Multipolarity is not simply an emerging geopolitical arrangement—it is a response to the failure of unipolarity itself. Yet its promise remains contingent. Without a parallel commitment to justice, equity, and institutional reform, the redistribution of power may yield only a more fragmented and unstable world. by Ranjan Solomon The end of the unipolar illusion […]
As residents of a nation-state focused on undermining gender justice through concerted and choreographed action of all its functionaries, how do we resist? By Samata Biswas The last month and a half in India have been singularly detrimental to all the strides that the country has made towards gender justice. On 13th […]
ট্রাম্পেশ্বর ও নন-বায়োলজিকালদের নিয়ে যে কাল্ট ফিগার তৈরির নিরন্তর এবং সচেতন পরিকল্পনা হয়েছিল, তা নিয়ে লেখাজোখাও হয়েছে। কিন্তু ওই যে — তাঁরা নগ্ন, কাজেই ধরা পড়ার লজ্জাহীন। এবং হাতেগোনা কয়েক জনের ওইসব শিক্ষা, সংস্কৃতি, যুক্তিবাদ ও নৈতিকতার পুঁথিগুলো স্রেফ এখানে অ্যাকাডেমিক ইন্টারেস্ট। এতে এদের কিচ্ছু এসে যায় না। শুভদীপ মৈত্র উলঙ্গ রাজা কবিতাটা […]
Mazdoor Adhikar Sangharsh Abhiyan (MASA), a joint platform of workers’ organisations and trade unions, organised a press conference on Tuesday, 21 April, at Press Club of India. The gathering was addressed by Supreme Court senior counsel Adv. Prashant Bhushan and various worker organisation leaders. At this time, thousands of workers across Delhi-NCR and various other […]
Amid escalating protests and allegations of police repression in Odisha’s mineral-rich tribal regions, the state’s push to fast-track bauxite mining projects in the Eastern Ghats has intensified. Even as questions mount over consent, legality, and environmental impact, key constitutional institutions have remained largely unresponsive, deepening concerns among affected local communities. A day after the […]
Over the past few months, a wave of worker-led protests has swept across India’s industrial belts—from refineries and factories to gig platforms and domestic workspaces. Triggered by stagnant wages, unsafe conditions, and deepening contractualization without labour rights, these struggles are not isolated eruptions but part of a broader awakening among the country’s working classes. Women […]
Trump’s portrayal of himself as Jesus, or anointed by Jesus, is typical of cult leaders. CHRIS HEDGES APR 20, 2026 During the two years I spent writing “American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America,” I encountered numerous mini-Trumps. These self-proclaimed pastors — very few had any formal religious training — […]
Greater Israel, beyond the infrastructure of occupation, requires a geography that reflects its claims as though they were already there, rendering the villages as invisible as to make them ready to be claimed, and the Apple and Google digital maps provide exactly the instrument to do so. April 19, 2026 by Jwan Zreiq Apple […]
Protests were held across multiple blocks, Sub-divisional offices and in district headquarters spanning 22 districts of Odisha against the alleged repression and transfer of protected land for corporate interests without due processin in the Sijimali region. Groundxero | April 19, 2026 By Prakash Kumar Samantsinghar After conducting a fact-finding exercise on the alleged pre-dawn police action […]
Over the past two-three months, a series of spontaneous, worker-led strikes has erupted across India’s industrial belts—from Barauni to Panipat, Manesar to Noida—cutting across sectors and states. Largely led by contract workers and unfolding without formal leadership or union direction, these struggles challenge the widely held belief that the working class has receded as a […]
