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ahI Maz retweeted
On non/alignment and multi/polarity in geopolitics — some food for thought:
— by @70sBachchan in @phenomenalworld:
phenomenalworld.org/analysis…
— by Patrick Bond:
europe-solidaire.org/spip.ph…
— by @shokispeare in @africasacountry:
africasacountry.com/2023/05/…
ahI Maz retweeted
Among the emerging economies, India is the only country where the wealth of super rich is 60% of the GDP. In France, it is 21%; in Sweden 24% and in America it is 18 %. In Poland, it is mere 3% and it's also low in Taiwan and South Korea. (Source: #RuchirSharma)
"In her 1970’s “Let’s Spit on Hegel”, the Italian feminist Carla Lonzi pointed out that the mirror chamber of the master-slave dialectic reduced struggle to a binary, frontal clash: the heroic oppressed against the oppressor. But, she asked, what of the non-heroic..."
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ahI Maz retweeted
Silent march in the Kuki Zo tribal hills of Churachandpur today to mourn the dead in Manipur violence. The coffins are only symbolic but the communities closely monitor and count their dead, not allowing any life to go to waste. Strength in numbers and prayers 🙏🏾✊
ahI Maz retweeted
You’ve probably heard of sportswashing and greenwashing, but what about ‘yogawashing’?
India’s PM Narendra Modi stands accused of using yoga to distract from the alleged crimes of his right-wing nationalist gov't 👇
ahI Maz retweeted
I think about billionaires a lot (kinda my job?) so let me say this:
Most every billionaire on the planet would happily kill you for an extra few points on their investment. This isn't theoretical, it literally happens. They literally make decisions they know will kill people.
ahI Maz retweeted
Professor Kevin Anderson is addressing all of us in very clear words:
»We are heading towards 3 to 4°C of warming across this century, an absolute climate catastrophe for all species incl our own. And all we are doing so far is giving rhetoric and optimism and greenwash.«
🧵1/8
ahI Maz retweeted
📣 New working paper on residential segregation in India. We’ve been working for 5 years on this.
8 facts about residential segregation in India, from new administrative data. The situation is not great 🧵 1/N
ahI Maz retweeted
20/ 350 Pakistanis dead. "contrast between 2 tragedies at sea, the scale of efforts to rescue those in danger,& the global media response has stirred debate inside Pakistan about natl & international inequality, and the different values put on human lives"
theguardian.com/world/2023/j…
ahI Maz retweeted
The article in question. TN cabinet tabled the Aruna Jagadeesan report after it was published and decided not to take criminal action against police who fired and killed unarmed people.
frontline.thehindu.com/news/…
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‘Essentialism’ explained: The ideas being used to justify gender differences and fixed identities scroll.in/article/1047918/es…
ahI Maz retweeted
Since VIDUTHALAI has revived discussions about on-screen police torture (and the tired-as -fuck argument that the reality was far worse), here is an essay I wrote for @ultradogme last year about custodial torture in Tamil cinema: ultradogme.com/2022/03/23/sq…
"The training sets for AI systems claim to be reaching into the fine-grained nature of everyday life, but they repeat the most stereotypical and restricted social patterns,
anatomyof.ai/
