Will River Kushkarni* Wake Up Again
(1) The Movement and some probable first steps to Revive the River; (2) What else may be necessary for the people living in the river basin; (3) Few Additional Comments…
Sandeep Banerjee
Save River Save Life Campaign Gathers Momentum: River Fortnight Program Announced
In a meet-the-press program at Press Club Kolkata on September 9 the Save River Save Life (Nodi Bachao Jibon Bachao or NBJB in Bangla) campaign announced its program regarding this…
In the Grip of G20: Behind Many Façades
I. When the media and elites are debating what would be the proper name of the country, issues like ‘one country one election’, ISRO chief’s statement, Uday Stalin’s statement and…
A ‘trivial’ incident in Maharashtra. Any faint signal?
“Maharashtra: 19 cops injured in attack by labour union members at Palghar steel factory” was indeed a trivial incident to Indian media, and also to social-media, which together control minds (or brains)…
France Burning after Naël Merzouk Death by Police Bullet
Naël Merzouk (17) dropped out of school to earn a little and became a pizza delivery boy some months back. His mother is single, his father left her before Nahel…
A Few Least Discussed Curious Aspects re: Karnataka Elections
As the ‘media’ is so skewed in these days we may count on social media for a variety of views. Some days have passed after the Karnataka results came out…
Punjab: Democracy Under Siege?
How rulers are playing again with their favourite ghost of Khalistan We were getting distress signals from writings of friends in Punjab and those outside Punjab but are well connected…
Peru: Protests Continue — Happenings and Reasons
Protests are continuing in Peru even 11 weeks after the ‘coup’ of December 7, 2022, dislodging President Pedro Castillo and putting him under arrest. Formally elected president Pedro Castillo was…
Chile: Rejection of New Constitution — Paradox of Democracy? Or, Wait and Watch?
62% of voters in Chile rejected the proposed constitution last Sunday. It may seem paradoxical. How could they reject a constitution that would guarantee 50% reservation for women; Education, Health…
Shadow of Covid lingers over the erstwhile Kingdom of Cooch Behar
The princely state of Cooch Behar merged with the Dominion of India on August 8, 1949 and became a part of the State of West Bengal on January 1, 1950.…
Algeria: the 2019 Highs, the Covid Ebb, the Bitter Present, and What Might the Future be?
Thanks to Parti des Travailleurs (حزب العمال Akabar Ixeddamen) of Algeria for letting us know the cruel condition of life in which the majority of population are in. But before…
Hanging by a thread, Sheffield of the East
Sometimes it was a rise in pig iron prices due to disruption of supply chains due to the Covid pandemic. Now you can find the Ukraine War as a reason…
Rights, Laws, Constitution: Confusions of an Ignoramus
In the month of June-July, fruit-wise still a month of Mangoes, allegedly some fellows at the behest of Adani Power company and emboldened by administration of WB started destructing mango…
West Bengal Education Ministry Teacher Appointment Scam and Aftermath
Some of the élites are in a fury and others busy in making cover up. West Bengal Education Ministry scam in recruiting teachers, though yet to be come as व्यापक…
Covid impact in the land of terracotta
Bhutnath Kumbhakar, a master terracotta craftsman, heard that an emergency situation had developed and so he would not be permitted go out of the campus. The nationwide lockdown started due…
Vignettes of Covid-induced economic misery
“So, Durga Puja is coming, it is not even 14 weeks from now…”. “The days are so tough, we are almost forgetting the taste of fish or meat” said Mahesh,…
Merrily at Work: Clash of Civilizations
Avail Practical Classes Free-of-Cost In 1993 an essay appeared in a US journal: “Clash of Civilisations” by Samuel Huntington which later appeared as a book [The Clash of Civilizations and…
Curses Ahead Of “World Environment Day” @ 50
Social Environment is also crucial for Natural Environment, ignoring which no pious wish, no sci-tech can cure Nature Several species have shown their ability to change natural environment to some…
Curses Ahead Of “World Environment Day” Turning 50
Who killed the baby? Who put fields on fire and why? Who spewed poisons in fresh village air? And, who robbed water underground? Moreover, will you only ban stubble burning…
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…
Punjab-22: What March 10 Won’t Mention
10 Weeks – In Between Returning from Delhi Border 11.12.2021 and Going to Polling Booths 20.02.2022 Millions will be waiting for the results of the elections to the five state…
Tikait’s Haridwar Visit: These Other Sadhus @ HARIDWAR & Their Protracted Fight
Rakesh Tikait visits Swami Sivananda Image courtesy: हिन्दुस्तान टीम, हरिद्वार In June 2011 Swami Nigamananda died fasting for more than a hundred days. Later, Swami Gyan Swarup Sanand (formerly known…
Request Forest Department: Stop Uprooting Forest Growers, Rather Support Them, Provide Shelter
Though I could not meet Naren Hansda, the esteemed teacher, yet, but I have heard stories regarding him from friends and also read some articles on him; and hence I…
Betrayal Day – Farmers Observed; Will Workers Have One?
