Pain and Psychotrauma of Wars
Two telephone calls that shook me and are still haunting were that I made to my acquaintances today. I could feel the anguish when I called my friend in Srinagar…
World
A World Without Listeners: When Power Becomes Deaf
We live in an age where leaders speak of peace but prepare for war. A world where power is measured not by compassion or wisdom, but by arsenals and influence.…
Netanyahu Waits For USA to Enter The War
Everyone one is waiting for US president Donald Trump to make up his mind to enter the war against Iran on the side of the Israelis. Analysts suggest clearly Israel…
Unprovoked: US-, Australia- & G7-Backed, Nuclear-Armed Apartheid Israel Bombs Nukes-Free Iran
G7-, Australia- , UK- and US-backed, 90 nuclear weapons-armed, and genocidally racist Apartheid Israel has launched unprovoked massive attacks on nuclear weapons-free Iran while US-sanctioned Iran was engaged in strategic…
Why Israel Needs the US and Why It Could Backfire on the US
Israel’s war on Iran is escalating fast. Within six days, Israeli airstrikes killed top Iranian military commanders and destroyed several surface-level civilian installations. But one key target remains untouched: Iran’s…
When Poets Become Bridges Between Iran and Israel
In a world increasingly fragmented by ideological conflicts and military hostilities, poetry often becomes one of the few surviving forms of honest human dialogue. The cases of Iran and Israel—two…
The American Game: Playing and Being Played on the Road to Nuclear War
“To hell with the truth! As the history of the world proves, the truth has no bearing on anything. It’s irrelevant and immaterial, as the lawyers say. The lie of…
Highly imprudent for ADB to lift ban on funding nuclear power
ToMr. Masato Kanda President Asian Development Bank (ADB) Dear Mr. Kanda, Having represented India on ADB's Board in the past, I feel dismayed and distressed about newsreports about the Bank abruptly…
Trump’s Nuclear Fool’s Gold
STOCKHOLM – Will US President Donald Trump’s vision of building an impregnable missile-defense system be the final nail in the coffin for strategic nuclear arms control? Given that his proposed…
The Nazi Heritage of Germany’s Chancellor
Germany’s new chancellor Friedrich Merz has a history, one that he does not like to highlight. His Opa or grandfather was a Nazi and it is this Nazi past that he is trying to…
“No Kings Day” Was Historic. Now We Need a Powerful – and Independent – Movement Against Trump
The huge decentralized turnout for No Kings Day has shown that grassroots power can be a major force against the momentum of the Trump regime. The protests were auspicious, with…
The Ignorance That Pervades us
The uncalled for attack on Iran by the most insane group of people who inhabit this planet was expected; what do the insane do, they do the insane. Not expected…
Changing The Middle East at What Cost?
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu finally got what he wanted: ‘A war with Iran.” But this war – now in its fifth day, is already proving very costly for Israel…
No Kings, No Constitution: West Asian Conflicts and the Slow Fire of American Democracy
As West Asia erupts under the strain of imperialist interventions, the flames of external conflict are mirrored by a slow, internal combustion within American democracy itself. The nation finds itself…
Tibet’s “self-determination”, imperiled by imperialism, not by China
Zhou En-lai, Panchen Lama, Mao Zedong and the Dalai Lama in Beijing, China in 1955. From July 1954 to June 1955 , Dalai Lama visited China for peace talks and met…
Those who seek to destroy must know that acts of destruction have seeds of self-destruction in them
Those who seek to destroy others must realize that deliberate efforts to destroy others have the seeds of self-destruction in them. While this can be understood at several levels, the…
Temba Bavuma Wasn’t Meant to Win the WTC – Until He Did
Within cricket's revered and storied past, tears have long been the messengers of joy and sorrow. In November 2023, at Eden Gardens, as Temba Bavuma left the field in the…
The Folly of A War With Iran
The neoconservatives who orchestrated the disastrous wars with Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Libya — and who were never held accountable for the profligate waste of $8 trillion taxpayer dollars, as well as $69…
Stop Netanyahu Before He Gets Us All Killed
For nearly 30 years, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has driven the Middle East into war and destruction. The man is a powder keg of violence. Throughout all the wars…
Apply the NPT to All Nations Equally
Columbia University economics professor Jeffrey Sachs restates an often heard and obvious maxim that speaks to nuclear deterrence. Military analyst Scott Ritter seems to dissent from the maxim of nuclear…
West Asian Conflagration
Iran's retaliation to Israel's invasion entails the following: 1) That the era of strategic patience is over in Iranian diplomacy. 2) Direct confrontation between Iran and Israel has effectively downgraded…
Safeguarding Human Rights, Ending War and Poverty
In her book titled “Unheard Truth: Poverty and Human Rights” former Amnesty International Secretary General Irene Khan wrote: “Human rights derive from and are inherent in our common humanity. Everyone…
Israel’s Strikes on Iran Spark Growing Dissent in Congress
On Monday, June 16, Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) introduced legislation, a War Powers Resolution, to prevent President Trump from using military force against Iran without Congressional authorization. This will force…
The Pyromaniac and the Peacemaker: Netanyahu vs. the Region
There are moments in history when diplomacy dies with a whimper, not a bang. But this time, it may die with both. Israel, drunk on decades of unpunished aggression, has…
Self-Defence and Acceptable Murder: Netanyahu Dreams of Regime Change
These are the sorts of things that tend to be discussed in bunkered facilities and grimy locker rooms. Now, very much in the open and before the presses, the head…
Iran-Israel: The Making of a World War?
