Joel Schalit
@jschalit.bsky.social
Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief @ The Battleground • Ex-i24News, EURACTIV, France 24 & Tikkun • Akashic Books, NYU Press & Pluto Press.
The Economist reminds you how much the world has changed in the last ten years. @jtwhitenoise.bsky.social, on the neoliberal mag, and its crisis of legitimacy under populism. [See link in comments].
September 9, 2025 at 11:29 AM
The Economist reminds you how much the world has changed in the last ten years. @jtwhitenoise.bsky.social, on the neoliberal mag, and its crisis of legitimacy under populism. [See link in comments].
What she said. Women’s Day, Torino. [Joel Schalit]
March 9, 2025 at 12:08 PM
What she said. Women’s Day, Torino. [Joel Schalit]
Migrant and peasants. Balon, Torino. @battlegroundeu.bsky.social
March 1, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Migrant and peasants. Balon, Torino. @battlegroundeu.bsky.social
The indignant press. UK riots, August 2011.
December 30, 2024 at 2:47 PM
The indignant press. UK riots, August 2011.
Syrian refugees solidarity poster. Berlin, September 2016.
December 12, 2024 at 2:07 PM
Syrian refugees solidarity poster. Berlin, September 2016.
Anti-Assad protest. Berlin, August 2018.
December 9, 2024 at 3:25 PM
Anti-Assad protest. Berlin, August 2018.
Syria in revolt. Berlin, October 2019.
December 8, 2024 at 7:10 AM
Syria in revolt. Berlin, October 2019.
Everyone loves the past. Via Roma, Torino.
December 4, 2024 at 6:36 AM
Everyone loves the past. Via Roma, Torino.
WWII antifascist flyers. Balon flea market, Torino.
December 3, 2024 at 5:43 PM
WWII antifascist flyers. Balon flea market, Torino.
YPJ vs AfD. Karl-Marx-Platz, Neukölln.
November 27, 2024 at 7:19 AM
YPJ vs AfD. Karl-Marx-Platz, Neukölln.
Wishful thinking. Berlin, July 2020.
November 6, 2024 at 3:15 PM
Wishful thinking. Berlin, July 2020.
End of Story makes the case for the importance of feature-length films at a time when they are in danger of becoming obsolete. Now available worldwide from Battleground Books.
October 4, 2024 at 5:09 AM
End of Story makes the case for the importance of feature-length films at a time when they are in danger of becoming obsolete. Now available worldwide from Battleground Books.
Islamic realism. Porta Palazzo, Torino.
September 12, 2024 at 7:50 AM
Islamic realism. Porta Palazzo, Torino.
Not voting for the AfD. Sonnenallee, Neukölln.
September 1, 2024 at 3:12 PM
Not voting for the AfD. Sonnenallee, Neukölln.
In 2005, there was no Diaspora media like Tikkun. Though Michael Lerner and I had our differences, I will always be grateful for the room he gave me to produce issues like this as managing editor. Rest in peace, rabbi.
August 31, 2024 at 11:26 AM
In 2005, there was no Diaspora media like Tikkun. Though Michael Lerner and I had our differences, I will always be grateful for the room he gave me to produce issues like this as managing editor. Rest in peace, rabbi.
History at a standstill. Margaret Bourke-White retrospective advert, Torino.
August 17, 2024 at 8:18 AM
History at a standstill. Margaret Bourke-White retrospective advert, Torino.
July 18, 2024 at 8:58 AM
This week's playlist is about colonialism, then and now, and surviving it at home and in exile. Joel Schalit, in The Battleground newsletter.
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June 30, 2024 at 2:18 PM
This week's playlist is about colonialism, then and now, and surviving it at home and in exile. Joel Schalit, in The Battleground newsletter.
thebattleground.substack.com/p/office-amb...
thebattleground.substack.com/p/office-amb...
He's easy to mistake for an American. Josh White, on GB News and UnHerd publisher Sir Paul Marshall, and his Pentecostal cum libertarian remix of British populism.
thebattleground.substack.com/p/charismati...
June 11, 2024 at 3:48 AM
He's easy to mistake for an American. Josh White, on GB News and UnHerd publisher Sir Paul Marshall, and his Pentecostal cum libertarian remix of British populism.
thebattleground.substack.com/p/charismati...
I spoke about austerity and misrepresenting migrants. Yours truly on the populist upsurge in the EU elections. i24News, Monday.
June 10, 2024 at 2:20 PM
I spoke about austerity and misrepresenting migrants. Yours truly on the populist upsurge in the EU elections. i24News, Monday.
Communism cancels fascism. Nizza Millefonti, Torino.
June 7, 2024 at 3:24 AM
Communism cancels fascism. Nizza Millefonti, Torino.
Nun and shopping cart. Lingotto, Torino.
May 11, 2024 at 7:45 AM
Nun and shopping cart. Lingotto, Torino.
Remixing Banksy. Torino, Sunday.
April 8, 2024 at 11:32 AM
Remixing Banksy. Torino, Sunday.
Italy in Arabic. Torino, Monday.
April 1, 2024 at 5:27 PM
Italy in Arabic. Torino, Monday.