From Jeff Bezos to Elon Musk, America’s oligarchs are using media control to shape politics, grow profits, and destroy the prospect of a better future for all. By THOM HARTMAN Oct 28, 2024 I cancelled my Washington Post subscription Friday evening. Jeff Bezos, Mister “Democracy Dies In Darkness” (the Post’s slogan on their […]
Countless lives of workers are lost or irreversibly altered due to inadequate occupational safety measures and hazardous working conditions in factories, construction sites, fire-cracker manufacturing units, mines or while cleaning sewage. In three fatal accidents at workplaces in Gujarat, at least 15 workers have reportedly died and many injured so far in the month of October […]
Maa Mati Mali Surakhya Mancha has expressed outrage at the criminal and unlawful attempt of the Vedanta company officials and district administration to hold fake Gram Sabhas to garner consent for diversion of forest lands for mining purposes. It has demanded immediate cancellation of the bauxite mining leases over Tijimali, Kutrumali and Majhingmali hills in Odisha. Groundxero | October […]
বাচ্চাদের লাইব্রেরি “কিতাব ঘর”থেকে ‘ষ্টুডিও সফদার’দ্বারা আয়োজিত ‘শাদিপুর নাটক উৎসব -২০২৪’ নিয়ে তার অভিজ্ঞতা লিখলেন ঊর্মিমালা। ‘ষ্টুডিও সফদার’, কিংবদন্তি থিয়েটার শিল্পী সফদার হাশমির নামে নামাঙ্কিত নিউ দিল্লির শাদিপুরে অবস্থিত একটি স্বাধীন, নন-ফান্ডেড ব্ল্যাক বক্স স্পেস। ২০১২ সালে পুরোনো একটি বিল্ডিংয়ের মধ্যে রেট্রোফিটিং করে, থিয়েটার গ্রূপ ‘জন নাট্য মঞ্চ’(জনম) এটি প্রতিষ্ঠা করে। মলয়শ্রী হাশমির থেকে জানা যায় যে, “সফদার […]
The historic Moga Sangram Rally of 1974 exemplified the powerful revolutionary student and youth movement of the 1970’s professing secular and revolutionary goals, and was led by the Punjab Students Union (PSU) and the Naujawan Bharat Sabha. The 50th anniversary of the historic rally was commemorated in Punjab. A report Harsh Thakor. On October […]
Israel’s genocide includes the most draconian censorship and intentional murder of journalists since the creation of the modern war correspondent. The consequences will be catastrophic. By CHRIS HEDGES Oct 25 There are some 4,000 foreign reporters accredited in Israel to cover the war. They stay in luxury hotels. They go on dog and pony shows orchestrated by […]
A day-long program ‘Chalo IMT Manesar’ was organised in support of over one-month long retrenched Maruti workers’ struggle demanding their reinstatement by the company. These workers were terminated twelve years back following a violent incident inside the Manesar plant. The dismissed workers were later acquitted by the court. Groundxero | October 18, 2024 Maruti Suzuki […]
There is a civil war within capitalism. Kamala Harris is the face of corporate power. Donald Trump is the mascot of the oligarchs. Either way, we lose. By CHRIS HEDGES OCT 18 The choice in the elections is between corporate and oligarchic power. Corporate power needs stability and a technocratic government. Oligarchic power thrives […]
Researchers determined that 1.1 billion people are living in poverty, and 455 million of them are struggling to afford basic necessities while “living in the shadow of conflict.” By JULIA CONLEY Oct. 17, 2024 Violent conflicts have contributed to pushing nearly half a billion people across the globe into acute poverty, and have […]
Adivasi villagers protesting against the forcible illegal deforestation in the Parsa Coal Mine in Hasdeo forests of Chhattisgarh were brutally lathi-charged by the police. Ramlal Kariyam, an activist of Hasdeo Bachao Sangharsh Samiti, and many protesting adivasi villagers were seriously injured. Groundxero | October 17, 2024 Protesting felling of trees for Parsa coal mine in Hasdeo forests […]
Labour activists, journalists, writers and lawyers, under a group named ‘Delhi for Workers’, organised a solidarity meeting for the ongoing workers’ struggles across sectors in India at the Press Club of India, New Delhi, to highlight these significant struggles, and inviting members of the press and concerned citizens to know and write more about these […]
Under the Rule of Law and principles of natural justice, People’s Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR) demands accountability from state agencies for the unlawful incarceration and subsequent death of Saibaba through relegation to inhuman prison conditions and callous and active neglect. People’s Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR) mourns the death of activist, teacher […]
Israel will continue its mass killing to achieve its immediate goals, but in the long run the blowback from its genocide will doom the Zionist state. By CHRIS HEDGES Extermination works. At first. This is the terrible lesson of history. If Israel is not stopped — and no outside power appears willing to […]
