On this day 75 years ago the atomic age was born, with the first nuclear detonation near Alamogordo, New Mexico on July 16, 1945. Only … Did the Atom Bomb Make the United Nations Obsolete Three Weeks After its Birth?Read more
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Maharashtra CEO for Hired BJP Activist to Handle Its Social Media
On July 23, activist and former journalist Saket Gokhale took to social media to allege that the Maharashtra chief electoral officer (CEO) had hired an … Maharashtra CEO for Hired BJP Activist to Handle Its Social MediaRead more
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Harper’s and the Great Cancel Culture Panic
https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/4/2018/08/trapped-04485c7.jpg?webp=true&quality=90&crop=8px%2C15px%2C1185px%2C510px&resize=940%2C399 You can imagine my chagrin when I discovered that Harper’s, a magazine that I have subscribed to since the early 80s, provided a platform … Harper’s and the Great Cancel Culture PanicRead more
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Facebook Execs Associated Themselves With Modi Even Before BJP’s Victory in 2014
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FGn2c7d-EU&rel=0] Paranjoy Guha Thakurta and Cyril Sam
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“Commie Cadet” Spenser Rapone On Why He Left the U.S. Military and Became a Socialist
https://inthesetimes.com/images/made/images/46U6I6EN35FOJAWZZMIZDQSU7M_850_625.jpg The so-called “Commie Cadet” was anything but a communist at the start of his military career. Spenser Rapone was like a character who stepped … “Commie Cadet” Spenser Rapone On Why He Left the U.S. Military and Became a SocialistRead more
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The Myth of American Liberalism
Harper’s Magazine’s July 7th “Letter on Justice and Open Debate” is making its rounds in popular political discourse, and takes aim at the “PC” “cancel … The Myth of American LiberalismRead more
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In the Deadliest Country for Unions & Social Leaders
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QyCt5BqwP4&rel=0] Empire Files
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They thought riot will scare people
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3n1mIS2fO-Y&rel=0] In Spite of 40 FIRs Deoband Women Stay Put
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The ‘getting’ of Assange and the smearing of a revolution
The High Court in London will soon to decide whether Julian Assange is to be extradited to Sweden to face allegations of sexual misconduct. At … The ‘getting’ of Assange and the smearing of a revolutionRead more
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War and shopping – an extremism that never speaks its name
Looking for a bookshop that was no longer there, I walked instead into a labyrinth designed as a trap. Leaving became an allusion, rather like … War and shopping – an extremism that never speaks its nameRead more