A journal from behind the scenes.

All posts by James Stemfield

A street in downtown Havana. For comparison: If this were Paris, this street would be a few hundred meters from the Eiffel Tower.

At Least There’s Sunshine in Havana: A Day in Socialist Cuba

This article is based on actual first hand impressions of the author, who has travelled to Cuba by himself. The pictures were taken during the trip. Early morning in socialist Cuba. Year 56 of the Revolution, elsewhere known as 2014. You wake up in your

The Snowden Panopticon Theory

Imagine a regular prison. Built like a normal building: floors, corridors, and guards walking by the cells every once in a while, watching the prisoners as they pass by. The problem: most of the time, the guards are not walking by. If they do, their