The false binary of clerical authoritarianism versus Western liberalism is precisely what sustains Iran’s crisis. Each pole feeds the other. External threats, sanctions, and war rhetoric provide the theocratic state with a permanent alibi: dissent becomes treason, protest becomes collaboration, and repression is recast as national defence. By Arkadeep Goswami Iran today occupies […]
Big Oil is a winner in the U.S. attack on Venezuela, even if they don’t extract a drop of oil from there. By Basav Sen Via OtherWords Is the illegal U.S. invasion of Venezuela, and kidnapping of its president, a “war for oil”? To some extent, this is a reductionist debate. There […]
The Iranian people will not accept US interference into their own political affairs. In fact, such action may cause many Iranians to unite, at least temporarily, behind the regime. By C.J. Polychroniou Via Common Dreams Iran’s Islamic regime is under incredible pressure as the protests that begun in late December over the collapse of the currency have morphed […]
১৫ জানুয়ারি (১লা মাঘ) পূজা-সমাবেশের মধ্য দিয়ে সাঁওতাল সমাজ আবারও তুলে ধরেছে তাদের অটুট সম্পর্ক – দেবতা, পাহাড়, সংস্কৃতির সঙ্গে। গ্রামসভা ও আদিবাসী সমাজের সম্মতি ছাড়া কোনো প্রকল্প নয় – এই দাবি। উন্নয়নের নামে দেবস্থান ধ্বংস হলে বৃহত্তর আন্দোলনের পথে যাবেন তাঁরা। Groundxero | 16 January 2026 পৌষ মাসের শেষ আর পয়লা মাঘ; এই সময়ই […]
On this occasion, farmers and working people collectively took the New Year’s Pledge to continue united struggles against the anti-farmer, anti-worker and pro-corporate policies of the BJP-led NDA government. Groundxero | 16 January 2026 On the call of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), All India Resistance Day was observed across the country on […]
1,318 Anti-Muslim and Anti-Christian Hate Speech Events Documented Across India in 2025. The content of hate speech at in-person events in 2025 continued to reflect core Hindu nationalist tropes — centrally, the idea of Muslims as perpetual outsiders and an existential threat to the Hindu-majority nation. Groundxero | January 13, 2026 The India […]
The Trump administration is consolidating the familiar machinery of terror of all authoritarian states. We must resist now. If we wait, it will be too late. CHRIS HEDGES JAN 11 I have seen the masked goons who terrorize our streets before. I saw them during the “Dirty War” in Argentina, where 30,000 men, […]
Current developments in Venezuela may appear to be unfathomable—until one recalls the long history of imperialist interference in Latin America and the Caribbean. By Daniela Ortiz and Gisela Cernadas Current developments in Venezuela may appear to be unfathomable—until one recalls the long history of imperialist interference in Latin America and the Caribbean. The events of the […]
৭ জানুয়ারি, মঙ্গলবার স্বাস্থ্যভবন অভিযানের কারণ ছিল স্বাস্থ্য আধিকারিকদের সঙ্গে বৈঠক করে সমাধান সূত্র বের করা, প্রাপ্য অধিকার আদায় করা। কিন্ত প্রথম ও প্রধান দাবি – আশাকর্মীদের জন্য রাজ্য সরকারের নির্ধারিত ন্যূনতম (মিনিমাম ওয়েজ) ১৫,০০০ টাকা দিতে হবে – তা অমীমাংসীত রয়ে যায়। ২১ জানুয়ারি এই বিষয়ে চূড়ান্ত সিদ্ধান্ত জানানো হবে। তাই ২১ জানুয়ারি পর্যন্ত কর্মবিরতি চালিয়ে […]
A Press Statement by the People’s Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR) examines how the SC’s order reinforces the political use of anti-terror law to suppress dissent. PUDR notes that while five individuals have secured relief after years of incarceration, the Supreme Court’s order ultimately advances the interests of a State that prefers persecution over prosecution. […]
After two freezing nights of open-air dharna outside the Alipurduar collectorate, women tea workers from seven Merico-run gardens in the Dooars forced the company to issue a written assurance on clearing long-pending wages. The struggle, led overwhelmingly by women, exposed the exploitation of tea gardens workers, administrative apathy towards their plight, and the political party […]
Around 150 tea garden workers from seven Merico-run estates in the Dooars are continuing a day-and-night dharna outside the district collectorate of Alipurduar, demanding months of unpaid wages and statutory dues. Groundxero | January 5, 2026 Around 150 tea garden workers from seven Merico-run estates in the Dooars are continuing a day-and-night dharna […]
The evisceration of the rule of law at home and abroad solidifies America as a rogue state. CHRIS HEDGES DEC 5 The ruling class of the United States, severed from a fact-based universe and blinded by idiocy, greed and hubris, has immolated the internal mechanisms that prevent dictatorship, and the external mechanisms designed […]
