What Trump and Netanyahu have engineered is not just a cynical maneuver, but the continuation of a deeper structure of thought: the colonial idea that the empire knows best, that natives cannot govern themselves, that “peace” can only be conferred by those who hold power. Arkadeep Goswami Introduction: The Spectacle of Peace […]
The latest wave of recognitions of Palestine is not a genuine peace initiative but rather an attempt to whitewash genocide. By Biljana Vankovska The Palestinian question predates the United Nations, which is now celebrating its 80th anniversary. The roots of the Palestinian conflict lie in the deep wounds and scars inflicted across the Middle […]
Trump’s newest presidential memoranda criminalizes critics of empire, capitalism, Christian nationalism, abuses by the state and those who fight racism and gender discrimination. CHRIS HEDGES SEP 29, 2025 Fascists, historically, are surprisingly candid about the world they intend to create. Those they target, despite this transparency, are surprisingly obtuse about what is coming. […]
রাষ্ট্রদ্রোহীর তকমা দিয়ে এই পরিবেশকর্মীকে গ্রেফতার করা হয়েছে। একদা কেন্দ্রীয় সরকারের ‘ব্যবহারযোগ্য’ ব্যক্তি এখন হয়ে পড়েছেন দেশদ্রোহী! রাষ্ট্রীয় নিরাপত্তা লঙ্ঘনকারী! দেবোপম গঙ্গোপাধ্যায় যে সময়ে এই লেখা, সেই মুহূর্তে বাংলা তথা ভারতবাসীর কাছে নতুন করে জানানোর কিছু নেই – লাদাখ এখন শিরোনামে। নতুন করে জানানোর কিছু নেই সোনাম ওয়াংচুক কে, তাঁর পরিচয় কী, লাদাখে […]
Should Netanyahu’s actions succeed in normalizing genocide in the 21st century, this horrific crime could become a sanctioned political strategy for tyrants and regimes worldwide. By RAMZY BAROUD Sep 27, 2025 Common Dreams Every day brings new indictments for Israel. The early accusations of genocide by South Africa are now quickly becoming an accepted legal definition […]
NAPM held the Union government accountable for lives lost to police bullets in Ladakh, as a result of brutal State response to a democratic struggle and turning the rightful demand for Sixth schedule and statehood as ‘anti-national’. Groundxero | Sep 27, 2025 The National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM) has strongly condemned the arrest of […]
Colonial reclamation practices, coupled with postcolonial urban development, treated wetlands as wastelands to be controlled and commodified, ignoring their vital ecological significance. By Salini Saha In the early hours of 23rd September 2025, a few hours of very intense rainfall submerged large parts of Kolkata. Streets turned into rivers, neighbourhoods were waterlogged for days […]
The Ganges is more than a river. It is a lifeline, a sacred symbol, and a cornerstone of South Asian civilisation. But it is drying faster than ever before, and the consequences of inaction are unthinkable. Mehebub Sahana, University of Manchester The Ganges, a lifeline for hundreds of millions across South Asia, is […]
Western recognition of Palestine may have been a symbolic victory, but in the absence of enforcement, it changes nothing on the ground. Strongmen like Trump ensure that such gestures remain hollow, easily dismissed, and politically inert. Ronny P Sasmita Donald Trump’s 23 September speech at the United Nations General Assembly was never going […]
As a scholar of media and democracy, I see the spread of the Jolly Roger of the Straw Hats Pirates – which has gone from manga pages to protest squares – as an example of how Gen Z is reshaping the cultural vocabulary of dissent. Nuurrianti Jalli, Oklahoma State University From Paris and […]
জীবন-জীবিকা নিয়ে একদিকে চরম অনিশ্চয়তা, অন্যদিকে নিজেদের ভাষা ও জাতিসত্তা নিয়ে পরিচিতির উপর নেমে আসা প্রাণঘাতী আক্রমণ ও বাংলাদেশে পুশ ব্যাক-এর আতঙ্কে অনেকেই স্পষ্টত দিশাহারা। সুদর্শনা চক্রবর্তীর রিপোর্ট উৎসবের মরশুম শুরু হয়ে গেছে। বাড়ি ফিরছেন প্রবাসে কাজেকর্মে, পড়াশোনায় ব্যস্ত থাকা মানুষজন। কিন্তু সব ফেরা এক হয় না। যেমন হয় না, হচ্ছে না পশ্চিমবঙ্গের […]
Chomsky stands as a model of putting a progressive face on collaboration with state power. Shyamoli Jana It is hard to come up with a name other than Noam Chomsky who has been praised as much for his ‘anti-establishment’ stances – by establishment outlets themselves. A superstar academic who, along with a fellow […]
