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NATO states denounce “anti-Semitism” after Israeli football hooligans riot in Amsterdam
On the night of Wednesday to Thursday, Israeli football hooligans ran riot in Amsterdam, tearing down Palestinian flags, assaulting Arabs, and chanting anti-Gaza slogans. Some clashed with residents of Amsterdam, where a protest was planned against holding a game between…
Nearly 70% of UN-Verified Gaza Deaths Are Women and Children
Nearly 7 in 10 people killed by Israeli forces in Gaza during an earlier six-month period of the ongoing assault on the Palestinian enclave were women and children, the United Nations human rights office said Friday. The U.N. Office of the High…
Trump an Orgy in White Maleness
So much will be said about the Presidential elections of 2024. Democrats will reflect and inquire where they went wrong, and the various political pundits will claim that it was the economy, the southern border, immigration, and the economy. And…
Everybody Knows: Do They?
“Everybody knows the boat is leaking/Everybody knows the captain lied”– Leonard Cohen, “Everybody Knows” When the polls closed on Tuesday, November 5th, I was sound asleep, like a baby rocking gently in his cradle, lost to the frenzied rants or…
Billionaires Own US Climate Policy
Billions of dollars will buy almost anything anybody wants, and on November 5th billions of dollars bought the world’s leading anti-climate-change political administration, aka: the Trump Administration, which is anti-almost-everything, except for a free reign to the almighty market. Price…
The Case for Solidarity Levies
by Emmanuel Macron, Mia Amor Mottley and William Ruto BAKU – From Bridgetown to Nairobi to Paris, no country is immune to the worsening effects of the climate crisis. With each passing year, we witness more climate-related destruction. In 2024,…
Fantasies of Free Market under Capitalism
The concept of the "free market" under capitalism is often promoted as an emblem of individual consumer choice and a driver of national economic growth and development. The priests of capitalism view the free market as the most effective and…
Can the Naxalites Re-Emerge as a Stronger Force Committed to Achieving Justice in Peaceful Ways?
The word ‘Naxalites’ has been generally used in routine discussion among common people in India to denote various groups dedicated to the pursuit of justice for the poorest people without having any inhibition regarding use of violent means for achieving…
The Battle for Power in Maharashtra and the Muslims
In Maharashtra, all we can see is ambiguity, confusion and too much incumbency leading to chaos making it a Maha Mess at the moment. The struggle extends beyond mere control of governance; it’s a contest of proving political inheritance. With…
Challenge of Islamophobia: A Call for Inclusive Interpretations
This article examines how puritanical, literalist, and intolerant interpretations of the Quran have contributed to Islamophobia and explores the scholarly arguments advocating for more contextual, pluralist, and human rights-based readings of Islamic texts. Scholars such as Abdolkarim Soroush, Mohammed Arkoun,…
India
Can the Naxalites Re-Emerge as a Stronger Force Committed to Achieving Justice in Peaceful Ways?
The word ‘Naxalites’ has been generally used in routine discussion among common people in India to denote various groups dedicated to the pursuit of justice for the poorest people without…
The Battle for Power in Maharashtra and the Muslims
In Maharashtra, all we can see is ambiguity, confusion and too much incumbency leading to chaos making it a Maha Mess at the moment. The struggle extends beyond mere control…
Analysing Budget 2024–25 from a People’s Perspective – Part 11: The Nutrition Budget
India is facing a ‘hunger and malnutrition emergency’. In this article, we discuss how the various schemes meant to address the nutrition requirements of the people have fared in Union…
Politics in Maharashtra: Power Struggles, Party Switching, and the Role of Voters
Maharashtra is considered a very important state in India from an economic, cultural, and political perspective. With nearly 9% of the country’s population, Maharashtra contributes a significant 13% to India's…
Minimum Support Price (MSP): A System Ensuring Financial Stability for Farmers and Strengthening Food Security
In India, around 60% of the population depends on agriculture, which serves as the main livelihood source for millions. Despite this, farmers often do not receive fair compensation for their…
How Much pro-Dalit Has Been Mayawati?
