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Mendel’s genetic revolution and the legacy of scientific racism

IN JULY, the world celebrated 200 years since the birth of Gregor Mendel, who is widely accepted as the ‘father of modern genetics’ for his discovery of the laws of

This happens there in US

THE Trump shelter search incident is a new political occurrence in the United States. Then, the interview came. Donald Trump, a former US president, during an almost daylong interview with

Time for a refresher in humanity

IN ALL the clamour of recent weeks — the uproar surrounding the anti-Semitism scandal at the Documenta in Kassel is scarcely what anyone would term a debate — we could

How to resist the empire’s neoliberal debt trap

MICHAEL Hudson has become famous in recent years. The Financial Times credited him with forecasting the 2008 financial crash and its aftermath. His magnum opus, Super Imperialism, now in its third

Why did US nuke civilians?

It is an atomic bomb. It is the greatest thing in history. — President Harry S Truman (August 6, 1945) ONE of the seemingly endless Good [sic] War myths

Why Congress opposed 1946 Naval Mutiny?

IT IS nice to remember the 1946 Royal Indian Navy Mutiny just a few days before we celebrate our Independence Day. It is not just a neglected event in the

When the just go to prison

DANIEL Hale, dressed in a khaki uniform, his hair cut short and sporting a long, neatly groomed brown beard, is seated behind a plexiglass screen, speaking into a telephone receiver

Representative democracy is to heed people’s voice

THE government’s efforts to suppress the protest movement by the targeting of its leading members individually are polarising the country more than ever before. Instead of addressing the underlying causes

Ruling classes’ dereliction of duty

This alarmist title is not intended to incite alarm. The goal, on the contrary, is to attempt to understand the dark, intractable times our region is going through. But we

How Brick Lane fought back against racism

On May 14, 7,000 Bengalis marched from Brick Lane to Hyde Park. They demanded an end to racist violence and discrimination. Led by young people, it was part of a