নথি থাকা সত্ত্বেও কেন পশ্চিমবঙ্গ বিধানসভা নির্বাচন ২০২৬-এ নিজেদের ভোট দিতে পারবেন না, উত্তর চান নাম বাদ যাওয়া ভোটারেরা সুদর্শনা চক্রবর্তীর প্রতিবেদন সামাজিক, অর্থনৈতিক অবস্থান, শহর-গ্রাম-মফস্বল, জাতি-বর্ণ-ধর্ম, লিঙ্গ পরিচিতি সব পেরিয়ে পশ্চিমবঙ্গের নাগরিকদের এক বিশাল অংশ আজ ডিলিটেড ভোটার। তাঁদের চোখে এই নির্বাচন ঠিক কেমন? মর্জিনা বিবি, গড়িয়াহাট ফ্লাইওভারের নীচের বাসিন্দা, আগে কাগজ কুড়িয়ে […]
A group of Left political parties has written to the Governor of Odisha, raising serious allegations of police excesses, constitutional violations, and coercive resource extraction in the Sijimali region, and demanded his immediate intervention, including the cancellation of the bauxite mining project by Vedanta Limited. Groundxero | April 15, 2026 A group of Left political […]
এটাই একভাবে হিন্দুরাষ্ট্র তৈরির নীল ছকের ভিত্তি। একদিক থেকে এই বে-নাগরিকীকরণ প্রক্রিয়ার ভেতর দিয়ে তৈরি করা হচ্ছে এমন একটি জনগোষ্ঠী, যাদের জীবন অতিমাত্রায় অসুরক্ষিত। এবং, যেহেতু অসুরক্ষিত, তাই দুর্বল। আর কে না জানে, অধিকারবিহীন দুর্বল মানুষের পক্ষে প্রতিবাদ করা অতো সহজ নয়? আজ আদালতের চরিত্র নিরপেক্ষ নয়, বরং আগাপাশতলা রাজনৈতিক। একই কথা খাটে নির্বাচন কমিশন […]
The massacre at a school in the city of Minab is not an isolated case, but rather an example of broader brutality and also a window into how the US systematically downplays civilian death and suffering. By Medea Benjamin | Nicolas J.S. Davies Via Common Dreams After the breakdown of talks in Pakistan, the ceasefire […]
When the government’s top lawyer tells the Supreme Court that the 2018 Sabarimala verdict was “wrong in law,” he is not making a jurisprudential argument. He is making a political declaration — and women’s bodies are its currency. Groundxero | April 15, 2026 by Tinku Khanna When Solicitor General Tushar Mehta stood before the nine-judge Constitution […]
Groundxero | April 15, 2026 by Sudarshana Chakraborty “I was lying on the bed in the hospital room and 10 doctors, male and female, were examining me from all sides, to check and confirm my gender. So I know the pain. I’ve seen my life already, I’ve reached a point. I don’t fear anything. But […]
পশ্চিমবঙ্গ বিধানসভা নির্বাচন ২০২৬-কে অবৈধ বলছেন নাম বাদ যাওয়া ভোটারেরা ১ সুদর্শনা চক্রবর্তীর প্রতিবেদন সামাজিক, অর্থনৈতিক অবস্থান, শহর-গ্রাম-মফস্বল, জাতি-বর্ণ-ধর্ম, লিঙ্গ পরিচিতি সব পেরিয়ে পশ্চিমবঙ্গের নাগরিকদের এক বিশাল অংশ আজ ডিলিটেড ভোটার। তাঁদের চোখে এই নির্বাচন ঠিক কেমন? সাহেব আলম, বন্ধ জুট্মিল কারখানার প্রাক্তন কর্মী, বর্তমানে এক আবাসনের নিরাপত্তাকর্মী “আমার নাম […]
Ultimately, the ceasefire between the United States, Israel and Iran does not resolve the conflict. It postpones it. And, as history repeatedly shows, postponement is not the same as settlement. It is an interlude—one that may hold, but only temporarily. by Eko Ernada The announcement of a ceasefire between the United States, Israel and […]
As West Bengal’s Left struggles to recover from years of electoral decline and political marginalisation, the coming together of CPI(M) and CPI(ML)-Liberation in the upcoming assembly elections signals a tentative attempt at forging left unity. This piece examines the historical weight, present compulsions, and uncertain possibilities of this emerging alignment. by Subho Maitro […]
“আমাকে সহ সেই সমস্ত মানুষকে ভোটাধিকার হয় ফিরিয়ে দিতে হবে, ভোট দেওয়ার অধিকার এই নির্বাচনেই দিতে হবে। আর তা না হলে আমি ‘স্বেচ্ছামৃত্যু’র জন্য আপিল করছি, আমাকে সেই স্বেচ্ছামৃত্যুর অধিকার, স্বেচ্ছামৃত্যুর অর্ডার মাননীয় রাষ্ট্রপতি ও সুপ্রিম কোর্ট দিক।” – কলকাতা প্রেস ক্লাবে এসআইআর বিরোধী উদ্যোগ, যাদবপুর আয়োযিত এক সাংবাদিক সম্মেলনে উপস্থিত হয়ে বললেন ফরিদুল ইসলাম। […]
