Bound Together
Air and water both flow And mix and merge Neither lives But give life Noises echo Voices carry Smells and sounds Join us together Colors can run If…
April 2022
Coal Worries in India
Coal is now a major subject of news on India. This is happening in the background of the on-going war in Ukraine and West’s pressure on India to join West’s…
Divisive Politics: Alarming Scenario – Film Kashmir Files’ Negative Role
The incidents from Ram Navami to Hanuman Jayanti have more than shaken the nation. The ‘bulldozer of Hate’ demolished not only several households but also our Constitutional values. Backing up…
Aligarh (Muslim University) – Legacy of Hindu-Muslim Amity
Aligarh city in Uttar Pradesh is known for two things – the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and the lock manufacturing industries. Aligarh is a university town, notable as the seat…
Why Banks Write Off Billions of the Rich but Threaten Farmers with Arrest for Small Defaults
The High Court of Gujarat recently rebuked the State Bank of India for not issuing a no dues certificate to a farmer due to the pending dues of just, believe…
Pitfalls of Positivist Scholarship
There is near-consensus in the academia that facts and facts alone are sovereign in research,and theories are suspect.This does not prevent reputed scholars to author huge times on 'the end…
French Growth Stalls In First Quarter While Germany May Face Recession
France's economy, the euro zone's second-biggest economy, growth unexpectedly ground to a halt in the first quarter while Germany, Europe's largest economy, faces possibility of tipping into recession. The war…
Adivasi pesants of Telangana led by GPS Conduct Dharna for land rights
High Court places restraints Instead Of Protecting People’s Rights Around 2000 rural poor, mostly adivasis, came from across Telangana to join a protest at the dharna chowk, Hyderabad on April…
We Cannot Adequately Resist Without Reimagining the World We Want
We need change-making—both big and small—around the world, that challenges the structural causes of militarism, corrupt capitalism, and climate catastrophe, while at the same time, concretely creating an alternative system…
The Second Level Geopolitical War in Ukraine Takes Over
It has become increasingly clear to the world that there is not one, but two, actually three, distinct levels of conflict embedded in what the world’s media and political leadership…
Japan’s Toxic Dumping Faces Growing Protests
The Japanese government’s decision one year ago to dump radioactive water from Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant storage tanks into the Pacific Ocean, starting in the spring of 2023, is…
Australia’s Pacific Neglect: Distractions from Climate Change Security
The hysteria in Canberra and Washington over the Sino-Solomon Islands security pact has shown, again, how irrelevant the individual affairs of Pacific Island states are in the chess game of…
Our deeply subconscious magical thinking
Last month our park system sponsored a lecture by a renowned ornithologist, describing the international attention our part of the Lake Erie shoreline gets during spring bird migration. One thing…
CAIR-Kansas Calls for Removal of Racist Covenants from Property Deeds
Roeland Park, KS: The Kansas chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-KS) has called upon Kansas Democratic Governor Laura Kelly to issue an executive order for the removal of…
Lives in Prehistory
A new freely downloadable book I would like to announce the publication of a book which describes the early history of the earth, and the evolution of humans. The book…
Zameen Prapt Sangharsh Commitee demands implementation of auctioning of reserved land for Dalit agricultural Labour at a fair price
The Zameen Prapt Sangharsh Commitee Sangrur-Patiala for a prolonged period of five hours gheraoed the main gate of the Community Centre in Rampur Chatra village in Sangrur ,demanding implementation of…
Ethnic Cleansing – Genocide of Tamils in Sri Lanka
The Tamils are an ancient people. Their history had its beginnings in the rich alluvial plains near the southern extremity of peninsular India which included the land mass known as…
Two leaflets of February 1952 in Bangladesh
Immemorial February 21 produced significant political literature. The literature is evidence of political, and to be definite, class position of concerned parties; be it a group or political party, a…
Fire in a landfill in Delhi
While Safety is First Priority, Serious Problems of the Poor Living Nearby Should Also be Reduced A big fire at the Bhalsawa landfill near Delhi has led to the emergence…
EU’s Economy Facing Stagnation, Says European Commissioner
European Commissioner for Economy Paolo Gentiloni has admitted that the European Union's economy is facing stagnation. "The situation in Ukraine presents an uncertainty and unpredictability factor for Europe, economic growth…
Long Delays in NREGA Wage Payments in Himachal
Recent reports indicate increasing problems in the implementation of MG-NREGA in Himachal Pradesh, the most disturbing aspect being the long delays in the payments of workers. A front page, top…
American-Style Colonialism and Imperialism, with Pakistan the Latest Victim
The world is littered with wreckage of many countries that fell prey to colonialism’s and imperialism’s ruthless march. All superpowers have hegemonic goals. One can only hope that such goals…
How Could the U.S. Help to Bring Peace to Ukraine?
