A No-Win Dilemma for US Peace Voters
by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J.S. Davies On October 24th, a U.S. presidential candidate told an interviewer, “Our day one agenda… also includes picking up the phone and telling Bibi Netanyahu…
October 2024
‘Musi River Rejuvenation’ should not a be a project of mega displacement, land grab and privatization!
Over a hundred activists & environmentalists across India call for a comprehensive review of the ‘Musi Riverfront Project’! Ensure the Ecological Free flow of Musi by ending pollution and not by…
Israeli massacre of children in Gaza is “greatest of any conflict in recorded warfare,” UN expert warns
Israel’s killing and wounding of children in Gaza is the “greatest of any conflict in recorded warfare,” UN human rights expert Chris Sidoti said in a press briefing Wednesday. Sidoti,…
Blind Power: Nuclear plant’s irreversible impact on public and environment
Prerna Gupta talks to Dilnaz Boga about those affected by Tarapur Atomic Power Station (TAPS) in India’s thirst for electricity Prerna Gupta is a PhD student at the Institute for…
Paulo Freire and the Enemies of Justice
Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” – Nelson Mandela Paulo Freire, the radical Brazilian educator, would have turned 103 on September 19,…
ASI Survey of Thotlakonda Buddhist archaeological site without adequate technical imputs may lack authenticity
To Shri Arunish Chawla Secretary Union Ministry of Culture Dear Shri Chawla, ASI should undertake a quick comprehensive exploration of ancient archaeological sites, based on cost-efficient ground-penetrating technologies like LIDAR, Satellite Imagery Analysis…
‘Gaza is Ours, Forever’ – Israel’s Extremists Have a Plan for the Day after the Genocide
Under the slogan ‘Gaza is Ours, Forever’, a large number of Israeli extremists and right-wing politicians met in the settlement of Be’eri, near the Gaza border region, on October 20-21.…
Genocidal Scorecard
The latest U.N. report chronicles Israel’s advances in its genocidal assault in Gaza. Israel is intent, the report warns, on expelling the Palestinians, recolonizing Gaza and turning on the West…
North Gaza: A cynical siege of notorious proportions
This weekend has been one of trauma for the Palestinians. Over 100,000 Palestinians are besieged under Israeli siege and bombardment in the areas of Jabalia, Beit Hanoun, and Beit Lahia. As part…
Appeal to not celebrate Diwali in deference to 18,000 Palestinian children killed
Last year 6 years old Madiha was a guest during Diwali at our home in Lucknow. Listening to the sound of fire crackers bursting outside she remarked, ‘It appears as…
UNComfortably Numb!
Sailing back listening to Pink Floyd's classic Comfortably Numb.The mood of melancholia is mixed with a musical yearning for something seemingly out of my reach. As the song ends I…
Virtuous, Smug and Venal: British Electoral Interference in the US
The British cannot help themselves. They are a meddling island people who conquered huge swathes of the earth in a fictional fit of absentmindedness and remain haughty for having done…
Sustainable Development, the Path Yet Not Taken Seriously! Part I
An in-depth look at the issues surrounding the Sustainable Development Goals for the world. I was born and raised in the city of Indore in the central part of India.…
Emono Dine Tare Bola Jai… (It is the day to tell my beloved)
A Translation of Rabindranath Tagore’s Song Theme: Prem (love) Raag: Desh Taal: Rupak Composed: 17 May 1889 Place: Pune, India ======================== It is the day to tell my beloved in…
When Complaints against Highly Hazardous Products Are Made, These are replaced With Even more Hazardous Products
In recent times a subject of great concern for health has been that powerful multinational companies are introducing several products which are highly hazardous for people, exposing them to several…
Celebrating Jamia’s Legacy Amidst the Silence of Our Missing Voices – Meeran Haider
As Jamia Millia Islamia celebrates its 104th year—a legacy shaped by the ideals of equality and freedom—messages of pride resonate throughout our community. But for me, this day is also…
Maharashtra Polls: A Major Challenge Not Just for Modi & Rahul!