Today is 02.02.22, day before yesterday the farmers observed ‘betrayal day’ at the call of Farmers Unions. After a protest sit-in for continuous 381 days around the capital Delhi defying…
Returning Home — Taking Respite and Preparation for More and Bigger Struggles!
A message from Workers Peasants Unity 11.12.2021 (a rough translation of the Page 1 article of Ei Muhurte Kichhu Bhavna Dec21-Jan22) 381 days. More than 725 martyrs. So, what did…
Bangladesh @50 — Why Hide So Many Things?
Some facts for some ‘secular protestors’ Bangladesh is so near and so far, and the border, though we hear it is very porous, is also very opaque or even illusive…
When Caste Casts its Shadow on Land
(Some impromptu personal thoughts) An interview of Gurmukh Singh, of Jamin Prapti Sanghash Samiti (जमीन प्राप्ति संघर्ष समिति) published in Forward Press recently has again brought a fresh fragrance in…
Just Not a Night in Bhopal: A Question of Life & Death
From the Bhopal disaster to a song in raaga Bhopali, through some photos and stories... Do you know Marshal? Aatank? Kavin? Aayudh? No? Just names of four out of so…
Some Unpleasant Points – Part I: MSP
From an Irritatingly Orthodox Marxist Viewpoint [One] Whenever there is a discussion on Minimum Support Price of MSP of Agricultural products two things shadow our mind: Swaminathan committee report, and…
While You Celebrate, Do Not Forget: All Little Victories Amidst All Big Defeats till Final Victory
Bangalore, April 18-19, 2016. That Bangalore which forgot the heydays of working class fight there in late 1970s – early 1980s, and those Bangalorians who were more connected to the…
Agonising Autumn Sonata of One of the Seven (Step-) Sisters: Tripura
Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are more pliable. — Mark Twain Counter Currents gave me some space on Oct 30, a piece was published “Tripura after Bangladesh – Curious…
Tripura after Bangladesh – Curious Turn of Events
We landed in a messy Halloween today after curious turns of events in October. There were eruptions of anti-Hindu barbarism in Bangladesh during mid-October, during Bengali Hindu religious festival centring…
What does the 24 September – Global Climate Strike Mean to Farmers, Workers & Peasants of India
The fridays for future organisation that cropped up from worldwide student protest launch first by a lone Swedish girl student of Class IX, Greta Thunberg starting from August-September 2018, has…
How Tricontinental Pens History: “One Hundred Years of the Communist Movement in India”!!
Tricontinental published their “One Hundred Years of the Communist Movement in India” on September 1, 2020 [1]. We are dealing with it only snappily. From here one can learn what may…
CUBA: Differing Voices, Different Protests – I
A ‘Protest Song’, the Singers, what else they sang for, A Wrong Protester Vis-à-vis other kind of Cuban ‘protesters’ least talked-of #Patriayvida, @descemerbueno, @gentedezona, (René Pérez Joglar) @residente, @lajovencuba A…
Cuba: An Unexpected ‘Political’ Storm
Since July 11, Cuba has been facing a protest that started in a city and then spread to 60 to 70 points of turbulence. Everyone knows that Cuba is a…
Farmers Observing June 26 & June 30 – Import of SKM’s Call
On June 26, lakhs of farmers and farm-workers will assemble in various border points of Delhi will observe “Save Democracy, Save Farmers” day. On that date three important occasions are…
Five months 400 deaths still continuing: Farmers Protest Around Delhi
Since November 26, 2020, lakhs of farmers and workers have been in their continuous sit-in protest at different points around Delhi Border. On April 26 it will complete 5 months.…
What Bengal Thinks Today India Should Not Think Tomorrow
What an assembly election! Eight Phases! From the first voting date to the last voting date the election is spread over 40 days. And from the first official announcement date…
A Compliment to Bharat Dogra
Sir, Your article “Why Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath Remains the Most Memorable Saga of Displaced Farmers and Migrating Workers” that appeared in Countecurrents on April 8, 2021, presented us a…
An Abnormal “Farmers” Movement Celebrates 100th Day
March 5, 2021 marks the 100th Day of the sit-in of more than half a million farmers and workers and it is indeed an unthinkable affair compared to farmers’ movements…
A Tale of Two Fires
Two fires were on the headlines not long ago, though they were taking place at countries one-third of the world circumference apart (about 14,000kms) – Brazil and Australia. And one…
Will Latin America Learn?
