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Deadly Heat in a Political Jungle
World heat is worse than ever. The entire planet is sweating. Every summer is hot but never like this. In America, it’s a national election year in the face of global record heat. What are candidates’ positions on CO2-infused heat?…
Five Reasons Medha Patkar Should Not Get a Jail Sentence
A large number of people in India and abroad are very concerned regarding recent news reports relating to the conviction of prominent social activist Medha Patkar in a very old defamation case. The Hindu reported on May 25-“A Delhi court…
Worst Case Scenarios
Conscious citizens are plagued by their vision of the immediate future as it looms through latest credible predictions of poll results.It Is either NDA regaining power with a slim majority or the INDIA alliance clambering up to the favourite spot…
Gaza And The Israeli Killer Instinct
The Israeli war on Gaza is moving full-blast ahead despite international pressure to have it stopped. The Israeli government is neither listening to the International Court of Justice nor to the World Criminal Court to end the bloody conflict on…
The tryst of Indian democracy: Will the established trends of electoral verdicts prevail or a new phenomenon emerges on June 4th, 2024 in the general election results
Jawaharlal Nehru's speech on the occasion of India's independence, delivered on August 14, 1947, is famously known as the "Tryst with Destiny" speech. It begins with the iconic lines: "Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now…
Terrible Weekend of Accidents Re-emphasizes the Need for Many-Sided Improved Safety
This week-end (May 25 and 26) saw a sudden spurt of many serious accidents in India. In six serious accidents that were reported at the national level, at least 65 persons were killed, many were seriously injured and several others…
Rockets Return on Tel Aviv: Hamas Messages Anew!
The latest barrage of missiles on Tel Aviv from Rafah, the first since January, sends many messages to Israel from Hamas that the Palestinian resistance will not be beaten. The launch of the 12 rockets, Sunday, by the Izz Al Din…
Gaza Matters and Democracy is Functional: On the Latest Democracy Perception Index
The Democracy Perception Index (DPI) issued its 2024 report on May 8, revealing important and interesting shifts in global perceptions about democracy, geopolitics and international relations. The conclusions in the report were based on the views of over 62 thousand…
Peace Movements Must Carefully Choose Those Demands That Have the Most Potential of Bringing Peace
Sometime back I went to an event organized for peace in Gaza. Reaching a little before the speeches started it was encouraging to find several friends here who were so keen about peace in Gaza. However as the meeting progressed…
On ‘Corruption’: And Remembering, Lest We Forget
As we approach the last stages of the electoral battle in India, I reflect upon the ethical and moral meanings of the term ‘corruption’, a term that was repeated ad nauseum in BJP’s campaigns (before they remembered their original plank,…
India
Five Reasons Medha Patkar Should Not Get a Jail Sentence
A large number of people in India and abroad are very concerned regarding recent news reports relating to the conviction of prominent social activist Medha Patkar in a very old…
Worst Case Scenarios
Conscious citizens are plagued by their vision of the immediate future as it looms through latest credible predictions of poll results.It Is either NDA regaining power with a slim majority …
The tryst of Indian democracy: Will the established trends of electoral verdicts prevail or a new phenomenon emerges on June 4th, 2024 in the general election results
Jawaharlal Nehru's speech on the occasion of India's independence, delivered on August 14, 1947, is famously known as the "Tryst with Destiny" speech. It begins with the iconic lines: "Long…
Terrible Weekend of Accidents Re-emphasizes the Need for Many-Sided Improved Safety
This week-end (May 25 and 26) saw a sudden spurt of many serious accidents in India. In six serious accidents that were reported at the national level, at least 65…
On ‘Corruption’: And Remembering, Lest We Forget
As we approach the last stages of the electoral battle in India, I reflect upon the ethical and moral meanings of the term ‘corruption’, a term that was repeated ad…
“Aham Brahmasmi”: The Grandiose Self
Raja bola raat haiMantri bola raat haiSantri bola raat haiYe subah subah subah ki baat hai Gorakh Pandey (King said its nightMinister said it is nightSentry said it was…
World
Peace Movements Must Carefully Choose Those Demands That Have the Most Potential of Bringing Peace
Sometime back I went to an event organized for peace in Gaza. Reaching a little before the speeches started it was encouraging to find several friends here who were so…
Money-Making Military Will Praise War & Parade During America’s Memorial Day of Solemn Mourning
U.S. Memorial Day, originally intended as a solemn day of mourning for families of dead veterans has long become an opportunity for jingoistic war celebration, deceiving politicians and recruiting officers…
New Evidence of Saudi Involvement in 9/11 is in the News, but can we ignore the wider reality?