Mayawati became the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh four times. Generally, it is expected that during this period she would have done a lot for the welfare of Dalits, but…
World
Trump an Orgy in White Maleness
So much will be said about the Presidential elections of 2024. Democrats will reflect and inquire where they went wrong, and the various political pundits will claim that it was…
Everybody Knows: Do They?
“Everybody knows the boat is leaking/Everybody knows the captain lied”– Leonard Cohen, “Everybody Knows” When the polls closed on Tuesday, November 5th, I was sound asleep, like a baby rocking…
A New Age of Presidential Unilaterism?
As the dust settles over election day, it’s worth reflecting that it’s not only the election results that have been at stake, but the future of the presidency and its…
What Trump’s Return to Power Could Mean for India: A Closer Look
The prospect of Donald Trump’s return to the U.S. presidency has sparked global discussions, and India is no exception. When it comes to Indian’ context, our nation carries unique implications.…
ASEAN’s Five-Point Consensus: A Pathway or a Stumbling Block in Myanmar?
Several ASEAN member states have expressed considerable exasperation with Myanmar's military leadership, fervently calling for accountability and the reinstatement of democratic governance. The Member States of the Association of Southeast…
Trump has won what next
Trump has won the Presidential election of USA and will be the 47th President on 5th January 2025. The reason for his success are multiple: 1) Electorate doesn't like inflation,…
Globalisation
The Globalized Elite Are Perpetuating Local Neo-Colonial Plunder
In the decades since the formal end of colonialism, nations across the Global South have proudly waved the banner of independence, self-reliance, decolonization, and now—deglobalization. The rhetoric of national empowerment,…
80 years is enough: Fight for food, land, and climate justice! Shut down the IMF-World Bank!
Rural peoples’ movements and communities demand the shutdown of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank. Over the past 80 years, imperialist governments and their transnational corporations (TNCs) have…
Comparing How the West and China Offer Loans to Developing Countries
Established Western economic institutions are facing a formidable challenge from Chinese newcomers, each side offering distinct and competitive lending strategies with far-reaching consequences for global infrastructure and development. In October…
It’s Not Capitalism… It’s MONEYISM!!
Here it is from an old college buddy and confidante of mine, J D. This former progressive talk radio host and socialist thinker nailed it with his commentary on things…
Why Garment Workers in Bangladesh are on Strike
Bangladesh is a major producer of garments supplying to world’s top brands such as H & M, Lewis, Gucci, Zara and many others. Nearly 4.0 million workers, mostly women toil…
Tossing Neoliberalism into the Dumpster
It’s official, according to a speech by National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, the United States is jumping off the neoliberal globalization bandwagon (a root cause of domestic extremism) and it…
Human Rights
Journalist bodies condemn hounding of journalist Mahesh Langa
We, the undersigned journalist organizations condemn the registration of a second FIR by the Gujarat police against senior journalist Mahesh Langa in a span of less than a month. Langa…
Italy-Albania Protocol: 16 asylum seekers used as test subjects on an empty ship already returning to Italy has disaster, and cruelty, written all over it
In the middle of the night at the beginning of a typical working week, between 14 Sunday and 15 Monday 2024, 16 men were intercepted by the Italian Coast Guard…
Injustice Done In Dr GN Saibaba Case Is Most Atrocious For Which Both State And Judiciary Are Culpable
As most of us know fully well, the eminent former Delhi University Assistant Professor and human rights activist Dr GN Saibaba breathed his last on October 12, 2024 in Hyderabad’s…
Demand accountability for the death of GN Saibaba
People’s Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR) mourns the death of activist, teacher and poet GN Saibaba and condemns the state’s role in contributing to his early demise at the age…
Rally and vigil held for Saibaba in Canada
Social justice activists came together on Sunday, October 13 at Holland Park in Surrey to raise their voices against the death of a former Delhi university Professor in India. GN…
Dr. GN Saibaba’s untimely demise a loss to the academic and Human Rights Community
The PUCL demands that his wife get all benefits from Delhi University, which Dr. Saibaba was denied by non- restoration of his job by DU. The People’s Union for Civil…
Imperialism
Why US Military Interventions Abroad Increased at a Time When Risks Decreased, and Is Policy Change Overdue?
