The articles, the opinions, the stories, the poems and the
cartoons Ovi magazine covers for Wednesday July 20th, 2022 –
International Chess Day
International Chess Day is celebrated annually on 20
July, the day the International Chess Federation (FIDE) was founded, in
1924. The idea to celebrate this day as the international chess day was
proposed by UNESCO, and it has been celebrated as such since 1966,
after it was established by FIDE. FIDE, which has 181 chess federations
as its members, organizes chess events and competitions around the world
on this day. As recently as 2013, the international chess day was
celebrated in 178 countries, according to FIDE President Kirsan
Ilyumzhinov. On 12 December, 2019, the UN General Assembly unanimously
approved a resolution recognizing the day.
Is Europe prepared for a Multipolar World? by Christos Mouzeviris
It has been 5 months since Russia invaded Ukraine. During
this time, most of us hoped for a quick compromise by either side, to
end this war, limiting the losses in human lives. Obviously this is not
the case. Another aspect that has been made absolutely clear, is that
this is not just a war between Ukraine and Russia. It is a proxy war
between the West and Russia, with Ukraine being the battlefield.
The saddest thing is that this conflict could have been totally
avoided. The West insists on blaming the Russian President, Vladimir
Putin for everything regarding this war, simplifying the reasoning
behind it, as him being a dictator and war monger, thirsty for more
land, expanding the former Russian empire, that Russia is not a
democracy rather a fascist regime, citing the Soviet Union’s role in WW2
and many other outrageous things. A blatant propaganda, anything as an
excuse for their voters, on why they decided to pump billions of their
money into this war, arming and supporting Ukraine in a conflict it
cannot win, unless the West decides to put boots to the ground; starting
of course WW3.
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Ravaged World #poem & #painting by Nikos Laios
“The world is burning,
Forest fires in Siberia,
Heatwaves in Canada,
Sweltering British summers”
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Frantz Fanon: The New Humanism by Rene Wadlow
Frantz Fanon (1925-1961) whose birth anniversary we mark on
20 July, was a French psychologist, writer, and participant in the
Algerian struggle for independence (1954-1962). He was born in
Martinique, then a French colony which now has the status of a
Department of France. The bulk of the population are of African
descent, having been brought to the West Indies as slaves. Although the
basic culture is French, some in Martinique are interested in African
culture, and as in Haiti, there are survivals of African religions,
often incorporated into Roman Catholic rites.
In 1940 as France was being occupied by the German forces and a
Right-Nationalist government was being created in the resort city of
Vichy, sailors favorable to the Vichy government took over the island
and created a narrow-nationalist, racist rule. Fanon, then 17, escaped
to the nearby British colony of Dominica, and from there joined the Free
French troops led by General De Gaulle. Fanon fought in North Africa
and then in the liberation of France.
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AntySaurus Prick #41 #Cartoon by Thanos Kalamidas
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