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, […]
All-India Feminist Alliance and NAJAR warn the proposed Trans Amendment Bill undermines the right to self-identification and reverses gains made since the 2014 NALSA judgment. Groundxero | 21 March 2026 Over 100 members of the All-India Feminist Alliance (ALIFA) and the National Alliance for Justice, Accountability and Rights (NAJAR) — pan-India platforms associated […]
মার্চ মাস ফিরে দেখার নারী স্বাধীনতার আন্দোলনের একক বা জোটবদ্ধ লড়াইয়ের ইতিহাস। সুদর্শনা চক্রবর্তী মার্চ মাস – আন্তর্জাতিক শ্রমজীবী নারী দিবসের মাস। মার্চ মাস ফিরে দেখার নারী স্বাধীনতার আন্দোলনের একক বা জোটবদ্ধ লড়াইয়ের ইতিহাস। তবে সামাজিক, রাজনৈতিক প্রেক্ষিতে প্রত্যেক দশকেই তৈরি হয় নতুন বর্তমান। রুটি আর গোলাপের জন্য নারীদের লড়াইয়ের ইতিহাস ফিরে দেখার […]
What does it mean to be reduced to a name on a list—one that can be erased by the State at its will? On International Working Women’s Day, women opposing the SIR process gathered at Park Circus Maidan in Kolkata, and answered that question not through slogans alone, but by reclaiming identity as something lived, […]
আজকের যে দক্ষিনপন্থার বিশ্বব্যাপী উত্থান ও পরিপক্কতা প্রাপ্তির সার্বিক বাতাবরণ, সেখানে দাড়িয়ে বিগত সময়ের সীমিত উপরিভাগের লিঙ্গ সাম্য অর্জন, তাও আজ হৃতপ্রায়। কর্মক্ষেত্রে কর্মক্ষেত্রে ফিরে আসছে ক্রূর পিতৃতন্ত্র, নির্লজ্জ মৌখিক পুরুষতান্ত্রিকতার চিহ্ন। এবং, বাস্তবতা এটাই যে নাম-কে-ওয়াস্তে আই.সি.সি অকেজো আই.সি.সি-র যুগে মহিলা কর্মচারীদের সামনে কর্মক্ষেত্রে সেইসব ক্রূর পিতৃতন্ত্রের পুনরুত্থানকে প্রতিহত করার কোনো প্রাতিষ্ঠানিক পথ নেই। নেই মহিলা […]
Gaza is only the start. The new world order is one where the weak are obliterated by the strong, the rule of law does not exist, genocide is an instrument of control and barbarism is triumphant. CHRIS HEDGES Mar 16, 2026 The war on Iran and the obliteration of Gaza is the beginning. […]
রাষ্ট্র যত নির্দিষ্ট কাগজে বেঁধে ফেলতে চায় মানুষের নাগরিক হওয়ার অধিকার, ততই স্মৃতিতে জেগে ওঠে দেশের, পরিবারের, সমাজ-প্রতিবেশীর, বন্ধুর আখ্যান, যার মধ্যে জেগে থাকে নাগরিক হওয়ার অধিকারের যাবতীয় প্রমাণ। সুদর্শনা চক্রবর্তী গত চার মার্চ থেকে ভোটাধিকার রক্ষা মঞ্চ থেকে কলকাতার পার্ক সার্কাস ময়দানে চলছে এসআইআর বিরোধী গণ অবস্থান। শুধুমাত্র মঞ্চের সদস্যরাই নন, এখানে […]
Despite their occasional reformative approach, the judiciary is ultimately the machinery of a patriarchal, casteist State, and hence, by nature patriarchal and casteist – so is the bureaucracy attached to it. By Pritha Paul Shakespeare once wrote, “What’s in a name?” with a certainty only men can afford in this world. A man is […]
Groundxero | March 5, 2026 By Mouli Sharma Fifty-one JNU students were detained and 14 arrested by the Delhi Police on February 26 over a students’ protest march to the Ministry of Education, demanding implementation of the recently stayed UGC guidelines for the prevention of caste discrimination in higher education institutions, alongside condemning the casteist remarks […]
The future of Sindhi nationalism depends on its ability to reorient towards a class-conscious, inclusive framework centred on land, labour, and dignity. Without this transformation, it risks remaining symbolically powerful but politically ineffective. By Suffyan Laghari This article critically examines the evolutionary history of Sindhi nationalism through a class-based analytical lens. It presents Sindhi nationalism […]
“The Voice of Hind Rajab” reminds us that indifference is complicity. It mocks the rhetoric used to dehumanize Palestinians. CHRIS HEDGES Feb 27, 2026 NEW YORK: “The Voice of Hind Rajab,” like all great pieces of art, takes a straightforward story — the battle to save the life of a 6-year-old girl, Hind […]
The Modi government has been inviting the world’s most toxic industries into India, and lately, the most hyped one has been building data centres that consume an insane amount of water and electricity, creating water crises in regions where they are set up. By Shyamoli Jana It is hard to find another government […]
With two-thirds of all journalist deaths while on duty in 2025 attributed to Israel, a new report by the Committee to Protect Journalists exposes a deepening global crisis of press freedom. Groundxero | Feb 25, 2026 A record 129 journalists and media workers were killed in the line of duty in 2025, making it the […]
Despite Iran’s relative military weakness, when set against the combined forces of the U.S. and Israel, it can inflict a lot of damage. It will do this as swiftly as possible. CHRIS HEDGES FEB 24 The Laurel and Hardy negotiating team of Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, coupled with Trump’s appalling ignorance of […]
