In solidarity with a call by Palestinian trade unions, the Water Transport Workers Federation of India representing 3,500 workers at 11 major ports have refused to load or unload weapons meant for use by the Israeli military in Palestine. Groundxero| 18th February, 2024 The Water Transport Workers Federation of India representing 3,500 workers […]
#SijimaliMatters Update # 7. An update on the status of the struggle by the local communities against Vedanta’s bauxite mining project at Sijimali, Odisha. Groundxero | 16th February, 2024 Vedanta Limited’s proposed bauxite mining project at Sijimali in Odisha’s Rayagada district is being intensely opposed by local Adivasi and Dalit villagers who have voiced […]
পুলিশি আক্রমণে খেতমজুর আনারুল ইসলামের (৫৩) মৃত্যুর তীব্র নিন্দা করল সংযুক্ত কিষান মোর্চা (এসকেএম), কেন্দ্রীয় শ্রমিক সংগঠনগুলির যৌথ মঞ্চ এবং ক্ষেত্রীয় ফেডারেশন ও অ্যাসোসিয়েশন। Groundxero| 16th February, 2024 মঙ্গলবার বহরমপুরে আইন অমান্য আন্দোলনে খেতমজুর আনারুল ইসলামের (৫৩) মৃত্যুর তীব্র নিন্দা করল সংযুক্ত কিষান মোর্চা (এসকেএম), কেন্দ্রীয় শ্রমিক সংগঠনগুলির যৌথ মঞ্চ এবং ক্ষেত্রীয় ফেডারেশন ও […]
The 21 Point Charter of Demands released by SKM and JPCTUs in context of the all India Grameen Bandh and Industrial / Sectoral Strike on 16th February 2024. Groundxero| 15th February, 2024 Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) and Joint Platform of Central Trade Unions and Independent Sectoral Federations/Associations has called Grameen Bandh and Industrial […]
A citizen fact-finding team, comprising members of the Association for Protection of Civil Rights (APCR), Karawan-e-Mohabbat, and civil rights activist Zahid Qadri, visited Haldwani on February 14, 2024, to investigate the recent violence that erupted in the region. The fact-finding team’s interim report titled Bulldozing Peace: State Violence and Apathy in Muslim Settlements of Haldwani asserted that the […]
The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) and Central Trade Unions (CTUs) have appealed to the workers, farmers, agricultural workers, women, youth, students and all other sections of the people to join the massive peoples’ action and support the strike action on 16 February to save the Basic Principles of Democracy, Federalism, Secularism and Socialism enshrined in the […]
With the numbers of the murdered in Gaza surpassing 28,000 people, Israel is mercilessly bombing Palestinian in Rafah. As Palestinians prepare for a catastrophic ground invasion of Rafah, the U.S. Senate votes to send an additional $14 billion to Israel. Amnesty International warns Palestinians in southern Gaza are “facing the real and imminent risk of […]
When one side in hostilities lacks an army, that side often finds its only recourse is to use what the other side calls “terrorism.” By ROBERT M. SCHAIBLE, SALLY BOWDEN-SCHAIBLE Feb 13, 2024 Common Dreams On October 7, Hamas launched a terrorist attack on southern Israel, killing some 1,100 people, a majority of whom […]
The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), which led the historic farmers’ struggle in 2020-21, has strongly condemned the State repression on farmers, and sent a letter to the Prime Minister demanding withdrawal of forces, ensure the rights of farmers to organise Delhi Chalo protest and resolve the demands of the farmers and workers struggle through discussions. […]
Groundxero | 12th February, 2024 The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), which led the historic farmers’ struggle in 2020-21 against the three pro-corporate farm laws enacted by the Union government has expressed its strong discontent and anger against the dictatorial manner in which the Modi government is handling the democratic mode of protests of the farmers […]
