Cuba’s contributions in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic
'They have discovered smart weapons. We have discovered something more important: people think and feel.' …
February 2021
Most Important Changes the World Cannot Postpone Any more
A significant number of people in world are working hard for making improvements in several aspects of life at several levels. They all help to create a better world.…
U.S. airstrikes in Syria: Senator condemns attacking a sovereign nation
The U.S. forces deadly airstrikes in Syria sparked complaints from some of U.S. President Joe Biden’s Democratic allies that he overreached, while key Republicans applauded the move. The reactions came…
Coup Leaders, Aung San Suu Kyi Betrayed Democracy in Burma
What is taking place in Burma right now is a military coup. There can be no other description for such an unwarranted action as the dismissal of the government by…
Kashmiri ‘Pheran’ in demand
I have never overcome the nightmare of those scenes of the early 1990s when the Indian soldiers had laid pre-dawn siege to our neighbourhood one day. The soldiers had their…
Afrin Kale: How an engineer found her calling in farming
Afrin Kale is a farmer with a degree in civil engineering. A resident of Pune city, her five-acre farm is in Pimpalgaon Ghode village of Ambegaon Tehsil of Pune district,…
World Food System Linked to High Levels of Hunger , Obesity and Health Problems
Serious distortions of world food system are reflected in rather curious statistics that as many as a billion people suffer from hunger but almost double this number also suffer from…
Biden’s Reckless Syria Bombing Is Not the Diplomacy He Promised
Written by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies The February 25 U.S. bombing of Syria immediately puts the policies of the newly-formed Biden administration into sharp relief. Why is…
Culpability and Recalibration: MBS and the Killing of Jamal Khashoggi
It was a brutal way to go, and it had the paw prints of the highest authorities. On October 2, 2018, Jamal Khashoggi, the Saudi Arabian insider turned outsider, was…
Suckers for Fat Cat Sports!!
This writer does love sports, especially football and baseball. I was raised as a baby boomer with literally a football, a bat and glove in my hands 24/7. The only…
Why Repression of Climate Activists is Bad News for the Endangered Planet of Earth
It is very sad that many reports of repression of climate activists are being received from several parts of world at such an early stage of climate activism. Even a…
The Zen Of Ladakh Disengagement
The reduction of military tensions in Pangong Tso has become a matter of heartburn for sections of the media and the fraternity of India’s ‘China hands’ — and possibly, hawkish…
Islam And Human Rights
Discussion of Islam in Western languages, and latterly much of it in the languages of the Islamic world as well, is bedeviled by polemic and reductionism. Islam itself always seems…
Nodeep Kaur Gets Bail, Release Shiv Kumar
PUCL is extremely pleased that the Punjab and Haryana High Court, restored the civil liberties of dalit labour activist Nodeep Kaur of Mazdoor Adhikar Sangathan, by granting her bail…
A little acknowledged clause may be main obstacle to revival of Iran nuclear accord
A little acknowledged provision of the 2015 international agreement that curbed Iran’s nuclear program explains jockeying by the United States and the Islamic republic over the modalities of a US…
Genesis of Capitalism
Marxists advocate bourgeois revolution to break the fetters of feudalism. Capitalist markets are only the most advanced form of exchange. Industrialization was the inevitable outcome of human instincts. In the…
Open Letter To Prime Minister Modi On The Sale Of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant
To Shri Narendra D Modi Prime Minister of India Dear Shri Modiji, I write this letter to express my anguish as a concerned citizen of north Andhra Pradesh at the…
U.S. bombs Syria at Biden’s order, hits ‘Iranian-backed militia facilities’
The U.S. launched airstrikes in Syria on Thursday, targeting facilities near the Iraqi border used by Iranian-backed militia groups. The Pentagon said the strikes were retaliation for a Feb. 15…
War Mongering for Artificial Intelligence
The ghost of Edward Teller must have been doing the rounds between members of the National Commission on Artificial Intelligence. The father of the hydrogen bomb was never one too…
Four Intersecting Pandemics Threaten Continuation of Life
AN OVER-HEATED PLANET, UNCONTROLLED HUMAN POPULATION & COVID-19 A triad of intersecting world-wide pandemics simultaneously threatening humanity today are the end results of its own insatiable greedy human desire for…
An Agenda for Food and Farming Based on Dominance and High Profits for a Few Has Powerful Promoters
In India there has been much discussion in recent times of the dangers of increasing corporatization of farming and food sectors. This is welcome, as there needs to be increasing…
Impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the global economy
