Climate change has deep historical roots – Amitav Ghosh explores how capitalism and colonialism fit in bit.ly/3Z4EgbB 💻 Julia Taylor and Imraan Valodia, University of the Witwatersrand #BusinessAndEconomy Amitav Ghosh

The absolute must attend book launch at Love Books - catch all the Amitav Ghosh talks Wits University wits.ac.za/csi/amitav-gho…

How America is losing key Southeast Asian stats to China because of Biden's support for Gaza genocide Prefer alignment with China 2023 vs 2024 Malaysia - 75% >> 55% Indonesia - 73% >> 54% Brunei - 70% >> 55% foreignaffairs.com/united-states/…

We live in such horrid times that a Muslim man being lynched or killed by Hindutva goons doesn't count as news. A Hindu boy being shot dead by them makes it to the front page. Tells us a lot about the state of the media.

Which stage of fascism is India at? The stage where there’s national outrage because religious terrorists killed a Brahmin kid, mistaking him for a Muslim. If not for this ‘mistake’, which the terrorists now regret, it would’ve been just another day in new India.

"...we are also clearly moving into some kind of a new anti-interventionist era wherein Washington’s default mode—regardless of who occupies the White House—will be to stay out of global conflicts wherever and however possible." About time. foreignpolicy.com/2024/08/20/kam…

Heart-breaking scenes of families being torn apart and "illegal" people being sent to detention camps in Assam. This is what you get with NRC and only Muslims suffer because others have CAA to protect them. NRC+CAA is a state-sanctioned weapon for anti-Muslim violence.

Uma, Aryan Mishra mother, who was killed by self proclaimed 'Gou Rakshaks', expressed her grief and said, "They shot my son thinking he was a Muslim. Are Muslims not Humans, Are they not our brothers? Why would you kill a Muslim? Muslims protect us."

Amitav Ghosh a while ago I promoted your book Uncanny & Improbable Events. Pls would you consider reposting this, about book I'll be editing (1st time for me!) Reading your work helped me take decision to edit book, but it needs funds. Crowdfunder link: crowdbound.org/product/ecolog…

ANIIDCO sells milk, liquor & petroleum products & manages tourism resorts. Now, it is tasked with #GreatNicobar project. Pankaj Sekhsaria & I dig into its capacity to implement a mega project in a highly biodiverse, geologically vulnerable region that is home to indigenous communities

This is genuinely extraordinary: the latest ASPI Critical Technology Tracker is out and China is now in the lead for an incredible 57 out of the 64 key technologies of the future, i.e. 90% of the technologies. The US leads the other 7. A small 🧵 of what's in the report

Is this where we are now in Bangladesh? Absolutely horrific attack. Why did the police let this happen? There are strong laws against violence against children - this mob needs to be thrown in jail immediately. en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/loc…

INVITATION 🚨| You are invited to a Pro-VC Seminar Series of Professor Amitav Ghosh at Wits University. Title: Deadly Simplifications: Imagining the Future in a Warming World Date: 11 September 2024 Time: 16:00 Mode: Hybrid RSVP Here: shorturl.at/Esa1w Venue: Solomon

Mustread Atomic Fallacy: Why Nuclear Power Won’t Solve the Climate Crisis lithub.com/atomic-fallacy… via Literary Hub

India is world’s biggest plastic polluter, says new study We release 9.3 million tons of plastic waste into environment each year! This can fill up an area equivalent to 604 Taj Mahals, the study said. deccanherald.com/india/india-wo… deccanherald.com/india/india-wo…

The @NYTimes "Announcing the 2024 Climate Forward Speaker Lineup". Nope, your eyes aren't deceiving you. That's Kevin Roberts, head of #Project2025 nytco.com/press/2024-cli…

I'm not easily stunned, but... wtf. Here I was thinking that we'd finally rounded the corner on the old "balance in climate discussions means including people who lie constantly about the science and practice predatory delay on policy to increase their destructive profits."

Macron won the support of the French far right to make Barnier - who openly supports ending all immigration - prime minister. That was in order to block the left, who came top in the election. It’s so called “centrists” who will pave the way for fascism. You have been warned!

Richard Heggie The Straits Times has it. straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia…

Hard ro comment on this article in a few words except to say that it is written very clearly...and bluntly.