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All Prison Staff Held Hostage In Ecuador Freed
All prison guards and administrative employees held hostage by inmates at correctional facilities across Ecuador have now been freed, the national prisons agency SNAI said Saturday night. The SNAI prison agency on Saturday said all hostages had been freed. SNAI…
$250 Billion – Global Cost Of Natural Disasters In 2023
Natural disasters including destructive thunderstorms and devastating earthquakes in 2023 cost the world around $250 billion in damages as climate change churned up dangerous and deadly weather across the globe, according to a new study by Munich RE, a multinational insurance…
The Myth Of Democracy In Kashmir Post 370
The parliament was roaring with the slogans of the opposition against the abrogation of Article 370, the Home Minster with all his strength screamed “Abrogation of 370 will strengthen the grassroots level Democracy In Jammu and Kashmir”. The Home Minster…
Israel’s argument at The Hague: We are Incapable of Genocide
Israel’s relationship with the United Nations, international institutions and international law has at times bristled with suspicion and blatant hostility. In a famous cabinet meeting in 1955, Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion famously knocked back the suggestion that the United Nations…
Losing World War II – A glorious moment against tyranny shadowed by an ignominy of helping tyranny
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill desperately tried to persuade United States President Franklin Delano Roosevelt to declare war on Germany and enter World War II. The U.S. president recognized Nazi Germany’s threat to Western civilization and U.S. interests but his…
If Maduro Quoted Martin Luther King Deploring “Suppression by U.S. Military “Advisors”in Venezuela”
If, On Martin Luther King’s Birthday and U.S. National Holiday, President Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela would quote from King’s mainstream media’ long covered up 1967 New York sermon ‘Beyond Vietnam - a Time to Break Silence,’[1] which condemned his government’s…
Gain of function Research must be stopped
It is a paradox that the point of research which became most controversial in the context of the COVID origin debate had a curious situation of a high-risk project in a Chinese lab being pursued with funds from the USA!…
Need for Protection of Civilians by the United Nations in a war
The United Nations is a global organization that brings together its member states to confront common challenges, manage shared responsibilities and exercise collective action in an enduring “quest for a peaceful world.” One of the main purposes of the United…
Population Growth – A Key Problem of Our Time
by Dr.Ernst Schriefl, Saral Sarkar and Dr.Bruno Kern Introduction We are three authors, public speakers and political activists, who have been publishing and campaigning in the fields of ecology, economy and social politics for decades (see also the brief CVs…
Kanaka Guru Pitta Must Start English Medium Schools And Connect Shepherds To Global Knowledge
On 13 January, 2024 the Kanaka Guru Pitta headed by Sri. Niranajananda Swami in a massive public meeting attended by the Karnataka Chief Minister Mr. Siddaramaiah, central minister Mr. Bhagwanth Khuba, Planning and Urban Development Minister of Karnataka Mr Bairati…
India
The Myth Of Democracy In Kashmir Post 370
The parliament was roaring with the slogans of the opposition against the abrogation of Article 370, the Home Minster with all his strength screamed “Abrogation of 370 will strengthen the…
Kanaka Guru Pitta Must Start English Medium Schools And Connect Shepherds To Global Knowledge
On 13 January, 2024 the Kanaka Guru Pitta headed by Sri. Niranajananda Swami in a massive public meeting attended by the Karnataka Chief Minister Mr. Siddaramaiah, central minister Mr. Bhagwanth…
NGOs: Social Action Matters
The lifecycle of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in India is a unique phenomenon. They emerge like mushrooms but often fade away like fleeting flies. This article delves into this intriguing trend,…
Ram – as a child and as a ruler in Ayodhya
It is interesting to observe that the Ram temple in Ayodhya is being inaugurated with the installation of an idol of Ram in the form of a five-year old …
Better Protection from Pollution Needed for Outdoor Workers
Air pollution levels are high in most cities of India and in many of these cities the situation becomes more difficult in winter months. While this has been widely discussed…
Aligarh Muslim University – The Jinn of Minority Status case is in open legal space again
The Jinn of Minority Status case is out of the bottle again in Supreme Court at present. The minority status case is purely a legal issue but it has never…
World
All Prison Staff Held Hostage In Ecuador Freed
All prison guards and administrative employees held hostage by inmates at correctional facilities across Ecuador have now been freed, the national prisons agency SNAI said Saturday night. The SNAI prison…
Losing World War II – A glorious moment against tyranny shadowed by an ignominy of helping tyranny
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill desperately tried to persuade United States President Franklin Delano Roosevelt to declare war on Germany and enter World War II. The U.S. president recognized Nazi…
