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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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Weep, sisters, for the child with the blown-out skull,for the other child burned alive,for the limp, lifeless, tiny bodiesand the piles of unrecognizable carnage. Weep, brothers, for the cackling politicians,for the apathetic westoids,for the human drones chanting “We love Joe”and the DNC attendees covering their earsto avoid hearing the names of murdered children in Gaza.…
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia For the Arab-Israeli lawyer, see Elias Khoury (lawyer). hideThis article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these messages)This article needs additional citations for verification. (September 2024)This article’s factual accuracy is disputed. (September 2024) Elias Khoury إلياس خوري Khoury in 2016 Born 12 July 1948Beirut, Lebanon Died 15…
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The misreading of Hegel that Alexandre Kojève shared with Leo Strauss by David P. Goldman September 18, 2024 Chloe Niclas No idea has fallen flatter than the “end of history,” popularized by political philosopher Francis Fukuyama in his eponymous 1993 book. Few still believe that all human beings will accept liberal democracy and free market…
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By Balasingham Skanthakumar Published 18 September, 2024 MastodonFacebookTwitterEmail First published at Against The Current. Anti-colonialist and anti-imperialist, party organizer and guerilla warfare strategist, diplomat and publicist, revolutionary theorist and internationalist, Amílcar Cabral was among the most original Marxists of the 20th century. Amílcar Lopes da Costa Cabral was born on September 12, 1924 in the town of Bafata…
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Dear Friends, Monthly Review emerged seventy-five years ago out of the Popular Front milieu of the Great Depression and Second World War years, which has been a key part of our identity ever since. The historical significance of this is perhaps best captured by Gerald Horne, author of a number of landmark Monthly Review Press books,…

