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Claustropolis: 1984
“Claustropolis: 1984” is excerpted from a forthcoming novel. In Bhopal, I could lie low. In Bhopal, there would be instructions for me. Because I had been told not to take the express, I traveled on a local, in an unreserved bogie. The whiskey was Director’s Special, a parting gift from Gupta’s people. I didn’t even…
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Jason Stanley joins The Chris Hedges Report to give proper context to what fascism means and how the Trump administration’s second term could really mean the completion of the American fascist state. Chris Hedges Mar 26, 2025 This interview is also available on podcast platforms and Rumble. Ever since the first Donald Trump administration, the word “fascism” has…
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Philosopheasy Mar 28, 2025 Economist and former Greek finance minister, Yanis Varoufakis, presents a radical yet surprisingly intuitive proposal for restructuring the global economy. Drawing on his experience battling the Eurozone’s financial powers during the Greek debt crisis, Varoufakis argues that our current economic system is not merely broken, but evolving into something he describes…
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Kate Mackenzie , Tim Sahay When Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, European, and especially German, industry was left in the lurch. Much of the 150 billion cubic meters of natural gas piped from Russia each year had to be quickly replaced with energy from elsewhere. All the stops were pulled out: nuclear and coal power…
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Defend Democracy PressThe Newsletter of The Delphi Initiative Website Excerpts: Disintegration of Syria Would Only Benefit Israel – Iranian Foreign MinisterThe entire Middle East is our strategic field, and each country in it has its significance. Regarding the recent events in Syria, our main concern is the stability of the Syrian state, the preservation of its unity, and territorial integrityRead…
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Cartographer of Meaning in a Digital Age Last Updated February 7, 2019 Original Air Date May 14, 2015Listen She has called Brain Pickings, her invention and labor of love, a “human-powered discovery engine for interestingness.” What Maria Popova really delivers, to hundreds of thousands of people each day, is wisdom of the old-fashioned sort, presented…
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