and Japan

Momus is currently doing a series of appearances around Europe, travelling mostly by train.

In defence of people smugglers

The abuses and exploitation that refugees face at the hands of human traffickers fail to explain or justify the level of opprobrium in the Western media.

Marine Le Pen, Emmanuel Macron, Jean-Luc Mélenchon

Mélenchon could be the French Bernie Sanders, and that’s not a good thing

Already 16% of Mélenchon’s voters have apparently decided that if they can’t have his version of socialism they’ll happily vote for the national variety instead.

Is voting for the far-right a form of gambling?

For those staring oblivion in the face, betting on the chances of political change must feel like one more desperate jerk of the lever on the slot machine.