Make BDS happen
The world awaits in keen anticipation to see how the several combinations of resistance will end the beastly apartheid-colonial system that Israel has chosen as their apparatus of misrule. Militant…
December 2022
Trying To Predict the Future
I would like to announce the publication of a new nook, entitled “Trying To Predict the Future”. The book may be downloaded and circulated, free of charge, from the following…
Climate Crisis, SDGs & Shit-dumped Water
Climate Disaster; as the mounting scientific evidence is pointing to a fast-approaching inevitable happening of ‘human extinction’, the attention of the world is turning towards the details of the potential…
Happy New Year For Palestine?
It is New Year’s Eve, 2022, by all accounts the year that has been the hardest for Palestinians living under the yolk of Apartheid Israel. At least 207 people killed,…
The Many Lives Of K.P.Sasi
K P Sasi also bids adieu. On the Christmas of 2022, he breathed his last at 4 pm in a Private hospice in Thrissur. It was the last of an…
2023 should see overdue shift from war to peace, from high risks to reason
If 2022 was witness to a worsening of the most high-risk problems facing our planet, can 2023 bring a true message of hope? The dawn of a new year is…
Another Blistering Year Next Year?
NASA claims that 2022 was one of the hottest years ever recorded. Furthermore, according to CareOurEarth.com, this past year experienced: “Record-Breaking Heatwaves Around the World.” It was the year of…
A 5-Point Peace Proposal Based on Immediate Ceasefire and Relief to People of Ukraine
While the most visible devastation of the Ukraine war can be seen in the enormous sufferings of the people of Ukraine, the implications of this war turning sooner or later…
The Price of Betraying Palestine: Moroccans Challenge Normalization with Israel
Two years ago, Morocco and Israel signed the US-brokered “Joint Declaration”, thus officially recognizing Israel and instating diplomatic ties. Though other Arab countries had already done the same, the Moroccan…
Genocide is About to Unfold in Artsakh, and the West Has Secured a Front-Row Seat
For seventeen days, Azerbaijani special forces and military personnel—masquerading as “environmentalists”—have blocked the only road connecting Artsakh to Armenia. They have effectively severed the only lifeline the Artsakh Armenians have…
Sorry for your loss Mr. Modi, but you also need to be kinder
Mr. Narendra Modi The Prime Minister of India Dear Sir, Please accept my condolences for the passing away of your mother. I myself lost my father in 2017 and often…
Azamgarh villagers Protest against seizing of 670 acres of land to construct International Airport
These days Azamgarh is in the process of constructing an International airport at Manduri,with the Modi-Yogi government endorsing a dream project. For the last seventy-two days, 670 acres of land…
Government of India cuts ration entitlements by 50% of 81 crore people
Waiving off the subsidized price in no way covers even the cost of buying 5 kgs of ration from the open market The Right to Food Campaign condemns the sheer…
Birth Centenary of historic formation of Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)
Today on December 30th we commemorate 100 years since the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics or USSR Was formed. Representatives of the Soviet governments of Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, and the…
How Abraham Accords got middle finger at Qatar World Cup
When in 2010 Qatar was awarded the right to host the 2022 World Cup tournament the Gulf kingdom became the focus of offensive and disparaging campaign. Qatar was accused of mistreating migrant…
Men and menstruation: A young anti-caste thinker fights menstrual stigma
A 2014 report by the NGO Dasra titled Spot On! found that nearly 23 million girls drop out of school every year as they have to face lack of proper…
Open letter to Yogi Adityanath: Why do your government and police feel insecure?