Some important evidence in support of possible Saudi involvement in 9/11 has been discussed widely in recent days. This should certainly receive the attention it deserves, but this should not…
Memorialize the Pawns, Arrest the War Criminals!
The Korean Civil war, which like that one in Vietnam, was never a declared engagement by our government. No, they were both part of an imperialist plan by the Military…
What Can We Do to Disperse the Gathering Dark Clouds of Nuclear War and World War III?
A constant, huge danger for world is the existing stock of over 12,000 nuclear weapons that are capable of annihilating all humanity and most other forms of life several times…
Why the ICC’s Decision to Recommend Arrest for Israeli and Hamas Leaders Is So Historic
Ironically, the misplaced rhetoric of outrage from Israel and its allies has endowed the ICC’s pronouncements with an importance that the institution never before possessed. The International Criminal Court this…
Globalisation
Comparing How the West and China Offer Loans to Developing Countries
Established Western economic institutions are facing a formidable challenge from Chinese newcomers, each side offering distinct and competitive lending strategies with far-reaching consequences for global infrastructure and development. In October…
It’s Not Capitalism… It’s MONEYISM!!
Here it is from an old college buddy and confidante of mine, J D. This former progressive talk radio host and socialist thinker nailed it with his commentary on things…
Why Garment Workers in Bangladesh are on Strike
Bangladesh is a major producer of garments supplying to world’s top brands such as H & M, Lewis, Gucci, Zara and many others. Nearly 4.0 million workers, mostly women toil…
Tossing Neoliberalism into the Dumpster
It’s official, according to a speech by National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, the United States is jumping off the neoliberal globalization bandwagon (a root cause of domestic extremism) and it…
Corporatizing the World One Small Company at a Time
I remember when my small town lost its last family owned and run pharmacy — a beautiful, old, turn of the century store and a high quality company that the…
Corporatisation: Destroying Rural Economy
One of the most significant commitments of last five decade of twentieth century has been to economic growth and trade expansion, and we have been spectacularly successful…
Human Rights
National Human Rights Commission: Accreditation by the United Nations
Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993 National Human Rights Commission of India (NHRC, hereafter) was created under the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993 (PHRA, hereafter) to provide for the…
Gautam Navlakha’s letter on release from custody
I wish to thank the Supreme Court for upholding the bail granted to me by the Bombay High Court. It proved to be a long wait but well worth it.…
Supreme Court Decision and Strong Media Comment Indicate Growing Consensus on Injustice Done to Prabir Purkayastha and NewsClick
The welcome extended by several organizations of journalists as well civil liberties organizations to the Supreme Court’s decision on granting bail to Prabir Purkayastha as well as strong supportive comments…
AiNNI confirms the NHRC’s Second Deferral by GANHRI and an NHRC to be led by a Women from June 2024 with no men as its member
This is in relation to the news that has been published as regards the second deferral of the NHRCl’s accreditation before the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI). …
PUDR welcomes the release of NewsClick editor Prabir Purkayastha
PUDR welcomes the release of NewsClick editor Prabir Purkayastha and the long overdue reminder to law enforcing agencies to respect constitutionally guaranteed rights. People’s Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR) welcomes…
PUDR welcomes bail to civil rights activist Gautam Navlakha
In the Bhima Koregaon case, with relief PUDR welcomes the Supreme Court order upholding regular bail for Gautam Navlakha, a well-known civil rights activist, author and journalist. The Bombay High…
Imperialism
Despite Blood on Its Hands, The Pentagon Once Again Fails to Make Amends
There are constants in this world — occurrences you can count on. Sunrises and sunsets. The tides. That, day by day, people will be born and others will die. Some…
