The web’s top three #82
Every Monday on Global Comment, we share the slow, thoughtful, considerate words that our brains - and souls - need but that it's easy to miss in our busy world. We distil the best of the web and...
Global Comment’s monthly page turners: September 2023
You know what time it is! We’re bringing you another four books we know you’ll want to cosy up with while the season slowly changes to Autumn. So, grab a cup of tea, Pumpkin Spice Latte, whatever...
The Best TV and Streaming Premieres: October 2023
We have had a 2023 full of good series. So far, we've enjoyed impressive shows such as The Last of Us, Poker Face, and I'm a Virgo, and the satisfying returns of The Bear and Yellowjackets. We've...
Taylor Swift and America’s problem with feminine power
I regret to inform you that reactionary American conservatives are once again mad at Taylor Swift. And while I won’t be linking to the recent Federalist article attacking her (they don’t need...
Serious human rights violations continue to be committed in Venezuela, Fact-Finding Mission reports
An International Fact-Finding Mission looked into human rights violations in Venezuela and has presented its fourth report to the United Nations Human Rights Council. Although since 2020, human...
The web’s top three #81
Every Monday on Global Comment, we share the slow, thoughtful, considerate words that our brains - and souls - need but that it's easy to miss in our busy world. We distil the best of the web and...
“A rare, delightful and unexpected exception”: Blue Beetle
After the releases of The Flash, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Black Adam, and Shazam! Fury of the Gods, it seems that movie superheroes are starting to lose their powers. Over the past 20...
6 documentaries to commemorate the International Day of Peace
Have you added the International Day of Peace to your list of activities? Peace Day is celebrated every September 21, an important commemoration in which people around the world are expected to...
Mass arrest: a pattern of criminalization of homophobia in Venezuela?
The National Bolivarian Police raided a club for the LGBT community in Venezuela without a warrant on July 23, after allegedly receiving an anonymous call about noise pollution. Thirty-three men were...
“Self-sufficient” Russia eyes North Korea’s weapons and cheap labor
Unlike Ukraine, which is firmly backed by NATO, Russia cannot count on its nominal Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) allies’ support. In an attempt to preserve the status quo on the...