If Maduro Quoted Martin Luther King Deploring “Suppression by U.S. Military “Advisors”in Venezuela”
If, On Martin Luther King’s Birthday and U.S. National Holiday, President Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela would quote from King’s mainstream media’ long covered up 1967 New York sermon ‘Beyond Vietnam…
Gain of function Research must be stopped
It is a paradox that the point of research which became most controversial in the context of the COVID origin debate had a curious situation of a high-risk project in…
Need for Protection of Civilians by the United Nations in a war
The United Nations is a global organization that brings together its member states to confront common challenges, manage shared responsibilities and exercise collective action in an enduring “quest for a…
US Bombs Drop and Risk of Wider War Rises
Sometimes it is even more clear than usual, the priorities of US capitalism: near 24,000 civilian lives lost is acceptable, a 20% drop in Red Sea traffic is not. Assuring…
Globalisation
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…
Corporatizing the World One Small Company at a Time
I remember when my small town lost its last family owned and run pharmacy — a beautiful, old, turn of the century store and a high quality company that the…
Corporatisation: Destroying Rural Economy
One of the most significant commitments of last five decade of twentieth century has been to economic growth and trade expansion, and we have been spectacularly successful…
Human Rights
Protest Against Displacement of Adivasis in Kaimur and Hasdeo and the Killing of 6-month-old Infant in Bijapur
On 10th January 2024, Forum Against Corporatization and Militarization (FACAM) held a protest gathering at Delhi University Art Faculty against the cutting of trees and land grab of Adivasi peasant…
Targeted attacks on 3 renowned HRDs in the State of Manipur
Three Human Rights Defenders who are renowned in the state of Manipur and known for their activism have been targeted by the state, and this amounts to a violation of…
The Problem of Refugee Camps in the Middle East and North Africa
In 2024, 12 percent of “forcibly displaced and stateless people” are expected to be from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, said the United Nations. This displacement will…
Six Month Old Infant Killed in Bijapur in an Alleged Encounter
It has come to our attention through appeal made by Moolwasi Bachao Manch (Bastar) and Media reports that a 6 month old Infant was killed in an encounter by the…
Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous People and hypocrisy galore
Last Saturday, I gave a keynote address and declared open a Tribal Art Exhibition at the Wawasan Open University in Penang,Malaysia,and drew the attention of the audience to the mostly…
13 Years of Ordeal: A Mother Fights for Justice in a False Encounter Case
by Shreshta B, Joel Rex & Mowmittha K During their internship in People's Watch, they read about Guruvammal’s encounter cases on the People’s Watch website and got documents of fact-finding…
Imperialism
Circle of Secrecy: The Iraq War’s Missing Cabinet Documents
They are unlikely to be revelatory, will shatter no myths, nor disprove any assumptions. Cabinet documents exist to merely show that a political clique – the heart of the Westminster…
Criminal Assumptions: The Howard Cabinet and Invading Iraq
When war criminals can daub canvasses in blithe safety, rake in millions of dollars in after dinner speeches and bore governments to death with their shoddy words of wisdom, the…
America’s War for the Greater Middle East (Continued)
One way of understanding the ongoing bloodbath pitting Israel against Hamas is to see it as just the latest chapter in an existential struggle dating back to the founding of…
The Pentagon Proclaims Failure in its War on Terror in Africa
America’s Global War on Terror has seen its share of stalemates, disasters, and outright defeats. During 20-plus years of armed interventions, the United States has watched its efforts implode in…
Good Times for the Military-Industrial Complex
The New York Times headline said it all: “Middle East War Adds to Surge in International Arms Sales.” The conflicts in Gaza, Ukraine, and beyond may be causing immense and unconscionable human suffering, but…
Why the Anti-Imperialism Movement Should Never be Confused with Inter-Power Rivalry
The anti-imperialism movement is a very important movement with a very noble role—that of protecting the majority of the world’s people as well as its environment from the highly aggressive…
Communal Harmony
Sunehri Bagh Masjid Must be Protected
Sunehri Bagh Masjid, a mosque located in New Delhi, has been much discussed in recent times. This is because of the possibility of demolition of the mosque, in turn related…
Indian Secularism is against Caste Hierarchy and Women’s Oppression rather than limited to only Protection of Minority Rights
The Centre for Study of Society and Secularism (CSSS, Mumbai) recently organized the 22nd public lecture in memory of Dr. Asghar Ali Engineer. The event, centred around the theme "Secularism…
We can defeat fascism only by reclaiming India’s great legacy of communal harmony: Shabnam Hashmi
Mere Ghar Aake To Dekho' is a national campaign in which people belonging to different religions and castes visit each other's homes to annihilate communal hatred. This campaign was initiated by…
Of The Silent Shames of a Privileged Indian!
