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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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  • Lessons From Chile: How Not To Write A Constitution

    The task should fall to a citizens’ assembly instead of elected delegates. Ibrahim Rayintakath for Noema Magazine ESSAYFUTURE OF DEMOCRACY BY NATHAN GARDELSJANUARY 5, 2024 FacebookTwitterEmail Nathan Gardels is the editor-in-chief of Noema Magazine. “Constitutions need general acceptance so we can turn to their rules to manage our differences,” the former left-of-center Chilean President Ricardo Lagos told me in September…

  • Will the Cocos Islands become like Diego Garcia, highjacked by the U.S.?

    Originally published: Pearls and Irritations  on May 30, 2024 by John Menadue (more by Pearls and Irritations) (Posted May 31, 2024) Imperialism, Inequality, State Repression, StrategyAmericas, Australasia, Australia, United StatesNewswireCocos (Keeling) Islands, Diego Garcia, U.S. Military The 2000 residents of Diego Garcia were forcibly removed to make way for a giant U.S. military base. Will the same happen to the 593…

  • 5 Materials That Shaped the World And the legacy they left behind…    

    June 05, 2024   |   Read Online 5 Materials That Shaped the World And the legacy they left behind…       Read time: 5 minutes Iraq’s answer to the pyramids: the Great Ziggurat of Ur (before and after restoration) From the ruined walls of the earliest Mesopotamian cities to the skyscrapers of the…

  • The U.S. empire isn’t a government that runs nonstop wars, it’s a nonstop war that runs a government

    By Caitlin A. Johnstone (Posted Jun 03, 2024) Originally published: Caitlin A Johnstone Blog  on June 1, 2024 (more by Caitlin A Johnstone Blog)  |  Culture, Democracy, Empire, WarAmericas, United StatesNewswire It clears up a lot of confusion when you understand that the U.S. empire is not a national government which happens to run nonstop military operations, it’s a nonstop military operation that happens…

  • 10 reasons why Narendra Modi should decline to be Prime Minister for 3rd term

    10 reasons why Narendra Modi should decline to be Prime Minister for 3rd term He is not cut out to head a coalition. He should do what Sonia Gandhi did in 2004: hand the baton to some one else. Jun 7     READ IN APP   Now that Shri N.D. Modi has been “elected”…

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