People’s Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR) has strongly condemned the raids, attacks on villagers and destruction of their houses by the local police and goons in Kantamal village – one of the strongholds of the movement against the Sijimali Bauxite Mining Project – in Odisha’s Kalahandi District. Groundxero | April 9, 2026 PUDR said that […]
An urgent appeal to the the Chief Minister of Odisha from concerned citizens and organisations to take immediate steps to curb state violence on adivasis and dalits of Raygada and Kalahandi opposing Vedanta’s bauxite mining project. Groundxero | April 7, 2024 Even as Adivasi and Dalit communities in Odisha’s Sijimali region continue to resist the […]
At a press conference held at the Press Club of India on Monday, concerns were raised over large-scale deletions from electoral rolls in West Bengal just ahead of the Assembly elections, with speakers alleging that the exercise reflects a grave assault on federal democratic processes by the ECI. Organised by the Association for Protection […]
Honesty demands that we say it without hesitation, without dilution, and without apology: Zionism is racism. by Ranjan Solomon “A people that oppresses another cannot itself be free” – Friedrich Engels Zionism is racism. I state this plainly, not as a slogan designed to provoke, but as a conclusion drawn from history, lived […]
Demonstrations held in cities across UK against escalating state violence under “Operation Kagar” in central-eastern India. Groundxero | April 4, 2026 Protests were held across Britain on March 28, as internationalist and progressive groups mobilised against what they described as escalating state violence under “Operation Kagar” in central-eastern India. Demonstrations were held in London, Manchester, […]
সুদর্শনা চক্রবর্তীর প্রতিবেদন পশ্চিমবঙ্গে এসআইআর বিরোধী আন্দোলনের অন্যতম হিসাবে গত ৪ মার্চ ২০২৬ থেকে কলকাতার পার্ক সার্কাস ময়দানে অনির্দিষ্টকালের জন্য ধর্ণা শুরু করেছে ভোটাধিকার রক্ষা মঞ্চ। ৪ মার্চ একটি গণ কনভেনশন থেকে স্বতঃস্ফূর্তভাবেই এই অবস্থান বিক্ষোভ শুরু করেন এই মঞ্চের সদস্যরা। ধর্ণা মঞ্চের এক মাস পূর্ণ হওয়ায় গত ৩ এপ্রিল পার্ক সার্কাসের ধর্ণা মঞ্চ […]
Israel’s Knesset (parliament) approved the death penalty law, adding another official mechanism to existing practices of killing Palestinians. Groundxero | 30 March, 2026 Israel’s Knesset (parliament) approved a controversial law allowing the death penalty for Palestinian prisoners on Monday. The Death Penalty Law institutionalises and legalises the Zionist state’s mechanism for executing Palestinians. The bill […]
কথা বলার মধ্যে দিয়ে একটি বিষয় স্পষ্ট হয়ে যায়, ছুটি না পাওয়া, ন্যূনতম বেতন না পাওয়া, মাইনে না বাড়া – এই সবক’টি ন্যায্য প্রাপ্য না পাওয়ার সঙ্গেই আরো যে বিষয়টি সবচেয়ে বেশি এই গৃহশ্রমিক নারীদের আহত করে, তা হল, মর্যাদাহীন ও অসম্মানজনক কাজের পরিবেশ। সুদর্শনা চক্রবর্তীর প্রতিবেদন “আমাদের যেন একটু সম্মান দিয়ে কথা […]
The unions argued that the new codes would dilute hard-won labour rights, including the right to organise, collective bargaining, and the right to strike. Groundxero | 29 March, 2026 A joint platform of Central Trade Unions and independent sectoral federations and associations has called for nationwide protests on April 1, 2026, urging workers to observe the […]
Thousands of anti-Trump activists gathered across cities in U.S. to form human sign that read, “Trump must go now! No ICE, no wars, no lies, no kings.” Brad Reed Mar 28, 2026 Millions of American across all 50 states on Saturday rallied against President Donald Trump and his authoritarian agenda during nationwide No Kings protests. […]
