Note: New sway for the nationalist right in Europe
New sway for the nationalist right in Europe. Across the continent in June and July, far-right parties kept doing better
Note: ‘Bonneville Park 4’
111 MHz: ‘Bonneville Park 4.’ Here we go in a contemporary classical direction with Devin Maxwell’s Timebending—with Christine
‘An existential question’
What does the recent success of the far right at the polls mean for Europe? Matthias Matthijs on the continent’s new political mainstream.
Note: The paranoid style in American politics (2024)
The paranoid style in American politics (2024). Robert F. Kennedy Jr. dropped out of the U.S. presidential race last
‘The Sentinel State’
The Sentinel State. Chinese society has undergone radical, at times tumultuous, change since Mao Zedong established the communist People’s
Note: ‘First Idea Part One’
111 MHz: ‘First Idea Part One.’ The four musicians of 137 are veterans of the post-jazz groups Portishead and Sons
Note: Tremors in Tokyo
Tremors in Tokyo. On August 14, not even three years into his term, Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced
Note: Standoff in Little Venice
Standoff in Little Venice. The winner of last month’s Venezuelan election was not the winner.
Nicolás Maduro, the incumbent
Note: ‘Days’
111 MHz: ‘Days.’ The French duo Kashaiof named their band as an interpretation of the Hebrew word Kishoof, meaning sorcery.
Nothing to see in Caracas
Can Venezuela’s autocratic president get away with stealing an election? Moisés Naím on the deadly stakes of an international standoff.
