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The three legacies of Darwin
Achin Vanaik

The legacy of Darwin is not only the knowledge that there is a biological continuum between the animal and the human worlds, but also that there is a link between culture and nature. If only mainstream economics could learn from the life sciences which Darwin did so much to nourish, it might...

The Fight Against Fascists
Boris Kagarlitsky

Ideological arguments in Russia are increasingly being settled through violent means.

Charter for Innovation, Creativity and Access to Knowledge launched
Hilary Wainwright

An international coalition has launched Charter for Innovation, Creativity and Access to Knowledge as a response to the recent agreement of the European Commission on the “protection” of Internet access, brought under the pressure of the lobbies of the culture industry.

A flu for all seasons
Boris Kagarlitsky

Swine flu is quite handy to politicians, who can use it to postpone elections, or justify a state of emergency, if needed.

Reclaim the State
Hilary Wainwright

Reclaim the State sets out on a journey from Brazil to Britain to discover how people are creating new, stronger forms of democracy. The book shows that the foundations for new political directions for deepening democracy already exist, and provides imaginative and practical tools for building...

Happy life picture
Boris Kagarlitsky

The debate sparked by an article written by Dmitry Medvedev reflects the Russian authorities' lack of reliable ways of interaction with the society and even with their own subordinates.

Burma's Cease-fires at Risk
Tom Kramer

In August the Burma army occupied the Kokang region after several days of fighting, ending two decades of cease-fire with the ethnic minority group. The resumption of fighting in northern Burma raises speculation about the other cease-fires. Tensions are rising and the cease-fire groups have put...

The great capitulation
Praful Bidwai

Indians and Pakistanis have to develop a common, rational understanding of the partition story that is free of nationalist prejudice -- although Jaswant Singh makes little contribution to this.

The convergence of fundamentalisms and new political closures – What next in the struggle for pluralism?
Praful Bidwai
Factional War Grows As The Party Sinks
Praful Bidwai

The BJP’s multiple crises are now set to worsen—including its ideological confusion, its political mobilisation crisis, and its organisational crisis.

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