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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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In a striking reversal of history’s pattern where technological progress and liberalism reinforced each other, today’s innovations threaten to tip the balance toward authoritarianism, ending three centuries of partnership between technological advancement and human freedom.A cartoon lampooning the 19th-century ‘robber barons’. Credit: Science History Images / Alamy Stock Photo For three centuries, the broad direction…
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For humanity’s fight against climate change to gain real momentum, we need to find the selfless courage that comes when our time is inevitably nigh. Susie Ang for Noema Magazine EssayClimate Crisis By Pamela SwaniganOctober 15, 2024 FacebookTwitterEmail Pamela Swanigan is a Vancouver-based writer and editor. She is an inaugural winner of the annual Berggruen Prize Essay…
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Michael A. McCarthy 13 November 2024Ideas Trump’s crushing victory over Harris casts serious doubt on one of the darling concepts of American political science: ‘polarization’. As of the latest count, Trump won the popular vote by over 3.5 million, capturing most swing states and flipping those that went for Biden in 2020: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan,…
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An interview with Gary Gerstle A pedestrian walks by the remains of the Packard Motor Car Company in Detroit, Michigan, 2008. (Spencer Platt / Getty Images) Neoliberalism may not be dead, but it is no longer the unquestioned ideology of our time. That leaves a huge opening for those on the Left who want to…
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Hydropower projects worth over Rs 70,000 crore at risk due to extreme weather in Uttarakhand: Report
The assessment was based on a case study of the 2021 flash floods in Chamoli district, which destroyed the Tapovan-Vishnugad hydroelectric facility. Scroll Staff Yesterday · 04:51 pmUpdated Yesterday · 04:52 pm Extreme weather events in Uttarakhand could potentially destroy or seriously delay hydroelectric power plants worth Rs 70,150 crore, suggests a report released on…
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