Groundxero | 30th December, 2023 India’s ace wrestler, and World Championship medallist Vinesh Phogat, on Saturday, also returned her Khel Ratna award and Arjuna Award in protest against the election of Sanjay Singh, a close aide of former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) President Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, who has been accused of sexual harassment […]
FORUM AGAINST CORPORATIZATION AND MILITARIZATION (FACAM) condemned the arrest and demands immediate release of members of Hasdeo Aranya Bachao Sangharsh Samiti (HBSS). It urges organisations to carry out demonstrations at various places of country and rally along with the people struggling against corporate loot and displacement. By Press Release 30 December, 2023 On 21 […]
Groundxero | 30th December, 2023 On Tuesday, December 26, an 18-year-old Israeli teen, Tal Mitnick, became the first conscientious objector to refuse mandatory military service since Israel launched its genocidal assault on the besieged Gaza Strip more than 80 days ago. Mitnick said “I believe that slaughter cannot solve slaughter”. “The criminal attack on Gaza won’t […]
Israel’s Genocide Betrays the Holocaust By obscuring and falsifying the lessons of the Holocaust we perpetuate the evil that defined it. By CHRIS HEDGES Dec 29 Israel’s lebensraum master plan for Gaza, borrowed from the Nazi’s depopulation of Jewish ghettos, is clear. Destroy infrastrutrue, medical facilities and sanitation, including access to clean water. Block shipments of […]
Hundreds of Delhi Jal Board sewer workers unite; Delhi Commission for Safai Karamcharis Chairman promises to take immediate action. Groundxero | 28th December, 2023 Hundreds of contractual sewer workers from different zones of Delhi, working under Delhi Jal Board have been removed from their jobs without any prior notice in the past month. Most […]
Groundxero | 28th December, 2023 The all-India general body meeting of Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) has called for intensifying struggle of farmers and farm-workers in 2024 to achieve the main demands of Minimum Support Price (MSP) calculated on the basis of C2+50% formula for all crops procurement by the government, freedom of farmers from […]
প্রতিবন্ধকতাযুক্ত মহিলাদের সঙ্গে ঘটতে থাকা লিঙ্গভিত্তিক হিংসার চিত্রটি বাস্তব। অথচ তাঁরা যেন চোখের সামনে থেকেও দৃশ্যমান নন। তাঁদের কথাগুলো বৃহত্তর পরিসরে অকথিত, অশ্রুত রয়ে যায়। সেই হিংসার কথা আরও বেশি বলার দায়িত্ব, সামনে আনার দায় আমাদেরও রয়ে যায়। লিখলেন সুদর্শনা চক্রবর্তী। সিনেমাটি যখন দেখানো শেষ হল শ্রদ্ধা খাটোর তাঁর কমিউনিকেশন বোর্ড ব্যবহার করে […]
Published: December 10, 2023 Updated: December 13, 2023 By Andrew Thomas, Deakin University As the Israel-Hamas war continues, there’s been a lot of discussion around Zionism. Put simply, Zionism is a nationalist movement that advocates for a homeland for the Jewish people in the Biblical Land of Israel. It is the organisation […]
যেভাবে চোখের জল গিলে নিতে নিতে সাক্ষী মালিক কুস্তি লড়ার জুতোর পাটি টেবিলে তুলে অবসর ঘোষণা করেছেন তা এ দেশের প্রতিটি মেয়ে যারা নিজের পরিচিতিতে বাঁচার, লড়ার সিদ্ধান্ত নিয়েছেন – তাঁদের শিরদাঁড়ায় ঠাণ্ডা স্রোত বইয়ে দিতে বাধ্য। স্রেফ মেয়ে হওয়ার জন্য, যৌন হেনস্থা থেকে সুরক্ষা নিশ্চিত না হওয়ার জন্য একজন ক্রীড়াবিদের এহেন পদক্ষেপ, এহেন অপমান […]
We know how the Christmas story ends. This child becomes a leader, a prophet, the epitome of marginalized humanity: despised, hunted, convicted, and sentenced to death. By RICHARD ESKOW Dec 24, 2023 Common Dreams Every now and then an image perfectly captures the moment, in all its light or darkness.I was struck by […]
By Groundxero December 24, 2023 Jammu and Kashmir is seeing a sudden spurt in violent incidents — a deadly ambush by militants on Army, allegedly a retaliatory custodial-killing of civilians by the Army and gunning down of an ex-cop by unidentified persons. All these incidents within days of a Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court of […]
কসমেটিক্স ইন্ডাস্ট্রির রমরমা এবং তার প্রভাব, নাটকের মূল উপজীব্য (মনে) হলেও সারা নাটক জুড়ে সোশ্যাল মিডিয়ার প্রভাব, শো-বিজের হাতছানি, পুঁজির ক্ষমতা, বিস্থাপন, বাজারের খেল আর মানুষের আকাঙ্ক্ষা— এই বিষয়গুলো বার বার উঠে আসে। কিন্তু এই জরুরি বিষয়ে কথা বলতে গিয়ে নাটকের ফুরফুরে ভাবের অভাব ঘটে না এক মুহূর্তও। স্বভাব মেয়েদের গানের দলের নাটক ‘মিস তিলজলা’ […]
The Cost of Bearing Witness There are scores of Palestinians writers and photographers, many of whom have been killed, who are determined to make us see the horror of this genocide. They will vanquish the lies of the killers. By CHRIS HEDGES Dec 23 Writing and photographing in wartime are acts of resistance, […]
