Yanis Iqbal on Copper Mining in Chile

We speak with Yanis Iqbal about COVID-19 and copper production. Yanis Iqbal is a student and freelance writer based in Aligarh, India and can be contacted at yanisiqbal@gmail.com. His articles have been published by different magazines and websites such as Monthly Review Online, ZNet, Green Social Thought, Weekly Worker, News and Letters Weekly, Economic and Political Weekly, Arena, Eurasia Review, Coventry University Press, Culture Matters, Global Research, Dissident Voice, Countercurrents, Counterview, Hampton Institute, Ecuador Today, People’s Review, Eleventh Column, Karvaan India, Clarion India, OpEd News, The Iraq File, Portside and the Institute of Latin American Studies.

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Chika Ezeanya-Esiobu on Indigenous Knowledge and Education in Africa

We speak with Dr. Chika Ezeanya-Esiobu about the importance of indigenous knowledge for education and innovation in Africa and globally. Dr. Chika Ezeanya-Esiobu is the author of Indigenous Knowledge and Education in Africa. A researcher, teacher, non-fiction and fiction writer, and a public intellectual, Chika holds a Ph.D. in African Development and Policy Studies from Howard University in Washington D.C. Chika has worked as a consultant for the World Bank on education and sustainable land management in Africa. Among her other research works include an International Development Research Center (IDRC) Canada commissioned project on utilizing indigenous technology to create employment for women in rural areas in Rwanda. Chika has conducted research for such organizations as the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD), the Swedish International Development Agency (Sida) and the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC). Dr. Chika Ezeanya-Esiobu is presently a managing partner with African Child Press in addition to her role as a visiting faculty of the University of Rwanda, College of Business and Economics.

WE ARE STARTING A BOOK CLUB!

We are very excited to announce that the book club will be hosted by Fiori Sara Berhane. We will (Zoom) meet on October 20th at 7 pm EST and will be reading Sinews of War and Trade by Laleh Khalili.

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Michael E. Sawyer on Malcolm X's Political Philosophy

We talk with Michael Sawyer about his book Black Minded: The Political Philosophy of Malcolm X. Michael Sawyer is assistant professor of Race, Ethnicity, and Migration Studies in the Department of English at Colorado College. He is the author of An Africana Philosophy of Temporality (Palgrave Press, 2018) and Black Minded: The Political Philosophy of Malcolm X (Pluto Press, 2020).

We Are Starting A Book Club!

We are very excited to announce that the book club will be hosted by Fiori Sara Berhane. We will (Zoom) meet in October and will be reading Sinews of War and Trade by Laleh Khalili.

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A Correction Book Club: Sinews of War and Trade. October 20th @ 7 pm EST.

We are starting a book club! We are very excited to announce that the book club will be hosted by Fiori Sara Berhane. Fiori Sara Berhane is a PhD candidate at Brown University in the department of Anthropology. She is a socio-cultural anthropologist with a focus in migration studies, post-colonial Italy and the political anthropology of Europe. Her current project investigates generational conflict within the diasporan Eritrean community in Italy vis-à-vis the migration crisis. She is 2019-2020 Fellow in Modern Italian Studies at the American Academy in Rome. Her work has been funded by the Wenner Gren foundation, the Fulbright IIE and has been featured in Lavoro Culturale, Africa is a Country, and Anthropology Now. She is also engaged in public anthropology and critical pedagogies; her work can be accessed on A Correction podcast.

We will (Zoom) meet on October 20th and will be reading Sinews of War and Trade by Laleh Khalili. Please fill out this form to reserve a spot. Space is limited to the first 15 people (we will have a waiting list after that). We are asking people to donate $10 to participate. We will use this money to pay the host for her work. We look forward to seeing you in October! (Verso is having a sale on the book now so hurry and get your copy!)

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Kim Oosterlinck on Dynastic Politicians and the Decision to Commit Democratic Suicide

On 10 July 1940, the French parliament committed democratic suicide. Which MPs resisted and why? Kim Oosterlinck is Professor of Finance at the Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management (Université libre de Bruxelles) and Research Fellow at the CEPR. He holds a Master in Management, a Master in Art History and Archaeology, and a Ph.D. in Economics and Management from the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB). After a post-doctoral stay at Rutgers University, he came back at ULB as professor. His main research interests are sovereign bond valuation, financial history and questions related to the art market. Kim Oosterlinck has published,  in 2016, a book on the Repudiation of Russian Sovereign Bonds (Yale University Press). He is currently Vice-Rector in charge of Prospective and Finance at the Université libre de Bruxelles.

Pierre Laval in Vichy France, 1940

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Ganesh Viswanath-Natraj on Cryptocurrency

We speak with Ganesh Viswanath-Natraj about the future of bitcoin, tether and libra. Ganesh is an Assistant Professor of Finance at Warwick Business School. His research interests are in international finance, with a focus on foreign exchange derivatives, market microstructure and cryptocurrencies. In recent research, he has been investigating a class of cryptocurrencies called stable coins that are currencies operating on the blockchain and are pegged to the US dollar. He also investigates price-setting in forex swap markets, and uses financial data to identify linkages between monetary policy, financial markets and the real economy. 

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John Horgan on Defunding the Military

We speak with John Horgan about the end of war. John Horgan is a science journalist and Director of the Center for Science Writings at Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey. A former senior writer at Scientific American (1986-1997), he has also written for The New York Times, National Geographic, Time, Newsweek, The Washington Post, Slate and other publications. He writes the "Cross-check" blog for Scientific American and produces "Mind-Body Problems" for the online talk show Bloggingheads.tv. He tweets as @horganism.

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Tom Zoellner on The First Ever Boycott and The Baptist War

Tom Zoellner is the author of eight nonfiction books, including Island on Fire: The Revolt that Ended Slavery in the British Empire, and works as a professor at Chapman University and Dartmouth College. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic, Harper’s, The American Scholar, The Oxford American, Time, Foreign Policy, Men’s Health, Slate, Scientific American, Audubon, Sierra, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, The Texas Observer, Departures, The American Scholar, The Wall Street Journal and many other publications. Tom is a fifth-generation Arizonan and a former staff writer for The Arizona Republic and the San Francisco Chronicle. He is the recipient of fellowships and residencies from The Lannan Foundation, the Corporation of Yaddo, the Economic Hardship Reporting Project and the Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation.  

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Rasna Warah on the UN Security Council

We speak with Rasna Warah about the Security Council and international law. Rasna Warah is a Kenyan writer and journalist. In a previous incarnation, she was an editor at the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat). She has published two books on Somalia – War Crimes (2014) and Mogadishu Then and Now (2012) – and is the author UNsilenced (2016), and Triple Heritage (1998).

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Ron Eglash on African Fractals and Generative Justice

We speak with Professor Ron Eglash about the influence of indigenous African mathematics on computing, and moving from extraction to generative justice. Professor Ron Eglash’s groundbreaking research on African Fractals revealed the African roots of modern computing, which was otherwise largely hidden. His TED Talk on the subject has had more than 1.7 million views, and has inspired innovations in architecture, arts, literature and education. He created a new discipline called ethnocomputing and today supports a suite of online simulations called Culturally Situated Design Tools, which have been used in American schools and internationally to allow students to learn math and computing through what he calls “heritage algorithms”. His most recent work on “Generative Justice,” develops an alternative economic theory based on indigenous principles. His education background includes a BS in cybernetics, MS in Systems Engineering, and a PhD in the History of Consciousness. He is currently a Professor with appointments in both the School of Information and in the School of Art and Design at the University of Michigan.

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