Empires live and die by their illusions. Visions of empowerment can inspire nations to scale the heights of global hegemony. Similarly, however, illusions of omnipotence can send fading empires crashing into oblivion. So it was with Great Britain in the 1950s and so it may be with the United States today. By 1956, Britain had exploited its global empire shamelessly[Read More…]
After four years of Donald Trump’s fitful tenure, America is awakening from a long, troubled sleep to discover, like the fictional character Rip Van Winkle, that the world it once knew has changed beyond all recognition. In that classic American tale by Washington Irving published in 1819, an amiable but shiftless farmer strolls out of his colonial village to go[Read More…]
Calculating the Damage from a Century of Drug Prohibition We live in a time of change, when people are questioning old assumptions and seeking new directions. In the ongoing debate over health care, social justice, and border security, there is, however, one overlooked issue that should be at the top of everyone’s agenda, from Democratic Socialists to libertarian Republicans: America’s[Read More…]
Once upon a time in America, we could all argue about whether or not U.S. global power was declining. Now, most observers have little doubt that the end is just a matter of timing and circumstance. Ten years ago, I predictedthat, by 2025, it would be all over for American power, a then-controversial comment that’s commonplace today. Under President Donald Trump,[Read More…]
Japan government will release irradiated water from Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea 
Riot, curfew, protesters besiege Brooklyn Center police department in Minnesota, U.S. 
Lok Rang has created an alternative space for Folk artists against indecency and vulgarity 
Human Trafficking & Violence Against Naga Tribal Girls and Women in South India 
I A Rehman : The torchbearer of Human Rights Movement in Pakistan 
Do Not Let Hindutva Rulers Destroy Heritage Of Communal Unity Of Jallianwala Bagh Martyrs 
The commons 
Beautiful Plots: Israel Sabotages the Natanz Nuclear Facility 
A BACK to the FUTURE DIALECTIC 
COVID Times Should Not Be Used As A Cover to Push Narrow Interests 
Drinking Water Needs of Wild Life Need More Care 
Why I am not a Hindu woman: A personal story 
Homage to legendary Comrade Anuradha Gandhy on 13th death anniversary 
Why Women get obliterated in Kerala renaissance history? 
Neo-Imperialism and Indigenous People 
Democracy and the Rule of Law: A lesson from Norway 
Worst drought in modern history may hit Western U.S. 
Indigenous Land Grabbed For Solar Power Plant In Assam 
Nimble Failure: The Australian COVID-19 Vaccination Program 
The Secret Wars of Africa’s Sahel: What Is Behind Mali’s Ongoing Strife 
Financiers of the Belarusian dictator 
Sant Kabir—People’s Poet and Social Reformer Whose Enduring Legacy Still Impacts Millions 
Apple Orchards Should Stick to Sustainable Paths 
Impact of Social Media on Our Attention Span and its Drastic Aftermath 
COVID-19: South Asia passes the grisly milestone of 15 million cases 
Remembering Sunder Navalkar 
Understanding India’s Migrant Workers’ Crisis through the Prism of Commodity Fetishism 
Butterflies-Why Our Most Beautiful Friends Are In Rapid Decline? 
Land May Be A Deeply Philosophical Issue But Must Face Practical Realities of This World 
The dalit teacher – facing a 360-degree discrimination 
Farmer’s Movement At A Crucial Juncture 
The Limits of Gandhian Non-Violence 
Adolf Hitler: The Definitive Biography (1976). John Toland 
Mein Kampf (1925; 1926) 
Rohingyas: The tale of an ill-decided fate Amidst shortages in India unplanned Vaccine Plan stumbles 
Yemen Is a Public Health Catastrophe 
We, the People, the Humanity and Our Entangled Future in Global COVID-19 Pandemic 
40th anniversary of epic 153 of Graham Gooch 
Horn of Africa: A blamegame 
When I founded Countercurrents.org in 2002, Disha Ravi who was arrested for sedition yesterday was a two-year-old toddler. In 2002, the CO2 level in the atmosphere was 370 ppm. Now it is 415 ppm. In just 19 years CO2 levels increased by just over 2ppm/year. The level of cumulative greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, including Methane, Nitrous Oxide etc is[Read More…]