The COVID-19 outbreak has triggered a world economic disruption of significant magnitude with an escalating pace, resulting in steep recessions in many countries. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused an unprecedented…
War and Peace Through Faith
They say do not contribute silver bricks for Ram temple, because it is difficult to stock silver bricks there. Funny! Union Ministers are pleading to people to contribute to the…
2 years of India’s #MeToo movement and its outcomes: Realities of Power or Patriarchy
The court’s verdict in favour of Priya Ramani who was acquitted of defamation in #MeToo case must be acknowledged as a strong salutatory effect rather than a victory for India’s…
Don’t Blame the Victim
People in the Massachusetts government and in our charities strive hard to ensure shelter for all in my state. Yet many poverty-stricken folks having no charge or low charge housing…
Why Collapse Occurs; Why It May Not Be Far Away
Collapse is a frightening subject. The question of why collapse occurs is something I have pieced together over many years of study from a number of different sources, which I will attempt…
With Help and Understanding, Farmers Can Save Themselves and Also Save the World
From many parts of world there have been disturbing reports of not only increasing distress of farmers but also small and medium farmers being pushed towards loss of land and…
Heating the Planet Through a New Cold War
Slowing the pace of climate change and getting “tough” on China, especially over its human-rights abuses and unfair trade practices, are among the top priorities President Biden has announced for…
Disha Ravi Is Nation’s Heroine
The nation must be thankful to Prime Minister Narender Modi and Amit Shah, more so to the RSS/BJP for giving this nation young leaders of future. Disha Ravi is definitely…
Stop the Witch Hunt! Drop all false & motivated Cases
The PUCL welcomes the order of the Delhi Sessions Court on 23.2.21, granting bail to Disha Ravi, a 21 year old resident of Bengaluru who was unjustly incarcerated for offences…
Stop The Sale of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant
‘Public Sector on Sale’:Corporate Profits over National Interest and People’s Livelihoods !! NAPM supports the massive protests in Andhra, seeking withdrawal of Union Govt decision to privatize the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant…
Stop Kulda Mines Expansion
To, The Union Minister of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Govt. of India, New Delhi The Union Minister of Tribal Affairs, Govt. of India, New Delhi The Chief…
Golwalkar and the Present Ruling Dispensation
During the struggle for India’s independence while the majority of Hindus, Muslims and people of all religions followed the path of Mahatma Gandhi, secular democratic nationalism, there were few whose…
Sanction the Axis of Mercenary and Terrorist Evil: Azerbaijan, Turkey, and Georgia
Azerbaijan deployed thousands of mercenaries in last year’s 44-day war that it and Turkey waged against Artsakh/Nagorno-Karabagh and Armenia. Azerbaijan thereby flagrantly violated the UN’s International Convention against the Recruitment,…
India’s forever wars and forever warriors
India also has a powerful pro-American lobby clamouring for “forever wars”. Sinophobia feeds into it seamlessly. This lobby will only gain ascendancy, as India develops a defence industry and the…
Debunking Biden’s foreign policy“reset”
DURING his first week in office, US President Joe Biden signed at least 44 executive actions, orders, proclamations and memorandums. He rejoined the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Paris…
Remembering Chandra Shekhar Azad in the Context of Our Victimized Young Activists Today
Written by Bharat Dogra and Jagmohan Singh Chandra Shekhar Azad has been one of the most enduring and inspiring symbols of courage and resistance in India. He symbolizes for millions…
Beyond Dharma
Title: Beyond Dharma – Dissent in the Ancient Sciences of Sex and Politics Author: Wendy Doniger Publisher: Speaking Tiger Books, 2020 When one of the world’s most acclaimed and charming…
Why Naxalites Should Also Opt for Peaceful Path to Create A Better World and Country
The need for working with wider unity for creating a world based on justice and equality is increasing further in these troubled times. One reason is that the forces of…
Imagining Palestine: On Barghouti, Darwish, Kanafani and the Language of Exile
For Palestinians, exile is not simply the physical act of being removed from their homes and their inability to return. It is not a casual topic pertaining to politics and…
Stop Supporting Brutal Moïse Regime in Haiti
Nearly 800 Organizations and Individuals in the United States Demand the Biden Administration End Its Support for the Brutal Moïse Regime in Haiti. United States - Today, February 24, 72…
Don’t be addict selling family silver: Goa Foundation on draft mining law amendment
A draft proposing amendments to the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957, was released on February 9, 2021 on the website of the Ministry of Mines seeking public…
Are we failing children in the HIV response?