কেন অশান্ত হয়ে উঠল সন্দেশখালি? এই প্রশ্নের উত্তর পেতে গেলে আপনাকে যেতে হবে সন্দেশখালি ব্লকের দাড়ির জঙ্গল মৌজায়, যেতে হবে দাড়ির জঙ্গল মৌজার ৭ নম্বর পেত্নি ঘোলায়। যেতে হবে দীর্ঘদিনের অত্যাচারের শিকার সন্দেশখালির আমজনতার কাছে। বিঘার পর বিঘা জমি কার্যত দখল করে মাছ চাষের অভিযোগ রয়েছে ‘পলাতক’ তৃণমূল নেতা শেখ শাহজাহান এবং তার দুই ছায়াসঙ্গী, […]
Groundxero | 12th February, 2024 The narrative for the upcoming general elections was already set. Backed by the corporate money and riding on the wave of Hindu religious nationalism unleashed, orchestrated and amplified through every government institutions and mouthpiece-medias, in the wake of the Ram Mandir inauguration in Ayodhya on the ruins of demolished Babri Maszid, […]
Groundxero | 9th February, 2024 Mazdoor Adhikar Sangharsh Abhiyan (MASA), a coordination platform of 17 workers organisations/unions in India, observed “Mazdoor Pratirodh Divas/Workers’ Resistance Day” on 8th February, 2024, all over the country against the anti-worker policies and to press for the just demands of the working masses in the country. Protest demonstrations, rallies […]
The final stage of Israel’s genocide in Gaza, an orchestrated mass starvation, has begun. The international community does not intend to stop it. CHRIS HEDGES FEB 9, 2024 There was never any possibility that the Israeli government would agree to a pause in the fighting proposed by Secretary of State Antony Blinken, much less a […]
By Andrew Thomas, Deakin University In recent weeks, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeated his rejections of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian crisis, saying: I will not compromise on full Israeli security control over all the territory west of Jordan – and this is contrary to a Palestinian state. While Netanyahu […]
A former hostage warned the Israeli prime minister that if he continues to pursue “the destruction of Hamas, there won’t be any hostages to release.” JESSICA CORBETT Feb 7, 2024 Rights groups in Israel on Wednesday demanded a cease-fire in their country’s four-month war on the Gaza Strip as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin […]
Groundxero | 8th February, 2024 In view of the forthcoming elections to the 18th Lok Sabha, the National Platform for the Rights of the Disabled (NPRD) has send a letter to all recognized political parties containing a set of issues specific to persons with disabilities that they think should form part of their manifesto for the […]
পুণেতে রামকেন্দ্রিক একটি নাটক অভিনয় চলাকালীন “ধর্মীয় ভাবাবেগে আঘাত” লাগার অজুহাতে নাটকের অভিনয় বন্ধ করে দেওয়া হয় এবং অধ্যাপক-সহ কুশীলবদের মারধরের পর গ্রেফতার করা হয়। রামের বিতর্কিত দিকটি বাদ রাখলেও, একটু ভেবে দেখবার বিষয় আছে, এটিই কি প্রকৃত রামরাজ্য? লিখলেন রাজর্ষি। গত ২২ জানুয়ারি ভারতবর্ষের ইতিহাসে একটি অন্যতম বিশেষ দিন। দিনটি কী ছিল সেটি […]
Dhani Oraon, a 58 years old permanent worker (PF No. WB/889/2514) from Madhu Tea Garden, died of starvation on 2nd February 2024, reflecting once more on the apathy of the state government and the garden management to the terrible state of tea garden workers. Groundxero | 7th February, 2024 Dhani Ora (58), a permanent […]
The Uttarakhand women’s groups and representatives reject the UCC Bill passed by the State Assembly in toto, saying that the Bill criminalises constitutional behaviour, and introduces moral policing. Groundxero | 7th February, 2024 The Uttarakhand State Legislative Assembly on Wednesday passed the Uniform Civil Code, Uttarakhand, 2024 Bill, becoming the first State in the […]
