Hours after the Cockroach Janta Party’s ultimatum to the BJP run incumbent Union government to resume the massive mass protests that shook the capital in late July earlier this year if the Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar does not tender his resignation within two days, Jantar Mantar has been put on lockdown. At least 123 […]
As sugar prices surge from Rs 48.18 to Rs 62 per kg in less than two months, SKM – the joint platform of farmers’ unions – accuses Modi government of facilitating market profiteering; demands Rs 5,500 per tonne for raw cane and mandatory sharing of sugar-industry surplus with cane farmers. Groundxero Desk Sep 17, […]
A convention held in North Bengal has called for a united movement against the continuing denial of land rights to tea workers, Adivasis, forest villagers, bustee residents and other working-class communities across the region. Groundxero Desk SEP 13, 2026 More than 100 people representing 10 organisations came together at the Convention on Land […]
The surge in support for the far-right Alternative for Germany Party (AfD) in a provincial election on Sunday was far worse than the country’s mainstream political parties had feared. The party came close to winning a majority of votes with 43.8%, while support for the centre-right Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) imploded. Ed […]
Employees’ associations of ISRO demand answers over plans to hand over launch-vehicle production, satellite manufacturing and launch infrastructure to private players, warning that ISRO risks being reduced to an “R&D boutique” Groundxero Desk A growing confrontation is emerging inside India’s space establishment over the future of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), with […]
The events of 2026 have demonstrated the fragility of nationalist entities that rely heavily on support from major powers. Rezgar Akrawi This article was produced by Globetrotter. The People’s Palace Scene: The End of an Experiment and the Beginning of a Question On 25 August 2026, Mazloum Abdi announced from the People’s Palace in Damascus the […]
Jyotinagar offers a stark glimpse of how access to the most basic necessities can become a weapon against a politically and religiously targeted community. Srijan Dutta It has been 36 days since the municipal tap water supply to the Jyotinagar neighbourhood in the Cossipore area in North Kolkata, was abruptly cut off. The […]
The new mining law curbs states’ power to tax mineral-bearing land. The SKM calls it an assault on federalism and warns that the ‘neo-extractivist’ regime will hand greater control of India’s mineral wealth—and Adivasi territories—to mining corporations. Groundxero | August 31, 2026 For communities living on India’s mineral-rich lands, the battle over the […]
কনভেনশন শুরু থেকে শেষ পর্যন্ত বাঁধা ছিল শ্লোগানের যে সুরে – “এই লড়াই জিতবে কে/ বস্তিবাসী আবার কে!” সুদর্শনা চক্রবর্তীর প্রতিবেদন “পুঁজিপতিদের কোলে/সরকার বাহাদুর দোলে” “বুলডোজারের সরকার/আর নেই দরকার” “জাত-ধর্ম বাদ দে/ভুখা পেটে ভাত দে” “কেউ খাবে আর কেউ খাবে না/তা হবে না তা হবে না” এক বার নয়, বারবার এই শ্লোগানে […]
They may threaten to ‘sew Jadavpur’s mouth shut’. But a university with thousands of students, teachers and workers cannot be silenced by a threat. By Tanuj Mullick On 10 May 1933, books were burned by the Nazis in cities across Germany. Known as Die Bücherverbrennung am 10. Mai, the event was not merely […]
The signing of a security and defence agreement by three countries allied with the United States cannot be viewed lightly, since it may stir significant strategic shifts in the Middle East. by Dr Sania Faisal El-Husseini The Mecca Agreement, signed on 7 August, may not be the first step in a series of […]
The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) and Central Trade Unions on 10 August mobilised workers, farmers and other sections of working people in a nationwide Jail Bharo protest against the Narendra Modi government’s economic and labour policies. The SKM warned that if the government fails to address the demands, it will launch an intensified and sustained […]
The outrage of over one lakh Indians at 20th July’s ‘Chalo Sansad’ call for Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation has exposed the Union government’s strategic urban infrastructure disguised as dormant policing machinery–along with all its violent cracks. By Mouli Sharma New Delhi, 20 July 2026: Approximately one lakh people took to the […]
The real concern is not primarily about eggs or ISKCON but about the transformation of rights into charity and citizens into beneficiaries. by Tinku Khanna There is a particular kind of politics that hides inside a child’s plate. We are trained to see the noon meal in a government school as charity — […]
Israel is turning on its last important ally in an act of suicidal hubris. CHRIS HEDGES June 22, 2026 Israel is sabotaging the negotiations with Iran and alienating its last important ally by refusing to halt its attacks on Lebanon and withdraw from its occupation of the south. It is determined to reignite a regional […]