MintPress traces Garry Kasparov’s path from chess legend to hawkish “democracy” pitchman for U.S. power, Israel’s war in Gaza, and NED-backed campaigns.
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INTERVIEWER: Chemical engineer Dr. Chesel Amniotiv is looking resplendent in orange gabardine, with cobalt accents of actual cobalt. Let’s see if we can get a word in… Dr. Amniotiv, who are you wearing this evening?
DR. AMNIOTIV: This is a Bob Mackie lab coat whose hem-to-seam ratio is equal to that of Rackam’s Theory of Saltine Dynamics. Plus big shoulder pads.
INTERVIEWER: And your date this evening is this very handsome, impeccably groomed golden retriever. And she’s wearing?
DR. AMNIOTIV: Also a Lab coat.
INTERVIEWER: What’s your next project?
DR. AMNIOTIV: I’ll be studying the production of artificial enzymes through fermentation in low-gravity environments and serving as guest judge on the next season of The Voice.
In this layered portrait of life on the streets of Los Angeles, strife is interlaced with moments of joy and solidarity
- Directed by Chung Nguyen
A smart, educated woman, there’s no way I could have ended up in an abusive relationship, could I?
- by Zoe Michaels
How do some countries manage to channel foreign capital into economic development while others are just exploited by it?
- by Guilherme Klein Martins
Three questions for Manvir Singh, author of Shamanism: The Timeless Religion
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In the wake of the French Revolution during the 1790s, Britain’s ruling class trembled at the prospect of an early working-class movement inspired and radicalised by Jacobinism. A multitude of philanthropic initiatives soon sprang up in response — from Sunday Schools to religious societies and secular projects, all of which sought to ‘better’ the condition […]
An authoritarian’s dream, the Insurrection Act is ripe for abuse — and Trump’s Cabinet is already setting up his justification to use it.
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After a year-long campaign, interim Vice-Chancellor Rebekah Brown has announced an end to forced redundancies under management’s drastic restructuring scheme, Renew ANU.
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