According to a data base on US military interventions in other countries created by the Center for Strategic Studies ( Military Intervention Project or MIP), Tuft University, USA, there were…
The Empire Is Going Down: But What Isn’t?
He’s the man of the hour (and you can choose your hour), win, lose, or draw. I mean, who can deny it? Certainly not the crowd at his debate with…
Powder Keg in the Pacific
While the world looks on with trepidation at regional wars in Israel and Ukraine, a far more dangerous global crisis is quietly building at the other end of Eurasia, along…
Linking the Struggle against Imperialism to the Creation of a Better and Safer World
The struggle against imperialism is a very relevant and important part of the efforts to create a world based on justice and equality, peace, protection of environment and biodiversity (…
Militarism Abuse Disorder-A Very American Malaise
My name is Frida and my community is military dependent. (I feel, by the way, like I’m introducing myself at a very strange AA-like meeting with lousy coffee.) As with people…
Power at the US Empire’s (Not OK) Corral
Today, Americans are getting an education in reality that generally cannot be bought, although it might not quite seem that way. We are seeing Israel committing genocide as it is…
Communal Harmony
Mahatma Gandhi’s Vision of Communal Harmony and Peaceful Coexistence
The concept of communal harmony, which is representative of social coherence and harmonious cohabitation of disparate communities, is deeply ingrained in India’s socio-political narrative. Mahatma Gandhi was at the forefront…
Embracing Diversity, Embracing Virtue: A Quranic and Scientific Perspective
Introduction: The Quran offers a comprehensive framework for embracing diversity and pluralism, emphasizing respect, tolerance, and empathy as essential to fostering peaceful coexistence among diverse cultures, beliefs, and ways of…
Peoples power confronts unabashed Communalism and seeks a ‘Common humanity’
On 5th October, Goa was left disrupted and in political stress based on an arrogant and acutely communal statement from the former RSS Chief Subash Velingkar aimed stoking tensions between…
Appeal for Communal Harmony in Himachal Pradesh
We hail the large-scale participation in the peace and unity march by members of the civil society and democratic groups on 27th September 2024 in Shimla and Solan against the…
The Perils of Religious Nationalism: A Contemporary Dilemma
Abstract: Religious nationalism is a subject of critical importance in much of the world today. As the resurgence of religious nationalism in various parts of the world is a phenomenon…
Godi media’s campaign of lies in the name of a Delhi Minorities Commission report
Godi media channels and websites are carrying out a propaganda campaign these days. It is claimed that Delhi Minorities Commission (DMC) and Delhi Waqf Board (DWB) want to grab Hindu…
Climate Change
Billionaires Own US Climate Policy
Billions of dollars will buy almost anything anybody wants, and on November 5th billions of dollars bought the world’s leading anti-climate-change political administration, aka: the Trump Administration, which is anti-almost-everything,…
The Case for Solidarity Levies
by Emmanuel Macron, Mia Amor Mottley and William Ruto BAKU – From Bridgetown to Nairobi to Paris, no country is immune to the worsening effects of the climate crisis. With…
Climate Change and Human Security: Exploring the Links and Challenges
by Bushra Afreen & Md Tabrez Alam Abstract Climate change significantly impacts essential resources like water, food, and arable land, reducing accessibility and quality. This decline heightens human insecurity, economic…
The Future Is Named Helene
The messages of Hurricane Helene lie inscribed in the muddy debris of Asheville, North Carolina, and other wrecked towns of Appalachia. Helene, powered by warming waters in the Gulf of…
Doubling Down on ‘Too Much Heat’
A recent Arctic News headline d/d October 4, 2024 refers to one of the most significant climate-related studies this year. It describes in detail the worldwide all-encompassing danger of loss…
‘Words Fail’: WMO Report Finds CO2 Accumulating at Record Levels
Climate-heating carbon dioxide is accumulating in the atmosphere more rapidly than at any time since humans evolved. That's just one of the alarming findings from the World Meteorological Organization's (WMO) Greenhouse…
Environmental Protection
Ruthless Settlements: BHP, Brazil and the Samarco Fundão Dam Class Action
The BHP Group, as with other mining giants, has much explaining to do in the way it has approached the environment. It has become a master of the greenwashing experiment,…
‘Musi River Rejuvenation’ should not a be a project of mega displacement, land grab and privatization!
