The Atom vs the Sun: D.D. Kosambi on Nuclear and Solar Power in India
Per Kosambi, all useful science was applied science, and he recognised the ubiquitous military application of nuclear energy as an abuse — of both knowledge and power.
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Burkina Faso Condemns Imperialism; Together with Mali Vows to Defend Niger’s New Leadership with Force
“Burkina Faso’s New President Condemns Imperialism, Quotes Che Guevara, Allies with Nicaragua, Venezuela, Cuba”. Also: Burkina Faso and Mali have declared their willingness to defend Niger with armed force if France, Nigeria, or ECOWAS were to intervene in Niger.
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Imperial Disintegration: What’s Happening in West Africa?
In order to begin understanding past and current developments in Africa, it is important to understand neocolonialism as a phase in the development of imperialism.
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Atomic Bombing of Japan was Not Necessary to End WWII. U.S. Gov’t Documents Admit it
US government documents admit the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was not necessary to end WWII. Japan was on the verge of surrendering. The nuclear attack was the first strike in Washington’s Cold War on the Soviet Union.
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Drowning in Dividends: The Failed Privatisation of Britain’s Water Industry
On how the privatisation of the water industry under Margaret Thatcher has led to excessive profits and dividends for shareholders, chronic underinvestment in infrastructure, rampant sewage dumping, and a problematic revolving door between regulators and the companies they oversee.
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Capitalism | China | Online Blog | USA
New Book Reveals Tiananmen Square Massacre, Others Fabricated by U.S.
For decades, Western media have been narrating the story about the Tiananmen Square massacre as a prime example of the brutality of the Chinese government, wherein supposedly scores of students were killed. However, a new book has emerged proving that these claims are false.
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Walking Alongside an Andean Radical in Times of Revolt in Peru
The life of the renowned campesino activist Hugo Blanco helps us see through the limitations of state reform and better hear the often-silenced voices of resisting communities.
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Time to Abandon Industrial Farming – Two Articles
Many will argue that chemicals are needed to feed the population, but this is a false dilemma. Also: “Industrial Farming has Killed Billions of Birds”.
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A Century Ago, Zitkála-Šá Exposed an Orgy of Atrocities Against Native Americans
In 1923, a Dakota-born writer-activist traveled through Oklahoma as a research agent of the Indian Rights Association to investigate abuses against the Choctaw, Creek, and other tribes. What she found and documented was an appalling rampage of fraud, larceny, racial intimidation, and murder.
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Lessons from Gramsci for Social Movements Today
From Gramsci’s political thinking and practical strategizing come a set of ideas that arguably have only grown more salient with time.