Torture, Abu Ghraib, and the Legacy of the U.S. War on Iraq
“To this day I feel humiliation for what was done to me… The time I spent in Abu Ghraib — it ended my life. I’m only half a human now.” That’s…
US War Against Yemen Heats Up
The US war against Yemen is slowly but surely heating up. With more and bigger bombs the US is doing the only thing it knows how when what it is…
The Forever Failure of America’s Failed Forever Wars
Dressed in green military fatigues and a blue garrison cap, Colonel Major Amadou Abdramane, a spokesperson for Niger’s ruling junta, took to local television last month to criticize the United…
The Pentagon’s Budget Follies Come at a High Price
by Julia Gledhill and William D. Hartung The White House released its budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2025 on March 11th, and the news was depressingly familiar: $895 billion for the Pentagon…
Europe Sleepwalks Through Its Own Dilemmas
On March 19, 2024, the head of France’s ground forces, General Pierre Schill, published an article in the newspaper, Le Monde, with a blunt title: “The Army Stands Ready.” Schill…
Communal Harmony
Hate Speech in India: How to Promote Amity?
India has been ruled by Hindu Nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party for the last one decade. BJP in turn is progeny of RSS, which has a goal of Hindu Rashtra. It…
After Four Years of Delhi Riots: In Search of Healing and Justice
by Swati Draik, Sumit Kumar Gupta and Badre Alam Khan A memorial tribute on the fourth anniversary of the Delhi 2020 communal carnage was organized by Karwan-e- Mohabbat (people campaign…
Indian Society: Unity in Diversity
For the singular thing about India is that you can only speak of it in the plural.-Shashi Tharoor One feature that is most often noticed about India is its unity…
The Rise of Islamophobia: Future of Indian Muslims
Introduction In 2002, at a difficult period for secular India, a horrific tragedy took place. a terrible episode of targeted murder, particularly of Muslims, that occurred when Gujarat's chief minister,…
Observe Mahatma Gandhi’s Martyrdom Day As A Day Of National Unity, Communal Harmony, Non-Violence And Peace
People’s Initiative to commemorate the 76th anniversary of the Martyrdom of Mahatma Gandhi on the 30th of January 2024, as a Day of National Unity, Communal Harmony, Non-Violence & Peace.In…
Restoring the Inclusive Idea of India in the Times of Sectarian Nationalism
Satyapal Malik, the ex-Governor of many states stated that the role of Pulwama and Balakot was very much there in the victory of Modi-BJP in the previous 2019 General elections.…
Climate Change
Deadly Heat in a Political Jungle
World heat is worse than ever. The entire planet is sweating. Every summer is hot but never like this. In America, it’s a national election year in the face of…
Amazon Rainforest Collapse?
“A major question is whether a large-scale collapse of the Amazon forest system could actually happen within the twenty-first century.” (Source: Bernardo M. Flores, et al, Critical Transitions in the…
Exclusion of outdoor and informal workers in climate change and heat action policy is condemnable: Ensure Climate Justice & Labour Rights Now!
NAPM demands urgent government action to protect millions of outdoor workers from extreme heat and heatwaves, declaration of heatwaves as Climatic Disaster, and provision of disaster allowance to financially-affected workers…
Permafrost Showdown
"Deep below the glistening surface of a frozen Arctic lake, something is bubbling—something that could cause global warming to accelerate beyond all previous projections… Now the freezer door is opening,…
Local Newspapers Are Lifelines for Climate-Disaster Communities: Can They Survive the News Desert?
When wildfires began erupting in the Texas Panhandle in February, Laurie Ezzell Brown, the editor and publisher of the Canadian Record, was in Houston on a panel discussing ways in which…
Tracking toward mass extinction
Where “Two plus two equals five if the party says so” (George Orwell) and when drilling methane wells reduces global warming Having turned a blind eye to climate science, ignoring…
Environmental Protection
What If A Case is Registered Seeking Justice for the 40 Dead Pelicans?
