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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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“Gulliver’s Travels” by Jonathan Swift is a satirical novel published in 1726. It tells the story of Lemuel Gulliver’s voyages to various fantastical lands, including Lilliput, Brobdingnag, Laputa, and the land of the Houyhnhnms. The novel is renowned for its sharp satire and hidden meanings, often criticizing various aspects of society and humanity. Here are…
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ByBen Burgis The Right never seems to stop talking about “Marxism” and its wily tricks. But for all their denunciations, conservative pundits really just keep proving they don’t even know the basics of Karl Marx’s thought. Our new issue, “Bye Bye Bidenism,” is out now. Subscribe to our print edition at a discounted rate today. On Monday, Jacobin columnist…
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James Mason from “Julius Caesar” 1953 Brutus is one of the central characters in William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, portrayed as a complex figure torn between his personal loyalty to Caesar and his commitment to the Roman Republic. Brutus is often described as the “noblest Roman of them all” (Act V, Scene V) because of his…
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ByDylan Riley Capitalists are sometimes accommodating of electoral democracy. But at no point in history have capitalists ever accepted the outcome of elections that might threaten capitalist property relations. Today’s political consensus insists stridently upon the affinity between capitalism and democracy. For ideologues of the free market, any substantial restrictions on the freedom of capital…
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V. Geetha is an Indian feminist activist who writes on issues related to caste, gender, education and civil rights.[1][2] She operates from Madras (now known as Chennai) and has carried out research on the nature and proliferation of NGOs operating in Tamil Nadu. She has set up the federation of women’s groups in the state and is also the editorial director at Tara…
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