On April 21st, President Biden announced new shipments of weapons to Ukraine, at a cost of $800 million to U.S. taxpayers. On April 25th, Secretaries Blinken and Austin announced over…
The Dollar and Delusional Assumptions about Sanctions against Russia
Sanctions are a form of warfare, and few would deny that we have moved into a new era of economic warfare with sanctions, led by the US, have become the…
Remembering Sagarmal Gopa—Freedom Fighter, Author, Human Rights Activist
A freedom fighter who was killed at the age of 45 in prison in the most cruel way, Sagarmal Gopa was one of those who dared to challenge the might…
Students Organisations condemn Saffron terror on campuses in Varanasi and Allahabad
The Bhagat Singh Chatra Morcha in Varanasi Hindu University campus and Inquilabi Chatra Morcha in Allahabad University campus have been playing a vanguard role as mascots in the crusade against…
Rouble Gains, Euro Falls As Russia Cuts Gas Supplies To Bulgaria and Poland
The euro plummeted to a five-year low against the US dollar during Wednesday’s trading, amid heightened fears of a possible energy crisis and an economic slowdown in Europe. Media reports…
Is your government consciously defrauding the policyholders of the LIC?
To Smt Nirmala Sitharaman Union Finance Minister Dear Smt Sitharaman, Please refer to my letters dated 6-3-2022, 11-4-2022, 16-4-2022 & 23-4-2022 addressed to you on the manner in which the…
Communication and Capitalism
by Thomas Klikauer and Meg Young Many people would quite correctly argue that the conceptual pair of “communication and capitalism” are more about capitalism than communication and the media. While…
Life in the camp under the Zionist occupation
It was summer 1982 in the aftermath of the Zionist invasion and the total destruction of the camp by the Zionist planes. For this reason, the camp residents could live…
Russian labor market and its prospects for Indians
by Yevgeny Ivanov & Ashish Kumar Singh Does Russia need workers? The labor force in Russia is gradually declining. This indicator reached its peak in 2008-2011. Then the labor market…
The Imperial Logics of the Pakistani Left
Pakistan has been rocked by demonstrations throughout the country since the ouster of former Prime Minister Imran Khan from power. This development has been a surprise not only to Khan's…
For Sikhs, every day is the Earth Day
Pawan Guru, Paani Pita, Mata Dharat Mahatt (Air is the guide, Water is the father, the earth is a mother)”. That’s the message of Guru Nanak, the founder of one…
Appeal to demand to end brutal police repression in Dhinkia
It is a matter of great concern that mindless mining and aggressive industrialization in Odisha, has become the root cause of deprivation of thousands of innocent people who have been…
Serious Threat to Secularism and Democracy in India
A Timely Warning by Over 100 Very Senior Ex-Bureaucrats On 26 April over 100 former senior civil servants of India belonging to the Constitutional Conduct Group sent a letter to…
TKP-ML celebrates 50th Anniversary
On April 24th we commemorated the 50th anniversary of The Communist party of Turkey -(Marxist Leninist) or TKP(ML).With the tenacity of a boulder withstanding a thunderstorm it resisted the Turkish…
Drought and Forest Fires in Himachal Pradesh
Reports of water shortages and forest fires have been appearing all through the month of April in Himachal Pradesh. It is ironical that the tourist rush to popular hill-stations like…
How Not To Write A Poem
No No Muslim was killed in Gujarat No Muslim is being killed now The vendor* was not selling fruit No one vandalized his cart in Karnataka No No bird…
Sinification of Marxism
Marx regarded peasants as incapable of revolution, and it was the industrial proletariat that Marxists reposed their faith to defeat the Capitalist class in Europe. However, it was a different…
Reject Raytheon AVL shuts down Pratt & Whitney
It was an Earth Day to remember. On a beautiful sunny spring day, our local citizen coalition Reject Raytheon in Asheville, NC pulled off a three-part demonstration for the protection…
Now, Let Us Talk Peace
With Russian shells raining down on Ukrainian cities, an uneasy ceasefire in Yemen, the attack on Palestinians at prayer in Jerusalem and many other conflicts around the world, it might…
The Civilian Deaths You Haven’t Heard About
Casualties of America's Never-Ending Global War on Terror Madogaz Musa Abdullah still remembers the phone call. But what came next was a blur. He drove for hours, deep into the…
Birthday Greetings to [email protected]
Dear Stan, It is your earthly birthday! You would have certainly felt embarrassed and even winced at the thought of anyone wishing you, leave alone celebrating your birthday today! In…
Localization and Local Futures: The Alternative to the Authoritarian New Normal
‘World Localization Day’ will be celebrated on 20 June. Organised by the non-profit Local Futures, this annual coming together of people from across the world began in 2020 and…
Bulldozer Babas, False Encounters, Detentions without Trial – Shape of things to come?
