Feudalism

Reviewing these books for me has been as much a trip down memory lane of ideas, concepts, struggles and theories as it must have been for Devaki Jain when she curated them. Generations of Women’s Studies and Development Studies students have learnt a great deal from her writings. Our understanding…

« AS CPAC CONDEMNS SOCIALISM, DEMS IN CONGRESS PROTECT CASTRO…. NOW OUT FROM DANA LOESCH: Grace Canceled: How Outrage is Destroying Lives, Ending Debate, and Endan… » February 27, 2020 FLASHBACK: Serfs of Academe. Remember, academics think the world is a place of abusive feudalism because that’s how their world…

Politicians across the Western world like to speak fondly of the “middle class” as if it is one large constituency with common interests and aspirations. But, as Karl Marx observed, the middle class has always been divided by sources of wealth and worldview. Today, it is split into two distinct,…

Op-Ed by Neenah Payne Disclaimer: Activist Post does not endorse any specific candidate in the U.S. presidential election. Our only goal is to present a diversity of opinions about the ideologies behind political systems. Note: This article includes a report from a Chinese practitioner of Falun Gong. The article is…

No doubt the communal violence in Delhi will for the time being be quelled by the police, but it is bound to erupt again and again, and all over India, not just Delhi. Some people thought the Delhi election result had put paid to the BJP aspirations, but what they…

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - FEBRUARY 19: Democratic presidential candidates former New York City Mayor Mike ... Bloomberg and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) speak during the Democratic presidential primary debate at Paris Las Vegas on February 19, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Six candidates qualified for the third Democratic presidential primary…

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 14: Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) attends a ... news conference to introduce legislation to transform public housing as part of the Green New Deal outside the U.S. Capitol November 14, 2019 in Washington, DC. The liberal legislators invited affordable housing advocates and climate…

For decades, I have been talking about the importance of individual privacy. For almost as long, I have been using the metaphor of digital feudalism to describe how large companies have become central control points for our data. And for maybe half a decade, I have been talking about the…

For decades, I have been talking about the importance of individual privacy. For almost as long, I have been using the metaphor of digital feudalism to describe how large companies have become central control points for our data. And for maybe half a decade, I have been talking about the…

Amazon Prime Video's movie acquisitions might not have the same international depth as Netflix, but it's undoubtedly stronger and richer in its local variety, with its titles spanning the Tamil, Telugu, and the Malayalam world of filmmaking in addition to Bollywood. And that's matched with a powerful collection of American…