While the future is uncertain, two things are not: class struggle will intensify, and the ruling classes will continue their quest for profits by any means necessary. This is why we need to understand our unique material conditions and take stock of what we are up against. For these reasons, William I. Robinson’s work is indispensable.
The sun is still rising as Gidday Sudita drives out of his family compound on a beach in Bali’s far west, towards a plateau of mustard-yellow rice fields. It’s September and the air is tainted with smoke and embers as farmers burn off the crop residue in their fields, as they always do at this time of the year. But.
The best place to swim with whale sharks? Saleh Bay, on Sumbawa, Indonesia, provides an awesome, ethical experience – for now A close encounter with a whale shark in Saleh Bay, the largest bay of the island of Sumbawa, Indonesia. Photo: Rio Ario Gundala
Whale sharks, the largest of all the sharks and the largest non-mammalian vertebrate in the world, can grow up to 18 metres (59 feet) in length and live for as long as 150 years.
Unlike great white sharks, which can make mincemeat of just about anything that crosses their path, whale sharks are filter feeders that eat mostly plankton and are harmless to humans.