Compared to Haryana, Maharashtra assembly elections may be viewed as quite different from several angles. These may not be regarded as a strong fight between Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and…
One Nation One Election: Some conceptual and political fallacies
The theoretically odd experiment of democracy in India often demands a conceptual universe of its own in order to make sense of its proper functioning. The building blocks of this…
Justice Chandrachud’s Dreams of Divine Justice in India
On October 20, 2024, while speaking at a public event in Maharashtra, Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud said that "very often, we have cases to adjudicate, but we don't…
Israeli Attacks on Medics Apparent War Crimes: Human Rights Watch
(Beirut) – The Israeli military has repeatedly attacked medical workers and healthcare facilities in Lebanon, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch documented three attacks, involving apparent war crimes, in which Israeli forces…
Millions of refugees in danger of losing their fundamental rights and lives as a result of Israel’s anti-Palestinian legislation
Palestinian Territory – Euro-Med Monitor strongly condemns the Israeli parliament’s two new laws banning UNRWA from operating in Israel and barring Israeli authorities from interacting with the organisation. These laws represent…
Israel massacres 93 in Northern Gaza airstrike
In the worst single massacre since Israel launched its campaign to ethnically cleanse Northern Gaza this month, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) bombed a five-story residential building in the town…
With Israel’s Move to Ban UNRWA, ‘A New Way Has Been Found to Kill Children’
Humanitarian groups and United Nations officials issued dire warnings Tuesday about the potentially catastrophic consequences of Israeli lawmakers' vote to ban the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees, the body primarily responsible for…
‘Words Fail’: WMO Report Finds CO2 Accumulating at Record Levels
Climate-heating carbon dioxide is accumulating in the atmosphere more rapidly than at any time since humans evolved. That's just one of the alarming findings from the World Meteorological Organization's (WMO) Greenhouse…
Eyewitnesses from Northern Gaza Share Devastating Accounts Amid Israel’s ‘General’s Plan’ Siege
Gaza (Quds News Network)- As Israel continues to ethnically cleanse northern Gaza under a plan labeled ‘the Generals’ Plan,’ witnesses describe horrifying scenes of suffering, deprivation, and death unfolding daily.…
Abul Kalam Azad’s Blueprint for Inclusive India: Relevance Today
Abul Kalam Azad (1888–1958) was a towering figure in the Indian independence movement, often regarded as a “beacon of unity” amidst turbulent communal waters. Unlike other prominent Muslim leaders of…
Cross-Cultural Comparative Politics: Social Science or Cold War Propaganda?
OrientationWhat is politics? Nine Questions for Determining What is PoliticsIn Part I of my article Seven Theories of Politics I posed ten questions for narrowing down what the range for defining what…
The Waning Power of Global Influence in the Middle East Conflict
As the Middle East conflict deepens, the role of traditional global powers like the United States continues to diminish, reflecting a world where decentralized authority and regional rivalries drive dynamics.…
Snatching Victory from Defeat: Hamas Leader Yahya Sinwar’s Last Stand
No coward soul is mine, No trembler in the world’s storm-troubled sphere–Emily Brontë For the millionth time, Palestinians have won the moral victory. Defiant to the very end the Hamas…
Pennsylvania’s Undecideds
If you’re like many of my friends, I know what you’re thinking: OMG, how is it even possible that half the country is going to vote for that guy? And…
Educational Reform in Punjab Must Bring Education Closer to Society’s Real Needs
by Bharat Dogra and Jagmohan Singh While education has been increasingly seen in terms of its linkages to economic development, it is important to take a wider view to include…
Freedom of Press: Restrictions on Access to Watch BBC Documentary
It's an interesting situation, freedom of the press restricts him from watching a documentary. It is difficult to read and understand a mysterious law, a majority of MPs, the power goes…
Bhakti-Kal and Caste Question
An abridged version of talk delivered on 23rd October, 2024 at Calicut University I say this with emphasis that in Indian history two periods, only two periods, came as a…
Finance Ministry has no other alternative than to refer complaints against the present Chairperson of SEBI for an enquiry by an independent judicial commission
To Smt Nirmala Sitharaman Union Finance Minister Dear Smt Sitharaman, Please refer to my letter of 11th August 2024 calling for an independent judicial commission to enquire into the allegations against…
‘Sarve Bhavantu Sukhinah’ and ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’ made me Communist – Somanath Patra
Countries in the Indian subcontinent, such as Pakistan, Bangladesh, Burma (Myanmar), Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Nepal, and Afghanistan, have all experienced periods of military or monarchical rule in post-independence. India, however,…
Charting a Course for Coastal Resilience
WASHINGTON, DC – Roughly 40% of the world’s population inhabit coastal areas. In addition to being home to 12 of the world’s 15 largest cities, these regions serve as an essential lifeline…
In less than a month, Israeli army attacks shelter centres 39 times to displace Palestinians and empty Gaza
Palestinian Territory - In a dangerous increase in crimes targeting civilian gathering places, particularly in the northern Gaza Strip, the Israeli occupation army has targeted shelter centres 39 times since the…
Israeli Knesset Bans UN Agency in Charge of Humanitarian Aid in Gaza
Over a year into Israel's obliteration of the Gaza Strip, Israeli lawmakers faced sharp criticism on Monday after voting for a pair of bills targeting the United Nations agency responsible for humanitarian…
