On Saturday, millions of people across the world will celebrate Christmas. Even with COVID-19 still plaguing the world, families will gather; bells will ring; music will be in the air. Each year, I use this column to remind us of the true meaning of Christmas. Christmas has become a holiday, a time to exchange presents and cards, to see friends and[Read More…]
Fomenting regime change—by a soft coup, by economic sabotage, by fostering a military revolt—is likely to lead to more violence and more suffering The United States is pushing for an overthrow of the government of Venezuela. The Trump administration has denounced Nicolas Maduro as a “dictator,” dismissing the 2018 election, which the opposition boycotted. Instead of a good neighbor policy[Read More…]
It is a time for diplomacy and for restraint, not another intervention that unleashes violence that we surely will come to regret President Trump apparently has decided that intervention in Venezuela’s agonies can help repair an image scarred by the government shutdown debacle. In recent days, he recognized an obscure, right-wing opposition leader when he declared himself acting president. Trump[Read More…]
Bhagwati Charan Vohra – Revolutionary Who Sacrificed His All for Freedom Movement 
Climate Change Wows the Polls 
The Rise of NATO in Africa 
Paradigm for peace applied to Russia, Ukraine and the US: Proposal for a peaceful pathway forward 
School Education During Transition Times 
Onslaught of the Oily Authoritarians 
Memorials, Not Celebrations! 
Increasing Polarization is Harming India’s Economic Prospects 
Without Stopping War, Extreme Hunger Will Continue to Increase 
‘That’s not the devil. That’s America.’, a Washington Post headline 
IAS officer punished for throwing out athletes from stadium 
Imprudent for govt to divest its residual equity share of 29.5% in HZL 
Digitizing to Dystopia – Wanted: Enlightened leadership 
Geopolitical Update: U.S. to leverage Russia-Ukraine Bloc Against China, Says Blinken 
Survival of Homo Sapiens on Planet Earth 
Fatal Flaw and Fatal Folly 
The People’s Summit for Democracy Offers a Progressive Vision to Counter U.S. Dominance in the Region 
War Photos Exhibited to Promote Peace 
Biden in Asia: Further Steps Toward War with China 
African Union at 20: Challenges ahead 
People are the Fifth Pillar of Democracy 
“Embracing Solidarities through Sharing Stories of Struggles to Resist Empires” 
End political instability in Sri Lanka 
Hunger Strikes by Two Political Prisoners Draw Attention to Violation of Their Human Rights 
Enforced Disappearances in Sri Lanka 
Relevance of Nehru’s Legacy of Democracy, Secularism, Socialism, Peace and Non-Alignment Has Increased Further 
Dalit agricultural Community in Sangrur protests for land rights 
Supreme Court upholds fundamental rights of sex workers to be treated with dignity and respect 
Tracing Panchayati Raj’s role in deepening democracy and decolonising governance over 30 years 
Bahujan politics needs a new radical alternative 
Ukraine Update: Ukraine Must Give Russia Territory, Says Henry Kissinger Immediately resolve the hunger strike Demands of Dr. G.N. Saibaba and save his life in the jail 
The Ukraine War’s Collateral Damage 
Constantly on the Verge of Collapse: How Palestinians Became a Factor in Israeli Politics 
The Solidarity Youth Movement launched its second state-level conference on the title theme ‘The tradition of liberation and the proud testimony of faith’ 
The Economy of Tolerable Massacres: The Uvalde Shootings 
Weep not just for Uvalde but for the hatred that consumes America and the world 
Candlelight Vigil for Shireen 
Long Marginalized, the ‘Right of Return’ is Once More a Palestinian Priority 
Ghetto America 
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