A Scholar’s Quest to Find the Ancestral People of the Most Influential Language on Earth
Who and where were the Proto-Indo-Europeans? Almost 450 languages spoken by 4 billion people descend from their tongue—and J.P. Mallory has been on a life-long journey to reconstruct their world
Indian Companies Complicit in Israel’s Genocide of the Palestinians
By Sudhanva Deshpande and Vijay Prashad Author Bio: This article was produced by Globetrotter. Sudhanva Deshpande is a leading theatre personality of India. Deshpande has been associated, as an actor and director, with Jana Natya Manch (Janam) (People’s Theatre Front) , a radical…
A fugitive’s freedom: Assata Shakur’s exile in Cuba
By Manolo De Los Santos Author Bio: This article was produced by Globetrotter. Manolo De Los Santos is Executive Director of The People’s Forum and a researcher at Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. His writing appears regularly in Monthly Review, Peoples Dispatch,…
Syndication – Jaime Bravo and Jorge Coulon – The World Finances the US Deficit
he World Finances the US Deficit By Jaime Bravo and Jorge Coulon Author Bio: This article was written by Globetrotter. Jaime Bravo is president of Corporación Encuentro Ciudadano. He is an economist with training in government techniques and studies in psychology. He…
When Did Societal Elites Emerge?
The late Stone Age is not commonly associated with socially stratified societies, yet archaeologist Mehmet Özdoğan argues social and political elites were already shaping communities when humans began farming.
Understanding APEC: The Making of Global Value Chains
By Matthew Phillips and Rory Ainsworthx Author Bio: This article was produced by Globetrotter and the International Strategy Centre (Seoul, South Korea). Matthew Phillips is a part of the International Strategy Center and has lived and worked in South Korea for over twenty years and…
Dead States, Living Borders: Three Historical Cases of ‘State Revival’: Armenia, Vietnam, and Poland
By Lorenzo Hofstetter Author Bio: Lorenzo Hofstetter is an independent researcher and co-creator/COO of the Phersu Atlas database (2022). He holds a degree in archaeology from the University of Florence and collaborates with journals in Italy and Switzerland. In 2023, he curated the exhibition Cacao…
Looking Back at the Positions on South African Apartheid Taken by Ambitious Democrats
Certain prominent Democrats led efforts in the 1980s to help end apartheid, but the political costs and benefits were uncertain at the time, and some remain debated today.
Questioning the Corporation
From trading posts to tech empires, corporations continue to grow in strength. Without reform, their power may soon eclipse public control entirely.
The Plebeian Council as an Example for Modern Citizen Empowerment
The rise and erosion of the plebeian council offers perspectives on the stagnant U.S. civil rights movement.
