Chainsaw Government: What to Expect from Argentina’s Javier Milei
Supporters cheered as the new far-right libertarian president pledged to push austerity measures. But with progressive forces vowing to resist, his shock treatment could backfire.
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ExxonMobil Wants to Start a War in Latin America
In a referendum on December 3, 2023, the Venezuelan people voted to affirm the sovereignty of their country over Essequibo. While doing so, they saw this less as a conflict between Venezuela and Guyana and more as a conflict between ExxonMobil and the people of these two countries.
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A Tarnished Halo: Reassessing Nelson Mandela’s Legacy 10 Years After His Death
The most crucial contradiction when it comes to Mandela’s legacy is the central role played by him in: the gaining of democratic legitimacy alongside political control of the state without a corresponding transformation of the socioeconomic sphere.
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Imperialist Propaganda and the Ideology of the Western Left Intelligentsia: From Anticommunism and Identity Politics to Democratic Illusions and Fascism
In this interview, Gabriel Rockhill dives deep into the CIA’s campaign to propagate thinly veiled imperialist and capitalist ideology through the institutions of the Western left intelligentsia—and how this state of affairs continues among intellectuals to this day.
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Reclaiming Kimathi, Leader of the Mau Mau
On the legacy of Dedan Kimathi, leader of the Kenya Liberation and Freedom Army, also known as the Mau Mau.
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If Capitalism Is ‘Natural,’ Why Was So Much Force Used to Build it?
Review of ‘The War Against the Commons: Dispossession and Resistance in the Making of Capitalism’ by Ian Angus: On how peasants fought to protect common land and resisted wage labor.
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Demystifying Artificial Intelligence – Part I
A 3-part series explains the main features of the rapid growth of AI today, current research and issues in regulation. Part-I discusses the core idea of AI, the growth of ‘generative’ AI and, crucially, explores if it will serve humankind or develop an autonomy that can make it do dangerous things.
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Thirty-One Years After Babri Demolition, an Important Reminder
December 6, Ambedkar Smriti Din, is significant in Indian history for one more reason – it was on this day in 1992 that the Babri Masjid was demolished. Former president Dr K.R. Narayanan has described this as the greatest tragedy India faced after the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi.
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Reacknowledging Ambedkar’s Role as the Architect of India’s Constitution
November 26 is celebrated as Constitution Day, when rich tributes are paid to the makers of India’s constitution, especially its principal architect B.R. Ambedkar, whose 67th death anniversary is today, December 6, 2023.
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Remembering Yusuf Meherally, a Prominent Freedom Fighter Largely Forgotten Today
Associated with Mahatma Gandhi since 1927, he participated in the freedom struggle, was imprisoned several times, founded (with others) the Congress Socialist Party (CSP), and played a crucial role during the Quit India movement.