This is perhaps an apology in the weirdest of its forms. Or one desperate attempt to give an abstract existence to that pervasive numbness which overpowers me, whenever I come…
Freedom Movement Re-Emphasized the Heritage of Communal Harmony
It is an undeniable fact of Indian history that all those leaders of the freedom movement who received the greatest support and affection of people were those who had…
Endorsing Diversity, Fostering Social and Religious Consolidation to Prognosticate a Bright Future for India
Introduction India is a subcontinent with vast and tremendous diversity. It’s a hotspot for individuals from distinct cultures, castes, religions, tribes, and languages. However, this diversity has been seen as…
Climate Change
$250 Billion – Global Cost Of Natural Disasters In 2023
Natural disasters including destructive thunderstorms and devastating earthquakes in 2023 cost the world around $250 billion in damages as climate change churned up dangerous and deadly weather across the globe,…
The State of Capitalism’s Climate System
Three years ago, 15,000 scientists declared a climate emergency by signing onto a State of the Climate Report. That signing led to annual updates, for example, the most recent version:…
Climate Change and Energy Transition: The 2023 Scorecard
by Richard Heinberg and J. David Hughes The numbers are in. Last year was the hottest on record by a wide margin. The planet is now 1.48 degrees Celsius warmer than it was before…
Crossing +1.5 C: On track toward an uninhabitable Earth
“… but they can be sure that they won't be recorded for their crimes in history -- because there won't be any history” (Noam Chomsky, 2023) The macabre criminality of…
2023 Earth’s Hottest Year On Record, And February May See Key Warming Threshold Surpassed
2023 was the warmest year recorded in 173 years of record-keeping, the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (CCCS) confirmed Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024. The global average temperature for 2023 was…
World Temperature Will Pass 1.5C Threshold This Year, Says Top Ex-NASA Scientist
The internationally agreed threshold to prevent the Earth from spiraling into a new superheated era will be “passed for all practical purposes” during 2024, the man known as the godfather…
Environmental Protection
Plastic Pollution Caused $249 Billion In U.S. Health Care Costs In 2018, Finds Study
Chemicals leaching from plastics are leaving Americans notably sicker and poorer, according to a new study found. By contributing to the development of chronic disease and death, a group of hormone-disruptive…
Controversial Genetically Engineered Chestnut Tree Loses Support From Its Backers
A stunning admission by the American Chestnut Foundation exposes the nation’s broken regulatory system. On December 8, the American Chestnut Foundation (TACF) announced it withdrew support “for several pending regulatory petitions that would authorize…
Cyclone Michaung has left over 5 km long oil seepage in Chennai
Cyclone Michaung has left behind a trail of destruction and for the environmentalists, the Oil mixed with rainwater that flowed through a stormwater drain on Manali High Road, Tiruvottiyur in…
Why the World’s Most Popular Herbicide Is a Public Health Hazard
Known by its brand name Roundup, glyphosate is a clear and present danger to human health. Glyphosate, known by its famous brand name, Roundup, is a widely used herbicide (a…
Brazil: Indigenous land rights victories are a win for the planet
Recent decisions for Native communities’ land rights mark historic defeats for agribusiness, mining giants, illegal settlers, and the far-right politicians who support them. Just this last May, capitalism’s insatiable agribusinesses and…
Yemen’s Socotra Archipelago: The UAE’s Occupation and Destruction of a World Heritage Site
by Mouna Hashem and Martha Mundy The United Arab Emirates is destroying the biodiversity of a Yemeni archipelago. Environmental destruction entails two intertwined processes: climate change and the destruction of biodiversity,…
Counter Solutions
Explaining the Commons Economy
The word ‘commons’ can mean different things to different people. We’ve been working with specialists to help build the commons economy, so we’d like to concisely describe what we mean,…
Carbon Farming: A Sustainable Agriculture Technique That Keeps Soil Healthy and Combats Climate Change