Fact-finding team flags deaths, injuries, and systemic violations as thousands of workers continue agitation. The findings point to a deeper and more structural crisis—one rooted not merely in immediate grievances, but in years of institutionalised exploitation of workers under the contract labour system. Groundxero | Feb 24, 2026 A major labour conflict has erupted at […]
The coordinated violence in Indian university campuses in February 2026 following the UGC’s notification of new equity regulations in context of caste discrimination in educational institutions reveals the nature of the present moment: a systematic assertion of savarna neo-fascism—an ideological project that seeks to violently erase any challenge to caste supremacy, even when such challenges […]
Donald Trump’s public criticism of UK government’s decision to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius directly contradicting the U.S. State Department, have intensified diplomatic tensions, sharpened political divisions in the UK, and renewed global attention on Diego Garcia. By Arkadeep Goswami Groundxero | Feb 20, 2026 U.S. President Donald Trump has publicly criticised the […]
Algorithms decide who lives and who dies; corporations provide the infrastructure; intelligence services operate in the shadows; and technocratic language seeks to normalise the unacceptable. Gaza bleeds so that this model may be tested, refined, and then exported. by Sayid Marcos Tenorio The revelations by +972 Magazine and Local Call have exposed the darkest core of […]
“Revolution is not a paradise on earth. It is a constant process of change, with obstacles and shortcomings,” Felix Weber, a member of the Internationalist Commune in Rojava, told me. “The difference is that people here don’t pull back from the obstacles but try to overcome them.” By Shane Burley / truthout.org The autonomous area commonly […]
If we lose, if we let voices like Francesca’s be silenced, we will usher in an age of blood and terror. CHRIS HEDGES Feb 16, 2026 The viscous and sustained campaign mounted against Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967, by […]
জলি বাগচি। আমাদের ও পরবর্তী প্রজন্মের প্রায় সবার কাছে গণসঙ্গীতের দল গণবিষাণের জলিদি। গত পাঁচ দশক ধরে পথে-ঘাটে-মিছিলে প্রতিবাদ-প্রতিরোধের ব্যারিকেডে ধ্বনিত হয়েছে তাঁর গাওয়া বা তাঁর সুর দেওয়া অসংখ্য গান। বহু ক্ষেত্রে ঢাকা পড়ে গেছে জলিদির ব্যক্তিগত অবদান, ব্যক্তিগত সাফল্যের খতিয়ান। জলিদিও তা-ই চেয়েছিলেন। সেটাই ছিল তাঁর রাজনীতির দাবি। ১৯৩৯ সালের ১৮ জানুয়ারী ময়মনসিংগঘের নেত্রকোণায় […]
A classed understanding of mob violence as witnessed in the current Indian scenario. By Sohini Saha Groundxero | Feb 15, 2026 We are witnessing a moment of normalisation of mob violences across India. Not only that the frequencies and number of incidences are on the rise today, but what concerns me is the growing normalisation […]
In both Cuba and Palestine, the United States is deploying its barbaric methods of producing mass suffering in order to bring about political and economic submission. By NUVPREET KALRA COMMON DREAMS Last week, the US government announced it would be sending $6 million in aid to Cuba, on top of the $3 million it […]
The ‘left’ parties and ‘progressives’ of Assam worked hard to legitimise the NRC in Assam only to hand fascists the justification to conduct a process of disenfranchisement that they will run as they see fit. Shyamoli Jana The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process in Bengal has unfolded entirely predictably, creating massive chaos and […]
“The strike is to defend basic democratic rights, employment security and the welfare character of the Indian state,” CTUs said in a statement. By Groundxero Desk 9 February 2026 As India heads towards a nationwide general strike on February 12, called by ten central trade unions and independent sectoral federations, the country’s organised working-class […]
১২ ফেব্রুয়ারি বাংলাদেশে নির্বাচন। নির্বাচনে যে পার্টিই জিতুক, যারাই ক্ষমতায় আসুক রাজনৈতিক ধর্মের ক্ষমতায়ন এখন সময়ের অপেক্ষা। আজকের বাংলাদেশে রাজনৈতিক ইসলামের সামাজিকীকরণ প্রায় সম্পূর্ণ। সমাজমনকে উদীচী-ছায়ানট নয় প্রভাবিত করছে হেফাজতে ইসলাম, ইসলামি আন্দোলন ইত্যাদি রাজনৈতিক ইসলামের গোষ্ঠী। শুভ প্রতিম রায় চৌধুরী বিপরীত গণনা শুরু হয়েছে। ১২ ফেব্রুয়ারি বাংলাদেশে নির্বাচন। নির্বাচনে যে পার্টিই জিতুক, যারাই […]
Donal Trump believes that U.S. economic and military might are all he needs to become a benign dictator and achieve unilateral control over America’s allies – what will the effects of this policy be? CHRIS HEDGES Karl Marx in his essay “The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte,” said that history repeats itself, “the first time […]