The elections, especially in Bastar and Kanker constituencies in Chhattisgarh, will be watched intently. The restive region has always grabbed attention for the untold violence and displacement of local Adivasi residents as the State has fought armed insurgency for over three decades. Malini Subramaniam Bastar, Chhattisgarh|April 18, 2024 The 18th Lok Sabha election in […]
Both the electoral alliances in the state have done their caste calculations to suit their political as well as electoral interest. The Tejaswi Yadav led INDIA alliance is trying hard to dent the social base of the NDA. By Anish Ankur April 18, 2024 Election campaign for the parliamentary election is gaining momentum in […]
কাল আরও একটি ভোট। পরের বছর আরও একটা রামনবমীর জন্য অপেক্ষা। আরও ভয়ংকর কিছু প্রত্যক্ষ করার দুশ্চিন্তা নিয়ে ঘুমোতে যাওয়া। লিখলেন অনিমেষ দত্ত। ঘড়িতে তখন দুপুর সাড়ে বারোটা। মাথার উপর প্রকট সূর্যের তেজ। কোর্ট মোড় থেকে দু’পা হেঁটে এগোলেই শিলিগুড়ির অন্যতম গুরুত্বপূর্ণ ভেনাস মোড়। এই মোড়ের একটি কাগুজে নাম আছে, সফদর হাসমি চক। সেই […]
বাংলার বুকের উপর দাঁড়িয়ে তাই রামদাঙ্গাকে একরকম সমর্থন জানিয়ে, “শোভাযাত্রায় পাথর ছোড়ার অনুমোদন তৃণমূল সরকার দিয়ে রেখেছে”, মুসলিমদের নিশানা করে, এমন চূড়ান্ত মিথ্যা, সাম্প্রদায়িক প্ররোচনামূলক বাক্য উচ্চারণ করতে পারেন নরেন্দ্র মোদী। দলমত নির্বিশেষে এই বিষবাক্যের যুতসই জবাব কবে দেব আমরা? আর কত নীলকণ্ঠ হব? লিখলেন দেবাশিস আইচ। সন্দেশখালি গণবিক্ষোভে সাম্প্রদায়িক রং লেপে ভোটপ্রচার শুরু […]
The Lavender AI system is a new weapon developed by Israel, but the kind of kill lists that it generates has a long pedigree in U.S. wars, occupations, and CIA regime change operations. By MEDEA BENJAMIN, NICOLAS J.S. DAVIES Apr 16, 2024 The Israeli online magazine +972 has published a detailed report on Israel’s use of an artificial […]
ব্যারাকপুর শিল্পাঞ্চলে মেরুকরণের রাজনীতির যে নমুনা দেখা যাচ্ছে তা ভয়ঙ্কর ভবিষ্যতের দিকে ইঙ্গিত করছে। লিখলেন সীতাংশুশেখর। এই বার লোকসভা নির্বাচনের ঠিক আগেই রাম নবমী। ভোটের ঢাকে আর রাম নবমীর পূজোর ঢাকে কাঠি পড়ার সঙ্গেই মাঠে নেমে পড়েছেন এর থেকে ফায়দা তুলবেন যারা, তারা। নির্বাচনী নির্ঘন্ট বাজার সঙ্গে সঙ্গেই রক্তপাত, মারদাঙ্গা, হিংসা মাত্রাহীনভাবে বেড়ে যায় এখানে। “এমনিতো […]
Without reversing the pro-corporate agricultural policy, ensuring remunerative price to farmers and minimum wage to farm workers, and announcing loan waiver to free farmers from indebtedness, the Modi Guarantee will only facilitate Vikas for corporates and cause widespread suicides of farmers and farm workers. Groundxero | April 15, 2024 Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) on […]
“It’s not just Adani’s brand that the Science Museum is greenwashing, they’re also allowing the oil and gas giants BP and Equinor to sponsor their exhibits, disregarding the fact that these companies continue to expand fossil fuel production against the warnings of climate scientists,” noted Aaron Thierry, one of the scientists who occupied the gallery. […]
Ahead of elections in India, a series of films that promote the ruling party’s right-wing ideology are seeking to influence voters. An art historian explains how the trend started. By Preminda Jacob, University of Maryland, Baltimore County As the largest electorate in history goes to the polls in India from April 19 to […]
A survey report on the conditions of tea garden workers of North Bengal released a week before the Lok Sabha elections provides a reflection not just on the deplorable conditions of tea garden workers but also a sad commentary on the failure of the two major contenders in this election, one of whom controls the […]
On April 19, Modi will begin his quest to win a third consecutive term in charge of the world’s most populous country. For as long as he has been in power, legal anthropologist Sandhya Fuchs, who grew up in rural India, has been researching human rights and hate crime law in India. She has got […]
If both Trump and Modi ascend to power, India-US ties are likely to be stronger than ever. By Chee Meng Tan, University of Nottingham Two elections this year may shift the triangular balance of power between China, India and the US. Indian prime minister Narenda Modi is expected to be returned to power […]
If the IOC has excluded Russia from the games for actions contrary to the Olympic ethos of peace, then consistency demands scrutiny of all participants. By SOPHIA BROOKS Apr 09, 2024 An ancient adage states, “To kill is to invite punishment, except when done en masse.” Despite the passage of over half a […]
