Whether this moment of political flux leads to real transformation or yet another cycle of disillusionment will depend on how boldly — and how sustainably— the interim government and new actors like the NCP act. And they must not draw out the process of transition for too long. By Intifar Chowdhury, Flinders University Last […]
“So, let this hollow state — built on lies — hear us clearly: Baloch women are not part of this struggle by coincidence. We are here with purpose, with full awareness. We are not just victims. We are the resistance.” — Gulzadi Baloch wrote in a letter from inside her cell in Huda Jail. by […]
The genocide in Gaza is not an anomaly. It illustrates something fundamental about human nature and is a terrifying harbinger of where the world is headed. CHRIS HEDGES May 18, 2025 CAIRO, Egypt — It is 200 miles from where I am in Cairo to the Rafah border crossing into Gaza. Parked […]
Who would benefit from an all-out war in the Middle East? The same corporations benefiting from the conflict to date: a long list topped by Boeing, General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin, and RTX (formerly Raytheon and United Technologies). By Alix Underwood May 11, 2025 Common Dreams Six months ago, a United Nations Special Committee found that […]
A robust feminist politics that resolutely says no to this war remains the need of the hour. At the same time, such a rejection of war-mongering, that predicates itself both on Islamophobia and a deeply problematic patriarchal politics, must stand on a larger rejection of the sindoor symbolism and politics in everyday life. Yet, embracing […]
The corporate coup d’état and collapse of American democracy began long before Trump. He is simply snuffing out what remains. CHRIS HEDGES May 3 The Christian fascists and oligarchs gleefully handing Donald Trump his sharpie and executive orders are not making war on the deep state, the radical left or to protect us […]
Carney’s election offers new momentum for Canada-EU collaboration. His “blue liberalism” brings Canada ideologically closer to Europe’s current leadership — from Emmanuel Macron’s centrist France to the Christian Democratic Union-led coalition in Germany — providing fertile ground for pragmatic co-operation. Katerina Sviderska, University of Cambridge and Leandre Benoit, University of Oxford Just months […]
Peace can never emerge from the barrel of a gun. Embrace the Kashmiri people and talk to them. There is no other way. Groundxero | April 29, 2025 By Himanshu Kumar Do you know Parveena Ahangar? “Ahangar” means someone who forges iron — a blacksmith. Parveena Ahangar is like iron herself — a Kashmiri mother […]
One needs to understand the difference between violence and deaths that are normalized and violence and deaths that generate nationwide outrage, whose deaths are grieved for and whose deaths are made ungrievable, which attack is seen as “terror” and which attack is legitimized and normalized through law and society. Groundxero | April 27, 2025 By Sohini […]
Humanitarian aid is fast becoming concerned with its own image, trapped as it is by donor funding of the same countries complicit in genocide. by Ramona Wadi As Israel omits Palestinians from Gaza in its depraved genocide, let the international community omit all its hypocritical rhetoric of “concern”, “deeply disturbed”, “deplores” and “catastrophic”. The […]
Our rulers may succeed in eliminating the Palestinians as a people, but one thing they will never be able to do is put those blinders back on our eyes. What has been seen cannot be unseen. By Caitlin Johnstone One thing October 7 did accomplish was getting Israel and its allies to show the […]
The role of women in Baloch politics is not new; however, the way Baloch women are now standing at the frontlines of politics is not only remarkable and inspiring for the Baloch people but also for Pakistan and the entire region. By DUR BIBI Groundxero | April 6, 2025 The Balochistan region is split […]
Complicity gets us far closer to a useful explanation of recent actions by campus leaders than capitulation. It’s also right in line with what we have seen from university administrations, including Columbia’s, in the recent and not so recent past. Indeed, the current era of complicity started under Biden with the draconian response to pro-Palestine protests […]
Liberal institutions, including universities, traditionally surrender without a fight to the dictates of autocrats. Ours are no exception. CHRIS HEDGES March 24 I was not surprised when Columbia University’s interim president Katrina Armstrong caved to the demands of the Trump administration. She agreed to ban face masks or face coverings, prohibit protests in academic buildings and create […]
ভারত সরকারের নীতি পরিবর্তনের সঙ্গে তাল মিলিয়ে এ রাজ্যের অর্থাৎ পশ্চিমবঙ্গ সরকারও ক্রমাগত নিজেদের বাগিচানীতি ও ভূমিনীতি বদলাচ্ছেন। ‘সামাজিক পরিকাঠামো ও পরিষেবা’র নামে জমি নিয়ে ফাটকাবাজি ও রিয়েল এস্টেটের প্রোমোটারি ব্যবসাকে আইনি বৈধতা প্রদান করা হচ্ছে। সৌমিত্র ঘোষ March 22, 2025 হিমালয়-লাগোয়া উত্তরবঙ্গের জেলাগুলিতে গত বিশ-পঁচিশ বছর ধরে অবাধ জমিলুঠ বা জমিদখল (ল্যান্ড […]