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How Dockyard Workers Stood Up for Peace

On the 23rd June 1988, Dockyard workers blocked access to the Grand Harbour, so as not to allow in the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal. The Ark Royal had to divert its route and enter Saint Paul’s Bay.

Society & Politics

If You Wish to Make Malta a Better Place, Don’t Whine—Act on the Causes!

Raisa Galea

Without a clear understanding of what underpins the challenges Malta is facing, it’s highly unlikely we’ll solve any of them. Is whining from dawn to dusk helping to magically restore the ‘lost decency’ and prevent the loss of architectural and natural heritage? No, it isn’t.

Environment

True Value of Land

Abigail Muscat

The question is not whether we will run out of physical land (although in a country as small as Malta this is physically possible), but rather what kind of society do we want to be. Do we want to depend on imports? Do we want to do away with agriculture altogether?

Education & Opportunity

Parenting Dilemmas: State or Private Schools?

Rita M.

Here, for the record, I will spell out what nobody in this country seems even remotely willing to mention: how we have slipped into the uncomfortable situation of segregating children according to the thickness of their parents’ wallets.

Sexuality & Gender

<span class="entry-title-primary">The ‘other’ side of the kitchen</span> <span class="entry-subtitle">Politics Enter the Kitchen</span>

The ‘other’ side of the kitchen Politics Enter the Kitchen

Rachael Scicluna

The image of domestic kitchen serves as an electoral asset and reinforces heterosexual gender roles at once.

Panem et Circenses

<span class="entry-title-primary">Avengers: Infinity War, or Are We Thanos?</span> <span class="entry-subtitle">On the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and How it Reflects the Cultural Zeitgeist</span>

Avengers: Infinity War, or Are We Thanos? On the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and How it Reflects the Cultural Zeitgeist

Marco Attard

Love it or loathe it, there’s no denying the so called Marvel Cinematic Universe is a dominant cultural force in the early years of the 21st century. But do such films truly reflect the values of the society so willing to consume them? Peer into their latest installment, Infinity War, and the answer might just […]