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There Never Was a West
David Graeber There Never Was a West Or, Democracy Emerges From the Spaces In Between 2007 From the collection “Possibilities: Essays on Hierarchy,...
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Journey to the West (1986 TV series)
Journey to the West is a Chinese television series adapted from Wu Cheng'en's 16th-century novel of the same name. It was directed by Yang Jie and stars Liu Xiao Ling Tong as Sun Wukong, Chi Chongrui as Tang Sanzang, Ma Dehua as Zhu Bajie, and Yan Huaili as Sha Wujing.
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How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United …
A pathbreaking history of the United States' overseas p…
NYT: Boycott, Divest, Unsubscribe — WRITERS AGAINST THE WAR ON GAZA
The New York Times is not unique among media outlets in manufacturing consent for war, for exploitation, for genocide. It is, rather, exemplary. The Times’ reputation for liberalism, for rigor, for non-partisan independence is precisely what makes it so dangerous, because it hides what it really is: a publication that exists to serve the interests of U.S. imperialism.
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Great Men and how they are upheld
Part of a series, Autonomy, Diversity, Society. Posts about our roles, relationships and governance. No article in this section is meant to stand alone, there will be a lot more coming soon that wi…
If you were curious about Tooze's new climate book, check out this convo with @kaiserkuo.bsky.social “This is the material dethroning of the west as the central driver of world history. This is really what the provincialization of the west really looks like" sinicapodcast.com/p/the-thing-we-still-cant-say…
Albert Pinto
Adam Tooze's book Carbon is finally going to be out in February 2027. Pre-order here! Climate Crisis and the Eclipse of the West
Palantir put out a 22-point summary of their CEO's book The Technological Republic. It's pitched as a defence of the West, but if you read it through the VDA framework, verification, deliberation, accountability, what it's actually doing looks rather different. twitter-thread.com/t/2045574398573453312
Palantir put out a 22-point summary of their CEO's book The Technological Republic. It's pitched as a defence of the West, but if you read it through the VDA framework, verification, deliberation, accountability, what it's actually doing looks rather different. twitter-thread.com/t/2045574398573453312
US media: The Washington Post
For context, I’m a former NYT and WaPo subscriber who wishes the former would do better and has given up on the latter
Amazon reveals plans to spend $200bn in one year the day after Bezos guts Washington Post
“Something I will be most proud of when I’m 90”: How Jeff Bezos used to talk about The Washington Post, and what’s changed