The promise was that by 2020, no child will be born with HIV or newly infected with HIV during breastfeeding across the world. Even before the Covid-19 pandemic posed an…
Wisdom of Bharat Dogra in Three Books
I have been teaching in MA Development program of Azim Premji University since 2010. I am also involved with conducting short trainings for people working in the development sector from…
India’s Rihanna and Ganesha Syndrome
You can call it the ‘Rihanna and Ganesha Syndrome’ – the inability of some folks to focus upon the truly divine and get easily distracted by imaginary demonesses. In India…
Farmers, Workers Unity In Barnala Rally
Conference in Barnala in Punjab on February 21st exhibits revolutionary intensity at it s pinnacle in confronting the tide of neo-fascism with record participation History was literally made at Barnala…
Refriended in Defeat: Australia Strikes a Deal with Facebook
The Australian Treasurer, Josh Frydenberg, was unconvincing in his efforts to summon up courage. The Australian government had been left reeling in the wake of Facebook’s decision to scrap and…
Myanmar: Exploiting lessons learnt in the Middle East
Demonstrating for the third week their determination to force the country’s military to return to its barracks, protesters in Myanmar appear to be learning lessons from a decade of protest…
Understanding the concept of Quality of Life
Written by Dr Swati Sapna and Upasna Gaba WHO defines Quality of Life as “an individual's perception of their position in life in the context of the culture and value…
Emerging Unity of Farmers and Workers A Sign of Hope in India’s Difficult Times
Written by Bharat Dogra and Jagmohan Singh It is very good that the farmers’ movement has given a call for observing February 27 as Day of Unity of Farmers and…
How the World was Transformed
19th century civilization was based on balance of power, gold standard, self- regulating markets and liberal state. Self-adjusting market is a Utopia and could not…
Remembering British Citizens Who Helped Indian Struggle Against Colonial Rule
Colonial rule is generally a relentless long story of exploitation and injustice, and this is certain true of the nearly two centuries of British rule in India. Despite this reality,…
What Planet Is NATO Living On?
Written by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies The February meeting of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) Defense Ministers, the first since President Biden took power, revealed an antiquated,…
USA: A Covid-19 Hell on Earth
Economic crises shine a spotlight on a society’s inequities and hierarchies, as well as its commitment to support those who are most vulnerable in such grievous moments. The calamity created…
The Pandemic: Half a million lives lost in U.S., more than the two World Wars and Vietnam War combined
Over half a million people have died of coronavirus in the U.S. Grasping the enormity — half a million people gone — is difficult to visualize. More people have died…
The Burning Flame of Patriotism-Sardar Ajit Singh-Remembering on 140th Birth Anniversary
Sardar Ajit Singh, uncle of more famous Indian hero Bhagat Singh was born on 23rd February 1881 at Khatkar Kalan village in then Jalandhar district of pre-partition Punjab, the month…
‘Syncretism has always been a fundamental part of our DNA’
An online conversation with Avik Chanda, the best-selling author of Dara Shukoh: The Man Who Would Be King While we grapple in the throes of not just the pandemic but worldwide…
Our Deeply Troubled World Just Cannot Afford Any More Wars
The deepening crisis of world is manifested most seriously crisis in a survival crisis, or in a situation where the basic life-nurturing conditions of our planet are threatened. In this…
Will the two Union Ministers condemn Patanjali after WHO rejected its claim on Coronil being approved for Covid 19?
When a facebook notification came on my computer related to inaugural of Patanjali's Coronil in the presence of two central Ministers, I was surprised because last year, when Ramdev claimed…
How the Modern World Started–On A foundation of Violence and Dominance, but in the Name of Civilization
The beginnings of the modern world are generally traced to the sixteenth century. Most descriptions of the period of human history since then have described this period as a…
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