Social change
Any significant alteration in societal order
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| April 11 2025 |
Mahatma Gandhi
The Anglo-Boer War Museum in Bloemfontein, South Africa launched a documentary, a book titled 'Caught in the Crossfire: Indian Involvement in the South African War', and unveiled a bust of Gandhi.
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| 2025 | Slavoj Žižek publishes book 'Against Progress' |
| February 1 2025 | Williamson endorses Ken Martin, the frontrunner in the DNC chairperson election. |
| January 10 2025 | Williamson is informed by the DNC Ethnic Council of her exclusion from their candidate forum, to which she responds with a critical letter denouncing the decision. |
| 2024 | Greg Egan published the science fiction novel 'Morphotrophic'. |
| 2024 | Won the '2024 Book of the Year' award at the Green Literature Festival in the 'Green Business' category for 'Heavy Metal'. |
| 2024 |
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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| 2024 | Wrote the song 'Good Day Sunshine' for the Netflix series Eric, serving as a theme song for a fictional show within the series. |
| 2024 | In the 2024 general election, Modi's party lost its majority in the lower house of Parliament and formed a government leading the National Democratic Alliance coalition. |
| 2024 | A song featuring a speech by Modi for the promotion of millet, titled Abundance in Millets, received a nomination for the Best Global Music Performance category at the Grammy Awards. |
| 2024 | Upon his arrival in Nigeria, Modi was presented with the symbolic 'Key to the City' of Abuja. |
| 2024 | During a diplomatic visit to Nigeria, Modi was conferred the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON) by President Bola Tinubu. |
| 2024 | Modi contested the Lok Sabha election for Varanasi for the third consecutive time and won the seat by a margin of 152,513 votes, defeating Ajay Rai of the Indian National Congress. |
| 2024 | Modi was awarded the Order of St. Andrew, Russia's highest civilian award, during a visit to Russia. |
| 2024 | Judith Butler published 'Who's Afraid of Gender?', a book that examines the roots of current anti-trans rhetoric and the historical context of the anti-gender movement. |
| 2024 | Led the BJP to form a coalition government after losing the majority in the lower house of Parliament. |
| 2024 | Modi was conferred the Order of Mubarak the Great, the highest national honor of Kuwait. |
| 2024 |
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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| December 26 2024 | Marianne Williamson announces her candidacy for Democratic National Committee chairperson. |
| December 26 2024 | Announced her bid for DNC chair. |
| December 3 2024 | Announced five intimate shows titled 'First at the Foundry' to celebrate the opening of the Foundry Theatre at Sydney Lyric, scheduled for February 2025. |
| November 2024 | King announced his upcoming novel 'Never Flinch', set to release on May 27, 2025. |
| 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. |
| September 2024 | The bill for One Nation, One Election was approved by the Modi Cabinet. |
| August 2024 | Shared the Disturbing the Peace Award with Toomaj Salehi, a recognition for courageous writers at risk from the Vaclav Havel Center. |
| July 29 2024 | Dropped out of the presidential race again. |
| 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 | Announced North American tour for 'An Unfunny Evening' show, including dates in Canada and the United States. |
| June 2024 | Announced as winner of the annual PEN Pinter Prize by English PEN, recognizing her fierce intellectual determination in telling stories of injustice. |
| June 2024 | The UAPA (Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act) was invoked against Roy in connection with her previous Kashmir-related statements. |
| June 14 2024 |
Accelerationism
United States Department of State designates Nordic Resistance Movement and its leaders as Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGT)
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| June 13 2024 | Won the inaugural Women's Prize for Non-Fiction for her book 'Doppelganger'. |
| May 2024 | The short story collection 'You Like It Darker' debuted at No. 1 on The New York Times fiction best-seller list. |
| April 2024 | Žižek criticized Israel's actions in the Gaza Strip. |
| April 23 2024 | Klein spoke at a 'Seder in the Streets' event near Senator Chuck Schumer's residence, drawing parallels between the Exodus story and her critique of Zionism, describing it as a 'false idol' used for 'colonial land theft'. |
| April 19 2024 | Daniel Dennett passed away, concluding a significant career in philosophy of mind, science, and evolutionary biology. |
| March 3 2024 | At a public event in Paris, Judith Butler described the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led attack on Israel as an 'act of armed resistance' rather than terrorism. |
| January 2024 | Williamson received 4% of the votes in the New Hampshire primary. |
| 2023 |
Goodwall
Goodwall expanded into Nigeria through a partnership with TecBlu, a Nigerian technology services company.
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| 2023 |
Goodwall
Goodwall partnered with Nation Media Group (NMG) in East Africa to conduct programs engaging youth in sustainability, education, health, and environmental issues.
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| 2023 | Book was longlisted for the Tata Literature Live! Literary Awards in the Best Non-Fiction First Book category. |
| 2023 | Published 'I've Been Thinking' through Allen Lane. |
| 2023 | Greg Egan published multiple short stories including 'Night Running' and collections 'Sleep and the Soul' and 'Phoresis and Other Journeys' |
| 2023 | Greg Egan published the science fiction novel 'Scale'. |
| 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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