Over a hundred activists & environmentalists across India call for a comprehensive review of the ‘Musi Riverfront Project’! Ensure the Ecological Free flow of Musi by ending pollution and not by…
When Complaints against Highly Hazardous Products Are Made, These are replaced With Even more Hazardous Products
In recent times a subject of great concern for health has been that powerful multinational companies are introducing several products which are highly hazardous for people, exposing them to several…
Welfare of Punjab Now is Closely Related to Strong Commitment to Environmental Protection
by Bharat Dogra and Jagmohan Singh Punjab has an exceptionally pervasive environmental crisis which can be seen in acute form even in relatively remote villages. In future the big steps…
Farmers of Punjab Must Shift to Ecologically Protective Farming with Strong Policy Support
by Bharat Dogra and Jagmohan Singh Conventional analysis of the well-being of farmers often looked at the productivity, yields and income derived from their farms. However it is increasingly realized…
Revoke clearance for Pumped Storage projects being set up by the Adani Group and others in the Eastern Ghats as they will lead to ecological disasters
To Ms Leena Nandan Secretary Union Ministry of Environment, Forests & ClimateChange (MEFCC) Dear Ms Nandan, I understand that your Ministry has denied clearance for a 1,500MW Pumped Storage Hydroelectric…
Counter Solutions
The Sustainability Scam: How Self-Interest Ruins Good Ideas
by Esther Afolaranmi, Carter Dillard, Beatrix Homler and Mwesigye Robert We have laws to ensure children are born into a safe, sustainable, and unpolluted environment. These laws are also meant…
Unleashing Solar Power’s Bright Future
Co-written by Fatih Birol and Ajay Mathur PARIS – Solar power has been the star of the clean-energy transition, delivering major benefits for the climate, the cost of living, and…
12 economic growth myths and how to counter them
It’s essential that we stabilise the global economy. More people understand this every year, but corporations and governments don’t, and so we continue to destroy nature for profit. They’ve built up…
Localization: A Strategic Alternative to Globalized Authoritarianism
For those who care about peace, equality and the future of the planet, the global political swing to the right over the past few years is deeply worrying. It has…
Beyond Growth: A Journey through the Landscape of Sustainable Economics
Growth is a story of success—until it isn’t. In most people’s minds, “growth” is inevitably associated with biological development: food crops and babies grow. In those instances, growth is understood…
Sustainable Development, the Path Yet Not Taken Seriously! – Part II
We will continue with our exploration of the sustainable development journey in this part. Our Pressing Problems Because in nature, as well as in our global systems, everything is interconnected,…
Resource Crisis
The Project of Capital and the Project of the Proletariat in a time of World Crisis
ABSTRACT This is a response to the two sets of articles written by Sajai Jose on the Fourth Industrial Revolution and on the world’s and India’s hunger crisis. It is…
Sustaining the Unsustainable: Why Renewable Energy Companies Are Not Climate Warriors
In the fight to address climate change, renewable energy companies are often assumed to be Jedi Knights. Valiantly struggling to save the planet, wind and solar interests are thought to…
The Gritty Reality of Solar Power
by Priti Gulati Cox and Stan Cox Time is fast running out. The world’s affluent nations, with their abundant greenhouse emissions, have to finally drag themselves across the starting line…
Solidarity with Resistance to Extraction
by Don Fitz and the Green Party of St. Louis People the world over are opposing fossil fuel extraction in an incalculable number of ways. It is now clear that…
Will There Be Resource Wars in a Renewable Future?
Thanks to its very name — renewable energy — we can picture a time in the not-too-distant future when our need for non-renewable fuels like oil, natural gas, and coal…
The Growth Of Fascism Or The Fascism Of Growth?
