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The 'other WHO' bringing music to the isolated
World Harmony Orchestra, previously campaigning for refugees and commemorating the Holocaust, has turned its talents to safely playing socially distanced concerts
A WHO musician plays for the isolated during the coronavirus
NICK WRIGHT considers how the isolation of Israel and a new film on the controversial Italian communist leader are creating new reference points for Italy’s left
CARLOS MARTINEZ says Cuba’s achievements in the face of a criminal blockade are startling, but the island’s future if the United States succeeds in crushing it looks bleak
AMNON BROWNFIELD STEIN reports that far-right MPs who mobbed the event organised by Hadash may have helped raise awareness of the brutality of the Israeli right
Born on this day in 1931, the heroic revolutionary faces a dangerous new wave of White House aggression. We must treat his birthday as a rallying cry to resist the illegal siege of Cuba, writes ROGER McKENZIE
RAMZY BAROUD decries the rats of Gaza, the rodent and human type. Both abound as profiteering from tragedy reaches obscene levels
IF THERE’s been something to take heart from during this crisis, it’s been the groups and communities that have found ways to express solidarity and togetherness despite enforced separation.
With touch out of the question, people have leant on sound — with people sharing renditions of Bella Ciao from the rooftops or, if you’ve got my neighbours, hacking out Bob Marley on acoustic guitars every Friday night.
But while certain communities are primed for such action, others aren’t. And many vulnerable individuals, in this scary time, are well-advised to not even stand at the front of their house — let alone risk coming into closer contact with their neighbours.
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