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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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  • GÖRAN THERBORN

    THE FUTURE AND THE LEFT In times like these, the very appearance of an essay like Oliver Eagleton’s offers a glimmer of hope.footnote1 His critique of my work is both historically conscious and generous towards the often less-than-successful endeavours of an older generation; he maps new paths with impressive commitment and knowledgeable insight into the complexities of…

  • How Pseudo-Intellectualism Ruined Journalism

    A dose of working-class realism can save journalism from groupthink. WILLIAM DERESIEWICZ MAR 08, 2024 From the editors: I started as an editor at Persuasion a little over a year ago. The feeling I had about Persuasion then is the same feeling I have now: that this is a jewel and, to some extent, a…

  • The Decline and Fall of It All? American Empire in Crisis

    BY ALFRED W. MCCOY Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair Empires don’t just fall like toppled trees. Instead, they weaken slowly as a succession of crises drain their strength and confidence until they suddenly begin to disintegrate. So it was with the British, French, and Soviet empires; so it now is with imperial America. Great Britain confronted…

  • Khalid Hussain, A wandering Yogi

    in Life/Philosophy by Surender Neer 18/03/2024           The acclaimed script writer , popular poet and nice person of  Pakistan Television Industry Khalil ur Rehman Qamar possesses the intellectual awareness and creative individuality.He is known for his writing about social issues particularly women problems where he uses  his pen without fear. When ever I find him on the…

  • What to expect from the 5th People’s Health Assembly?

    Health movements from around the world will debate strategies and tactics at the 5th People’s Health Assembly in Mar del Plata, Argentina, as Javier Milei’s brutal privatization policies attack public services in the countryMarch 19, 2024 by Outra Saude In April, Argentina is set to host the 5th People’s Health Assembly (PHA 5), a crucial meeting on…

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