Adam Tooze Chartbook 453 Today marks the 85th anniversary of Operation Barbarossa – the opening of the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union. Twenty years ago I published the following passage on the first months of that unprecedentedly bloody campaign, in Wages of Destruction: On 22 June 1941, the Third Reich launched not only the most… Read More 22 June 1941: the 85th anniversary of the invasion of the Soviet Union
George Monbiot “If you are targeting people on the basis of the colour of their skin,” the Northern Ireland secretary, Hilary Benn, asked last week, “how else can you describe them? That is racist thuggery.” It is. But there is another way of describing the actions of the rioters burning people out of their homes in… Read More The Belfast riots, Palestine Action protests. What is terrorism now – and why the hypocrisy?
A course on history and philosophy in Delhi This is the second offering in the Recollection Series. The first Recollection lectures were offered in August 2025. Prof. Dilip Simeon is a historian and a teacher with five decades of teaching experience. He has taught at Ramjas College (University of Delhi); at Ashoka University; and campuses abroad. His doctoral… Read More Recollection 2026
Wake up: Song by Arcade Fire – 2004 Somethin’ filled upMy heart with nothin’Someone told me not to cry Now that I’m olderMy heart’s colderAnd I can see that it’s a lie Children, wake upHold your mistake upBefore they turn the summer into dust If the children don’t grow upOur bodies get bigger but our… Read More Wake up
The president went to war triumphant and will likely leave greatly weakened. By Jonathan Lemire President Trump lost. The war he waged against Iran promises to conclude in a humbling whimper with the signing of a cease-fire agreement later this week. The United States is left weaker—diminished militarily, strategically, economically, and perhaps morally. The war, which… Read More Trump in Defeat
New Delhi: Over the years, the construction and management of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya under the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust – at the site of the demolished Babri Mosque – has been the subject of several intense financial controversies, including allegations of corruption in handling of funds and allocation of land. The latest… Read More Ayodhya’s Ram Temple And Six Past Charges of Alleged Corruption / यही है राम की मर्यादा? 200 करोड़ के चंदे की डकैती होती रही, और किसी को ख़बर नहीं?
Images show Israeli military using six companies’ bulldozers and excavators to demolish south Lebanon villages William Christou in Beirut Human rights experts have alleged that six multinational construction equipment conglomerates may be aiding and abetting war crimes by supplying excavators and bulldozers to Israel, after photos and videos showed the Israeli military using their equipment to… Read More Construction equipment multinationals may be aiding Israeli war crimes, experts say
Nate Bear for Do Not Panic This will be looked back on as the year in which American power, hard and soft, entered into accelerated collapse. The World Cup is, in so many ways, a distraction from the war, mass murder and genocide inflicted by the empire and its proxies, but it has signalled the… Read More American Power Is Collapsing
“We have enemies. They are not in Palestine. They are not in Lebanon. They are not in Iran. They are here. Among us. They dictate our lives. They are traitors to our ideals. They are traitors to our country. They envision a world of slaves and masters. Gaza is only the start. There are no… Read More Chris Hedges: Iran and Gaza are Only the Beginning
The Shell University: Fully automated cheating. AI has taken something fundamental from the business of teaching and learning… If I’ve learned one thing this year, it’s that we need recenter the human part of the university: the student-teacher relationship. By Rory Truex As I write this, my students are taking an in-person exam on Chinese… Read More This Semester Shook My Faith as a Professor
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