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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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  • Herbert Marcuse – New Left Revival?

    in Book Review by Robert Hunziker 20/04/2024 Share: Share onWhatsAppShare onFacebookShare onX (Twitter)Share onTelegramShare onRedditShare onEmail World events serve as a stage of constant search for how best to construct and maintain society, which is an underlying theme of some decades ago found in the works of Herbert Marcuse, 1898–1979, German-American philosopher of prominent fame during the…

  • The risks that U.S. inflation brings to the rest of the world

    Opinion14:44, 23-Apr-2024 C. Saratchand Homeless people on the streets of San Francisco, California, U.S., February 26, 2024. /CFP Editor’s note: C. Saratchand, a special commentator on current affairs for CGTN, is a professor at the Department of Economics, Satyawati College at the University of Delhi in India. The article reflects the author’s opinions and not necessarily…

  • Is This What Hell Looks Like?

    A 500-year-old warning… Culture CriticApril 24, 2024 Read time: 6 minutes The gap between medieval and modern art might seem unbridgeable. But there is one painting that connects the two — and it’s as strange as you might expect. Bosch’s Garden of Earthly Delights is more than a visual masterpiece. It holds the keys to some big questions:…

  • The Ghost of the 1968 Antiwar Movement Has Returned

    April 24, 2024 By Charles M. Blow Opinion Columnist At the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, anti-Vietnam War protesters clashed with police officers — whose brutal role in the confrontation was later described by a federal commission as a “police riot” — hijacking the focus of the convention. Those young demonstrators had come of age…

  • Samyukta Kisan Morcha Demands Prosecution of PM Modi for Hate Speech, Impose Ban for six years from contesting election

    in India by Press Release 24/04/2024 Share: Share onWhatsAppShare onFacebookShare onX (Twitter)Share onTelegramShare onRedditShare onEmail SKM Demands Prosecution of the PM for Hate Speech, Impose Ban for six years from contesting election. The Provocative Speech Aimed at Contaminate Social Sphere, Cause Bloodshed among Communities. Seizure of Wealth Allegation is true for the Corporate Sector under Modi Raj SKM demands prosecution…

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