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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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By: Charles Bukowski Poetic Outlaws Nov 20, 2024 a woman, a tire that’s flat, a disease, a desire: fears in front of you, fears that hold so still you can study them like pieces on a chessboard… it’s not the large things that send a man to the madhouse. death he’s ready for, or murder,…
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As outgoing Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin embarks on his twelfth tour of the Indo-Pacific, the US’s New Cold War on China shows no signs of slowing down, even under a second Trump presidency. 21 November 2024 Heri Dono (Indonesia), Two Guards Who Protect Their Leaders, 2013. Dear friends, Greetings from the desk of Tricontinental: Institute for Social…
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Robert Barsky examines the profound impact of Orwell’s “Homage to Catalonia” on Noam Chomsky’s early embrace of left-libertarian and anarchist ideologies. By: Robert F. Barsky Unlike the many members of the left who captivated him as a young man — such as Dwight Macdonald, George Orwell, and Bertrand Russell — Noam Chomsky himself did…
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Towards a Labour International Dear friend,The struggle for justice is not a spectator sport. The West’s political-media class won’t challenge the genocide it arms and supports. We have to take action ourselves, wherever we are, if we want to confront the grave crimes against the Palestinians. Israel’s war machine is enabled by the financial, military, diplomatic,…
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Layal Ftouni Critical Times (2024) 7 (1): 94–109. Abstract How is life affirmed under conditions of death, destruction, and debilitation? This article addresses this question by looking at the practice of sperm smuggling in Palestine as a life-affirming practice. The practice of sperm smuggling emerges in a context where reproductive injustices against Palestinians are daily…
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