Myanmar’s Junta Appears to Be in a Death Spiral as Resistance Fighters Gain Ground
Nearly three years after seizing power, the military has lost control of most of the country.
Showdown at COP28
Buckle up, fireworks will be going off in a couple weeks in the pristine complex known as Dubai. World leaders, climate scientists, environmentalists, and fossil fuel producers will clash over the outlook for climate change and the impact of global warming, or should it be called global heating?
The Scariest Climate Plot in the World
The actions we take now will determine Earth’s climate for 5,000 generations.
Physiological and Archaeological Evidence Rewrites Assumptions About a Gendered Division of Labor in Prehistoric Times
There is a growing body of physiological, anatomical, ethnographic and archaeological evidence to suggest that not only did women hunt in our evolutionary past, but they may well have been better suited for such an endurance-dependent activity.
Ravana’s Women: How Warrior Women are Forgotten in Hindutva’s Version of Ramayan
The Ramayana is projected as a battle between men—Ram and Ravana. Women here play a subordinate role; the victim is Sita. In doing so, we forget the other warrior-women we encounter in the epic, of whom at least four are on Ravana’s side, defending him.
The Powada in Marathi Literary and Performative Tradition
Radical as always and original in his invention of new forms or reinvention of existing literary forms, Mahatma Phule is almost certainly the first person to employ the powada as a satire and an interrogation of Brahmin hegemony.
The Polish Continuum
The Polish parliamentary elections on 15 October have created a period of political uncertainty. The Guardian is triumphantly announcing that a KO-led government will ‘bring radical change to Poland’. Yet things may not be so simple.
Book Review: The World Bank – A Critical History
Éric Toussaint’s history of the World Bank shows powerfully how it and other international institutions have enforced imperialist exploitation.
Coverup: Industry Hid Dangers of ‘Forever Chemicals’ – 2 Articles
Secret documents show 3M and Dupont suppressed knowledge of PFAS toxicity. Also: What Industry Knew About the Perils of PFAS.
“There Are Not Enough Leaders Ready to Stand Up to Debt Creditors”
The spokesperson for the Committee for the Abolition of Illegitimate Debt warns that in 2023-2024, “all records of fiscal adjustment in the Global South will be broken”. He also affirms that “the IMF is much stronger than it was two decades ago.”