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Beating Israel’s Collaborators in Gaza 

The structure of the Hebrew state is based on mercenaries, collaborators, and agents. As revealed in Gaza, Israel is no more than a gang of murderers and a terrorist organization in the guise of a "state." Therefore, it is of…

The Limits of Awareness Campaigns in Raebareli

Raebareli is not new to campaigns. From the freedom movement to the electoral legacies of the Nehru–Gandhi family, this district has witnessed grand declarations, fiery speeches, and sweeping promises. The present-day administrative campaigns on women’s safety, child protection, road safety,…

Yuck! The Sour Taste of the Modern Food System 

The Yuka app is a mobile application designed to help consumers quickly assess the health quality of food and cosmetic products by scanning their barcodes. It produces a health score ranging from 0 to 100 and provides a colour-coded rating,…

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World

Globalisation

What is APEC?

If you look at the news, the media treats the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Forum more like a gala than a policy forum about regional economic policies. Despite high…

Human Rights

The Nation’s Conscience Behind Bars

The Supreme Court on 12 September 2025 deferred hearing the bail pleas of activist Umar Khalid and others accused in the 2020 Delhi riots “larger conspiracy” case to 19 September…

Imperialism

The Department of War Is Back!

My fellow Americans, my critical voice has finally been heard inside the Oval Office. No, not my voice against the $1.7 trillion this country is planning to spend on new nuclear weapons.…

Guyana: A Pawn of US Imperialism

The recently concluded Guyanese Elections spectacularly reinforced my claim that liberal democracy is a bogus concept; one of the biggest cons ever invented and thrust upon humanity. The incumbent People’s…

Methinks thou doth protest too much!

Listen up, Senator Warmonger. Listen up, Congressman Forever War. Hear me out, President China Hater. Yes you, Vice-President Iran Hater. And you, Secretary Cuba Hater. Pay attention, General Russia Hater.…

Communal Harmony

Climate Change

Environmental Protection

The Hoor Marsh in the Fire of Water Disputes

One night, very recently, Ahvaz, Rofayye‘, Susangerd, Hoveyzeh, Bostaan, Hamidiyeh, Shadegan, and even Mahshahr and Ramshir (all cities in Iran’s southwest province of Khuzistan) were engulfed by a thick, smoke-filled…

Counter Solutions

Live Free

At this time of rapidly rising authoritarianism and environmental destruction many people wonder what they can do and if the action they take has meaningful impact.  In the past, resistance…

Resource Crisis

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…

Patriarchy

Can’t we stop Dowry Deaths?

This is an essay on “Dowry Deaths,” read at the Hyderabad Press Club on July 11, 1987. Marriage is essential to both women and men. Just as a woman needs…

Palestine

The open wounds of Gaza City

Riyad Nofal, a photographer from Jabaliya, has been displaced 14 times since Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza began almost two years ago. Despite being constantly uprooted, Riyad remained within Gaza…

Palestine Cannot Wait Another Generation

France’s recognition of Palestine is welcome, but without follow-through it risks joining the long list of empty declarations that Palestinians have heard for generations. Symbolic gestures do not alter the…

South Asia

Annihilate Caste

The idea of ​​caste

Caste is not physical. Because it is known only when it is told or asked. The body, color, shape, height, thickness of the person in front of you are visible,…

Khaat (cot) movement in Rajasthan

While the constitution of India clearly establishes equality of all citizens including weaker sections, in reality several discriminative practices have continued to persist against various weaker sections of society. At…

Life/Philosophy

I Think Therefore I Am

The unsettled uncertain world My dear Professor John Scales Avery, It is the 25th of Tir[1] (mid-July). On this night of a half-moon, I am sitting down to write you…

Arts/Literature

The Testimony of a Wild Soul

There are films that pass through us like fleeting stories, and there are films that remain, unsettling and luminous, as if they have revealed something about the human condition itself.…

Book Review

Kanu Sanyal, The First Naxal

For the last three days, I have been reading a book called "The First Naxal," written by Bapaditya Paul, the Siliguri correspondent for the Calcuta-based English daily, The Statesman. The…

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Gaza, I write this in total Despair!

I write this in total despair. I don’t generally write articles. I’m an editor. I let others speak through my website, Countercurrents.org. Only when no one else is standing up,…

The Plot Against America

How a Dangerous Ideology Born From the Libertarian Movement Stands Ready to Seize America As I write this in early 2025, a quiet revolution is unfolding within the U.S. government.…

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