The National Platform for the Rights of the Disabled (NPRD) salutes Dr. G N Saibaba who was a fighter for the poor, the marginalized and the downtrodden. A person with disability, Saibaba had certain pre-existing health conditions. He was implicated in false cases by the State. The long incarceration in the anda cell of the Nagpur jail in […]
Himanshu Kumar, a Gandhian activist, who has been for decades fighting for the rights of the Adivasis and marginalised communities, writes about the untimely death of Prof. GN Saibaba. Professor GN Saibaba of Delhi University came from a backward community in Hyderabad. As a child, he was affected by polio, which left […]
The local specificity of Han Kang’s writing, bringing Korean history and places to a global audience, and the precision of her prose, means that her work is innovative and arresting in both form and content. A worthy winner. By Jenni Ramone, Nottingham Trent University It’s often the case that when poets write novels, […]
The decision to award the Nobel peace prize to Nihon Hidankyo is particularly timely. In 2023, the world’s nine nuclear powers spent over US$91 billion on nuclear weapons. The world’s nuclear powers – especially China and the US – are expanding and modernising their arsenals. And tensions are fast escalating between nuclear-armed Israel and near-nuclear Iran. […]
“Attacking U.N. personnel and property is a major violation of International Humanitarian Law,” said the foreign minister of Indonesia. By Jake Johnson Oct 11, 2024 United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Friday joined human rights organizations and the foreign ministers of major countries in condemning the Israeli military’s targeting of U.N. peacekeeping forces stationed […]
“In Gaza, children are the most vulnerable group, and their basic needs, especially their sense of safety, have become non-existent,” said one relief worker. By Julia Conley Oct 09, 2024 The International Rescue Committee said Wednesday that the number of children who have been orphaned or separated from their parents is likely three times […]
The fossil fuel industry, and the politician class they own, have no intention of halting the ecocide. As the climate crisis worsens, so do the laws and security measures to keep us in bondage. Chris Hedges Oct 06, 2024 Norfolk, U.K. — I am sitting with Roger Hallam, his gray hair pulled back in […]
Women, queer, trans activists and feminist organizations has strongly condemned the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) administration for suspending students who led the protests against a gang rape that took place on the university campus last year. Groundxero | October 8, 2024 The Banaras Hindu University (BHU) administration has suspended for 30 days, 13 students who […]
সেবাস্টিয়ানদের মৃত্যু আজ আবার কর্পোরেট কর্মীদের সামনে তাদের অস্তিত্বের স্বার্থে কিছু গুরুতর প্রশ্ন সামনে এনেছে। সময়ের দাবি এগুলো নিয়ে ভাবনা চিন্তা করা, শ্রেণি চেতনায় সংগঠিত হয়ে বাকি শ্রমজীবী মানুষের সঙ্গে লড়াইয়ের ময়দানে হাজির হওয়া। লিখলেন সুমন কল্যাণ মৌলিক। এই ভয়ংকর ছুটে চলা জীবনে তরুন সাক্সেনা নামটি সম্ভবত অতীতের খাতায় চলে গেছে। কয়েকদিন আগে উত্তরপ্রদেশের […]
“The Israeli government is waging a campaign of death and destruction that has brought the Middle East to a state of war, with millions currently fleeing U.S.-made bombs,” said Jewish Voice for Peace. By Jake Johnson Tens of thousands of people around the world took to the streets Sunday just ahead of the one-year […]
আর জি কর-এ তরুণী জুনিয়র ডাক্তারের ধর্ষণ ও হত্যা, জয়নগরে দশ বছরের বালিকার ধর্ষণ ও হত্যা এবং সেইসঙ্গে দীর্ঘ দিন ধরে এ রাজ্যে ক্রমশ বাড়তে থাকা নারীদের হেনস্থার ঘটনা নির্দিষ্টভাবে দেখিয়ে দিচ্ছে ভেঙে পড়তে থাকা প্রশাসনিক পরিকাঠামো, সর্বগ্রাসী দুর্নীতি এবং যথার্থ পিতৃতান্ত্রিকতার নিয়ম মেনে নারী ও সমস্ত প্রান্তিক গোষ্ঠীর মানুষদের প্রতি উদাসীনতা, অবমাননার মানসিকতা সর্বস্ব […]
It’s the first strike at the three dozen East and Gulf Coast ports in U.S. from Maine to Texas since 1977 with thousands of port workers forming picket lines from Massachusetts to Texas demanding higher pay rise and protection against automation of jobs, among other benefits. Groundxero | October 3, 2024 Dockworkers at East and […]
A ‘Mazdoor Sabha’ was organised in Manesar on 30 September by the Maruti workers, who were terminated from jobs in 2012. The retrenched workers declared to intensify their protests in the coming days and to start a hunger strike from 10 October 2024 if they are not reinstated by the company. Groundxero | October 1, 2024 […]
A month after Union home minister Amit Shah gave police forces a two-year deadline to eliminate left-wing extremism across India, NIA sleuths on Tuesday morning raided the houses of well known activists across West Bengal. Groundxero | October 1, 2024 National Investigation Agency (NIA) officials along with the Special Task Force (STF) of the West Bengal […]