How one North Dakota farmer saved his farm and livelihood using carbon-friendly farming methods. What if there were a way to safely pull billions of tons of carbon out of…
How California’s Farmers and Ranchers Could Lead the Way to Climate Resilience
A platform of California Climate and Agriculture Network would move billions of dollars into the hands of farmers and ranchers willing to adopt regenerative food and farming systems. When it…
SELCO Illuminates Dark Lives in India
Little did Harish Hande know that the trip to Dominican Republic in conjunction with his doctoral thesis at the University of Massachusetts, would dramatically change his worldview and vocation forever.…
Real Action Based on Comprehensive Plan to Resolve Survival Crisis Should be Top Priority
There is increasing concern among some of the most well-informed people and institutions of the world that the most important problems which together constitute a survival crisis are worsening. Of…
How to Make Recyclable Plastics Out of CO2 to Slow Climate Change
Chemists are manipulating carbon dioxide to make clothing, mattresses, shoes, and more. It’s morning, and you wake up on a comfortable foam mattress made partly from greenhouse gas. You pull…
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
A Letter to Pranshu
Dear Pranshu, I didn’t know you before your suicide on November 21, 2023. I saw your Diwali reel in which you wore a saree – you looked beautiful. I don’t…
Intersectional Feminism: An Insight
Intersectionality Theory was first developed in 1970-80 by a group of African-American feminist activists who accused the women’s movement of abandoning Black women. Discriminatory evils like racism and sexism aren’t…
Marriage Equality Judgment not on constitutional morality: “Disappointing, But the fight will go on ….” – PUCL
The PUCL expresses its deep disappointment with respect to the verdict of the Supreme Court in `Supriyo v Union of India’ denying the right to marry to the LGBTQI community.…
Same-sex marriage judgement by Supreme Court – A Damp Squib
While rejecting the prayer for same-sex marriage the Supreme Court of India through its judgements made the following points: This Supreme Court judgement on same-sex marriage does not change the…
Feminism, Patriarchy & Equal Marriage Rights for LGBTQ – A Personal Dilemma
The Supreme Court of India is likely to pronounce judgement on the same-sex marriage petitions this week on or before 20th October 2023 as one of the judges on the…
International Day of Girl Child and 101 other measures that do not support Women
"Girls have outperformed boys, once again!" flashes on social media and news channels, all across Jammu and Kashmir after the result of 10th and 12th grade examinations was announced in…
Palestine
Israel’s argument at The Hague: We are Incapable of Genocide
Israel’s relationship with the United Nations, international institutions and international law has at times bristled with suspicion and blatant hostility. In a famous cabinet meeting in 1955, Prime Minister David…
Battle of Khan Younis Rages on
The Israeli army are still trying to enter Khan Younis ever since their military campaign on the southern city started on 1 December, 2023. We are well into the first…
At The Hague, Israel Mounted A Defense Based In An Alternate Reality
A team of Israeli lawyers and officials presented their defense at The Hague on Friday in the second day of the genocide case brought before the International Court of Justice by the…
Yemen and the Growing Spillover of War in the Middle East
In response to the continued drone and missile attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels and after weeks of warnings, the U.S. and U.K.…
Israel — “Nation of murderers and murder victims”
Image: “Holding on to the occupied territories will turn us into a nation of murderers and murder victims.” Declaration published in Haaretz in 1967 signed by a minority of Israelis…
Emergency Summit of Faith and Civil Rights Leaders Demands Biden Administration Act to Stop the Killing in Gaza
13 Organizational Conveners and More Than 300 Endorsers Call for Immediate Ceasefire, Release of all Israeli and Palestinian Hostages and Political Prisoners, and American Actions in Adherence with U.S. Laws…
South Asia
Pakistan Confronts its Future under Betrayal of Generals
