How did the eight hour working day come into being, and is it still relevant to us today? In this episode the Burning Archive Jeff Rich will talk about how the eight hour day emerged in response to the industrial revolution, and what it means in the stressed out contemporary world after the “fourth industrial revolution”.
This episode of The Burning Archive podcast explores how Havel’s writing, ideas and the model of his way of living in truth remains meaningful to us today. This episode sets out the main events of Havel’s life and the ideas of his political essays. It looks in depth at the “Letter to Gustav Husak” (1975), and its uncanny evocation of aspects of our lives today in a locked down world.
The fall of Kabul has raised questions for Australia about the reliability of its alliance with the United States of America. Will the fall of Kabul and the rise of Eurasia provoke the same questioning of foreign policy by Australia?
The latest episode of The Burning Archive Podcast is out and available on all the usual platforms, including Apple and Spotify….
Is Eurasia rising after the fall of Kabul? The latest episode of The Burning Archive Podcast…
And again, now in September, I repost this act of refusal to submit to despair. *****…
In 1700 Charles II, King of Spain and Emperor presiding over a vast global empire, died…
The latest episode of The Burning Archive Podcast is out and available on all the usual platforms, including Apple and Spotify….
I have released a special episode of The Burning Archive podcast on the situation in Afghanistan….
This year, 2021, may be remembered as a pivot year in world history. Not because of…