Culpable Theriocide. In the International Journal of Crime, we find: Theriocide refers to those diverse human actions that cause the deaths of animals. As with the killing of one human…
Crocodiles: Great Mothers of Beginning and Becoming
The musty aroma and sunset colours of marigolds and bougainvillea are an irresistible beckoning call to India’s Mugger crocodiles and African Dwarf Crocodiles. Amidst the riparian blooms, a female Mugger…
Resisting With Your Shopping Cart: How Consumer Choice Fuels Pandemics and Destroys Rainforests
Imagine a world where your everyday purchases contribute to the spread of deadly diseases and the destruction of irreplaceable forests. This isn’t a dystopian science fiction series —it’s actually happening…
Procter & Gamble, Mondelēz, and Nestlé Are Among 10 of the Leading Consumer Brands Driving Global Deforestation
Despite corporate commitments, deforestation rates remain high, and community land conflicts continue. Since the turn of the century, there has been a consistent average annual loss of 3 to 4 million…
1,3-Dichloropropene: The Dangerous, Sweet-Smelling Pesticide You’ve Never Heard Of
Regulatory loopholes allow more than 30 million pounds of a cancer-causing pesticide to be sprayed on U.S. crops. California regulators were stunned by their air monitor results in April 1990. Concentrations of a cancer-causing pesticide at…
Ecological Disruption and Militarization of Antarctica will push the Planet Closer to Tipping Points
Antarctica, a continent about 40% larger than Europe in area, has also been called the world’s largest desert and the coldest, windiest, loneliest continent. Such descriptions do not exactly make…
Counter Solutions
A Make-or-Break Moment in Humanity’s Perilous Journey
The polycrisis marks a historic inflection point in the story of civilization. Once we’re past a rapidly approaching moment, society won’t be able to maintain business as usual, even with…
How a Neighborhood Co-op Started by Teens Helped Communities Around the U.S. Adopt Solar Power
The nonprofit Solar United Neighbors (SUN) is one group working to help communities move away from fossil fuels toward solar power. In our time of climate crisis, there is an…
Territorialisation of Land
In the early seventh century in rural England, the process of territorialisation has played a major role in the transformation of land into private property in its institutionalised form. This…
Design Thinking Fosters Social Innovation
Design Thinking could be variedly conceived as a methodology, strategy, idea or a worldview, that is essentially customer-centric in its scope and applications. On a granular level, it is borrowing…
Set up High-Priority, People-Based International Organization for Protecting Life-Nurturing Conditions of Earth
By far the most important issue of our times is that the life-nurturing conditions of earth are threatened very seriously for the first time by human-made factors. Very devastating changes…
Are EVs Truly the Greenest Form of Transportation?
A friend recently told me of a new study showing that the “life cycle” of electric vehicles (EVs) causes fewer CO2 emissions than gas-powered cars. This is important since research…
Resource Crisis
The Project of Capital and the Project of the Proletariat in a time of World Crisis
ABSTRACT This is a response to the two sets of articles written by Sajai Jose on the Fourth Industrial Revolution and on the world’s and India’s hunger crisis. It is…
Sustaining the Unsustainable: Why Renewable Energy Companies Are Not Climate Warriors
In the fight to address climate change, renewable energy companies are often assumed to be Jedi Knights. Valiantly struggling to save the planet, wind and solar interests are thought to…
The Gritty Reality of Solar Power
by Priti Gulati Cox and Stan Cox Time is fast running out. The world’s affluent nations, with their abundant greenhouse emissions, have to finally drag themselves across the starting line…
Solidarity with Resistance to Extraction
by Don Fitz and the Green Party of St. Louis People the world over are opposing fossil fuel extraction in an incalculable number of ways. It is now clear that…
Will There Be Resource Wars in a Renewable Future?
Thanks to its very name — renewable energy — we can picture a time in the not-too-distant future when our need for non-renewable fuels like oil, natural gas, and coal…
The Growth Of Fascism Or The Fascism Of Growth?
