Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) — the platform of farmer unions, which led the historic struggle against the three pro-corporate farm laws in 2020-21 — has welcomed the unanimous resolution passed on Tuesday by the Punjab Assembly rejecting Centre’s draft agri-marketing policy. SKM called the assembly’s decision a huge shockwave to multinational companies and big corporations, urged […]
After the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, the Western powers declared the victory of capitalism over socialism. The Western capitalist countries believed they had defeated fascism on the right and socialism on the left, assuming Western-style liberal democracy had no challenger only to sow the seeds of rightwing hooliganism, even fascism, by applying […]
As they united around neoliberalism and an aggressive foreign policy, mainstream parties created a dangerous democratic vacuum. This vacuum can now be exploited in particular by extremist parties on the right. By David Goessmann Feb 25, 2025 According to the preliminary results of the Bundestag, or parliamentary, elections, the extreme right-wing party Alternative […]
Groundxero | Feb 25, 2025 আজ বেসরকারিকরণ বিরোধী গণমঞ্চের আহ্বানে আসানসোলের ইসিএল এর সোদপুর এরিয়া অফিসে বিক্ষোভ সভা অনুষ্ঠিত হল। বেসরকারিকরণ বিরোধী মঞ্চের পক্ষ থেকে সোদপুর এরিয়ার চারটি কয়লাখনির বেসরকারিকরণের চুক্তি বাতিল করে চিনাকুড়ি ৩, দুবেশ্বরী সহ চারটি কোলিয়ারিতে উৎপাদন ইসিএল দ্বারা করার দাবি জানানো হয়। রাষ্ট্রায়ত্ত কয়লাশিল্পে এই মুহূর্তে সবচেয়ে বড় বিপদ রেভেনিউ […]
PUCL strongly condemned turning of a blind-eye by the Narendra Modi government to the inhuman and degrading treatment of Indians deportees from USA, which is violative of the Constitution’s promise of equality and dignity. Groundxero | Feb 23, 2025 People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), in a press statement, expressed shock at both the Indian […]
নব্বই এর দশকে আর্থিক পুনর্গঠনের নামে বাজার অর্থনীতির যে আগ্রাসন শুরু হয়, তা ইতিমধ্যেই দেশের বহু রাষ্ট্রায়ত্ত শিল্প প্রতিষ্ঠানকে বিক্রি করে দিতে সমর্থ হয়েছে। এই আগ্রাসন ঠেকানোর ক্ষেত্রে ভারতের মূল ধারার ট্রেড ইউনিয়নগুলো দু একটি ব্যতিক্রম বাদ দিলে সেভাবে বাস্তবে কোন লড়াই গড়ে তুলতে পারে নি। তাই রাষ্ট্রায়ত্ত শিল্পের সঙ্গে সম্পৃক্ত স্থায়ী শ্রমিকেরা বেসরকারিকরণকে তাদের […]
As Pakistan and the Turkish state continue to strengthen their war alliance, it is necessary that those fighting for their freedom also strengthen their alliances at the political, military and diplomatic levels. By Members of the internationalist commune of Rojava Groundxero | Feb 23, 2025 On February 12th and 13th, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif […]
দীর্ঘদিন ধরেই খড়্গপুরে রেশ্মি মেটালিক্সের একটি স্পঞ্জ আয়রন কারখানা ভয়ানক রকমের দূষণ করে আসছে। গতবছর খড়্গপুরের পাঁচবেড়িয়া এবং বিদ্যাসাগরপুর লাগোয়া NH এর কাছে ওয়ালিপুর মৌজায় একটি জমিতে নতুন কারখানা বাসিয়ে চিমনি বসানো শুরু করলে এলাকার সাধারন মানুষরা জনজাগরন কমিটি তৈরি করে এর বিরুদ্ধে আন্দোলোনে নামে। সৌপর্ণ চক্রবর্তীর রিপোর্ট। Groundxero | Feb 21, 2025 দীর্ঘদিন ধরেই খড়্গপুরে […]
Trump’s attempt to incite a coup in 2021 and his subsequent victory in the 2024 presidential election speak volumes of the democratic decline in the United States. By C.J. Polychroniou Feb 19, 2025 Common Dreams Over the past few years, there has been an alarming surge of coups d’état across the world, particularly in Africa. […]
Donald Trump’s dismantling of the deep state presages the formation of something far worse. By Chris Hedges Feb 18, 2025 The Trump administration’s war with the deep state is not a purgative. It is not about freeing us from the tyranny of intelligence agencies, militarized police, the largest prison system in the world, predatory corporations or the end […]
This is a critical juncture for Europe. The continent needs to define its future place and role in the dysfunctional love triangle of Trump, Putin and Xi, a triumvirate that will shape and dominate the new global order. By Stefan Wolff, University of Birmingham European leaders are scrambling to respond to what looks […]
The 38th African Union summit called on African leaders to “halt to any form of cooperation or normalisation with Israel until it ends its occupation and aggression against Palestine.” Groundxero | Feb 17, 2025 The 38th Ordinary Summit of the African Union held in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa from February 15 to 16, in […]
When today the entire police-administration is with the Maruti management, then in the coming days, we expect support and cooperation from all the progressive and pro-worker people and organizations of the society in our struggle for legitimate rights. Gurgaon, 16 February: On 16 February, a meeting of active members of Maruti Suzuki Asthayi Mazdoor […]
First we got a mafia economy. Then we got a mafia state. We must rid ourselves of the ruling criminal class or become its victims. By Chris Hedges Feb 15, 2025 Kiss the ring. Grovel before the Godfather. Give him tribute, a cut of the spoils. If he and his family get rich you […]
A Supreme Court bench has said that freebies announced by political parties were creating “a class of parasites” and disincentivizing people from working by giving free ration and money. Citizens and individuals & organisations have issued a statement condemning the insensitive and classist remarks of Justice Gavai in the strongest terms. Groundxero | Feb 16, 2025 […]
We share the pathologies of all dying empires with their mixture of buffoonery, rampant corruption, military fiascos, economic collapse and savage state repression. By Chris Hedges The billionaires, Christian fascists, grifters, psychopaths, imbeciles, narcissists and deviants who have seized control of Congress, the White House and the courts, are cannibalizing the machinery of state. […]
Without organizing the working class under a shared vision and demand for a more fair and just society, we will remain largely powerless to stop the Trump-led takeover by the billionaire oligarchy. By Les Leopold Feb 13, 2025 Trump and Musk are stirring up a resistance movement among liberals and the left. The […]