Bear with me, scrupulous historians, as I try to run through some questions and parallels between centuries that I hope will enrich the essential debate on how to confront the…
Patriarchy
Yes, All Men and Women Who Stay Silent Perpetuate the Culture of Violence with Impunity
Recently, there was a debate on social media regarding `#Not All Men’. This phrase is popularized online by mostly the Men’s Rights Activists (MRAs) to depict that not all men…
Tinderised Relationships and Uberised Families under Capitalism
Family is celebrated as an institution worldwide, transcending cultural, religious, social, and territorial boundaries. From slave societies to feudalism, and from the mercantile and industrial revolutions to the capitalist digital…
Israel’s War of Genocide and the Way American Voters Perceive It
On October 8, 2023, Israel invaded Gaza Strip in retaliation to Palestinian Hamas's attack on occupied lands the day before. Israelis have since brutally massacred Palestinians and, more recently, the…
On sisters and personal reflection
This message now reaches over 60,000 individuals directly and many more by forwards. They are mostly activists (perhaps 75-80%), 15-20% spectators and “neutral” people (journalists etc), and perhaps 400 Zionists…
How long will women are going to fight in the trenches?
All kinds of things keep me up at night like a nocturnal owl. It has been happening more and more in the last couple of years. Last night was one…
Disentangling Khap Preeminence: A Feminist Critique
by Syed Wajahat Ali & Zuberiya Nauman “ women’s freedom is the sign of social freedom” ~ Rosa Luxemburg Abstract Women have to go through a life and…
Palestine
NATO states denounce “anti-Semitism” after Israeli football hooligans riot in Amsterdam
On the night of Wednesday to Thursday, Israeli football hooligans ran riot in Amsterdam, tearing down Palestinian flags, assaulting Arabs, and chanting anti-Gaza slogans. Some clashed with residents of Amsterdam,…
Nearly 70% of UN-Verified Gaza Deaths Are Women and Children
Nearly 7 in 10 people killed by Israeli forces in Gaza during an earlier six-month period of the ongoing assault on the Palestinian enclave were women and children, the United Nations human…
Who is Israel Katz: Netanyahu’s Defense Minister Overseeing Israel’s War Crimes
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has fired Defense Minister Yoav Gallant in what he described as a “crisis of trust”, and appointed Israel Katz instead amid outrage inside the occupation state and…
Shaheibar family massacre: Euro-Med Monitor investigation reveals Israeli army killed 70 Palestinians in Gaza street
Palestinian Territory - More than 70 Palestinian civilians were killed in an Israeli massacre last November, the majority of whom were women, children, and elderly individuals who belonged to a single…
Palestine Lebanon Extermination Camps: Call to Arms
The ongoing extermination of the Palestinian people and the bombing of Lebanon should not be blamed on Israel alone. It is America that has been waging wars across the world…
Criminalizing UNRWA: How Israel is Delegitimizing the United Nations
On October 28, the Israeli Knesset passed a second reading of two bills that effectively ban the United Nations agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) from carrying out “any activity” in…
South Asia
Antagonistic and Irreconcilable: Contradictions and the Future of Imran Khan’s Movement for Justice
As Americans coronate a new American president, the Zionist genocide in Gaza continues unabated. And while the world witnesses an expansion of Israel’s mass murder campaign, Muslims continue to look…
Bangladesh: Hindutva becomes more ominous, and fuels Trump campaign too
Bangladesh Hindus participate in a rally demanding that an interim government withdraw all cases against their leaders and protect them from attacks and harassment, in Chattogram, Bangladesh, Nov. 1, 2024.…
Donald Trump’s Deplorable Allegations Against Bangladesh
by Abdul A. Bhuiyan and Habib Siddiqui In times of war, truth is often the first casualty. The US elections are increasingly becoming the battle grounds where truth is sacrificed…
Bangladesh: Exporting politics of Hindutva and itching for gross interference
The Sanatan Jagran Manch, Bangladesh, on Oct 25 Friday, organised a massive rally at the historic Laldighi Maidan in Chittagong, where thousands of Hindus came together to demand minority rights…
Talk for a better tomorrow : India and Pakistan in SCO Meet
As many leaders from member countries of SCO are participating in its meeting, there must be many important agendas, particularly in this phase of time when the world is facing…
Presidential Marxism: AKD and the Sri Lankan Elections
Anura Kumara Dissanayake, known with convenient laziness as AKD, became Sri Lanka’s latest president after a runoff count focusing on preferential votes. The very fact that it went to a…
Annihilate Caste
Bhakti-Kal and Caste Question
An abridged version of talk delivered on 23rd October, 2024 at Calicut University I say this with emphasis that in Indian history two periods, only two periods, came as a…
Dr. Ambedkar’s Dream of Economic Empowerment of Dalits is Incomplete
On 14 October 1956, Dr. Ambedkar converted to Buddhism in Nagpur due to untouchability, caste and class divisions in Hinduism. This day is as important for his followers as 14…
Court Rebukes Caste-Based Discrimination in Prisons
In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court has directed all states and union territories to immediately amend prison rules to stop caste-based discrimination and segregation of labor in prisons. The…
Poona Pact and Its Adverse Effects
Caste is considered to be the cornerstone of Indian Hindu society. In this structure of hierarchical inequality, the untouchables are at the lowest level, who were officially called 'Depressed Classes'…
Has the Caste Vanished?