Bear with me, scrupulous historians, as I try to run through some questions and parallels between centuries that I hope will enrich the essential debate on how to confront the…
Patriarchy
Working Women And Empowerment
My Facebook acquaintance recently posted photos of delivered dishes along with the remark, "Seems like women are getting more educated." I became agitated upon realizing that this was directed towards…
Blame Her
From dawn till dusk, and dusk till dawn, she toils within the confines of an unjust patriarchal framework as a grandmother, mother, sister, lover, girlfriend, wife, partner, professional, worker and…
Gender Justice is Very Important Everywhere, but must be Rooted in Local Culture—Not Imposed by the West
Gender justice and equality are very important for humanity’s progress. This is now widely recognized and rightly so. However what needs to be questioned are the claims of the west…
Challenging Heteropatriarchy
Like any other popular movement, the radical message of feminist liberation is always at risk of being diluted by dominant ideologies. In the current conjuncture of neo-fascist resurgence, such dilution…
Combat Patriarchal Mindset at AMU!
The ascendancy of Hindu nationalism in India has led to the sharp demarcation of religio-communitarian boundaries. In response to communal attacks on Islamic identity, the Muslim gentry has reinforced a…
The Political Logic of Militant Feminism
On February 3, 2024, Rishika Singh wrote a report for Indian Express entitled “Indian men are facing a loneliness epidemic and we’re not talking about it enough”. The very title…
Palestine
Gaza And The Israeli Killer Instinct
The Israeli war on Gaza is moving full-blast ahead despite international pressure to have it stopped. The Israeli government is neither listening to the International Court of Justice nor to…
Rockets Return on Tel Aviv: Hamas Messages Anew!
The latest barrage of missiles on Tel Aviv from Rafah, the first since January, sends many messages to Israel from Hamas that the Palestinian resistance will not be beaten. The…
Gaza Matters and Democracy is Functional: On the Latest Democracy Perception Index
The Democracy Perception Index (DPI) issued its 2024 report on May 8, revealing important and interesting shifts in global perceptions about democracy, geopolitics and international relations. The conclusions in the…
Israel Bombs School, Kills 10 People
Ten martyrs were killed and 17 others injured when Israeli warplanes launched another deadly attack on the Al Nazla School in Al Saftawi in north Gaza. This is another massacre carried under…
Comparing Mass Murder of Prisoners By Japanese (Australians, WW2) & By Jewish Israelis (Palestinians, Gaza)
War crimes are indefensible and war criminals must be punished to make the world safe for decent Humanity. Particularly awful crimes are the mass murder of prisoners by their captors.…
International Court of Justice orders Israel to halt Rafah offensive
On Friday, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued an emergency order against Israel under the 1948 Genocide Convention. Citing reports that “800,000 people have been displaced from Rafah” as…
South Asia
Ravaged by Floods: Afghanistan’s Desperate Plight
Unprecedented flash floods wreak havoc in Afghanistan, leaving devastation in their wake and plunging the nation into crisis. Nearly 315 people have died, and over 1,600 have suffered injuries in…
Students from India and Pakistan jointly created a calendar for World Peace
At a time when geopolitics is all around conflicts and war, particularly due to the Russia-Unkraine and Insrale-Palestine conflict, and the world peace seems to be unstable, students in India…
Pakistan: Indicted Criminals Disguised as Leaders
The Nation Besieged by Few Generals and Political Monsters Pakistan for over 76 years lost its essence of national freedom which was achieved by a people-oriented movement for independence from…
Modi Could Squander an Unprecedented Chance at Normalizing India-Pakistan Ties
Mired in economic and internal crises, Pakistan is primed for normalization and trade with India—but Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government is failing to seize the chance When Narendra Modi returned…
Future of Civil and Political Rights in Sri Lanka
Civil and political rights (CPRs), which acquired general support throughout the world in the latter half of the 20th century and have persisted into the 21st, are the legal safeguards…
Rights of Tamils for Self-Determination in Sri Lanka
The UN covenant on civil and political rights which came in to effect in 1966, lays down the right and principle of self-determination under Article 1 as follows:- “All peoples…
Annihilate Caste
Towards a ‘Suitable’ Ambedkar and a ‘New’ Dalit ! How Ten Years of Modi Regime Has Undermined Constitutional Rights to Dalits
