When will progressive politics get serious?

Those of certain political vintage will recall the US tennis player John McEnroe bellowing at unfortunate umpires that they ‘could not be serious’ whenever a call went against him. Golden ageism comes to all of us and we should be wary of it – but have we ever been ‘blessed’ with such a collective group […]

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Love, anarchy, and Emma Goldman

Emma Goldman’s beliefs have always been considered radical. It was daring, and often illegal, to lecture on homosexuality (“the intermediate sex” in the day’s parlance) and on love outside the institution of marriage. She evinced respect from prostitutes when legislation ostensibly aimed at preventing “white slave traffic” actually criminalized consensual sex, and, in 1916, she […]

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Dutch universities at the crossroads

Is it inevitable that the university will be reduced to the function of providing, with increasingly authoritarian efficiency, pre-packed intellectual commodities which meet the requirements of management? Or can we by our efforts transform it into a centre of free discussion and action, tolerating and even encouraging ‘subversive’ thought and activity, for a dynamic renewal […]

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Nicolas Favresse e l’arrampicata sostenibile

Click:galvanized light pole Nicolas Favresse invita tutti a riflettere sull’impatto umano che la nostra attività verticale ha sulla natura, e lancia un’appello per l’arrampicata sostenibile. Nicolas Favresse, fortissimo climber che di recente si è trasferito dal Belgio ad Arco per essere più vicino alla roccia, invita tutti a riflettere sull’impatto umano che la nostra attività […]

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Tra ice climbing e storia: Repentance 20 anni dopo

Nel 1989 a Cogne nasceva Repentance, la cascata di ghiaccio che rappresentò il simbolo di una nuova era dell’ice climbing sulle Alpi. A vent’anni di distanza François Damilano e Fulvio Conta, protagonisti con Giancarlo Grassi di quella prima salita, si sono ritrovati per ripetere Repentance. Elio Bonfanti ci racconta questa giornata tra storia e un […]

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