When my daughter asked why she couldn’t have an Alexa, I told her it is because Alexa steals your dreams and sells them It is often said that people are entitled to their opinions. But are they really? Do you have a God-given right to believe that torture is good, or that the moon… Read More Book review – Freedom to Think: the big tech threat to free thought
Whatever else the Second World War was about, it was, on both sides, a war for empire. Taking a global view leads to a different picture of the war. For example, when did it begin? Most English speakers would say 1939, with Germany’s invasion of Poland. But by then Japan had already been at continuous war… Read More A New History of the Second World War
According to the IMF, Ukraine’s war-ravaged economy could shrink by up to 35% this year if Russia’s invasion becomes a protracted conflict. This will have serious consequences on the Ukrainian popular classes who are reeling under serious difficulties. At the end of 2021, Ukraine was already burdened with $94 billion in public debt on its… Read More Committee for the Abolition of Illegitimate Debt: Ukrainian debt, Argentina and IMF, Sri Lanka
I cannot say that I know you well But you can’t lie to me with all these books that you sellI’m not trying to follow you to the end of the worldI’m just trying to leave something behind Words have come from men and mouseOh, but I can’t help thinking that I have heard the… Read More Sean Rowe: To Leave Something Behind
Even as the pace of modernization in the Arab world shows some signs of acceleration, we all must recognize that deep-rooted cultural norms around women’s roles and rights are slow to evolve. Guess who is going to change that? The women of Generation Z. I was an Arab Muslim girl in an American school in… Read More SUZAN KANOO: Systemic Change Is Coming to the Arab World Thanks to Gen Z Women
Let us honor those workers who stood up to Amazon, especially Chris Smalls, described by Amazon’s chief counsel as “not smart, or articulate,” who led a walkout at the Amazon warehouse at Staten Island JFK8 at the beginning of the pandemic two years ago to protest unsafe working conditions. He was immediately fired. Amazon’s high-priced… Read More Chris Hedges: Let Us Now Praise Amazon Unionists / Workers in New York Vote to Form Amazon’s First-Ever Union in U.S.
Sri Lanka’s economic crisis has deteriorated into a medical crisis, with the top medical union declaring a national health emergency over a life-threatening shortage of drugs. On Tuesday the country’s most powerful trade union, the Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA), called a meeting and declared a medical crisis as doctors and hospitals reported a widespread… Read More Sri Lanka faces medical emergency as economic crisis hits drug supplies
A bold new exhibition by a young Myanmar artist challenges people not to turn away from dead babies and brutalised women in conflict zones overlooked by the world’s media. The London show, ‘Please Enjoy Our Tragedies’, is by Sai, a multimedia artist who blocks out his last name for security reasons. Some of Sai’s work will… Read More Under Myanmar’s junta, art has become an act of resistance
Two Strangers Who Meet Five Times screened at the following festivals throughout 2017 and 2018 – winning the following awards. Los Angeles Film Awards Paris Play Film Festival – WINNER BEST SHORT LA Shorts Awards Mindfield Film Festival, Albuquerque – WINNER BEST SHORT San Luis Obispo International Film Festival – WINNER BEST NARRATIVE SHORT New… Read More Two Strangers Who Meet Five Times. By Marcus Markou
The Ember energy analysis shop, which prioritizes ending the use of coal to combat the climate emergency, has issued a new report on where we stand with green energy. Among their important findings is that all low-carbon sources of energy were responsible for 38% of the world’s electricity last year, for the first time outstripping coal (36%). This is… Read More Green Sources generated 38% of global Electricity in 2021, for 1st Time Exceeding Coal
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