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  • The politics of reading

    Black Panthers in a reading circle, (Photo: Pirkle Jones) The politics of reading Originally published: Simplifying Socialism  on June 12, 2026 by A. J. Horn (more by Simplifying Socialism) (Posted Jun 15, 2026) Culture, Human Rights, Ideology, LiteratureGlobalNewswire The act of reading is so much more than following text with your eyes or—if you prefer audiobooks—with your ears. Done properly, reading…

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  • Ismail Kadare walked the line

    The late Albanian writer Ismail Kadare maintained a delicate balance between collaboration and dissent under Enver Hoxha’s brutal Communist dictatorship. His openness to both innocence, and guilt, is the true test of his luminous genius.Ismail Kadare. Credit: Sueddeutsche Zeitung Photo / Alamy Stock Photo ‘Comrade Enver wants to speak with you,’ came the voice over…

  • Building a Planet of Peace Is the Only Realistic Thing to Do: The Twenty-Eighth Newsletter (2024)

    On Isla Grande, Afro-Colombian residents discuss the urgent need for a sustainable electricity plant. Their efforts echo President Petro’s push for solar energy, with the aim of addressing broader regional goals of sustainable development. Yet, development and climate adaption require funding – funding that is instead going to war, with global military spending nearing $3…

  • All that we are

    The philosophy of personalism inspired Martin Luther King’s dream of a better world. We still need its hopeful ideas today Martin Luther King Jr declaring the Freedom Rides will continue at a press conference in Montgomery, Alabama, June 1961. Photo by Bruce Davidson/Magnum Bennett Gilbert is adjunct assistant professor of history and philosophy at Portland…

  • The Threat of China’s Shipbuilding Empire

    Published May 10, 2024 Remote Visualization China’s shipbuilding empire is the latest flashpoint in the intensifying frictions between Washington and Beijing. As the Biden administration zeroes in on the potentially unfair trade practices that propelled China’s emergence as the largest shipbuilder in the world, broader national security issues are also at play. Foreign capital and…

  •  Please stop calling Indian languages ‘vernacular.’ 

    Sainath 1/5. Never mind the entries thrown up on google search, please stop calling Indian languages ‘vernacular.’ There’s a colonial context to the use of the word in the British Raj – from the older Latin origin: tongues of the home-born slave.#britishraj #language #psainath 2/5. The colonial context of ‘vernacular’ came from Thomas Babbington Macaulay…

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