“If the fundamental rights are opposed by the community, no Law, no Parliament, no Judiciary can guarantee them in the real sense of the word”,..“What is the use of fundamental…
All-India Feminist Sisterhood and Solidarity with Radhika Vemula
Dear Radhika garu, Jai Bhim. We, the undersigned members of the All-India Feminist Alliance (ALIFA), write to express our unwavering support and solidarity with you, as you are forced to…
The agony of Dalit Christians in the Indian political field
The Supreme Court of India’s Judgment in K.P. Manu v. Chairman, Scrutiny Committee, (2015) 4 SCC 1, para 27 says: “A Church of South India Commission in 1964 investigating the…
Manudharma and Indian Secularism
(Chief Guest speech at DHPS Conference on Manudharma, Dalits and Constitution held on 17-3-2024, Visakhapatnam.) Manudharma, the ancient Hindu code is still haunting the lives of people. The importance and…
Caste Divide on the Wheels: A Tale of Bus Services and Social Justice in the Nilgiris
Pursuant to the news published in The Hindu on 29 February 2024 regarding the Badaga community members refusing to allow bus to ply to SC/ST villages in the Nilgiris, a…
Whether delinking religion and making the Scheduled Castes net as religion neutral is Constitutional?
The Constitution (SC) Order 1950 paragraph 3 issued under Article 341 of the Constitution is religion based, which says, “Notwithstanding anything contained in paragraph 2, no person who professes a…
Life/Philosophy
Sachin Tendulkar remembers his father Ramesh Tendulkar, poet, critic
Sachin Tendulkar’s father, Ramesh Tendulkar, was a poet, a researcher, literary critic and a gentle soul. He came up the hard way , walking to school for some 8 km…
Rising Tide of Social Parasitism and its Implications
Social parasites are capable individuals who live off the values, products, services, donations, and sacrifices resulting from the labour of others. These individuals are like priestly class who remain in…
Our cities borrowing the worst U.S. models of urban planning
The new municipal commissioner of Mumbai Bhushan Gagrani said in a rather upbeat note at the Press Club on May 21 that the city is going through a big transformation. …
Aryan Idols and the Search for Indo-Europeans: The Prehistory and History of Fascist Mythology Part II
Orientation Mythology and folklore can be used for political and religious purposes whether they be to support socialism or fascism. What was going on at the end of the 19th century…
Territorialisation of Emancipatory Struggles
In an age of digital revolution, capital and its markets continue to be highly mobile, while human beings and their struggles against exploitation and inequalities remain territorialised in the name…
Some Myths Regarding the Genesis of Enterprise
Not only were “modern” elements of enterprise present and even dominant already in Mesopotamia in the third millennium BC, but the institutional context was conducive to long-term growth. If a…
Arts/Literature
Razi’s Art Exhibition ‘I Think Therefore I Am Confused’ Opened in Kochi
The inauguration of Razi Muhammad's art exhibition 'I Think Therefore I Am Confused' was conducted by the renowned poet Dr. Ratheesh Krishna at the Berth Art Gallery in Mattancherry, Kochi.…
Laapataa Ladies (2024) review
There has not been a dearth of films exploring feminist themes and having feminist content in recent times, and it may be observed that most of these films have found…
Razi’s Art Exhibition in Kochi
The exhibition of artworks by renowned art director and film director Razi Muhammad will be inaugurated tomorrow 25th May at Mattancherry Berth Art Gallery by famous poet Dr. Ratheesh Krishna.…
Arise! Prisoners of Hunger (Jago Anashana Bandi Otho Re Joto)
(An English translation of Kazi Nazrul Islam’s Bengali version of The Internationale from 1927) [Current translation by and copyright © Monish R Chatterjee (2024)] Arise! Ye prisoners of…
A Resolve So Bold, A Cause So Pure
Sons and daughters in faraway lands, give promise to justice, a resolve so bold,White, black, and brown speak to power, in defiance, their unity refuses to fold, Then, there are…
Redefining Literature and Its Relevance
What is literature? What are its tags or insignias of identification? These questions are often mooted about literature and its artistic merit. Defining literature is a somewhat hopeless and vexing…
Book Review
Fire in the Soul: Nick Lyons
With lilacs in the dooryard blooming a week ago, I was struck by a sense of synchronicity so strong that I stood stone still and sniffed the air for its…
Weaponising Music
Away from the watchful monitoring of electronic and print media, across India’s dusty and sleepy towns a genre of popular culture is clandestinely seizing the public imagination. Acerbic lyrics laced…
How did the World’s Largest Democracy deal with dissent Voices?