Respected Yogi Maharaj, We were to take out a padyatra during 24-27 December, 2022 from Varanasi to Manduri, Azamgarh in support of a farmers’ movement going on at Manduri since…
The Future of the Amazon Rainforest Under Lula
Luiz Inácio da Silva, the progressive politician popularly known as Lula, is poised to take office as the president of Brazil on January 1. His administration is set to embrace…
For Sasi
For the first time He was at my place coming straight from Kandhamal !! Do you know where Kandhamal is? He asked me. A man from Kerala is asking a…
Withdraw police force from Dhinkia
Greetings from Anti- Jindal & Anti- POSCO Movement, Odisha, India! Before I share developments in our area, let me share our grief that the Anti POSCO & Anti JINDAL movement…
Unpublished Cartoons of K.P.Sasi
Here are a few cartoons of K.P.Sasi who passed away recently. They are not really unpublished. It only means that they are being published on the web for the first…
RBI affidavit on demonetisation obfuscates rather than clarifying
Demonetisation is an example of a needless policy which failed because of lack of consultation and inadequate understanding of the issues. It led to a policy-induced crisis that deeply impacted…
Gag-order to obstruct scientific opinion on GM crops is anti-science, new directive needed
In a recent press release the director general of the Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR) explained various issues relating to GM mustard approval. He also issued orders against presenting…
The media of Climate Anxiety and Debt Bondage: Cui Bono in a Post-Truth World?
“If you don’t like the weather, just wait a minute’ runs a wry idiom in New England where the weather may change dramatically in minutes. However, these days blaming the…
Child abuse and its different forms in India: An analysis
Introduction Child abuse is harm to another person, whether an adult or a child, or neglect of a child. In all racial, national, and…
Condemn Torture of Shiv Kumar , Demand Action
People’s Union for Democratic Rights welcomes the findings of the report submitted by the District and Sessions Judge, Faridabad into the illegal detention and brutal torture of labour rights activist,…
Paltu Sen was a most illustrative model of a trade union leader
On July 30, 2013 communist revolutionary movement and revolutionary trade union movement had lost a valiant fighter and most creative activist. Paltu Sen, President of the National Committee of IFTU…
The Death Of An Activist – For K P Sasi
A narrow room without a number, and a door without your name. Under a crimson blanket, your knees drawn up, mouth open And eyes shut, you have anonymously exited from…
All Things Great and Small
One thing the opposition may learn from the RSS/BJP combine is that the latter has always the big picture in mind in planning its course of action and making its…
Zameen Prapt Sangharsh Committee Conclude 5 day dharna in Sangrur
The Zameen Prapt Sangharsh Committee on Friday on December 23rd, concluded its five day protest outside the district collectors office in Sangrur. For 5 continuous days the dalit agricultural labourers…
K.P.Sasi: Breath to Breath
R.P. Amudhan captures the essence of K.P. Sasi in his short movie “Breath to Breath”. Sasi succinctly expresses his views on life, activism, creative work with his quirky humour and…
Punjab Struggle Focuses Attention on Ecological Ruin Caused by Liquor
During recent months a determined struggle by villagers in Zira area of Ferozepur district, Punjab, has been demanding the removal of a highly polluting factory to save the soil…
Seeing Like the State: Eyes Right
Tanaav, a series, that released on an online platform, last month, tells a tale of human conflict. It is the tale within the tale that is worrying. Last month India’s…
India-China conflict in the Global Context: The Arunachal sector
The Mac Mahon Line drawn by the British was never accepted by China, even in the pre-Communist era, even a century ago when it was drawn. It was a…
The Ukraine Crisis Is a Classic “Security Dilemma”
by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) meets in Lodz, Poland, on December 1, 2022. Photo credit: OSCE On December 27…
D – Climate Thinkers
Planet on the Boil: Twinkle-Uncle Dialogue on Climate Stalemate Uncle: And how about the D’s, Twinkle? Twinkle: They are the Deniers, uncle. These conservative elements deny the very existence of…
Looking Back On 2022: Ukraine And The Rest Of The Story
As 2022 draws to a close, the world bears the tragic burden of the war in Ukraine. The war began on the 24th of February of this year with the…
Caste hypocrisy in the name of Hindu Unity: Review of Bhanwar Meghawanshi’s Book on RSS
An organisation which claims to work for Hinduism, Hindu unity and consolidation needs to address the discriminatory practices in religion by rising above the caste-based identities. It needs to be…
Violence Against Women in Live-In Relationships and the Legal Safeguards
Recently several cases are sensationalized by the media where in women in live-in relationships have been subjected to gruesome violence and are brutally murdered. The mainstream media and politics pushed…
India, the “pharmacy of the world”? Should not the pharma industry set its own house in order?
