The founders of the US Constitution accepted social inequality in many spheres, but they did insist on equality in one sphere. All citizens must be equal before the law. That is, the law must apply equally to all. No one must enjoy legal immunity, not even – indeed, especially not — those chosen to govern the country. For otherwise the new[Read More…]
An interview conducted by Stephen Shenfield of the World Socialist Party of the United States with Dmitry Kosmachev, a member of the Minsk Socialist Circle, about the situation in Belarus, the current protests, and where they may lead. Stephen Shenfield: In the 1990s I made visits to five of the new post-Soviet republics – Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan. I[Read More…]
When ‘mainstream’ politicians and media pundits talk about the structure of American society, they focus mainly on a vaguely defined group called ‘the middle class.’ The middle class is considered the mainstay of society, a bulwark of social stability and cohesion. Indeed, the middle class is the symbolic representative of the whole society. The ‘typical Americans’ of TV sitcoms are[Read More…]
Ramsey Clark Described His Government As Humanity’s Ever More Threatening and Treacherous Enemy 
Revisiting NEP 2020 From The Perspective Of Global Education And Knowledge Society 
Save Peri-Urban Areas From Neglect, Create Hubs of Greenery and Water Conservation 
A Nudge Here, An Appeal There–Why Participative Restrictions May Be Better Than Enforced Lockdowns 
Climate crisis: Time is fast running out, and World Bank changes tone 
Profiting from Hajj: Commodification of Spirituality 
Charlie Chaplin – Book Review – ‘Hasre Dukh’ (Beaming Sorrow)- By Bha. D. Kher- 
The Ukrainian crisis and Biden’s interests 
Voices from the Margins, and Engaging Slave Selves and Narratives 
Free Hidme Markam 
US sanctions on Venezuela violate the human rights that they claim to protect, says UN Special Rapporteur on Sanctions 
SAPACC Request PMs of India, Bangladesh And Bhutan To Declare A Planetary Climate Crisis 
Faith, Politics and Public Health: Covid 19 
Joji – A Brilliant Peek Across the Kerala Village Lives 
US’ China policy at inflection point 
Paper Value Pledges And Time Passing Tamil Politicians 
The Doomsday Glacier Lives up to its Billing 
Biden’s Anti-China Ambitions – A Reality Check 
Inadequate funding of gene sequencing effort by the scientists at a time when the COVID crisis needed it most 
Lockdown Decisions Must Be Based On Very Careful Appraisal of Reliable Data 
Hindi Cinema’s Contribution to Human Rights, Though Rare, is Still Significant 
In our hurry to conquer nature and death, we have made a new religion of science 
Pavagada solar plant shines, but at what cost? 
Clearly, It Is Time Now For the Government to Accept the Key Demand of Farmers 
Lift USA embargo on the export of Vaccine raw materials 
Greed and the European Super League 
The Growing Threat of Fascism in the United States 
A Tale of Three Viruses: Corona, Stupidity and Privilege 
Our Hearth 
Hand-Spun, Hand-Woven Cloth Has A Wider Message—The Increasing Relevance of Khadi 
The Toy-Train of Lucknow with a Memorable Past 
Biden’s Drone Wars 
Earth Abuse and the Next Pandemic 
Neither the Israeli Elections nor the Palestinian Elections are about Democracy 
35th Anniversary of Arwal Massacre 
Measures Beyond Present Anti-Defection Law Needed to Check Sabotage of Democracy 
Gandhian Concept of Swadeshi Has An Increasing and Wider Relevance Today 
Tightening The Noose Around Syria 
Portland police disperse protesters Saturday night, riot declared Friday night 
Corporate ‘listing’ of ‘powerful’ voices 
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…]