Alpa Shah. 2024. The Incarcerations: Bhima Koregaon and the Search for Democracy in India. Gurugram, HarperCollins Publishers, India, pp. 561, Rs. 699. When I picked the volume from a bookshop…
Liz Truss and the West: A Failed Former Prime Minister Speaks
It is unfortunate that column space should be dedicated to Britain’s shortest termed prime minister and, arguably, one of its most imbecilic and cringingly juvenile. But given that some people…
Herbert Marcuse – New Left Revival?
World events serve as a stage of constant search for how best to construct and maintain society, which is an underlying theme of some decades ago found in the works…
Review – Legacy of Violence: A History of the British Empire by Caroline Elkins
Legacy of Violence - A History of the British Empire. Caroline Elkins. Vantage Books/Penguin Random House, New York, 2022. This is an amazing history, one that should be on the…
Editor's Picks
Stories that can bring a positive change deserve to be called news: Binu Mathew
At a time when the Indian media is increasingly being controlled by the rich and dominated by the caste elites, Countercurrents.org has set up an example of giving space to…
A People’s Manifesto for Ecological Democracy – 2.0
This is an updated version of the “People’s Manifesto for Ecological Democracy” that Countercurrents.org published on 15th August 2020, where we set out a broad framework on how India should…
Countercurrents.org Resisting Fascism Since 2002; Save This People’s Journal; Make Liberal Financial Contributions for Its Survival. Now!
I have before me the following documents: “Why should Binu Mathew while struggling day and night to make the voices for justice heard, struggle even today with appeals for subscriptions?”…
Netanyahu’s War Cabinet Meeting & its Musings over a People’s Journal and Corporate Press
Netanyahu: Now that a temporary truce is on, brief me about developments at the media front. War Cabinet Member (WCM): Sir, our hit rate is 100% successful. Till 23.11.2023 we…
Adieu, Amma!
My Amma (Malayalam word for Mother) passed away on August 22, 2023 at 3.10 AM. It is always difficult to deal with the passing of a parent, that too one’s…
Farewell to Sasi etta, brother K.P. Sasi
Our beloved K.P.Sasi is no more. Filmmaker, cartoonist, writer, mentor, friend and above all tireless activist championing the cause of every underdog, Sasi breathed his last, mid-afternoon this Christmas day…
COVID Response Watch
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.…
Public life in MP disrupted by heavy rains linked to climate change
Roads are crumbling, bridges are collapsing and railway lines are flooded . The surging waters from the rivers are drowning entire villages all around. It has rained so much that…
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…
Malnutrition and death of children decreased in the system, increased in reality
In Maharashtra, the administration has been claiming that there is a steady decline in the number of malnutrition and child deaths in the state. But, in recent figures that have…
When Forest Rights meets Right to Education
With the horrors of the deadly virus still in the air, this would appear to be like a remarkable fairy tale in the post-Covid pandemic scenario, almost like a dream…
Uttarakhand In Need of Climate Resilient Agriculture Practices
In the last few years, we have been witnessing erratic, unpredictable and unexpected changes in climate, which are more perceptible in the Himalayan region of the country. These changes are…
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