How the weather shapes history
Throughout the ages, climate change has had profound – and sometimes devastating – consequences for human civilisation.
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Jerome Roos
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The anarchist: How David Graeber became the left’s most influential thinker
The anthropologist and best-selling author will be remembered for a life spent fighting for a freer, more joyous and…
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How plagues change the world
Could the coronavirus pandemic have an effect as lasting and profound as the Black Death?
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Chile’s unrest has reawakened its egalitarian spirit
The combination of low wages, rising living costs, meagre pension provisions and expensive drugs are driving growing numbers of Chileans…
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Rentier capitalism does not come with a reset button
Monopolisation, profit without purpose and social corrosion are not accidents – they are inherent, and ever more pronounced, factors…
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