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The power of water

HISTORY: Terje Tvedt breaks some research norms by seeing the water wheel to a greater degree than the steam engine as the real driving force behind the industrial revolution. It's about water, not cultural superiority.

Russia's race to the bottom

THE OIL STATE: In this book, Alexander Etkind states that Russia is the least equal, the most militarized and the most carbonized of all the world's major countries.

Life is short, and it is urgent to make the right choices

RELIGION: Religion constitutes a war against the spontaneous. Is there an equality between being an obedient citizen and being godly?

The absurd distinction between so-called civilized and barbaric violence

TORTURE: Veena Das' research shows that systematic torture is part of modern democracy.

England hardly into the EEC

ORIENTERING MARCH 7, 1970: Strong opposition in Labor.

"When we act, we create reality."

CHRONICLE: Is there any reason to cheer for the arrest of Julian Assange?

The new culture of uncertainty

Mary Kaldor's research shows that the security strategies of the authorities maintain and exacerbate the wars rather than halt them, and create good conditions for war profiteers.

Free markets are an illusion

John Mikler claims that the world's largest companies are so economically superior to their competitors that it is wrong to talk about global markets and free competition.