এ ভারতে বিগত ১০ বছরে শুধু সংসদ প্রধান রাজনীতি-অর্থনীতি, কর্পোরেট প্রধান সমাজ-সংস্কৃতি মানেই দুর্নীতি। এবং পুরো ব্যবস্থাটাই, একে অন্যের সঙ্গে জাপটে-জুপটে, লেপ্টে-লুপ্টে, নোংরা কাদা মাখামাখি এমনই “শুয়োরের খোঁয়ার” হয়ে আছে যে, সে বিষয়ে “চোরের মায়ের বড় গলা” শুনতে যাওয়া, অংশগ্রহণ করা, উপস্থিত থাকা, হাত তুলে হলেও “বাংলার দুর্নীতিতে ঘোর বিচলিত” হওয়া আসলে এই দুর্নীতির রাজনীতিকে […]
“The Israeli government’s use of starvation as a weapon of war has proven deadly for children in Gaza.” By Jake Johnson Apr 09, 2024 The Israeli government is starving children to death in the Gaza Strip with its deliberate and systematic obstruction of food aid, Human Rights Watch said in a report released Tuesday, citing firsthand accounts from doctors […]
The suggestions and demands given in this ‘Workers’ Rights Manifesto’ have emerged from the discussions held over the past few months with many organisations and worker groups in their work areas. Groundxero | April 8, 2024 The preamble of our constitution mentions the values of justice, liberty, equality, fraternity, dignity, secularism and socialism. These […]
The SKM has appealed to the farmers to campaign among the people for Supreme Court monitored SIT to probe Electoral Bond Scam, and demand prosecution of PM Modi, key cabinet members and BJP leadership. Groundxero | April 8, 2024 The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) in a press release said that the revelations after the […]
U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres reiterated his call for an “immediate humanitarian cease-fire, the unconditional release of all hostages, the protection of civilians, and the unimpeded delivery of humanitarian aid.” By Brett Wilkins Apr 07, 2024 Peace and human rights advocates on Sunday renewed calls for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza and an increase in lifesaving humanitarian […]
Today, Angelou – who was born on April 4 1928 – is best known for I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969), a vivid account of her childhood in Arkansas. Angelou’s anti-colonial journalism, by contrast, reveals a new and more radical side to her career during the 1960s. It demonstrates her desire to link […]
The next phase of the ongoing struggle in Ladakh, spearheaded by the People’s Movement for the 6th Schedule’ has begun with women who sat on hunger strike, this past week. The ‘Pashmina March’ has been announced from the 7th of April. On that day thousands will march towards the Changthang area along the China border. […]
Even before his death, Mukhtar’s family has been alleging that he was being fed with “slow poison”. The deceased had also petitioned in a trial court in Barabanki through his counsel, alleging the same. Groundxero | April 5, 2024 By Anwar ST Ghazipur (Uttar Pradesh): Former MLA Mukhtar Ansari, who represented eastern Uttar Pradesh’s Mau […]
CASR strongly condemns the arrest of adivasi leader Sarju Tekam under UAPA and Arms Act, demands immediate withdrawal of the false cases against him and his unconditionally release. Groundxero | April 3, 2024 Chhattisgarh police on Tuesday arrested tribal leader, Sarju Tekam, for being a ‘Naxalite sympathizer’ and booked him under Unlawful Activities Prevention […]
Marlon Brando explored zones unpenetrated in acting and was a crusader for people’s causes. By Harsh Thakor April 3, 2024 Marlon Brando on 3rd April completes his birth centenary. He died in 2004, on 1st July, aged 80 years. Arguably in Hollywood, Brando penetrated sensitivity and versatility at an unparalleled scale and discovered […]
Over 13,000 children have been killed in Gaza. Amr Abdallah was one of them. By CHRIS HEDGES April 3, 2024 On the morning Amr Abdallah was killed, he woke before dawn to say his Ramadan prayers with his father, mother, two younger brothers and aunt, in an open field in southern Gaza. “It […]
“It is utterly unconscionable that at a time where masses of the world’s population are living in dire poverty, a few individuals are allowed to amass staggering wealth,” said an activist responding to the list. Groundxero | April 2, 2024 There are more billionaires than ever before. The world has 2,781 people with fortunes exceeding […]
“You opened the door to the rise of democracy, equality, and freedom,” Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoğlu said following his re-election. “You ignited hope at the ballot box.” By Brett Wilkins Apr 01, 2024 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s Justice and Development Party suffered its worst-ever defeat Sunday when the country’s main opposition party […]
“This is not only an attack against WCK, this is an attack on humanitarian organizations showing up in the most dire of situations where food is being used as a weapon of war,” said the aid group’s CEO. By Jake Johnson Apr 02, 2024 World Central Kitchen said Tuesday that a targeted Israeli […]
