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| 2025 | Slavoj Žižek publishes book 'Against Progress' |
| February 19 2025 | Delivered a speech to the European Parliament urging Europe to break free from U.S. influence and develop an independent foreign policy. |
| January 2025 | Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by United States President Joe Biden. |
| 2024 | Joseph Stiglitz published 'The Road to Freedom: Economics and the Good Society', a critical examination of neoliberal economic theories by Milton Friedman and Friedrich Hayek, which explores the potential impacts of information production in the age of artificial intelligence. |
| 2024 | Won the '2024 Book of the Year' award at the Green Literature Festival in the 'Green Business' category for 'Heavy Metal'. |
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J. G. Ballard
The Met Gala's dress code was inspired by Ballard's 1962 short story 'The Garden of Time', highlighting his ongoing cultural influence.
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Sam Harris
Endorsed Kamala Harris for the presidential election and participated in a debate on the Honestly podcast arguing in her support, with Ben Shapiro presenting the case for Donald Trump.
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| October 2024 | Signed an open letter with thousands of other writers pledging to boycott Israeli cultural institutions. |
| October 10 2024 | Shared the 2024 PEN Pinter Prize by naming imprisoned British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah as the 'writer of courage', announced at a ceremony at the British Library. |
| August 2024 | Shared the Disturbing the Peace Award with Toomaj Salehi, a recognition for courageous writers at risk from the Vaclav Havel Center. |
| June 2024 | Spearheaded an open letter signed by 16 Nobel Prize in Economics laureates arguing against Donald Trump's fiscal and trade policies and efforts to limit the Federal Reserve's independence. |
| June 2024 | Chomsky was discharged from the hospital to continue recovery at home. In the same month, false reports of his death circulated on social media, leading to retracted obituaries. |
| June 2024 | The UAPA (Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act) was invoked against Roy in connection with her previous Kashmir-related statements. |
| June 2024 | Announced as winner of the annual PEN Pinter Prize by English PEN, recognizing her fierce intellectual determination in telling stories of injustice. |
| April 2024 | Žižek criticized Israel's actions in the Gaza Strip. |
| 2023 | Book was longlisted for the Tata Literature Live! Literary Awards in the Best Non-Fiction First Book category. |
| 2023 |
Free trade
A study published in the Journal of Political Economy revealed significant economic impacts of reduced trade costs since 1980, demonstrating increased agricultural productivity, food consumption, and welfare gains globally, with particularly substantial benefits for developing countries.
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| 2023 | Published his first non-fiction book 'Heavy Metal: How a Global Corporation Poisoned Kodaikanal' through Pan Macmillan, documenting the Unilever mercury poisoning case in Kodaikanal. |
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J. G. Ballard
An anthology 'Reports From the Deep End' was planned but ultimately terminated due to opposition from the J. G. Ballard Estate, which would have included an expanded version of 'The Hardoon Labyrinth'.
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| 2023 |
Climate Change Isn't Everything: Liberating Climate Politics from Alarmism
Mike Hulme published the book 'Climate Change Isn't Everything: Liberating Climate Politics from Alarmism' through Polity Press, offering a critical perspective on climate change discourse and politics.
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| 2023 | In a piece for Compact Magazine, Žižek took a strong stance against access to puberty blockers for trans youth and criticized the placement of trans adults in prisons matching their gender, linking his arguments to what he described as 'wokeness.' |
| 2023 | Sachs was interviewed about Syria, claiming extensive knowledge of events in the region since spring 2011 and downplaying questions about Assad's actions. |
| 2023 |
William Gibson
Gibson was involved with the project 'Upload', further demonstrating his continued engagement with media and technology-related storytelling.
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| 2023 | David Attenborough was awarded the Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic. |
| 2023 | Attenborough was recognized by the New Statesman as an invaluable figure to green diplomacy in the UK, ranking twenty-third in their list of Britain's most powerful left-wing figures. |
| 2023 | David Attenborough was named the UK's Favourite TV Presenter of All Time by Perspectus Global. |
| 2023 |
Robert Reich
Robert Reich made a cameo appearance in 'Dropout America 2', the first episode of the 6th season of Dropout's Breaking News, which depicted a fictional account of his son Sam's life.
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| 2023 |
Sam Harris
Harris publicly stated that if COVID-19 had caused higher child mortality, there would be significantly less tolerance for vaccine skepticism.
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| 2023 |
Sam Harris
Harris gave an interview to The Daily Beast explaining his break from the intellectual dark web, citing disagreements with Bret Weinstein, concerns about Maajid Nawaz's COVID-19 conspiracy theories, and disappointment with Dave Rubin's perceived cynicism.
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| December 2023 | Israel's UN Ambassador Gilad Erdan accused Soros of supporting pro-Palestinian organizations, which Soros's son Alexander dismissed as 'distorted and dishonest right-wing attacks'. |
| December 2023 | George Soros was swatted during a period of harassment targeting political figures. |
| December 2023 | Spoke out against Israel's bombing campaign in Gaza, stating that silence makes one complicit in the 'brazen slaughter of Palestinians'. |
| October 2023 |
Robert Reich
Reich authored 'The Last Adult in the Room', characterizing Joe Biden as 'shrewd, careful, and calibrated' and expressing gratitude for his leadership.
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| October 2023 |
Sam Harris
During the Israel-Hamas war, Harris expressed support for Israel and strongly condemned the Hamas attack on Israel, rejecting arguments about Israeli settlements provoking the conflict.
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| September 12 2023 | Delivered a lecture in Lausanne upon receiving the 45th European Essay Prize, highlighting her intellectual contributions. |
| July 2023 |
Robert Reich
Robert Reich published a blog post titled 'Why I'm So Short,' addressing his condition of Dwarfism.
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| June 2023 | Suffered a stroke and moved to Brazil full-time. |
| March 2023 | Criticized by a group of 340 economists for his views on the Russia-Ukraine war. |
| March 2023 |
Sam Harris
Sam Harris hosted podcast guests Matt Ridley and Alina Chan to discuss the potential origins of COVID-19, specifically exploring the hypothesis that the virus may have been created in a laboratory.
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| February 2023 | George Soros publicly criticized Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accusing him of Islamophobia, cronyism, and authoritarianism. He specifically noted that Modi's rise was partly fueled by inciting violence against Muslims. |
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This contents of the box above is based on material from the Wikipedia articles Noam Chomsky, Med Jones, Ameer Shahul, Free trade, J. G. Ballard, Sam Harris, David Attenborough, William Gibson, George Soros, Joseph Stiglitz, Slavoj Žižek, Robert Reich, Climate Change Isn't Everything: Liberating Climate Politics from Alarmism, Arundhati Roy & Jeffrey Sachs, which are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.