Lessons from Bolivia. Where Che was Murdered. Where Again a Coup was Staged. Forty-six years and two months. Eduardo Galeano wrote La Trampa on events of Chile that happened on…
A Question Regarding ‘Historic’ Land Reforms in Kashmir in Early post-1947 Years
Recently economist Jean Dreze told, “There were radical land reforms in Kashmir in 1950s and those land reforms were made possible due to Article-370.” [https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/india/economist-jean-dreze-jandk-more-developed-than-gujarat-special-status-helped-reducing-poverty] It is really so because…
A Few Drab and Dry Words about Water Crisis
Suddenly the media and social media are abuzz with concern for water crisis, water wastage, preservation, groundwater replenishment and so on so forth. It is good. The social media, which…
Algeria: Dr Kamel Eddine Fekhar dies fasting in Custody
Dr Kamel Eddine Fekhar dies fasting in Custody on May 28, Workers Party leader Louisa Hanoune and many other Activists under arrest by military, while Protest Continues https://twitter.com/khaleddrareni/status/1133701705428815873 Dr Kamel…
Purulia: Ravaging Ajodhya (or Ayodhya) Hills and Strangulating the Hill-Streams — A forty-years’ story accelerating towards fruition
This article examines the following – the Early history of the Purulia Pumped Storage Projects that is/will-be devastating Ayodhya Hills ecosystem and society;The Faulty Environmental Impact Assessments and the Actual…
While The River Ganga And Some Saints Die Quietly | Sandeep Banerjee
Atmabodhananda (left) at Matri Sadan Ahsrama[1] Haridwar, 26-04-19 Photo courtesy – Whatsapp Group নদী বাঁচাও জীবন বাঁচাও (nodi banchao jibon banchao)[2] It was afternoon of 25-April. Director of National Clean…
Gilets Jaunes Marches Continues to March 2019: Military Given Power to Shoot! But How Long Will It Continue
Gilets Jaunes march with a banner with photo of Zineb Redouane (80) killed by a tear gas shell fired by police in Marseilles.Photo: Youcef Brakni[1] The amazing movement of Gilets…
Crisis in Caracas — Can USA take over Venezuela?
By 29-January a photo from a press conference of US National Security Advisor John Bolton went viral, Mr Bolton had some yellow note sheets in his hand on which ‘5000…
Prabhat Patnaik’s Theorisation of Fascism and its Defeat: Some Small Glitches
In past two Octobers, Professor Prabhat Patnaik made two importantcontributions to theorisation of Fascism and ways to defeat it. One was Published on 17.10.17 in The Telegraph[1], “Finding a way…
Behind of the phenomenon Gilets Jaunes (yellow vests) and various colours of the yellow flame spectrum
To understand the phenomenon Gilets Jaunes we may start from some background facts. The background study will show us why this phenomenon is complex.We shall also see how far the…
Did ‘UN scientists’ suggest transcending capitalism to tackle Climate Change?
From August 31 this year, a part of the media and social media was abuzz with a supposed oracle of some scientists. Headings like: “We Cannot Fight Climate Change With…
Venezuela 1998-2018: 20 years, 7 elections, 2 charts and Some Hypotheses
Elections seldom act as a true mirror – a century ago we heard about soldiers ‘voting with their feet’ in favour of demobilisation and Bolsheviks getting only about a quarter of popular…
There Are ‘Farmers’ And Farmers —A Postscript to Maharashtra Farmers’ Long March
Even the establishment media ultimately could not underplay the Farmers’ March from Nasik to Mumbai in March 2018. And not long ago we saw the Farmers’ Strike in Maharashtra; that…
How Billionaires Celebrate Naxalbari@50
How Billionaires Celebrate Naxalbari@50(And some other sides of the Half Truth they showed) A bare bodied mason, whose name was given as some Murmu, stood outside Kanu Sanyal’s home, “a…
100 Years After Peace-Land-Bread And 50 Years After Naxalbari Peasants Rebellion Where Do We Stand Now
On the Sept 22, 2017, during a march of All India Kisan Sangharsh Co-ordination Committee, one of its leaders Mr Yogendra Yadav (henceforth YY) told us, “So, what we are…
100 Years – Petrograd Soviet To Xi Jinping Thought: But, Then, What Is Socialism?
There were undeniably several confusions that the workers in general faced during the first fifty years of forward march of international communist movement since the Petrograd Soviet days. What exactly…
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