‘We are all implicated in this system’: A philosopher’s advice for surviving unethical times

There are no softballs in Arianne Shahvisi’s “Arguing for a Better World: How Philosophy Can Help Us Fight for Social Justice.” Instead, the Kurdish-British author, ethicist and academic sets up the reader with exactly the sort of provocative questions many of us heard from our most whataboutist friends and family members. “Has ‘political correctness’ gone too far?” she asks in one… Read More ‘We are all implicated in this system’: A philosopher’s advice for surviving unethical times

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The fall of Twitter is making the trolls and grifters desperate

By AMANDA MARCOTTE One can see the sheen of desperation in the world of self-identified conservatives who make a living by “triggering” the liberals. The usual dose of outrage bait isn’t working as well any longer, so the right-wingers are escalating the provocations. Tucker Carlson, for example, gave a glow-up interview with manosphere “influencer” Andrew Tate, who is… Read More The fall of Twitter is making the trolls and grifters desperate

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URGENT APPEAL : Urge Members of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) to STOP Forest Destruction and Biodiversity Destruction Laws

On behalf of Coalition for Environmental Justice in India and other groups we urgently urge to you to endorse this Appeal (enclosed) to Members of Parliament (Rajya Sabha)  NOT TO ACCORD ASSENT to the controversial Forest Conservation Act (Amendment) Bill 2023 (FCA Bill) and Biological Diversity Act (Amendment) Bill 2023 (BDA Bill).  The FCA Bill dilutes existing Forest… Read More URGENT APPEAL : Urge Members of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) to STOP Forest Destruction and Biodiversity Destruction Laws

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Sobhanlal Datta Gupta’s ‘Comintern and the Destiny of Communism in India’

First posted February 18, 2016 Sobhanlal Datta Gupta; Comintern and the Destiny of Communism in India: 1919-1943, Dialectics of Real and a Possible History Second Revised and Enlarged Edition; 2011 – Reviewed by Sankar Ray Escaping ‘official Marxism’ Himal, April 2007 History is a slaughterhouse – G W F Hegel But for the suppression of Communist International documents from the… Read More Sobhanlal Datta Gupta’s ‘Comintern and the Destiny of Communism in India’

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The Atlantic is at risk of circulation collapse – it would mean even greater climate chaos

Amid news of lethal heatwaves across the Northern Hemisphere comes the daunting prospect of a climate disaster on an altogether grander scale. Robert Marsh New findings published in Nature Communications suggest the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation, or Amoc, could collapse within the next few decades – maybe even within the next few years – driving European weather… Read More The Atlantic is at risk of circulation collapse – it would mean even greater climate chaos

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Tipping point

Mukul Kesavan The violence in Manipur exhibits two symptoms – The impunity with which Meitei mobs have been allowed to loot police armouries and the instrumental use of rape to announce the end of Kuki citizenship Meiteis make up more than half the population of Manipur. They see themselves as Manipur’s defining majority and their claim… Read More Tipping point

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MN Roy was to Marxism what Vivekananda was to Hinduism. He separated spirit and form

DENNIS DALTON When Michael Borodin baptized Roy into Marxism in 1919, Roy came from Indian nationalism to the new faith with the zeal commonly found amongst fresh converts. ‘Marxism is a wonderful philosophy, is it not?’ he exclaimed to a fellow comrade in 1923. ‘It has made of history such an exact science. Roy’s first… Read More MN Roy was to Marxism what Vivekananda was to Hinduism. He separated spirit and form

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