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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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  • The Three Questions

    By Leo Tolstoy JUNE 19, 2019 It once occurred to a certain king that if he always knew the right time to begin everything; if he knew who were the right people to listen to, and whom to avoid; and, above all, if he always knew what was the most important thing to do, he would never…

  • In Europe, Chaos Is the New Normal

      In Europe, Chaos Is the New Normal The European elections are the beginning of the end for Emmanuel Macron. Yascha Mounk Jun 10     READ IN APP   (Elections to the European Parliament are often a sleepy affair. This year, they have produced a political earthquake. In France, they have inspired Emmanuel Macron…

  • Nitish and Naidu: Kingmakers or Scapegoats?

    in India by Hiren Gohain 07/06/2024 Though many people are quipping that the new government is unlikely to last long,there is no doubt that it will be in the interest of the three major parties involved to stretch it out at least for a couple of years.Both TDP and JDU are today in a position to exact…

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    Biden shuts down U.S.-Mexico border Originally published: Peoples Dispatch  on June 5, 2024 (more by Peoples Dispatch)  |  (Posted Jun 07, 2024) Empire, Immigration, Inequality, State RepressionAmericas, Mexico, United StatesNewswirePresident Joe Biden, U.S.-Mexico Border Biden signed an executive order temporarily shutting down the U.S.-Mexico border to asylum requests once the average number of daily encounters of migrants at official ports of entry tops…

  • I Wrote The Magna Carta, And You Can Too

    The city of Rome assigned an American journalist to write a new grand charter for “democracy cities.” It went very differently than he expected. Mia Angioy for Noema Magazine ESSAYFUTURE OF DEMOCRACY BY JOE MATHEWSMAY 2, 2024 Joe Mathews is a fellow in the Berggruen Institute’s Renovating Democracy program, a California columnist at Zócalo Public Square and the…

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