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  • The politics of reading

    Black Panthers in a reading circle, (Photo: Pirkle Jones) The politics of reading Originally published: Simplifying Socialism  on June 12, 2026 by A. J. Horn (more by Simplifying Socialism) (Posted Jun 15, 2026) Culture, Human Rights, Ideology, LiteratureGlobalNewswire The act of reading is so much more than following text with your eyes or—if you prefer audiobooks—with your ears. Done properly, reading…

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  • Michael Lebowitz: What every child should know about Marx’s theory of value Michael A. Lebowitz 21 September, 2023 First published at Monthly Review. The law of value works in mysterious ways. For some Marxists, it underlies everything we need to know about capitalism.[1] But, just as Karl Marx claimed he was not a Marxist, so too…

  • For an inverted theatre

    Originally published: Socialist Voice  on September 20, 2023 by Luke Condron (more by Socialist Voice)  |  (Posted Sep 29, 2023) Brecht and radically proletarian art The majority of theatre broadly falls under the umbrella of dramatic theatre. It will have a linear plotline, actors who wholly inhabit well-developed characters, structured, thought-out themes, etc. Bertolt Brecht, the German Marxist playwright, would call it escapism.…

  • India’s approach to global warming cannot mirror the West

    The Overshoot Story – Shunya’s Notes [This article first appeared in the Caravan magazine, June 1, 2023.] THE GODAVARI RIVER wends its lazy way between the Papikondalu Hills of the Eastern Ghats in Andhra Pradesh. Bright jungle spills down the steep hillsides, reflected in the broad, slow bends of the magnificent river. On the December day I…

  • The Untold History of the United States

    The Untold History of the United States (also known as Oliver Stone’s Untold History of the United States) is a 2012 documentary series created, directed, produced, and narrated by Oliver Stone about the reasons behind the Cold War, the decision to drop atomic bombs on Japan, and changes in America’s global role since the fall of Communism.[3] The Untold History of the…

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  • Theater’s role in combating untouchability

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