“As global resistance to war and apartheid grows, it is important that the public know exactly who is making this violence possible.” By JESSICA CORBETT Dec 20, 2023 Common Dreams As of Wednesday, a U.S.-based Quaker group’s online database listed over two dozen companies profiting from the bloodshed in the Gaza Strip, where Israeli forces […]
#SijimaliMatters Update # 6 December 21, 2023 We bring to you an update of the Gram (Palli) Sabha meetings held in the Sijimali region on 8 December by the local administration in the presence of company officials and armed police and people’s protest and the Shaheed Rendo Majhi Diwas event in Nakrundi Gram Panchayat […]
সুদর্শনা চক্রবর্তীর রিপোর্ট। ২০/ ১২/ ২০২৩ “আমরা তো মা। এই বাচ্চারাও আমাদের কাছে নিজেদের সন্তানের মতো। তাদের খাবার দিতে না পারলে আমাদের কতটা কষ্ট হয়…। নিজেদের দাবি-দাওয়ার পাশাপাশি বাচ্চাদের পুষ্টিকর খাবার দেওয়ার দাবি আমরা আগে রাখছি,” কলকাতা প্রেস ক্লাবে মিড-ডে মিল কর্মী ঐক্য মঞ্চের সাংবাদিক সম্মেলনে কথাগুলি বলছিলেন আমেনা বেগম, অ্যাসোসিয়েশন অফ মিড-ডে মিল […]
Settler colonial states have a terminal shelf life. Israel is no exception. By CHRIS HEDGES Dec 17, 2023 Israel will appear triumphant after it finishes its genocidal campaign in Gaza and the West Bank. Backed by the United States, it will achieve its demented goal. Its murderous rampages and genocidal violence will exterminate or ethnically cleanse Palestinians. […]
By Groundxero 17 December, 2023 In yet another deadly industrial accident, nine workers, including six women, were killed and and three others seriously injured in a massive blast at an explosives manufacturing factory in Nagpur district of Maharashtra on Sunday morning. The company was into manufacturing drones and explosives for the armed forces. The blast […]
১৪ ডিসেম্বর ২০২৩ রাজা মণীন্দ্র রোডের উপর এক নির্মম অভিযান চালায় কলকাতা পুরসভার উদ্যান বিভাগ। মইয়ের প্ল্যাটফর্মে চেপে মসৃণ গতিতে বৈদ্যুতিক করাত নিয়ে ২৫-৩৫ ফুট উঠে গেলেন কলকাতা পুরসভার উদ্যান বিভাগের কর্মীরা। হাত নাড়িয়ে সদ্য উড়তে শেখা আর বাপ-মা পাখিদের তাড়ালেন। তার পর বাসা, বাচ্চা, উড়তে না-শেখা সদ্য পাখা ও লোম গজানো কৈশোরেও পা না-দেওয়া […]
The state of Israel has killed our storytellers in Gaza with the hope that the stories will die with them. But they will not. By RAMZY BAROUD Dec 15, 2023 Common Dreams What is taking place in Gaza is meant for the history books: an epic tale of a small nation under a […]
Many hailed the COP28 summit hosted by UAE as ‘historic’ because everyone signed up to transitioning away from fossil fuels in an attempt to reach global net zero emissions by 2050. Others lambasted the final agreement for being weak because it failed to commit countries to the tougher job of phasing out fossil fuels altogether. Alaa […]
By Harsh Thakor 15 December, 2023 A conglomeration of revolutionary and democratic forces, united under the slogan of ‘fighting fascism and neo-liberalism,’ has commenced a ‘Jan Chetna Yatra’ (People’s Awakening March) from December 6, 2023. The Yatra, a rally from Kolkata to Varanasi, aims to raise awareness among the masses regarding the communal agenda […]
The Infant deaths in Murshidabad district hospital are once more evidence of the severe state of malnourishment amongst pregnant and lactating mothers and the failure of the State and Central Government to provide even legally guaranteed entitlements to mothers who need extra nutrition. By Groundxero 14 December, 2023 The death of 14 infants […]
Israel’s settler colonial project perpetuates the cycle of violence against the indigenous inhabitants of historic Palestine. Palestinians have been forced to speak back in the language Israel speaks. By CHRIS HEDGES Dec 10, 2023 I knew Dr. Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi, the co-founder of Hamas, along with Sheikh Ahmed Ismail Yassin. Al-Rantisi’s family were […]
The Delhi Police today detained and attacked the protestors who have gathered near Jantar Mantar to oppose grave violation of democratic rights. Campaign Against State Repression (CASR) condemns the rampant brutality meted out by the Delhi Police on Protestors on Human Rights Day! By Samyuktha Kannan | 10 Dec, 2023 On December 10th, globally recognized […]
ক্ষমতার মদমত্ততায় জাতির সাম্রাজ্যবাদ বিরোধী সংগ্রামের ইতিহাস, সে সংগ্রামীদের হৃদয় নিংড়ানো দেশবন্দনাও এমন ইতিহাসবোধহীন শাসকের কাছে হয়ে ওঠে জনপ্রিয়তাবাদী রাজনীতির হাতিয়ার। দেশের ঐতিহাসিক সন্ধিক্ষণের রচনাও সে সংকীর্ণ রাজনীতির মাপমতো কেটেছেঁটে নিতে পিছপা নন তাঁরা। স্বয়ং রবীন্দ্রনাথ হলেও নয়। লিখলেন দেবাশিস আইচ। ধরাকে সরা জ্ঞান করেন মুখ্যমন্ত্রী। তাঁর ইচ্ছায় সংকীর্ণ সরণিও হয়ে ওঠে বিপুলা […]