Juan Luis Manfredi, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha On the back of every dollar bill, the phrase Novus Ordo Seclorum (“New order of the ages”) hints at the principle guiding the US’ new security strategy. The attack on Venezuela and the capture of President Nicolás Maduro herald the decoupling of Trump’s United States from […]
This war also does not reflect the will of the people. Nearly 70% of Americans oppose another war and reject the endless cycle of military interventions carried out in their name. Medea Benjamin / Michelle Ellner Jan 03, 2026 Via Common Dreams Overnight, the United States government bombed civilian and military sites across Venezuela and illegally kidnapped Venezuelan […]
উৎসবের মরশুমে কনকনে ঠাণ্ডা উপেক্ষা করে রাজ্যের হাজার হাজার আশাকর্মী মহিলারা নিজেদের প্রাপ্য বকেয়া বেতন-ভাতা পাওয়ার দাবি নিয়ে পথে নেমেছেন। প্রশাসনিক আধিকারিকদের কাছে পৌঁছানোর চেষ্টা করা থেকে জাতীয় সড়ক অবরোধ, নানা প্রতিবাদ কর্মসূচী নিয়ে তাঁরা নিরন্তর লড়াই চালিয়ে যাচ্ছেন। সুদর্শনা চক্রবর্তীর রিপোর্ট এই মুহূর্তে সারা পশ্চিমবঙ্গের ৭৮ হাজার আশাকর্মীর মধ্যে ৯৯% আশাকর্মী, প্রায় […]
নিউ ইয়র্ক সহ পৃথিবীর অনেক বড় শহরের ম্যারাথন দৌড়ের শ্রেষ্ঠ অনুদাতা টাটা অধীনস্ত টাটা কনসালটেন্সি সার্ভিসেস (TCS)। এই রকম বিভিন্ন প্রচেষ্টার মাধ্যমে মার্কিন যুক্তরাষ্ট্রেও তৈরি হচ্ছে টাটাদের এক ধরনের পজিটিভ ভাবমূর্তি। ইতিমধ্যে, টাটার মদতে চলছে ফিলিস্তিনিদের গণহত্যা; জায়োনিস্ট রাষ্ট্রের সঙ্গে আঁতাত গড়ে আর্থিক ফায়দা লুটছে টাটা। এমনি অভিযোগ করে ২০২৪ থেকে চলছে নিউ ইয়র্কের আন্দোলন […]
A group of academics and concerned citizens has condemned the SRM Institute of Science and Technology (SRMIST) for terminating Assistant Professor Lora Santhakumar, calling the move a serious assault on academic freedom, due process, and freedom of conscience within Indian universities. Groundxero | Dec 31, 2025 In yet another chilling instance of policing thought and […]
The U.N. special rapporteur is one of the most courageous crusaders against the genocide in Gaza. Because of this, she is blacklisted and treated as if she is a terrorist. CHRIS HEDGES DEC 30 NICE, France — It is a late November afternoon. I am driving to Genoa, Italy with Francesca Albanese, the […]
“Let it be clear delivery workers are not slaves of algorithms. We will not accept unsafe ‘10-minute delivery’ models, arbitrary ID blocking, or denial of dignity and social security. If repression continues, our resistance will only grow stronger. The gig economy cannot be built on the broken bodies and silenced voices of workers.” Groundxero | Dec […]
The arrest of Mukesh Malaud is aimed at weakening the growing land rights movement of the Dalits in Punjab and spreading fear among activists and marginalised communities. Groundxero | Dec 30, 2025 The arrest of Mukesh Malaud, president of the Zameen Prapti Sangharsh Committee (ZPSC), by the Punjab Police in Delhi on Tuesday […]
Across all governments – the Union govt. in particular, many state governments and multiple political parties; there is a consensus that workers’ rights can be compromised and violated, in the pursuit of ‘ease of doing business’, and in the service of ever greater private profits. Groundxero | December 29, 2025 As several Indian […]
The continued exemption of marital rape from criminal law exposes how the Indian state prioritises patriarchal order over women’s bodily autonomy, dignity, and right to justice. By Debasree Sarkar Groundxero| December 29, 2025 Despite constitutional guarantees of equality, dignity, and personal liberty, Indian law continues to deny married women protection from sexual violence within […]
More than a century after the Ghadar Party launched one of the earliest internationalist challenges to British colonial rule in India; its revolutionary legacy continues to live on in Punjab. The annual Gadri Mela in Jalandhar is not merely a commemoration of the past but a living political and cultural space that reconnects history with […]
The stage is being set for the next phase of extermination. The siege is now absolute, the violence more concentrated, and the dehumanisation of Palestinians more widespread than ever. As the international media drifts toward other distractions, Israel’s image is being rehabilitated as if the genocide never happened. by Dr Ramzy Baroud Suppose we […]
The British Empire, in steep decline on the eve of World War I, is a cautionary tale for a decayed U.S. Empire a century later CHRIS HEDGES Dec 27 At the start of the 20th century, the British Empire was, like our own, in terminal decline. Sixty percent of Englishmen were physically unfit for […]
The alleged lynching comes within a week of a Dalit man from Chhattisgarh being lynched in Kerala’s Palakkad district. The incident is also the latest in a series of alleged attacks on Bengali-speaking migrant workers on suspicion of being Bangladeshi in several places in India that started getting reported from June-July 2025. by Indradeep Bhattacharyya Via Alt […]