“Arming a war criminal makes you a war criminal,” one critic admonished the U.S. president. By BRETT WILKINS Mar 29, 2024 Despite growing worldwide calls for an arms embargo, the Biden administration in recent days has approved the transfer of billions of dollars worth of new weapons shipments to Israel, including warplanes and […]
The genocide in Gaza is the final stage of a process begun by Israel decades ago. Anyone who did not see this coming blinded themselves to the character and ultimate goals of the apartheid state. By CHRIS HEDGES MAR 30, 2024 There are no surprises in Gaza. Every horrifying act of Israel’s genocide […]
“People for Himalaya” campaign have issued a five-point charter of demand for all political parties for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls demanding a complete ban on all mega infrastructure projects in the Himalayas. Groundxero | March 30, 2024 A newly-launched “People for Himalaya Campaign” held an online press conference on March 29 and released […]
SKM has released a leaflet – Why RSS is Angry with Farmers – as part of its campaign to Expose, Protest, Punish BJP, and to build a bigger movement on its demands. The leaflet appeals to all patriotic forces in India to come together to isolate and expose the divisive ideology of the RSS that spreads […]
Though many of Israel’s traditional allies in the West are openly disowning its behavior, weapons from various Western and non-Western countries continue to flow, feeding the war machine. By RAMZY BAROUD Mar 29, 2024 Common Dreams Over 9,000 Palestinian women have been killed since the start of the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip. Mothers have been […]
The World Court cited “exceptionally grave” developments, especially the “spread of famine and starvation,” in once again ordering Israel to prevent genocidal acts in Gaza. By BRETT WILKINS Mar 28, 2024 Citing “the worsening conditions of life faced by Palestinians in Gaza, in particular the spread of famine and starvation,” the International Court of […]
British courts for five years have dragged out Julian Assange’s show trial. He continues to be denied due process as his physical and mental health deteriorates. This is the point. By CHRIS HEDGES MAR 27, 2024 Prosecutors representing the United States, whether by design or incompetence, refused — in the two-day hearing I attended in London in February […]
১৯৭৯ সালের ১৮ই ডিসেম্বর জাতিসংঘের সাধারণ পরিষদে গৃহীত হয় নারীর প্রতি সব ধরণের বৈষম্য দূরীকরণ বিষয়ক সনদ বা কনভেনশন – United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women বা সংক্ষেপে সিডও (CEDAW)। ভারত সহ ১৫০টির বেশি দেশ এই সনদে স্বাক্ষর করে। আজকের সময়ে দাঁড়িয়ে বিশেষত ভারতের পরিপ্রেক্ষিতে নারী অধিকার প্রতিষ্ঠা […]
Despite weaknesses and false U.S. claims that the resolution is nonbinding, it demands an end to the bombing and a massive influx of humanitarian aid. And that means the possibility of saving lives. By PHYLLIS BENNIS Mar 25, 2024 Common Dreams Five and half months into Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza with more than 32,000 […]
“Friday night’s attack in Moscow was nightmarish but sadly the horror is likely to be just beginning.” By Greg Barton, Deakin University It appears almost certain the brutal assault on a Russian crowd settling down to watch a rock concert in Moscow on Friday night was an Islamist terrorist attack. At least 133 […]
অ্যামনেস্টি রিপোর্ট বলছে, ভারতে বুলডোজার মুসলিম নির্যাতনের সঙ্গে সমার্থক হয়ে গিয়েছে। এবং এই ধ্বংস-উচ্ছেদের কারণে ব্রিটিশ বহুজাতিক সংস্থার জেসিবি ব্র্যান্ডের যন্ত্রগুলি এখন এতটাই প্রচলিত হয়ে গিয়েছে যে, ভারতে বুলডোজার এই জেসিবি ব্র্যান্ডের জেনেরিক টার্ম হয়ে উঠেছে। ভারতে জেসিবি মেশিনের মাধ্যমে গণ-ধ্বংসাত্মক কাজ বেড়ে চললেও, ২০২২ সালে ঠিক যখন গুজরাত, মধ্যপ্রদেশ, দিল্লিতে মুসলিম মহল্লায় মহল্লায় জেসিবি […]
With economic growth and industrial progress, India has also witnessed an unfortunate consequence: a disturbing rise in fatal accidents at workplaces. Tens of thousands of workers die at a horrifying rate in accidents at workplaces across the country. Groundxero | March 24, 2024 In the last 7 days, between March 18 and March 24, […]
In May 2013 I resigned from PEN America over the appointment of former State Department official Suzanne Nossel. A decade later, PEN America has become a propaganda arm of the state. PEN America peddles agitprop. It is our version of the Union of Soviet Writers. The human rights violations by our enemies are heinous crimes and our own, […]