How We, the People got to Disdained Present? The new, educated and proactive generations of Pakistanis wonder why the country and its systems of governance are dysfunctional, corrupt and self-destructive. …
In the New Year South Asia Must Seek Hope in Agenda of Peace and Justice
Three of the largest South Asian countries share a remarkable similarity in the coming year 2024—all of them will be holding general elections in the first half of this year.…
Woes of the peripheries in Pakistan
The peripheries, i.e. those living on the geographical fringes of a country or region, have their own torments and woes. They are ignored by the center in many ways, but…
Growing friendship between China and South Asian countries
In the present multilateral world, mutual relations between countries are intensified on the basis of fulfilling mutual national interests. Each country contributes for the peace and development of the region…
Bangladesh, Genocide, Kissinger
December 16. The Bangladesh people celebrate the day as Victory Day – a victory through vanquishing the armed forces of the neo-colonial state of Pakistan. The people tore down the…
Never Ending Promises of Sri Lanka’s Rulers And The Continuing Woes of The Tamils
From the day of Sri Lanka’s independence on February 04, 1948, when the rule was handed over to the majority Sinhala community, the Sri Lankan governments launched a genocidal agenda…
Annihilate Caste
Deaf and Blind Dalit MPs in the Indian Parliament
Kursi hai tumhara ye janaza to nahin hai Kuchh kar nahin sakte to uter kyon nahin jaate First of all, I presume that the Dalit MPs have no time to…
Tamilnadu : Drinking water-tank of Vengaivayal dalit colony found with human excreta mixed: no arrests, no breakthrough even after one year
More shocking is this: Despite High Court orders, a CB-CID probe and CM’s assurances in the legislature to nab the culprits, attention of National Commission for Scheduled Castes, no arrests…
Dr.Ambedkar had burnt Manusmriti: Why?
Today is 25th December. This is a very important day for Dalits as “Manusmriti Dahan Diwas.” It is also celebrated as "Equality Day". On this day in 1927, on the…
Bhagat Singh’s Revolutionary Viewpoint On Caste Question Now Relevant
In a background, wherein ‘reforms’ are ever more turning reactionary and beefing up the reactionary ruling classes,that we look back on Bhagat Singh’s revolutionary viewpoint on caste question. We feel…
Why do Dalits dislike Gandhi?
The fight between Bharat Ratna Baba Saheb Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar (1891-1956) and M.K. Gandhi (1869-1948) is well documented in the chronicles of Indian history. Dr. Ambedkar was a champion…
Separate electorate vis a vis joint electorate with reservation-True political rights to untouchables (SCs)
In modern democratic governance, political representation of citizens is vital to the public policy-making process. Every citizen must have the right to be represented in legislative bodies that frame policies…
Life/Philosophy
Population Growth – A Key Problem of Our Time
by Dr.Ernst Schriefl, Saral Sarkar and Dr.Bruno Kern Introduction We are three authors, public speakers and political activists, who have been publishing and campaigning in the fields of ecology, economy…
The End of the Great White Bogeyman Theory of History? Have We Just Witnessed a Sea Change in American Racial Theory?
For most of American history the dominant racist line was that of the Great White Benefactor bringing the gifts of civilization and abundance to the backward, immiserate peoples of the…
Where Do Living Creatures Get Their Sense of Rhythm?
The science of rhythm across species is a new and growing research field, as yet without agreement on the question of whether the phenomenon of rhythm exists for every species.…
Suleiman miya: A philosopher prince
On 4th October 2023, passed away Mohammad Amir Mohammad Khan and with this, set another sun in the sky of Awadhi manners and culture (adab-o-tehzeeb). He was popularly known among…
Absolute and Triple Exploitation: Capital Accumulation in the Information Age
As the technological revolution (and especially the recent developments in artificial intelligence) progresses, the discussions surrounding its dystopic potential are abundant. However, there is a desert of analysis as to…
What Is to Be Done?