Thousands of women from across Karnataka marched through the streets of Belthangady in a silent rally, demanding truth, justice, and accountability for rape, disappearances, and unnatural deaths of women and girls reported over several decades in and around Dharmasthala. Groundxero | December 24, 2025 Thousands of women from across Karnataka marched through the streets […]
Rural workers and peasants registered under MGNREGS across the country will submit a resolution to the President of India to demand restore and enrich MGNREGA in the Special Gram Sabhas. Groundxero | December 24, 2025 The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) has called upon rural workers and peasants registered under MGNREGS across the country […]
But let’s be honest, the War on Terror was never about terror. The War on Drugs was never about drugs. They were both wars on inconvenient truths—and lucrative opportunities for whoever controlled the narrative. By Raïs Neza Boneza If everything you thought you knew about the War on Terror were nothing more than a mirage—an extravagant […]
Opposition to the VB–G–RAM–G Act intensified as more than 10,000 rural agricultural workers marched to Raj Bhavan in Kolkata. Trade unions simultaneously called for a nationwide push to openly reject the law in upcoming Gram Sabhas and demand for a restoration of MGNREGA. Groundxero | December 23, 2025 Opposition to the Viksit Bharat–Guarantee […]
The CTUs warned that if the Modi government proceeds with notifying rules under the codes without repealing them, the February strike could be followed by multi-day general strikes and expanded sectoral actions. Groundxero | 23 December 2025 India’s central trade unions (CTUs) have called for a nationwide general strike on February 12, 2026, intensifying resistance […]
The present-day alignment between Hindutva and Zionism is not accidental; it is ideological, strategic, and deeply rooted. It is an alliance built not on philosemitism (love or admiration for Jews), which stands in stark contrast to antisemitism, but on a shared logic of supremacy, securitization, and the demonization of a common enemy: Muslims. by Rizwan […]
Calling Ramnarayan’s death a ‘brutal murder’, Dr Hitesh Shankar, who performed the post-mortem stated that despite having performed many post-mortems throughout his career, he had never seen anyone “assaulted this brutally.” By Shinjinee Majumder Via Alt News Five persons were arrested for allegedly lynching a Dalit man from Chhattisgarh on the suspicion of theft in Kerala’s […]
Calling worker–farmer unity the “primary weapon” against the union government’s policies, SKM calls to observe January 16 as ‘All India Resistance Day’ against NDA’s corporate push. Groundxero | 22 December 2025 The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) on Monday announced a renewed nationwide mobilisation against what it described as the NDA government’s “authoritarian, anti-federal […]
The death of Sharif Osman Hadi, a prominent face of the July 2024 uprising in Dhaka plunged Bangladesh into widespread violence yet again. by Indradeep Bhattacharyya Via Alt News The death of Sharif Osman Hadi, a prominent face of the July 2024 uprising in Dhaka, at a Singapore hospital plunged Bangladesh into widespread violence […]
While the fighting has largely been contained to within Sudan’s boundaries, it is being fueled from outside the country. By Christopher Tounsel Sudan’s brutal civil war has dragged on for more than 2½ years, displacing millions and killing in excess of 150,000 people – making it among the most deadly conflicts in the […]
নীতিশ কুমারের মতো স্বনিযুক্ত অভিভাবক হয়ে যান অধিকাংশ পুরুষই পরিচিত, অপরিচিত প্রায় সব মহিলাদের। কেনই বা হবেন না? ‘আদমি হ্যায় না!’ সুদর্শনা চক্রবর্তী Groundxero | December 19 “উও ভি তো আদমি হ্যায় না! পিছে নেহি পড় যানা চাহিয়ে। ছু দিয়া নাকাব। কহি অউর ছুতে তো তব কেয়ে হো যাতা?” “তো আপকো কেয়া লগ […]
Modi government yields to the U.S. pressure; open up a strategic and crucial sector like nuclear energy to private and foreign multinational companies. Groundxero | December 18 The Union government has pushed through a far-reaching overhaul of India’s nuclear energy regime, opening the strategic sector to private and foreign multinational corporations while diluting […]
The appeal by the All India Feminist Alliance (ALIFA) state that the incident cannot be separated from what it calls a growing pattern of demonisation of visible markers of Muslim identity, including hijab, burqa, skull caps and beards etc. Groundxero | December 18 A coalition of feminist activists, lawyers, scholars and researchers under […]