Sondeghar village of Maharashtra: Hindus and Muslims signed a 100-year agreement to stop riots

Sondeghar is a small village in Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra. The place the inhabitants is barely one thousand. Folks of all castes and religions stay collectively on this village. The village has unanimously taken a historic resolution in order that there needs to be no spiritual or communal dispute. Folks of all religions collectively within… Read More Sondeghar village of Maharashtra: Hindus and Muslims signed a 100-year agreement to stop riots

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Michael D. Gordin: One Must Imagine Faust Happy

Fascination with the relationship between knowledge and power never dies. In just about every intellectual tradition, in essentially every documented era, the topic bristles through the canon, though the European tradition appears especially fixated upon it. Are the two domains compatible? Are they even distinct? Does the latter corrupt the former? While the philosophical treatments… Read More Michael D. Gordin: One Must Imagine Faust Happy

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Alexei Yurchak on why Putin hates Lenin and how today’s Russia resembles the late Soviet Union

‘It’s impossible for the system not to change’    While waging war on Ukraine, the Russian state has intensified its already tight control over the Internet, press, and opposition at home. Meanwhile, the anti-war opposition has resorted to what are essentially guerilla tactics. Many politicians, journalists, and activists were forced to leave the country to avoid… Read More Alexei Yurchak on why Putin hates Lenin and how today’s Russia resembles the late Soviet Union

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Karen J. Greenberg: Accountability Is Wearing Thin in 21st-Century America

The Sophists taught, rather publicly, that the summit of happiness is to combine the appearance of justice with actual injustice: G. A. McBrayer; On the origin of the Idea of Natural Right; in Brill’s Companion to Leo Strauss, 2005; p 44 Even before the Samuel Alito opinion on Roe v. Wade became public, our justice system was… Read More Karen J. Greenberg: Accountability Is Wearing Thin in 21st-Century America

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Sri Lanka crisis: Politicians' homes set afire, shoot-at-sight orders as protests against govt intensify

Troops and military vehicles have been deployed in the streets of Colombo amid widespread protests against the government over the economic failure of the country. The army said this was done to “ensure public security”, a news report said. On Tuesday, the Sri Lankan Ministry of Defence ordered the Army, the Air Force and the… Read More Sri Lanka crisis: Politicians' homes set afire, shoot-at-sight orders as protests against govt intensify

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Pakistan’s wage struggle shows the fragility of progress in the global garment industry

In July 2021, in a year which presented few reasons to be happy, the garment workers of Sindh province in Pakistan had cause to celebrate. The provincial government had just announced a 40% increase to the minimum wage, raising it from 17,000 to 25,000 rupees (from €84 to €124 at the current exchange rate) per… Read More Pakistan’s wage struggle shows the fragility of progress in the global garment industry

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‘Paranoid dictator’: Russian journalists fill pro-Kremlin site with anti-war articles

Two Russian journalists working for a popular pro-Kremlin website filled it with anti-war articles on Monday morning in a rare act of dissent as the country celebrated the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany. The articles on Lenta.ru called President Vladimir Putin a “pitiful paranoid dictator” and accused him of waging “the bloodiest war of the 21st… Read More ‘Paranoid dictator’: Russian journalists fill pro-Kremlin site with anti-war articles

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Dupont and the forever toxic chemicals / Tom Petty I Won't Back Down

This is a song at the end of the film Dark Waters (2019), about the lawyer who became Duponts worst nightmare. Dark Waters, tells of the toxic spills scandal that led to US chemicals giant DuPont paying US$671 million (£516 million) to settle more than 3,500 lawsuits in 2017. The company’s plant in Parkersburg, West Virginia had been contaminating the… Read More Dupont and the forever toxic chemicals / Tom Petty I Won't Back Down

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