A long time ago in the Milky Way galaxy on a planet named Earth the trees died. It only happened once in the planet’s history. It was during the Permian-Triassic 252 million years ago. Henk Visscher, PhD, Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University makes a living studying exposed fossil beds of the transitional period of the Permian to Triassic era,[Read More…]
This has been the year of fire. Across continents and climates, uncontrollable and destructive wildfires are becoming an expected part of annual calendars. This year has been a case in point. From the 45 million acres scorched during Australia’s 2019-2020 fire season to the record amount of carbon dioxide released from wildfires in Siberia (half of which burned on carbon-rich peatland), wildfires have gone[Read More…]
It was August 2017 and Donald Trump had not yet warmed up to Kim Jong-un, North Korea’s portly dictator. In fact, in typical Trumpian fashion, he was pissed at the Korean leader and, no less typically, he lashed out verbally, threatening that country with a literal hell on Earth. As he put it, “They will be met with fire and fury like[Read More…]
Rome burnt as Nero* played the fiddle. Fiery flames walk highways, creep into homes, stalking, burning, killing not only coronal heat but hearths. Inflamed by the surreptitious smoke seeping under the smouldering trees, breeze rips incensing fierce fires that unquenched swallow clean air and belch apocalyptic hellish skies. Did Nero build palaces by burning Rome? I[Read More…]
We are in the midst of an unmitigated natural disaster here in Oregon and on the West Coast. I struggle to find the words to express what’s happening and the toll it’s taking – on our natural treasures, on homes and businesses, and on our collective psyches. People outside our region probably don’t grasp the magnitude of how massive and[Read More…]
US Supreme Court abolishes constitutional right to abortion 
‘Not a Justification but a Provocation’: Chomsky on the Root Causes of the Russia Ukraine War 
The Era of Northern Hegemony Over Mexico Is Coming to an End 
Has the opposition already lost the presidential polls? 
Empty promises of employment for Bihar’s returning migrant workers 
Disconnected Lives 
Afghanistan earthquake exposes disaster caused by decades of US occupation 
Assange was stripped and placed in “suicide watch” isolation cell after British extradition announcement 
Money power of the political parties making a mockery of the integrity of the electoral process 
UK Rail Services Crippled As Striking Workers Walk Out For Second Day 
Nepal Not To Move Forward With U.S. State Partnership Program 
Indian President Idolizes Gita Press That Preaches Enslavement Of Hindu Women! 
Human right council’s resolutions discarded and ignored by defiant Sri Lanka 
BRICS, Putin, Xi, and challenge to the Empire 
Colombia’s president-elect Petro talks to Venezuela’s president Maduro 
Anamika Haksar’s Experimental Film 
Support the Indian youth struggle against the brutal attack and betrayal of “Agnipath” ! 
Is The Congress On Suicide Course? 
Earthquake: USA Must Return ‘Stolen’ 3.5 billion dollars to Afghanistan 
Historic flooding in Bangladesh and Assam 
Top Gun: Maverick: The Pentagon Recruitment Drive 
Cultural Warriors: Why Palestine’s Sports Victories Should Inspire Us 
The Wide Role Brazil’s Military Has Played in the Destruction of the Amazon 
Can the United States Curb the Epidemic of Gun Violence? 
Vignettes of Covid-induced economic misery 
Agnipath: The way to the graveyard of India’s Armed Forces and the destruction of भारत as a nation 
When World Camel Day follows World Yoga Day 
Earthquake Kills 900+ in Afghanistan 
Strike Shuts Down Rail Network Across Britain In Workers’ Battle To Protect Jobs, Pay And Safety 
Publish books of news reports on Bhagat Singh and the role of other revolutionaries in freedom struggle 
US- & Zionist-subverted Australia & Sorely Oppressed Indigenous Palestinians 
Farmers’ Indebtedness Most Important Cause of Suicides The Sangrur Lok Sabha By-election in Punjab: Upping the human rights issue 
The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa Is Hurting Farmers, Not Helping 
How Corporate Food Monopolies Caused the Baby Formula Scandal 
The Geopolitics of the New Cold War 
Crises of migrants and refugees–where should homeless millions go? 
Memoirs which recall several inspiring aspects of social and ecological movements 
Some glimpses of old Bollywood in Kashmir 
Accelerated Sinhalisation into Tamils traditional homeland 
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