Inaugurating the first Global Innovation Summit of the pharmaceuticals sector in November, 2021, Prime Minister Modi, in his characteristic triumphant style, said, “the global trust earned by the Indian healthcare…
Pretending democracy
Only recently, the Chief Minister of Goa warned the people of the State in rough and ready terms: ‘I will not brook any criticism of the PM’. In the ever-widening…
Resisting the forces of fear
Turn, turn any corner Hear, you must hear what the people say You know that somethin' is goin' on around here It surely, surely, surely won't stand the light of…
Role of School as an Agency of Social Change : Some Reflections
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world” (Nelson Mandela). There are varied perspectives exist among the scholars with regard to the role of…
50 Years of India’s Chipko ( Hug the Trees) Movement
In 2023 the 50th anniversary of the famous Chipko Movement is being observed. This name (which translated from Hindi means hug the trees) and the movement it represents has caught…
Two Barrels Aim at African People’s Socialist Party
With new FBI and Department of “Justice” (DOJ) attacks expected in early January, a defense, mobilization and information session attracted hundreds of allies of the African People's Socialist Party (APSP).…
Country for Bad Dreams: Vandalism on the Nullarbor Plain
“This is quite shocking,” declared South Australia’s Attorney-General and Aboriginal Affairs Minister, Kyam Maher. “These caves are some of the earliest evidence of Aboriginal occupation of that part of the…
Nations of the World Unite!
Russia’s war upon Ukraine should remind us that violent international conflicts not only persist, but constitute a plague upon the world. Over thousands of years, wars have brought immense suffering…
Which country will become a proxy in US-China rivalry for dominance?
A very unfortunate but at the same time undeniable fact of recent history has been that in the global order which emerged after the Second World War, the rivalry between…
Not Enough Fezziwigs
An annual tradition, since my childhood, has been to watch the 1951 film classic A Christmas Carol starring Alastair Sim. In the film Ebenezer Scrooge, played by Sim, is…
Shrinking public sector- Need for affirmative action in the private sector
To Smt Droupadi Murmu President of India Rashtrapati Bhawan Respected Rashtrapati Ji, In June this year, while addressing a gathering in the UK, Justice Shri D Y Chandrachud, the present Chief Justice…
K.P.Sasi: A Tribute-Loss of a dear, brave friend
Today (25 December 2022) came to know about the sad demise of my dear and close friend K.P.Sasi. I came across this creative brilliant person when I was working for…
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…
One year of Injustice: One year of NREGA workers wage theft in West Bengal
Centre withheld over 7,500 cr funds, 2,744 cr due to NREGA workers Centre hasn’t sanctioned labour budget for 2022-23 Loss of around 4687-6842 crores of NREGA wages this FY due…
Reimagining Global Peace and One Humanity beyond the Lens of Human Consciousness
In all ages wicked men tried to plot Against God’s Way, but they never Succeeded and were covered with shame In ways unexpected. The righteous see good in God’s Word,…
What is Asymmetric Warfare?
At least from the very academic viewpoint, war is a condition of armed conflict between at least two sides (but, in fact, states). There are, historically, several types of warfare…
Ukraine: A Pawn?
The fear of US aid to Ukraine being blocked has been averted with the roughly $1.65 trillion spending bill having been passed by the Senate and the House. The bill…
Why Appeal of ‘Veterans for Peace’ Deserves Wide Attention and Support
Just before Christmas and holidays the Veterans for Peace organization has issued a call for ceasefire in the Ukraine conflict and at least a holiday truce which deserves wide attention.…
The Global context of India-China conflict
This is part-1 of a Review of the recent, India-China December 9 clash. Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD) statement on the December 9 clash between Indian and Chinese troops at…
Private Universities: Where Do India’s Intellectuals Stand?
1 Ravela Somaiya, a senior socialist friend living in Hyderabad, had sent a video to me about two months back. I opened the video and found Ramchandra Guha's speech in…
The Circe Effect: Digital Payments in India
Indians’ headlong zeal for digital payments is curious to me. I’m not reflexively anti-technology, but I do believe there are limits. And even on a short trip to India, with…
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