“We have enemies. They are not in Palestine. They are not in Lebanon. They are not in Iran. They are here. Among us. They dictate our lives. They are traitors to our ideals. They are traitors to our country. They envision a world of slaves and masters. Gaza is only the start. There are no […]
27 March is World Theatre Day. Groundxero publishes a long conversation with theatre director and playwright Prasanna. A National School of Drama alumnus and one of India’s major theatre activists, Prasanna’s method acting has shaped its own generation of actors. His theatre draws from philosophy, social understanding, political ideology, and a deeply rooted yet modern […]
গত ১৬ মার্চ এই বিল খারিজের দাবিতে ও তার বিরূদ্ধে প্রতিবাদ কর্মসূচী হিসাবে কলকাতা প্রেস ক্লাব-এ এক সাংবাদিক সম্মেলন-এর আয়োজন করা হয়। সেখানে উপস্থিত শ্রোতাদের কাছ থেকে জেনে নেওয়া গেছিল এই রূপান্তরকামী মানুষদের অধিকার বিরোধী বিল ঠিক কীভাবে আঘাত হানতে চলেছে রূপান্তরকামী সম্প্রদায়ের উপরে। সুদর্শনা চক্রবর্তীর প্রতিবেদন ভারতের সংসদে পাশ হয়ে গেল ট্রান্সজেন্ডার […]
Trump is dangerous not simply because of his imbecility and unbridled narcissism, but because he lacks the core attributes of empathy and understanding that define the human soul. Chris Hedges Mar 27, 2026 The most profound realities of human existence are often the ones that can never be measured or quantified. Wisdom. Beauty. […]
Calling on the President to act as “guardian of constitutional values,” the signatories demanded that the Bill be sent back for detailed scrutiny and wide-ranging consultations with transgender and gender-diverse communities. Groundxero | 26 March, 2026 A broad coalition of lawyers, feminists, and civil society members has urged the President of India Smt. Droupadi Murmu to […]
Talampadar must be examined as a case that exposes the deepening nexus between state power and corporate interests, where Adivasi dissent is increasingly criminalised and structural accountability remains absent. Malika Singh Groundxero | 26 March, 2026 In the hamlets of Rayagada and Kalahandi’s Scheduled Area (Schedule V), home to Kui-speaking Kondh Adivasis, Jhodia and Paraja Adivasis, […]
Despite official denial, sanitation workers and activists say caste-based sewer deaths in Modi’s Swachha Bharat continue unabated —“every 2–3 days, one Indian dies in a gutter.” Mouli Sharma Groundxero | 26 March, 2026 | New Delhi “I joined [the movement] in 2015,” says Mangal, a 29-year-old from Delhi orphaned after his father drowned to death in […]
What was once covert, controversial, and constrained is now overt, normalized, and defended. Medea Benjamin Nicolas J.S. Davies Mar 25, 2026 Via Common Dreams For decades, the United States moved from covert assassination plots to openly embracing assassination or “targeted killing” as policy. Now, in its war with Iran, that evolution is reaching its most dangerous […]
NWMI says far from protecting the rights of transgender persons, the amendments undermine self-identification, criminalise support systems, and erase diverse transgender identities across India. 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐱𝐞𝐫𝐨 | 𝟐5 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 The Network of Women in Media, India has condemned the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026, calling it regressive and demanding its […]
The targeted attacks by pro-company people or hired goondas and the active connivance of the district administration with the company is coming down heavy on the movement. Even then, the adivasis and Dalits opposed to mining are fighting it out legally in the courts and through large mobilization on the ground. Groundxero | 23 March, […]