The Guardian romanticizes women's escape into witchcraft retreats, masking a harsher truth: capitalism has fragmented community, only to sell facsimiles of it back to the lonely. Beneath the rituals of sisterhood lies a commodified search for healing, where pain is packaged as a wellness experience for those who can afford it. This article stirs empathy but shies away from confronting the systemic forces that produced these wounds. Women are not merely seeking solace; they are expressing anger born from societal oppression. The challenge is to transition from commodified refuge to collective action, turning shared grief into political power.
Roots In The Rubble: Reclaiming India’s Communal Lifeways From Colonial Ruin
Not despotism but defiance—how India's village communes preserved collective life beneath empire's boot, and why their shattered forms remain the soil of future socialismBy Pablo Katari | Weaponized Information | July 25, 2025Beyond Asiatic DespotismLet us begin by tearing to shreds the musty European fairy tale that India is a land of timeless tyranny, a... Continue Reading →