Month: January 2025

Yanis Varoufakis on Cloud Capital vs AI: DeepSeek, Technofeudalism, Capitalism and the New Cold War

In this video, Yanis Varoufakis delves into the seismic developments of January 2025, spotlighting the transformative impact of DeepSeek—a groundbreaking Chinese AI company that has sent shockwaves through the global tech and financial landscapes. By releasing free, open-source AI models, DeepSeek has not only disrupted the American stock markets but has also outperformed proprietary giants… Read More Yanis Varoufakis on Cloud Capital vs AI: DeepSeek, Technofeudalism, Capitalism and the New Cold War

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La Paz

Sam Himself: La Paz I’ll ride into town on an old truck from JapanAcross a dead dust desert where the heat rots everythingThrough a cold sweat jungle where the leaves whisper the nameOf the first place I’ll lastI’m never gonna leave again When I go to La Paz to dieFor a while I’ll scale any… Read More La Paz

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What went wrong with ‘Pakistan’s Dubai’? – inside the Chinese initiative that is prompting terror attacks

Among the projects in Gwadar that have been met with local distaste is a donkey slaughtering factory – not yet operational – where up to a million donkeys imported from Africa are to be killed to harvest products, including an ingredient used in traditional Chinese medicine. Shah Meer Baloch in Gwadar and Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi As the… Read More What went wrong with ‘Pakistan’s Dubai’? – inside the Chinese initiative that is prompting terror attacks

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Israel’s far right is planning for a Gaza without Palestinians

Despite the ceasefire, Benjamin Netanyahu is capitulating to extremists who have no problem with ethnic cleansing. And they’ve found an ally in Donald Trump Ben Reiff The ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas has now entered its second week. Over the past two weekends, Hamas has handed over seven Israeli hostages in exchange for the release of… Read More Israel’s far right is planning for a Gaza without Palestinians

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1918-1921: The Italian factory occupations and Biennio Rosso (Two Red Years)

A brief history of the Italian Biennio Rosso (two red years) and the mass factory occupations of 1920 where half a million workers ran their workplaces for themselves. The reformist unions then negotiated an end to the conflicts, clearing the path for the fascist reaction – the Biennio Nero (two black years) of 1921-22. After… Read More 1918-1921: The Italian factory occupations and Biennio Rosso (Two Red Years)

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Julián Casanova: The Spanish Civil War, 80 years after

First posted July 21, 2016 During the early hours of 18 July 1936, General Francisco Franco declared a state of war and his opposition to the Second Spanish Republic. In undermining the Republican government’s ability to keep order, the ensuing coup d’état precipitated unprecedented open violence. Thus began the Spanish Civil War. From April 1939… Read More Julián Casanova: The Spanish Civil War, 80 years after

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Trump’s Gaza proposal rejected by allies and condemned as ethnic cleansing plan

NB: Nothing conveys the shameless racism of the American Empire better than Trump’s use of words like ‘cleaning out’ Gaza, as if Palestinians are a pile of trash. Coming after the actions of Biden, who is responsible for the murder of tens of thousands of innocent people, and who presented 30 billion dollars to the… Read More Trump’s Gaza proposal rejected by allies and condemned as ethnic cleansing plan

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All That’s Left of You review – deeply moving epic of Palestinian intergenerational trauma

Cherien Dabis’s drama, spanning nearly 75 years in one Palestinian family, is a heart-wrenching, if sometimes blunt, portrait of displacement… The framing for this Arabic-language family saga, spanning from 1948 to the near-present, evinces the film’s primary modes – lived-in, propulsive, multifaceted drama with a fraught, ardent sense of place, and heart-on-its-sleeve, direct plea for… Read More All That’s Left of You review – deeply moving epic of Palestinian intergenerational trauma

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Memoir: Prahlad Kakar and Dilip Simeon: A Friendship in the Shadow of the Naxals

An excerpt from Adman Madman by Rupangi Sharma and Prahlad Kakar NB: Prahlad and I go back sixty-three years, so he is among the few l can classify as chaddi dost. I first saw him in knickers and hairy legs when his mum, a friend of my parents, brought him to the Sainik School Kunjpura… Read More Memoir: Prahlad Kakar and Dilip Simeon: A Friendship in the Shadow of the Naxals

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