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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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  • Riccardo Bellofiore and Tomasso Redolfi Riva (eds)Marx: Key Concepts

    Edward Elgar, Cheltenham 2024. 258 pp., £100 hb ISBN 9781800880757 Reviewed by Peter Green About the reviewer … The title of the edited collection of essays Marx’s Key Concepts may mistakenly suggest that it is yet another of those handbooks on Marx favoured by publishers. The editors have aimed ‘to cover the full range of his critique of political…

  • he descent into barbarism

    By Prabhat Patnaik (Posted Feb 19, 2024) Originally published: Peoples Democracy  on February 18, 2024 (more by Peoples Democracy)  |  Class, Culture, Race, SocialismGlobalNewswire IN The Junius Pamphlet written from jail in 1915, Rosa Luxemburg had said that the choice before mankind was between barbarism and socialism. Liberal opinion would contest this, arguing thatthe barbarism that marked the two world wars and the period in between…

  • Narendra Modi’s Engagements with Temple Events Is not Decolonisation

    What we are facing today is the promotion of religiosity and conservatism during the last few decades. Since politics is stalking the streets in the garb of religion, our culture is coming under the attack from conservative and orthodox values. Narendra Modi inaugurates a temple in Abu Dhabi. Photo: X/@narendramodi. COMMUNALISMCULTURE22/FEB/2024 The recent (January 22,…

  • Unheeded Urban Warnings 

    BY GRAY BRECHIN San Francisco waterfront. Photo: Jeffrey St. Clair. The news that Silicon Valley titans have quietly purchased over 50,000 rural acres in Solano County to build a new city called California Forever has gripped public attention since it appears to offer a way to escape the myriad crises now besetting nearby San Francisco. A…

  • Busting several myths surround WikiLeaks’ work and Assange’s case

    Thomas Fazi Feb 23 ∙ Preview   READ IN APP   The last two-day extradition hearing for Assange just took place in London’s High Court. Contrary to many people’s expectations, the two judges, Victoria Sharp and Jeremy Johnson, opted against an immediate ruling. They could take weeks to finally reach a decision. Julian’s fate thus…

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