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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) on Friday called the India–European Union Free Trade Agreement (FTA) an economic colonisation blueprint that will lead to systematic corporate capture of the vast Indian market. Groundxero | January 30, 2026 Rejecting the India–European Union Free Trade Agreement (FTA) as a grave threat to farmers, workers and small […]
Trump’s Board of Peace is an intricate play to maintain hegemony in the face of China’s rise, sparking talk of “a new world order” — but is the rules-based international order really worth saving? CHRIS HEDGES Jan 28, 2026 As U.S. hegemony continues to dwindle, Donald Trump and his international allies are making […]
Donald Trump on Wednesday hit back at the Canadian Prime Minister, saying Canada “lives because of the United States.” Groundxero | January 21, 2026 On Tuesday, January 20, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney addressing the political and business leaders at the World Economic Forum in the Swiss town of Davos, spoke about a “rupture” in the world order, saying […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Trump administration is after regime change in Venezuela. For US and European corporations, the message is clear: regime change could unlock vast wealth. By Juan Zahir Naranjo Cáceres and Shannon Brincat Two centuries ago, US President James Monroe declared the Western Hemisphere off-limits to European powers in what would became known in history books as the […]