We became accustomed for a while to the mutual bombardment of Iran and Israel for the first a couple of days. Then Israel started declaring that it had achieved its…
India’s Delicate Balance in the Iran-Israel Conflict
As the Iran-Israel conflict escalates into its most volatile phase in recent memory, India finds itself navigating a complex diplomatic tightrope. The Israeli airstrikes of June 13, 2025—dubbed "Operation Rising…
Iran: A House of Trojans!
The Israel attack on Iran is a developing story. On June 13, at around 4 am Friday, Israel attacked Iran, on its nuclear facilities and reportedly killed Iran’s top military…
Israel and Iran: The Remnants of Colonialism Still Haunt West Asia
The Israel–Iran conflict is not just a standoff between two bitter rivals. It is a mirror reflecting the scars of colonialism—imperial power games that reshaped West Asia into a fragmented,…
Condemning the Right to Self Defence: Iran’s Retaliation and Israel’s Privilege
There is a throbbing complaint among Western powers, including those in the European Union and the United States. Iran is not playing by the rules. Instead of accepting with dutiful…
A New Shadow over West Asia’s Horizon
On June 13, 2025, diplomacy gave way to direct military confrontation as Israel launched "Operation Rising Lion," a pre-emptive strike targeting Iran's key nuclear and military facilities. Among the primary…
How Many Countries Measure Up to Making the Best Possible Efforts for Creating an Ideal Society?
Any country or region striving to come as close as possible to the concept of an ideal society would be expected to give the highest priority to three crucial tasks.…
Approaching the End of Liberal Internationalism:Will America Ever Rejoin the International Community?
“We’re back,” I tell the room. It’s January 21, 2029, and I can barely contain my excitement. “America is back!” I expect applause, but there is none. I try again,…
Indian people condemn Israeli attack on Iran
A delegation of social & political activists met the Iran Consul General Hon'ble Hasan Mohseni Fard at the Iranian consulate in Mumbai. The delegation discussed and condemned the recent Israeli…
The Illegal Attack on Iran
Israel’s consistent attacks on Iran since 2023 have all been illegal, violations of the United Nations Charter (1945). Iran is a member state of the United Nations and is therefore…
The Collapse of Deterrence Between Iran and Israel
When Deterrence Breaks Down Between Israel and Iran The latest escalation between Israel and Iran marks a perilous moment in West Asian geopolitics, where decades of shadow war have slipped…
No Kings, No Clowns, No Autocracy, Just Democracy Protests
Thousands of activists in every state across the country rallied in more than 1,900 towns and cities on June 14 to peacefully protest Donald Trump in actions calling for a…
For Trump’s Birthday Military Parade, Veterans Organizations Demand “Military Off Our Streets”
Having served 29 years in the U.S. Army and Army Reserves and retiring as a Colonel, I am ashamed that the 250th birthday of the institution I was in for…
How the June 1 attack brought the world closer to nuclear war, and how such high risks can be avoided in future?
“Nuclear powers must avert those confrontations which bring an adversary to a choice of either a humiliating retreat or a nuclear war.”—Statement by President John F. Kennedy made in the…
Israel’s Unprovoked Bombing of Iran Violates International Law. Full Stop.
Trump himself paved the way to this war by trashing the 2015 nuclear deal, but now he must condemn—not support—this brazen and unlawful military campaign. The government led by Israeli…
Israel’s Aggression Against Iran
Dr Chandra Muzaffar, President, International Movement for a Just World (JUST), Malaysia.