Yes, All Men and Women Who Stay Silent Perpetuate the Culture of Violence with Impunity
Recently, there was a debate on social media regarding `#Not All Men’. This phrase is popularized online by mostly the Men’s Rights Activists (MRAs) to depict that not all men…
Proper Climate Response A Sacred Duty, but Imperialism’s Agenda Should be Firmly Rejected
Climate change has emerged fast as an extremely serious problem, and while it is very important for everyone, all countries and all people, to respond in adequate and proper ways…
India-China Cooperation and the End of QUAD’s Imperialist Agenda
The simmering border conflict between India and China in the Himalayan region has come to an end, with both nations committing to cooperate in resolving their border disputes. Both countries…
Analysing Budget 2024–25 from a People’s Perspective – Part 10: The Health Budget
The corona pandemic laid bare the terrible state of our public health system. Even the godi media was forced to acknowledge the crisis, as the social media was full of…
Problems faced by beneficiaries of Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSSs) resulting from ABPAS glitches
To Shri S K Singh Secretary (Rural Development) Govt of India Dear Shri Singh, I hope you have seen my letter of 26th October 2024 addressed to the Finance Minister…
As “General’s Plan” Is Underway, “The Entire Population of North Gaza Is at Risk of Dying”
As the Israeli onslaught on northern Gaza, aimed at completely emptying the region of its people, entered its fourth week, a United Nations official warned Sunday that “the entire population…
What is progress, asks Angammal in Vipin Radhakrishnan’s film adaptation of Perumal Murugan’s Kodithuni
Angammal opens with an elderly woman telling a story to her granddaughter. The story is of the wild winds that visited their village a few decades ago and took away…
Gustavo Gutierrez and How His Theology of Liberation Challenged Status Quo
"To know God is to do justice. There is no other way of knowing God." This statement is from the celebrated liberation theologian, Gustavo Gutierrez who was considered an advocate…
Journalist bodies condemn hounding of journalist Mahesh Langa
We, the undersigned journalist organizations condemn the registration of a second FIR by the Gujarat police against senior journalist Mahesh Langa in a span of less than a month. Langa…
Google Search Disappears Gaza Genocide Article That’s Number One By Bing Search: Ergo, Bing It!
Decent humanitarians are well aware of massive censorship by Mainstream media, including major electronic media. Indeed readers of respected Alternative media such as Countercurrents are well aware of the immense…
The Long History of Palestine – Why Palestinians are Winning the Legitimacy War
Oddly, it was Israeli historian Benny Morris who got it right, when he offered a candid prediction of the future of his country and its war with the Palestinians. "The…
Partners in Crimes: Israel’s Crimes are America’s Crimes
Ever since its illegal establishment in 1948, Israel is committing killings, ethnic cleansing and even genocide in Palestine. It maintains the world’s biggest open air concentration camp in the West…
The All-American Ravages of Extreme Weather
Images of homes that collapsed under mudslides or falling trees, waterlogged farms, and debris-filled roads drove home (yes, home!) to me recently the impact of Hurricane Helene on rural areas in the southeastern United States. That hurricane and the no-less-devastating…
Welfare of Punjab Now is Closely Related to Strong Commitment to Environmental Protection
by Bharat Dogra and Jagmohan Singh Punjab has an exceptionally pervasive environmental crisis which can be seen in acute form even in relatively remote villages. In future the big steps…
Rereading of Bhakti Literature
The Hindi critics of Bhakti literature have done more to eliminate the Bhakti-era poets, especially the women and Shudra poets, than to understand them. I will not name any one…
Mahatma Gandhi’s Vision of Communal Harmony and Peaceful Coexistence
The concept of communal harmony, which is representative of social coherence and harmonious cohabitation of disparate communities, is deeply ingrained in India’s socio-political narrative. Mahatma Gandhi was at the forefront…
Israel Kills The Journalists. Western Media Kills The Truth Of Genocide in Gaza
Israel knew that, if it could stop foreign correspondents from reporting directly from Gaza, those journalists would end up covering events in ways far more to its liking. They would hedge every…
Italy-Albania Protocol: 16 asylum seekers used as test subjects on an empty ship already returning to Italy has disaster, and cruelty, written all over it
In the middle of the night at the beginning of a typical working week, between 14 Sunday and 15 Monday 2024, 16 men were intercepted by the Italian Coast Guard…
Shall we ever know the entire truth of the Kanishka airplane tragedy?
Although 39 years have passed since the Kanishka air plane tragedy near the coast of Ireland, and despite all the sympathy they received at that time from Irish people and…
‘The Entire Population of North Gaza Is at Risk of Dying’: UN Relief Official
Israel could kill everyone left in Northern Gaza if its assault on the enclave continues, a United Nations relief official warned on Saturday. U.N. Acting Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Joyce Msuya…
The Paradox of Islamic Philosophy and the Israel-Palestine Conflict
"Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding."-Albert Einstein The world is governed by myth and mythology, intertwined with distorted perceptions of religion, which have…
Guarantee:Neither purchase, nor support price, nor distribution
This time again the farmers of Haryana and Punjab are worried and distressed. The central government has announced the minimum support price for Rabi crops, with the claim that the…
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