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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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  • #TenYearRecord: Cooperative Federalism Has Just Been a Slogan, Continuously Undermined After 2014

    The Wire Staff 23 hours ago 5 min read The first Article in India’s Constitution focuses on states. But the the endeavour from an overweening Union government between 2014-24 has been to reduce them to “administrative units”. Article 1 of the Constitution defines India as a Union of States. New Delhi: A comprehensive report evaluating ten…

  • Why Israel is not punished but Cuba is

    Originally published: Resumen: Latinoamericano and the Third World  on April 22, 2024 by Marc Vanderpitte (more by Resumen: Latinoamericano and the Third World) (Posted Apr 24, 2024) Empire, Imperialism, State Repression, WarAmericas, Cuba, Israel, Japan, Middle East, United StatesNewswire (Photo: Rebelion) Some believe and others like to proclaim that international politics is based on values and good intentions. The treatment of…

  • On the Marxist critique of Heidegger

    Originally published: Philosophy in Crisis  on April 21, 2024 by Carlos L. Garrido (more by Philosophy in Crisis) (Posted Apr 23, 2024) Ideology, Marxism, PhilosophyGlobalNewswireKarl Marx, Martin Heidegger Martin Heidegger is undoubtedly one of the most creative and influential philosophers of the 20th century. Virtually all areas of philosophy, along with many other disciplines as well, have had to tackle in…

  • Columbia Protests Now and in ‘68

    BY JONAH RASKIN FacebookTwitterRedditEmail Protests in and around Columbia University in support of Palestine and against Israeli occupation. Photograph Source: SWinxy – CC BY-SA 4.0 The student protests on the campus of Columbia University this April have reminded me of the protests that took place there 56 years ago. Along with about  700 or so other men and…

  • Don’t Look Left by Atef Abu Saif review – in the line of fire

    This article is more than 1 month old A Palestinian author and politician’s devastating eyewitness account of the Israel-Gaza war as he saw his relatives killed Helena Kennedy Thu 14 Mar 2024 07.30 GMTShare It is hard to describe the cumulative effect this devastating chronicle has over 280 pages. It describes a mounting toll of…

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