Groundxero | 3rd February, 2024 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday announced that her government would clear the pending wages of 21 lakh NREGA workers of West Bengal from the state fund. She said that unpaid wages will be transferred to the bank accounts of the MGNREGA workers in the State by […]
Groundxero | 3rd February, 2024 In a press statement, released on 2nd February, 2024, over 250 activists, academicians, lawyers, and concerned citizens expressed solidarity with rights activist and former IAS officer Harsh Mander and condemned the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)’s raids at his home and his office as being part of a “vindictive witch hunt”. The […]
100 Lawyers and Law Professionals from across India endorse demand to immediate disbursal of wages pending for two years to NREGA workers in West Bengal, with full compensation & resumption of work. Groundxero | 3rd February, 2024 The Union Government has stopped funding for NREGA in West Bengal since 9th March, 2022, based on […]
Our leading humanitarian and civic institutions, including major medical institutions, refuse to denounce Israel’s genocide in Gaza. This exposes their hypocrisy and complicity. CHRIS HEDGES JAN 31, 2024 There is no effective health care system left in Gaza. Infants are dying. Children are having their limbs amputated without anesthesia. Thousands of cancer patients and those in need […]
Groundxero | Ist February, 2024 160 Adivasi and Dalit people from eight villages in Kutrumali, Sijimali and Majhingmali in South Odisha, wrote an open letter to the President of India on the Republic Day, drawing her attention to the unjust and unconstitutional ways by which their land, hills, rivers and streams have been sold off […]
আজ সজোরে জিজ্ঞাসা করতে হবে, কাদের বইমেলা। মিলিত কণ্ঠে উত্তর দিতে হবে, আমাদের বইমেলা। প্রতিটি মুহূর্তে— নিজেদের লেখা, ছবি থেকে শুরু করে মিছিল-স্লোগানের মধ্য দিয়ে ওদের বুঝিয়ে দিতে হবে, অত সহজে ওদের আমরা জায়গা ছাড়ছি না। লিখলেন নন্দিনী ধর। ১. এই কলকাতা শহরের কয়েকটি বাচ্চা বইমেলায় গিয়েছিলগত ২৮শে জানুয়ারি। ওরা কোনো মধ্যবিত্ত বাড়ির সন্তান […]
The ruling by the International Court of Justice was a legal victory for South Africa and the Palestinians, but it will not halt the slaughter. CHRIS HEDGES Jan 27, 2024 The International Court of Justice (ICJ) refused to implement the most crucial demand made by South African jurists: “the State of Israel shall immediately suspend […]
On the question of whether Israel’s war in Gaza is genocide, that will still take more time, but today’s ruling by the International Court of Justice ordering Israel to cease its violations of Genocide Convention is a victory for Palestine rights movement, and will have significant political repercussions for both Israel and its primary arms […]
The huge success of the Kisan Tractor Parade on Republic Day and the mass action character of the gatherings across India is a warning to the BJP led Union Government that enforcing anti-farmer, anti-worker, anti-people policies will be met with widest and strongest resistance of the people. Groundxero | 26 Jan 2024 Delhi, 26th […]
Groundxero | 23 Jan 2024 Narendra Modi has promised freedom from indebtedness and doubling of income to the farmers during the 2014 Lok Sabha election. But the reality is that thousands of distressed farmers in the country are committing suicide every year. One lakh four hundred and seventy four farmers have committed suicide during the […]
