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Intellectual Property, Knowledge Monopoly, and the Rent Economy
Never before has society had the ability it does today to bring together different communities and resources in order to produce new knowledge. It is social, universal labour, and its private appropriation as intellectual property under capitalism stands in the way of liberating the enormous power of the collective to generate new knowledge and benefit people.
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Oppenheimer Paradox: Power of science, weakness of scientists
The bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945 heralded the atomic age and ushered in the military-industrial complex that took over the United States.
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Inexcusable Inaction: Manipur’s horrific video exposes sexual violence, Govt failure
The police only swung to action after a video of the savage incident of two Kuki women being paraded naked on May 4 went viral and sparked political outrage.
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How a temperature rise of 2 degrees Celsius impacts billions
Under current climate change policies, billions will face life-threatening heat. But a global network of heat officers are tackling the problem in their own cities.
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Charles III coronation reminds of Britain’s bloody history of genocide, slavery, and loot
The coronation ceremony and centuries of plunder by the British Empire cannot be seen in isolation.
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Biggest threat from Ukraine war: Last Nuclear Agreement suspended
War rarely stays within the boundaries set or desired for it. That makes returning to arms control crucial for the survival of humanity.
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One out of 10 SARS-CoV-2-infected people suffers Long COVID: Study
Long COVID symptoms may include severe fatigue, brain impairment as well as nervous system dysfunction, nausea and shortness of breath.
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‘We’ve never been closer to nuclear catastrophe’: Activist Helen Caldicott
Australian anti-war and environmental activist Dr. Helen Caldicott warns that policymakers who understate the danger of nuclear weapons don’t have the public’s best interest at heart.
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Diplomatic cables prove top U.S. Officials knew they were crossing Russia’s red lines on NATO expansion
U.S. officials were told that pushing for Ukrainian membership in NATO would not only increase the chance of Russian meddling in the country but also risked destabilising the divided nation.
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Media in the digital age
The dramatic changes in the technology of mass communications should be brought in line with the larger goals of humanity and a more humane society.
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Nuclear Bomb connection in United States fusion breakthrough
Neither clean energy nor lower temperatures, the latest scientific breakthrough is about testing the condition of the nuclear stockpiles of the United States.
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Climate change: Co-extinction will cause loss of a quarter of species by 2100, says study
In a recent study published in Science, scientists analysed how the co-extinction of species accelerates the overall loss of biodiversity and predicted possible loss.
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Kim Petras: How the trans artist made history
The first transgender singer to go number one in the U.S., German-born Kim Petras endured long rites of passage in her homeland before finding her voice abroad.
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Ambedkar, Buddhism and Dalit liberation
Events of the last few days indicate AAP and BJP worship Ambedkar purely for electoral gains and not from commitment to his ideas.
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‘Dangerous heat waves’ to be more frequent and more sustained in near future
Dangerous heat waves to hit three times more often than today; tropical regions including India likely to face extreme heat conditions almost daily by the end of this century.
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Record heat waves sweeping both Poles of Earth, climate scientists warn of danger
While the world is concerned about climate change and almost irreversible global warming, the polar region is specifically important owing to their sensitive climatic conditions.
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The life of a great Marxist: Aijaz Ahmad (1941-2022)
Aijaz Ahmad (1941-2022) died at home on March 9, surrounded by his books and papers, and by the warmth of his children and his friends.
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Biden dials back belligerence toward Russia
The White House readout on Biden’s call with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky is a marked departure from the U.S. pronouncements lately.
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Not just a love story?
Sekhar Kammula’s new film deftly highlights the contradictions of living in neo-liberal India.
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Why Julian Assange’s inhumane prosecution imperils justice for us all
The damage done to the Wikileaks co-founder in his decade of incarceration and uncertainty, including more than two years in Belmarsh is beyond doubt. But so, too, is his courage beyond doubt.