Ten Theses on the Proliferation of Egocrats (1977)

Fredy Perlman First posted 2013 & April 2015 Written: 1977; First Published: 1977; Source: Red & Black Detroit Public Domain: Perlman Internet Archive 2006. This work has always been completely free The Egocrat does not express his longing for community and communication in practice; he transforms it into a Thought. Armed with this Thought, he is still mute and powerless, but is no longer… Read More Ten Theses on the Proliferation of Egocrats (1977)

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Protests in Iran at death of Kurdish woman after arrest by morality police

Weronika Strzyżyńska NB: The Iranian theocracy is a brutal ideological tyranny. From their horrendous prison massacre in 1988 till today their approach to politics has remained unchanged. And we should all think as to why governments and man think they have the right to tell women how to dress. In India there’s an ongoing battle… Read More Protests in Iran at death of Kurdish woman after arrest by morality police

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Big oil admits ‘gaslighting’ public over green aims

Oliver Milman Fury as ‘explosive’ files reveal largest oil companies contradicted public statements and wished bedbugs upon critical activists Criticism in the US of the oil industry’s obfuscation over the climate crisis is intensifying after internal documents showed companies attempted to distance themselves from agreed climate goals, admitted “gaslighting” the public over purported efforts to… Read More Big oil admits ‘gaslighting’ public over green aims

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George Orwell’s Final Warning: “If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face, forever”

First posted June, 2021 NB: George Orwell was born in Motihari, Bihar, in 1903. I posted this video and collection of links on him in 2013, but find it necessary to remind ourselves of his continuing relevance. This was his final warning; and a full documentary of his life may be found here. With the… Read More George Orwell’s Final Warning: “If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face, forever”

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Understanding Capitalism

K. VELA VELUPILLAI A review article around Anwar Shaikh’s ‘Capitalism’, now turning into a classic Capitalism: Competition, Conflict, Crises by Anwar Shaikh ‘Capitalist history is played out on a moving stage.’- Shaikh, 2016, p. 50 (see also p. 5; italics added). The Book 1  by Anwar Shaikh 2  which is reviewed here was published a little over six years ago;… Read More Understanding Capitalism

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Society of the Spectacle / इमेज – Image: A Poem on Deaths in the Age of Covid

First posted on May 16, 2021 “The spectacle is the guardian of sleep”: Guy Debord   – ‘But certainly for the present age, which prefers the sign to the thing signified, the copy to the original, representation to reality, the appearance to the essence… illusion only is sacred, truth profane. Nay, sacredness is held to be… Read More Society of the Spectacle / इमेज – Image: A Poem on Deaths in the Age of Covid

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Christianity and Capitalism in India and Sri Lanka

Rohini Hensman Christianity came to India and Sri Lanka from other countries at various periods ranging from ancient times to the present. Therefore a general view of the link between Christianity and capitalism (or anti-capitalism) is necessary in order to understand how the specific relationship between Christianity and capitalism (or anti-capitalism) developed in these two… Read More Christianity and Capitalism in India and Sri Lanka

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The manuscript that was arrested: Linda Grant on Vasily Grossman’s Life and Fate

First posted July 28, 2017 Life and Fate was written in the late 1950’s & confiscated by the Soviet authorities. It was published in the West in 1980, and in Russia in 1988. Grossman died in 1964. Linda Grant says of it: ‘Novels fade, your immersion in their world turns into a faint dream, and then is forgotten. Only… Read More The manuscript that was arrested: Linda Grant on Vasily Grossman’s Life and Fate

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