Murderous State’s drone attack killed at least 88 persons in Tudun Biri village, Kaduna, Nigeria, on 3 December. By Harsh Thakor At least 88 people have been reportedly killed in a mistaken army drone attack” on a religious gathering, during the Mawlid al-Nabi (the birthday of Prophet Muhammad), in the northwest of Nigeria. […]
By Harsh Thakor 10 Dec, 2023 The genocidal attack by the State of Israel and imperialism, mainly Yankee, against the Palestinian people, has escalated at an untold scale. Just between the 6 and 7 of December, 350 Palestinian people were killed. These figures are rising while the struggle for Gaza City and Khan Yunis is escalating. […]
By Groundxero | 10 Dec, 2023 Peasant unions, Adivasi organizations, Trade Unions and social activists in Odisha have issued a joint statement condemning the farce of Gram Sabhas carried out by the Odisha Government in the Sijimali region to hasten the process of bauxite mining for Vedanta Limited. They have expressed outrage and concern over […]
“We stand here ashamed that the weapons used in the ongoing ethnic cleansing of Palestine are partly made on our own doorstep,” one participating doctor said. By OLIVIA ROSANE Dec 07, 2023 More than 1,000 union members with Workers for a Free Palestine blockaded four weapons factories in the United Kingdom Thursday that make components […]
The poor health of asbestos factory workers highlights the need for health examinations of workers to be conducted by occupational disease health specialists from outside the factory. After bone-breaking hard work and risking their lives, the workers earn a paltry 6000-8000 per month. They are trapped in economic slavery. By Nadeem Ansari, an Independent […]
By Steve Pye, UCL According to the president of COP28, the latest round of UN climate negotiations in the United Arab Emirates, there is “no science” indicating that phasing out fossil fuels is necessary to restrict global heating to 1.5°C. President Sultan Al Jaber is wrong. There is a wealth of scientific […]
Phase One of Israel’s genocidal campaign on Gaza has ended. Phase Two has begun. It will result in even higher levels of death and destruction. By CHRIS HEDGES Dec 2, 2023 The skies over Gaza are filled — after a seven-day truce — with projectiles of death. Warplanes. Attack helicopters. Drones. Artillery […]
The United Auto Workers on Friday became the largest U.S. union to endorse a cease-fire in Gaza as Israel resumed its bombardment of the Palestinian territory following a weeklong pause. By Groundxero Dec 02, 2023 The UAW, the largest union in US have called for a ceasefire. It represents 400,000 workers in the US and more […]
SKM asserts that the significant success of the recent nation-wide protest-demonstration before all Raj Bhawans jointly by SKM & Trade Unions has made Modi Govt. nervous; hence the backlash by illegal uses of Investigative Agencies & Delhi Police against farmer leaders. It said that any effort to paint the Farmers’ Struggle as anti-national or foreign-funded or […]
By Groundxero Dec 02, 2023 The University Grants Commission (UGC) has written to colleges and universities across the country to set up selfie points with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s image in the background to ‘Foster Pride’. In a letter sent to colleges and universities, the UGC has suggested that campus authorities should encourage students […]
Workers of the Indian Medicines Pharmaceutical Corporation Ltd (IMPCL) are strongly opposing the Union Government’s move to sell its stake in the profit making mini-ratna PSU. By Groundxero Dec 02, 2023 The Government of India intends to disinvest its entire stake in Indian Medicines Pharmaceutical Corporation Ltd (IMPCL) through strategic disinvestment with transfer of […]
If anything, Kissinger was but a faithful representative of the criminal U.S. elites whom he served all his life—and who guaranteed him a long life of fame, wealth, and luxury. By JOSEPH MASSAD Nov 30, 2023 Nothing notable distinguished the birth of Heinz Alfred Kissinger on 27 May 1923 to a German Jewish […]
Israel resumed its assault on the Gaza Strip Friday morning just minutes after the pause with Hamas officially expired, ending a fragile seven-day truce that created conditions for the release of hundreds of Israeli and Palestinian captives and allowed additional—but still inadequate—humanitarian aid to enter the besieged territory. By Groundxero Dec 01, 2023 […]