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Opiate Imperialism: The U.S. Drug Industry, Past and Present
Sohel Sarkar reviews Smoke and Ashes, by Amitav Ghosh. The historical opium trade not only echoes the current opioid crisis— enriched famous U.S. families and helped lay the foundations for global capitalism.
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Interrogating the ‘Crisis’ of Migration: A Review of Harsha Walia’s Border & Rule
Sohel Sarkar reviews Harsha Walia’s essential book, Border & Rule: Global Migration, Capitalism, and the Rise of Racist Nationalism, which critiques both the far-right demonization of migrants and liberal responses that trade shallow multiculturalism for justice.
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