Local villagers and activists alleged that the 12 persons killed by security forces in Chhattisgarh were villagers from the nearby Pedia village who were out to gather tendu leaves. Groundxero | May 13, 2024 On 11th May 2024, twelve Adivasi people in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district, were killed in an encounter by the paramilitary forces of […]
“It is a day of resistance and demand,” said trade groups that organized the action “in defense of democracy, labor rights, and the living wage.” By JESSICA CORBETT May 10, 2024 Argentina’s primary trade union federation on Thursday held another nationwide general strike, the second called since President Javier Milei, a far-right economist, took office in December […]
A wave of protests expressing solidarity with the Palestinian people is spreading across college and university campuses in U.S. and beyond. What students protesting Israel’s Gaza siege want — and how their demands on divestment fit into the BDS (boycott, divestment and sanctions) movement? By Mira Sucharov, Carleton University A wave of protests expressing […]
“Students and community members are risking suspension and arrest to end the true state of emergency on campus, Columbia’s complicity in the genocide in Gaza.” Jake Johnson Apr 30, 2024 Pro-Palestinian student protesters at Columbia University early Tuesday occupied a campus building with a long history of anti-war and anti-apartheid demonstrations, storming the hall and […]
Nearly 282 million people in 59 countries and territories experienced high levels of acute hunger in 2023 — 24 million more than the previous year. Groundxero | April 30, 2024 According to the 2024 Global Report on Food Crises released on April 24, nearly 282 million people or 21.5 percent of the analysed population […]
Participants in the 20th Free Land Camp demanded that leftist Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva deliver on his promises to Indigenous people. BRETT WILKINS Apr 26, 2024 Thousands of people rallied this week in Brasília for the 20th annual Free Land Camp—the largest gathering of Indigenous people in Brazil—where participants demanded […]
The top five biggest military spenders last year—the U.S., China, Russia, India, and Saudi Arabia—accounted for 61% of global military outlays. JAKE JOHNSON Apr 22, 2024 New research published Monday shows that global military spending increased in 2023 for the ninth consecutive year, surging to $2.4 trillion as Russia’s assault on Ukraine and Israel’s war […]
The next phase of the ongoing struggle in Ladakh, spearheaded by the People’s Movement for the 6th Schedule’ has begun with women who sat on hunger strike, this past week. The ‘Pashmina March’ has been announced from the 7th of April. On that day thousands will march towards the Changthang area along the China border. […]
“It is utterly unconscionable that at a time where masses of the world’s population are living in dire poverty, a few individuals are allowed to amass staggering wealth,” said an activist responding to the list. Groundxero | April 2, 2024 There are more billionaires than ever before. The world has 2,781 people with fortunes exceeding […]
Sonam Wangchuk’s protest hunger strike began on 6 March after talks between the Ladakhi leadership and the Union government on March 4 about the demands failed with the government rejecting the demands for Ladakh statehood and autonomy. Groundxero | March 24, 2024 Sonam Wangchuk, renowned climate activist and Ramon Magsaysay Award winner, and many […]
নিঃসন্দেহে সন্দেশখালিতে মহিলাদের উপর যৌন নির্যাতন হয়েছে। কিন্তু বিষয়টি কেবলই সেখানে সীমাবদ্ধ হয়ে গেছে মূলস্রোত মিডিয়ার ক্রমাগত এই একটিমাত্র বিষয়ে রিপোর্ট করার কারণে। সন্দেশখালির মহিলারা তথ্যানুসন্ধানী দলের কাছে এই বক্তব্যও জানিয়েছেন যে, সংবাদমাধ্যমে শুধুমাত্র যৌন নির্যাতন হয়েছে কি না এই ব্যাপারেই আলোচনার মনোযোগ ঘুরিয়ে দিতে চাওয়ায় তাঁরা অপমানিত বোধ করেছেন। সন্দেশখালিতে ‘খবর’ করতে আসা সাংবাদিকরা ও […]
While the attack comes over two years into Russia’s war on Ukraine, an adviser for the Ukrainian president said the neighboring nation “certainly has nothing to do with the shooting/explosions in the Crocus City Hall.” By COMMON DREAMS STAFF Mar 22, 2024 UPDATE: Russia’s Investigative Committee announced Saturday that the death toll has increased […]
India moved up a rank but is still placed at 134 out of 193 countries behind Sri Lanka (78), Bhutan (125) and Bangladesh (129) on the global Human Development Index (HDI). Groundxero| March 15, 2024 After a drop in its Human Development Index (HDI) value in 2021 and following a flat trend over […]
গত বুধবার বিকেলে প্রধানমন্ত্রী যখন লোকসভা নির্বাচনে সারা রাজ্যে “সন্দেশখালি ঝড়” উঠবে বলে রাজনৈতিক পূর্বাভাস দিয়ে গেলেন, তখন কলকাতার ‘গোকুলে’ বেড়ে উঠল আর এক শপথ — গ্রামসভার শত্রু যারা লোকসভা থেকে তাদের তাড়াও। রাজ্যের বনাঞ্চলের নির্বাচনী আকাশের ঈশান কোণে এক বিদ্যুৎগর্ভ মেঘের উদয়ের সেই খবর প্রধানমন্ত্রীর কাছে কি পৌঁছল? লিখলেন দেবাশিস আইচ। নাম না করেই, বিজেপিকে […]
The incarceration of Prof Saibaba and the other co-accused and their acquittal by the High Court after a decade shows – the dictum of ‘natural justice’ that not a single innocent should be punished – is vanishing into thin air in the gathering gales of fascism. Groundxero| March 5, 2024 The Nagpur bench […]