The Pandemic Surveillance State
In anticipation of the post-COVID-19 world, bold statements are being made on how we will, as a race, be wiser, even kinder; cautious, and
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Disordering the World: The Rise of Neoliberalism
In his melancholic book, Age of Extremes: the Short Twentieth Century 1914-1991 (1995), British historian Eric Hobsbawm states: “The h
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Political significance of the platinum strike
Determining the future now: the platinum workers’ strike The platinum strike, which began on the 23rd of January, has become a showdown b
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Existential crisis of the Kurdish in Turkey and Elsewhere: Nationhood or Autonomy?
The Kurds are a nationality concentrated in a territory that straddles four states: Iraq, Iran, Syria and Turkey. For months Kurdish
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China ground up
By Shawn Hattingh What the plunge in Chinese stock markets reveals It was long ago stated that capitalism came into the world dripping in
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Capitalist crisis goes from bad to worse
Like a recurring nightmare, the capitalist crisis refuses to go away and rather seems to be going from bad to worse. Perhaps
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