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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.
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.
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.
On the legacy of Dedan Kimathi, leader of the Kenya Liberation and Freedom Army, also known as the Mau Mau.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Unions also call for law to protect journalists from arbitrary arrests and malicious prosecution, emphasising that journalists should not be treated as terrorists. Also: ‘Assault on NewsClick Marks the Lowest Point for Media Freedom in India Since Emergency’.
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