Amid the twin issues of Caste Census and Sub-categorization of reservation of SCs/STs and ‘creamy layer’ among SCs, it must be remembered that caste issues have always been tweaked and…
Justice Chandru Committee’s Report On Caste Discrimination In Tamilnadu’s Schools – More notable are the attitudes and responses in the Periyarist state
The one-man committee of Justice K Chandru handed over its 600-page report to the the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, MK Stalin (second from Right) on June 18, 2024. Three…
Life/Philosophy
Fantasies of Free Market under Capitalism
The concept of the "free market" under capitalism is often promoted as an emblem of individual consumer choice and a driver of national economic growth and development. The priests of…
Challenge of Islamophobia: A Call for Inclusive Interpretations
This article examines how puritanical, literalist, and intolerant interpretations of the Quran have contributed to Islamophobia and explores the scholarly arguments advocating for more contextual, pluralist, and human rights-based readings…
Remembering Jawaharlal Nehru on the occasion of 135th birth anniversary
I was eleven years old when the news of Jawaharlal Nehru's death came on 27 May 1964. Shindkheda is a taluka of Dhule district where I had gone to my…
Illusions of American Capitalism
The United States of America (USA) is often considered as the "Mecca of Capitalism." Its powerful military-industrial complex, supported by a defence budget of $841.4 billion, makes it one of…
Sheikh ul Alam as Kashmir’s own Emancipation Theologian
Here is an AI-generated podcast based on the article Sheikh ul Alam, commonly referred to as Sheikh Nooruddin, Nund Reshi, or Shazanand, holds a significant place in the hearts of…
Amartya Sen turns 92, Amartya means one who never dies!
Rabindranath Tagore himself named him because this child was born in Shantiniketan in the house of his maternal grandfather Kshitimohan on 3 November 1933. Today he is turning 92 years…
Arts/Literature
Momtaz Begum: A Poetic Reflection on ‘Once’ a Celebrated Musician
Art and politics do not mix. Not everyone can be artists, but many can be taught to be politicians ---- Jasmine Alexander, Actress, Author, Filmmaker and Social Media Influencer I…
Emono Dine Tare Bola Jai… (It is the day to tell my beloved)
A Translation of Rabindranath Tagore’s Song Theme: Prem (love) Raag: Desh Taal: Rupak Composed: 17 May 1889 Place: Pune, India ======================== It is the day to tell my beloved in…
What is progress, asks Angammal in Vipin Radhakrishnan’s film adaptation of Perumal Murugan’s Kodithuni
Angammal opens with an elderly woman telling a story to her granddaughter. The story is of the wild winds that visited their village a few decades ago and took away…
Contribution of G P Deshpande and Arjun Dangle in the era of the Communist scare
It is now 50 years since G.P. Deshpande wrote the pathbreaking play Udhwasta Dharmashala, a professor in JNU at the time,he took the cue from a report of the witch…
A Promise to Keep
[In memory of my mother Atia Salim Kidwai*] The sun is down, the birds returned home; The trees stand cold as the leaves hold in embraceThe moon is out, the…
Tade Union and Social Transformation: Reflections on ‘Barber’s Trade Union’ by Mulk Raj Anand
Mulk Raj Anand (1905 – 2004) is considered to be a father figure in the history of Indian English writings. A lifelong socialist, he is known for depicting life of…
Book Review
The American food system creates chronic diseases; the medical system ‘manages’ them
The explosive growth in the use of weight-loss drugs is a supreme irony within a food system that creates the very chronic diseases that lead to obesity and a medical system that…
Scholar says Dr Ambedkar was great but we need to question him, not worship him
This was an unusual book launch in Mumbai on October 30 where the author , a prominent human rights activist, management professor, faces restrictions on his movements because of a…