When Boris Johnson, the British Prime Minister was posing for pictures, adventurously sitting atop a bulldozer in the new JCB factory inaugurated recently in Gujarat, little did he realise (or,…
Maintaining Scientific Temper in India is Essential
Article 51 A (h) of the Indian constitution says, “It shall be the duty of every citizen to develop the scientific temper, humanism, spirit of inquiry and reform.” Dr. Ambedkar…
Violence, Thy Name Is Hindutva: Raam ka Naam Badnaam Na Karo
It is shockingly painful and disconcerting to note that on the occasion of Ram Navami (April 10) there was widespread violence that the Hindutvavadis indulged in some of the states.…
Bring back the mortal remains of Bahadur Shah Zafar
(The following Memorandum had been submitted to the then President of India Shri Pranab Mukherjee Ji in May 2013, and again to the present President Shri Ramnath Kovind JI in…
Re-arrest of Jignesh Mevani is a mockery of law
It is disgusting that the day Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mevani got bail at the CJM's court,he was re-arrested on patently trumped-up charges of obstructing police officers from carrying out their…
World Military Expenditure Passes $2 Trillion For First Time, Finds SIPRI
The military spending of all nations combined set a new record in 2021, exceeding the $2 trillion mark for the first time ever, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)…
So, it is OK in France!
So, again France dribbled well, seven months ahead of the World Cup Football and escaped the trap of fascism, is it so? Many persons who are anxious of worldwideweb of…
On International Respect for Chickens Day, Try Thinking About Them Differently
“I hear the universal cock-crowing with surprise and pleasure, as if I never heard it before. What a tough fellow! How native to the earth!” —Henry David Thoreau Chickens are indeed…
The ‘ Fog’ of Democracy
Boy, all you hear from both sides of the Two Party/One Party dribble, along with their embedded mainstream media, is how we are a ' Democracy'. Then they preach, according…
The camp under the Zionist terror!
Those who pass between fleeting words Take your names with you and go Rid our time of your hours, and go Mahmoud Darwish, Palestinian poet The occupation has become a…
Open Space Workers Face Increasing Heat as Temperatures Rise
An important aspect of climate change that clearly affects many Asian and African countries more is that a very large part of their working population toils in open spaces. In…
Hatred, Greed, Hypocrisy, Fascism Feed The Madness In Ukraine
PART ONE SOMETHING FUNDAMENTAL IN HUMANS DRIVES UKRAINIAN WAR FORWARD If World War III’s Nuclear holocaust begins in Ukraine it will because of the same madness caused by the same…
A Duck-and-Cover World? Welcome to the Ukraine Moment
Face it, we’re living in a world that, while anything but exceptional, is increasingly the exception to every rule. Only the other day, 93-year-old Noam Chomsky had something to say…
Anzac Day: The Slaughter of the Unthinking by the Unaccountable
Secular religions are hard to battle in terms of their misplaced assumptions. In some ways, they are even harder to fight than those based on mythical gods and superstitious foundations,…
A devastated camp!
(Continuing my testimony about the massacre Zionists committed in the Palestinian Burj shimali camp during the Israeli invasion to Lebanon in 1982) One day someone came from the camp and…
Enemy in disguise
One disturbing and intriguing aspect of current opposition politics is the persistent illusion that but for a few exceptions it is business as usual in politics.It is not.There is a…
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