In 1863, the Russian social critic, Nikolay Chernyshevsky, published a novel entitled “What Is to Be Done?” Its story revolves around a central heroine, Vera Pavlovna, and her four dreams.…
Arts/Literature
Gautama
The world kept rushing by.And with it anger. Finallyhe freed his emotions from the tangled world. From a palace window he could seethe shore of an ancient sea.In his heart…
12th Fail – An Inspirational Movie
"12th Fail" is a brilliantly scripted movie, masterfully delivered by Vidhu Vinod Chopra. It instils the belief that with energy and clear goals, anything is achievable in life. Similar to…
A Theatre Event- When Karl Marx Appears in India of Today
Thoroughly enjoyed the play Karl Marx in Kalbadevi at a new theatre Veda Kunba in Andheri last evening. A rare combination of an intelligent look at history and the present…
An Immense Hunger
Now that our revels are ended, the holiday celebrations and feasts, if one had them, just a dream melted into thin air, our hungers perhaps richly satiated temporarily or not,…
Reading Hardy’s “The Darkling Thrush” in New Year’s Eve
The poem runs: I leant upon a coppice gate When Frost was spectre-grey, And Winter's dregs made desolate The weakening eye of day. The…
Peace Always Comes
As despair pours from the eyes and the heart bleeds from pain, solitude crawls in and with it comes peaceAs the past fades out and the present looks bleak, the…
Book Review
When They Came for Us
Review of '1984 - When they came for Sikhs' by Gurpreet Singh "The Books Want to Say Something Of the ages gone by Of the World, Of the People ....…
Elizabeth F. Thompson’s Intricate Work on West’s Plot in Stealing Arab Democracy
There is a common quibble in the western society that Arabs are not befitted for democracy. Especially after the fall of the dictators of Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and later Yemen,…
Progressive Metaphors and Modern Channels: What the Left Can Learn from Hindutva Pop Stars
Review of “H-Pop: The Secretive World of Hindutva Pop Stars.” By Kunal Purohit It is no irony that Walter Benjamin met his death while fleeing the Nazis. His famous tract…
Sickening Profits : The Global Food System’s Poisoned Food and Toxic Wealth – New open-access e-book
The modern food system is being shaped by the capitalist imperative for profit. Aside from losing their land to global investors and big agribusiness concerns, people are being sickened by…
There are Human Beings in Palestine – Review of Against Erasure
Against Erasure (Haymarket Books) is a book, edited by Teresa Aranguren and Sandra Barrilaro, that presents a pictorial history of Palestinians. The photos refute the often-heard canard that Palestine was…
Adam Aron’s The Climate Crisis: Science, Impacts, Policy, Psychology, Justice, Social Movements
Adam Aron has written an ambitious book, one he intends to be the book on the subject of the climate crisis; and he has succeeded in many ways, especially for…
Editor's Picks
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?”…
Netanyahu’s War Cabinet Meeting & its Musings over a People’s Journal and Corporate Press
Netanyahu: Now that a temporary truce is on, brief me about developments at the media front. War Cabinet Member (WCM): Sir, our hit rate is 100% successful. Till 23.11.2023 we…
Adieu, Amma!
My Amma (Malayalam word for Mother) passed away on August 22, 2023 at 3.10 AM. It is always difficult to deal with the passing of a parent, that too one’s…
Farewell to Sasi etta, brother K.P. Sasi
Our beloved K.P.Sasi is no more. Filmmaker, cartoonist, writer, mentor, friend and above all tireless activist championing the cause of every underdog, Sasi breathed his last, mid-afternoon this Christmas day…
Floods in South Asia and Climate Change
Havoc and misery caused by recent floods in Bengaluru, Pakistan and Assam are not only natural disasters but are man made and due to climate change. Over exploitation of urban…
Is There Enough Metal to Replace Oil?
The short answer: No, not even close! Nations of the world are only too aware that fossil fuels need to be phased out for two reasons. First, oil is…
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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