Blue Collar Empire: The Untold Story of US Labor’s Global Anticommunist Crusade by Jeff Schuhrke
Jeff Schuhrke begins his new book, Blue Collar Empire, with a powerful story: how the CIA, operating through the offices of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees…
Many Lives of Syeda X: A woman’s vulnerable journey over the dangerous times
Many Lives of Syeda X* by Neha Dixit tells the story of Syeda, a Muslim woman born in Varanasi, a city sacred to Hindus. The narrative spans from the 1992…
Imran Khan’s Besati O Bosoti [The Dealing and The Dwelling]: An Anthropocene Novel
Book Review: Besati O Bosoti [The Dealing and The Dwelling], a novel, by Imran Khan, Dhaka, Chandrabindo Prokashon, 2024, 310 pages, ISBN 978-984-98208-6-4 (hardcover) Bangladeshi writer Imran Khan’s second novel,…
Which Generation Will See a Free Palestine?
Romi Mahajan speaks to Visualizing Palestine’s Aline Batarseh and Jessica Anderson For anyone who cares about the lives of Palestinians, the last year has been bleak. Israel’s all-out assault on…
Editor's Picks
Climate Change: Why Should The Global South Pay For The Profligacy Of The Likes Of Taylor Swift, Elon Musk?
Climate change is a threat facing the whole of humanity. The real generators of this crisis are the developed economies of the Global North. They found a way to circumvent…
Deaths in Gaza and Us
Death is normal unless if it happens one of our dear and near ones. 40000+ (as per official figures) people have been killed in Gaza. According to The Lancet almost…
Landslide In Wayanad Is Only The Beginning!
Here is an AI-generated Podcast based on the article On the morning of July 30, a huge landslide occurred at Mundakkai, in the mountainous district of Wayanad, Kerala, India. 282…
Stories that can bring a positive change deserve to be called news: Binu Mathew
At a time when the Indian media is increasingly being controlled by the rich and dominated by the caste elites, Countercurrents.org has set up an example of giving space to…
A People’s Manifesto for Ecological Democracy – 2.0
This is an updated version of the “People’s Manifesto for Ecological Democracy” that Countercurrents.org published on 15th August 2020, where we set out a broad framework on how India should…
Countercurrents.org Resisting Fascism Since 2002; Save This People’s Journal; Make Liberal Financial Contributions for Its Survival. Now!
I have before me the following documents: “Why should Binu Mathew while struggling day and night to make the voices for justice heard, struggle even today with appeals for subscriptions?”…
COVID Response Watch
Shadow of Covid lingers over the erstwhile Kingdom of Cooch Behar
The princely state of Cooch Behar merged with the Dominion of India on August 8, 1949 and became a part of the State of West Bengal on January 1, 1950.…
Public life in MP disrupted by heavy rains linked to climate change
Roads are crumbling, bridges are collapsing and railway lines are flooded . The surging waters from the rivers are drowning entire villages all around. It has rained so much that…
Hanging by a thread, Sheffield of the East
Sometimes it was a rise in pig iron prices due to disruption of supply chains due to the Covid pandemic. Now you can find the Ukraine War as a reason…
Malnutrition and death of children decreased in the system, increased in reality
In Maharashtra, the administration has been claiming that there is a steady decline in the number of malnutrition and child deaths in the state. But, in recent figures that have…
When Forest Rights meets Right to Education
With the horrors of the deadly virus still in the air, this would appear to be like a remarkable fairy tale in the post-Covid pandemic scenario, almost like a dream…
Uttarakhand In Need of Climate Resilient Agriculture Practices
In the last few years, we have been witnessing erratic, unpredictable and unexpected changes in climate, which are more perceptible in the Himalayan region of the country. These changes are…
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