পড়শি হয়ে যুগ-যুগান্ত কাটিয়ে দিলেও হিন্দু-মুসলমানের সম্পর্কের মাঝে কতশত ফাঁকের ফাঁকি। রবীন্দ্রনাথ যেমন দেখেছিলেন জমিদারির কাছারিতে হিন্দু-মুসলমানের মাঝে ‘জাজিম তোলা’ ফাঁক; তেমনি এক ফাঁকের স্মৃতিকথা লিখলেন নিশা বিশ্বাস। আমার প্রিয় মা, আজ, যখন দেশ রামময় হয়ে উঠেছে, চারিদিক উৎসাহে নাচে-গানে রমরম করছে। রাজা আসছে রামলালাকে সোনার ঘরে প্রতিষ্ঠা করতে। তোমায় খুবই মনে পড়ছে মা! […]
২২ জানুয়ারি সোশ্যাল মিডিয়ায় কালো ডিপি দেওয়ার, আবেগবহুল পোস্ট দেওয়ার দিন নয়, বোধহয়। …বাবরি মসজিদ ছিল, তা ঐতিহাসিক সত্য – এটা বারবার বলে যেতেই হবে। যুদ্ধটা হেরেছি, লড়াই নয়। লিখলেন সুদর্শনা চক্রবর্তী। মন্দির ওহি বানায়েঙ্গে। মন্দির ওহি বান গয়া। গত ত্রিশ বছর ধরে যে কথা চিৎকার করে বলে গেছে ভারতের হিন্দুত্ববাদী রাজনীতির ধারক-বাহকেরা […]
Groundxero Report | 22 Jan 2024 Even as the entire country was overwhelmed by the massive display of brute majoritarianism on the occasion of inauguration of Ram Temple at Ayodhya, in the city of Kolkata, students, right activists, social and political organisations and individuals held several protest programs denouncing the use of the state and […]
Blocking subsidies meant for the poor and the marginalized to exact political revenge is unethical and reveals the Union government’s anti-working-class and anti-farmer position. Groundxero Report | 22 Jan 2024 The Narendra Modi-led Union government has decided to withhold the release of Rs 7,000 crore earmarked for the state government in West Bengal […]
“কেন সাম্প্রতিককালে মহামহিম বিচারপতিদের আচরণ নিয়ে প্রায়শই প্রশ্ন উঠছে জনপরিসরে। বস্তুত, উচ্চতর আদালতের মহামান্য বিচারপতিদের ব্যক্তিগত জীবনচর্যাতেও স্বীকৃত কিছু অবশ্য পালনীয় কর্তব্য রয়েছে, তাঁদের বাকস্বাধীনতার অধিকার তথা ব্যক্তিগত জীবনযাপনও নির্দিষ্ট নৈতিকতার নিগড়ে বাঁধা। কী সেই নৈতিকতা যাকে মান্যতা দিতে হয় মহামান্য বিচারপতিদের?”সে প্রশ্নের উত্তর খুঁজলেন পার্থ সিংহ। “Justice must not only be done, but […]
Joe Sacco, whose graphic novels marry illustration with cutting-edge journalism, speaks on his career reporting on Palestine and what it means to bear witness as a journalist committed to justice. BY CHRIS HEDGES, The Real News Network JANUARY 19, 2024 Few journalists can be credited with as innovative and impactful a career as Joe Sacco, whose […]
By Peter Greste, Macquarie University Israel has emerged as one of the world’s leading jailers of journalists, according to a newly released census compiled by the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists. Each year, the committee releases a snapshot of the number of journalists behind bars as of December 1 2023 was the […]
Citing Israel’s declaration of “complete siege,” one critic said the war on Gazan civilians is “proceeding exactly as planned,” including newborns dying within days because their undernourished mothers can’t feed them. BRETT WILKINS Jan 16, 2024 Gaza’s children—already reeling from 102 days of U.S.-backed Israeli bombardment that has killed and maimed tens of […]
সমাজের কাছে সাংবাদিক ইসমত আরার হুঁশিয়ারির প্রতিক্রিয়া জানালেন দেবাশিস আইচ। অপমানিত হোন, ব্যঙ্গ করুক, অপদস্থ হোন— উপেক্ষা করুন, উপেক্ষা। কান দেবেন না, খামোখা তর্কে জড়াবেন না। “কেননা আপনার নিরাপত্তা সবার আগে।”(১) এই ‘হুঁশিয়ারি’ ও ‘অনুরোধ’-এ যে কথা বলা নেই তা হল, রামলালাকে তাঁবু থেকে পাকা ঘর দিতে পারেন প্রধানমন্ত্রী নরেন্দ্র মোদী— অন্তত, সে […]
Groundxero | 17th January, 2024 Since December 12, 2023, more than one lakh Anganwadi workers and helpers in Andhra Pradesh have been on strike, demanding that the state government increase their salaries, regularize their jobs, and introduce retirement and pension benefits, and clear pending wage bills, among other demands. Overworked and underpaid, thousands of […]