The articles, the opinions, the stories, the poems and the cartoons Ovi magazine covers for Tuesday July 5th, 2022
Convenient Omissions: The Ukraine-EU Candidacy Show by Dr. Binoy Kampmark
Instances of sympathy are rarely excuses to throw out the rule book. In the case of the European Union, throwing out the rule book about admission has tended to be a feature of enlargement. Credentials of candidate states have been, when needed, boosted or cooked for the occasion. Others, whatever the progress, have been ignored. For a collective that really ought to tidy the stables before admitting more occupants, the enthusiastic glee with which Ukraine’s symbolic candidacy has greeted stayed true to form.
The Ukraine War has done away withthe more troubling facts of European integration and its process. Everything is now being done to powder, paint and deodorise Ukraine as a true European power of democratic flavour facing despotic Oriental barbarism. Out of the debris, all opponents of that barbarism are tolerant, peace loving democrats singing hymns to the rule of law. This has the added effect of not examining the special nature of the society in question. Regarding Ukraine, this is striking.
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Blake Update #poem by Jan Sand
"Tiger, tiger, burning bright
Liked a striped electric light,
What cosmic electrician
Switched you into your ignition?"
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Ghostin' #39 #cartoon by Thanos Kalamidas
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