How an Angolan became a key-figure in the fight against trans-atlantic slave trade, a century before its abolition:
https://toynbeeprize.org/posts/review-lourenco-da-silva-mendonca-and-the-black-atlantic-abolitionist-movement-in-the-seventeenth-century/
https://toynbeeprize.org/posts/review-lourenco-da-silva-mendonca-and-the-black-atlantic-abolitionist-movement-in-the-seventeenth-century/
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Happy New Year! Here is our annual map showing the state of the national governments in the Americas as we enter 2025.
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A diary of being pro Palestinian in Germany, you might find it interesting https://newleftreview.org/sidecar/posts/a-year-in-german-culture?pc=1650
Sidecar
Thomas Meaney, A Year in German Culture — Sidecar
Gaza and censorship.
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"Make the New Year's Capitalism's Last"
Sticker seen in Surrey, Canada
Sticker seen in Surrey, Canada
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TechCrunch
Silicon Valley stifled the AI doom movement in 2024 | TechCrunch
For several years now, technologists have rung alarm bells about the potential for advanced AI systems to cause catastrophic damage to the human race. But
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BREAD REVOLUTIONS -THE TAX INGREDIENT
Bread is at the heart of politics across the world. It represents labour, life and livelihoods. Ruling classes down the ages have always offered ‘bread and circuses’ to keep a lid on mass discontent over unpopular policies. Kenya’s President William Ruto seems to have skipped a lesson on keeping citizens pacified when he attempted to ram through unpopular IMF-backed tax hikes, including a proposed 16% hike on bread. The IMF had warned Ruto’s administration that implementing steep tax hikes would spark civil unrest but urged the president to push ahead anyway. It set off a series of violent protests in which police officers reportedly killed more than 60. Ruto relented and declined to sign the bill. However, parts of the bill are reportedly being sneaked in.
Bread is at the heart of politics across the world. It represents labour, life and livelihoods. Ruling classes down the ages have always offered ‘bread and circuses’ to keep a lid on mass discontent over unpopular policies. Kenya’s President William Ruto seems to have skipped a lesson on keeping citizens pacified when he attempted to ram through unpopular IMF-backed tax hikes, including a proposed 16% hike on bread. The IMF had warned Ruto’s administration that implementing steep tax hikes would spark civil unrest but urged the president to push ahead anyway. It set off a series of violent protests in which police officers reportedly killed more than 60. Ruto relented and declined to sign the bill. However, parts of the bill are reportedly being sneaked in.