Scott Mclaughlan

Albert Einstein was a first-rate physicist and scientific celebrity. He was also a profound political thinker and one of the twentieth century’s most devastating critics of capitalism.

The late French anthropologist Marc Augé’s theory of supermodernity offers a compelling and timely lens through which to better understand our contemporary era of smartphone-mediated reality.

Fossil fuels have underpinned capitalist development since the Industrial Revolution. Despite omnipresent warnings of impending climate catastrophe, they continue to dominate the energy mix that powers the global economy.

Ancient precursors and medieval antecedents aside, the modern passport system was forged in the 1920s to restrict freedom of movement after the First World War.

Cold War portrayals of the USSR as a rapacious colonial power seeking to dominate the “free world” were exaggerated. Yet the Soviet Union undeniably engaged in forms of “internal colonialism” that warrant greater acknowledgment.

Alan Lomax was a legendary collector of folk music, author, broadcaster, oral historian, musicologist, and filmmaker who raised the profile of folk music worldwide.

Ota Benga was kidnapped from Congo and brought to America, where he was displayed as an “exhibit” in the Bronx Zoo. His tragic story speaks to the history of European racial ideologies that continue to shape the contemporary world.

Liberation theology refers to Christian theological approaches that prioritize the “liberation of the oppressed.”