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  • Maria Popova: The Secret Behind 20 Years of Daily Writing

    The writer behind the legendary blog “The Marginalian” David Perell May 13, 2026 vMaria Popova is famous for her personal blog, The Marginalian, where she’s published more than six million words. All the nights I’ve spent reading her writing were like an entry point into intellectual curiosity. She’s introduced me to more writers and ideas than just…

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  • The attack against the freedom to read and what to do about it

    Originally published: Project Censored  on November 30, 2023 by Steve Macek (more by Project Censored)  |  (Posted Dec 09, 2023) During the past three years, the country has seen a dramatic increase in book bans at public and K-12 school libraries and in rightwing pro-censorship activism, usually targeting books that address race, gender identity, or sexuality. In Texas, Suzette Baker was fired from her job…

  • Pharmanomics: How Big Pharma Destroys Global Health’ – book review

    Nick Dearden, Pharmanomics: How Big Pharma Destroys Global Health (Verso 2023), 336pp. Pharmanomics: How Big Pharma Destroys Global Health’ – book review By John Clarke (Posted Dec 11, 2023) Originally published: Counterfire  on December 7, 2023 (more by Counterfire)  |  Capitalism, Health, Human Rights, InequalityGlobalNewswire, ReviewBig Pharma, Healthcare, Nick Dearden, Pharmanomics With Pharmanomics, Nick Dearden provides a fascinating account of the evolution of Big Pharma…

  • “New Planet” (Новая планета) by Konstantin Yuon, 1921, Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.

    Internationalism Today: An Interview with Paweł Wargan What does a progressive foreign policy look like today? How should we understand imperialism? What is at stake in reclaiming an internationalist political horizon for the left? What forms of organization are best adapted for a new international? Given the many contemporary global challenges—such as climate change, far-right…

  • Poetry for a Free Palestine

    Markela Panegyres Fady Joudah 19 October, 2023 MastodonFacebookTwitterEmailShare As Israel enacts a genocidal war on Gaza, the words of Palestinian-American poet and physician Fady Joudah echo in my mind: You who remove me from my househave also evicted my parentsand their parents from theirs.How is the view from my window?How does my salt taste?Shall I condemn myself…

  • What Is Technology For?

    POSTED ON MONDAY, DEC 11, 2023 2:05AM BY MARTIN BUTLER  by Martin Butler  Given the increasing ubiquity of technology in all our lives, it’s surely time to consider what may sound like an obvious, even stupid question but one that is actually vitally important: What is technology for? At its simplest, technology can be understood as a tool…

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