AUKUS: A Very Antipodean Stupidity
Call it abandonment, anxiety, or just latent stupidity. The messy goo of feelings and fuzzy notions behind Australia’s most injudicious strategic decision is yielding its nasty harvest. Conceived by paranoid…
Israeli Attack on Iran: UN must Act to Stop Escalation
Israeli attack on Iranian nuclear facilities on June 13, 2025 cannot be justified at all as the past record of Iran has been of cooperating reasonably well with the international…
Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities Launch the Declaration on Radical Democracy, Autonomy, and Self-Determination
A Declaration on Radical Democracy, Autonomy and Self Determination, framed at a global convergence held in February 2025 in Port Edward, South Africa, was launched during a virtual session on…
Trump’s Environmentally Damaging And Costly Birthday Bash VS. Us!
The fact that I personally find Donald Trump repulsive, disgusting and basically unacceptable as a government leader has nothing to do with my resistance to his rulership. Instead, I care…
LA Protests Signal Public’s Readiness to Rebel Against Anti-Immigrant Fascism
Masked federal agents with military gear have been firing flash-bang grenades, teargas and rubber bullets at civilians in the streets of Los Angeles for the last three days. On Saturday,…
This Is How Trump Kills US Democracy—With US Marines in the Street
Trump wants blood. The spectacle is the point. The helicopters. The uniforms. The rumble of armored personnel carriers down the boulevards of Los Angeles. The former president of the United…
When Media Tell Us Who ‘Won’ a Latin American Election, Start to Ask Questions
Elections in Latin America are often controversial. While many countries in the Global North regularly shuffle between parties offering alternating versions of neoliberalism, voting in Central and South America often…
Freedom of Movement and Global Apartheid – The United States and Israel
In an aphorism sometimes attributed to Leo Tolstoy, sometimes to John Gardner, all literature relies on one of two plots: a person goes on a journey or a stranger comes…
American imperialism plays up the “Tibet card”, with Dalai Lama as its pawn, and harps on his “re-incarnation in free world”
The Dalai Lama exiting the White House, after meeting President Obama, Feb 19, 2010. He was ushered out of the back door, “ where a mound of trash awaited him”,…
Why June 1 Attack on Russian Bombers has Raised Short and Long Term Concerns Regarding Dangerous Escalation of Serious Risks
On June 1, 2025 Ukraine launched an attack using small drones targeting Russian bombers meant to deliver nuclear weapons or capable of this. This was called ‘Spider’s Web’ by Ukraine…
The Resistance That Is Rising
We live amidst lunacy that kills. Calm, reasoned reports of escalating state criminality are part of ending state criminality. Ditto for deep diving conceptual analyses. And also for historical contextualizations.…
Concerned with growing threat of nuclear threat, the WHO to review health impacts of nuclear war
In the highly surcharged atmosphere due to ongoing war between Russia & Ukraine and Israeli aggression on Gaza, the fear of use of nuclear weapons looms large. People around the…
How Should We Respond to Trump’s National Guard Deployment Against the People of LA?
We cannot be silent in the face of Trump’s dictatorial move. Silence is acquiescence. We must be brave in resisting him. But we must not succumb to violence. What is…
Tesla Takedown Alive and Well, Just Ask Elon
Despite the recent breakup between Elon Musk and Trump that is now underway, Tesla Takedown activists remain energetically engaged in their weekly protests at Tesla showrooms across the globe. Activists…
Faltering Negotiations Point to the Need for a Wider, Stronger Paradigm for Peace
If the year 2025 had started on a note of at least some limited hope for bringing peace to a deeply troubled world, the subsequent months have led to a…
America’s Weak Strongman
TORONTO – Over the past two months, financial investors have hit upon a new trading strategy, based on a simple rule: TACO – Trump Always Chickens Out. America’s president threatens…
Empires Eat Themselves: Trump’s Absurd War on Education
The US is at war. It has always been at war. Whether a world war, a proxy conflict, an armed intervention, a psyop, or a regime change mission, the United…
The Inevitable Souring: Elon Musk Falls Out with Donald Trump
Sandpit politics is rarely edifying and grown toddlers taking their fists to each other is unlikely to interest. But when they feature US President Donald Trump and the world’s wealthiest…
Sudan’s Srebrenica Moment
DARFUR/WASHINGTON, DC – Srebrenica. Rwanda. Aleppo. Each of these names marks a site of unspeakable horror – places synonymous with genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. And now, as…
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