This is the first time in Brazil’s long history of political instability that a coup attempt has led to a conviction. Marieke Riethof, University of Liverpool Four out of five members of Brazil’s supreme court have voted to convictthe former president, Jair Bolsonaro, for plotting a military coup after losing the 2022 election […]
The working class will not remain silent in the face of the atrocities committed by the Israeli state. Groundxero | Sep 14, 2025 The World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU), representing over 110 million workers in 134 countries, has called on workers around the world, to intensify their solidarity this week (15-22 September, 2025) with demonstrations, […]
For the past two years, Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank have continued Indigenous practices in the face of deprivation and foreign occupation. Samar Awaad Sep 12, 2025 Food—and the denial of it—has come into sharp focus with the Israeli occupation’s mass starvation and genocide in Gaza and the increasing violence against Palestinians in […]
নানান জেলা থেকে প্রায় ২০০০ অস্থায়ী কর্মী এদিনের মিছিল ও জমায়েতে যোগদান করেন। মিছিলের মাঝপথে তুমুল বৃষ্টিতেও মিছিল আটকায়নি। স্থায়ীকরণের দাবিতে মুষল্ধারায় বৃষ্টি মাথায় নিয়েই কলকাতার রাজপথ স্লোগানে মুখরিত হয়ে ওঠে। সুদর্শনা চক্রবর্তীর রির্পোট ব্যাঙ্কের শাখায় উপভোক্তা ও কাউন্টার-এর কর্মীর মধ্যে বাদানুবাদ প্রায় হাতাহাতির পর্যায়ে পৌঁছায়। রক্ষী এসে উপভোক্তাকে ব্যাঙ্ক থেকে বের কোরে […]
Martyrs are used by messianic movements to sanctify violence. To show any mercy or understanding toward the enemy is to betray the martyr and the cause the martyr died defending. CHRIS HEDGES SEP 12, 2025 The assassination of Charlie Kirk presages a new, deadly stage in the disintegration of a fractious and highly […]
“দলিত ও ‘পিছড়ে বর্গ’-এর ‘বিহারী’রা ভোটাধিকারটা অর্জন করেছেন বহু প্রজন্মের ঘাম-রক্তের বিনিময়ে। ফলে সে অধিকার তাঁরা একটা কলমের খোঁচায় চলে যেতে দেবেন না। প্রবল প্রতিরোধ হবে। এবং সত্যি কথা বলতে কি বিহার সেই প্রতিরোধ করে দেখাচ্ছে।” পাটনায় গান্ধী ময়দানে ১ সেপ্টেম্বর ইন্ডিয়া জোটের ভোটার অধিকার যাত্রার পরিসমাপ্তি জমায়েত অংশ নওয়ার অভিজ্ঞতা লিখলেন মানস ঘোষ। রাত্রি প্রায় সাড়ে দশটায় ৩১শে […]
Nepal’s youth uprising is part of a broader pattern of Gen Z revolts across the postcolonial world. These uprisings are born of genuine frustration at corruption, unemployment, authoritarianism, and betrayal. Yet they also expose the fragility of protest without politics, the dangers of depoliticization, and the ever-present threat of co-option by imperialist and regional powers. […]
“We pledge not to screen films, appear at or otherwise work with Israeli film institutions—including festivals, cinemas, broadcasters and production companies—that are implicated* in genocide and apartheid against the Palestinian people,” declared the filmmakers, actors, and film industry workers. Groundxero | Sep 10, 2025 In a historic action, Oscar, BAFTA, Emmy, Cannes, Berlin, Venice, César, […]
The genocide in Gaza has exposed the weaponization of the Holocaust as a vehicle not to prevent genocide, but to perpetuate it, not to examine the past, but to manipulate the present. Chris Hedges Sep 10, 2025 Nearly all Holocaust scholars, who see in any criticism of Israel a betrayal of the Holocaust, […]
By Scott Lucas, University College Dublin Israel launched an unprecedented airstrike on the Qatari capital of Doha on September 9, the first time it has directly attacked a Gulf state. The “precision strike”, as Israel has called it, targeted a building in which Hamas officials were reportedly discussing a peace proposal brokered by the […]
The hosting of Smotrich by New Delhi is not simply a diplomatic faux pas. It is a deliberate act that aligns India’s domestic trajectory of majoritarian authoritarianism with Israel’s colonial occupation. Arkadeep Goswami Groundxero | Sep 9, 2025 On 8 September 2025, New Delhi became the stage for a moment of profound moral abdication. India’s […]
The selective targeting of public representatives, particularly from marginalized backgrounds, under sweeping security laws like the PSA casts a long shadow over the claims of “normalcy” and democratic restoration in the region. By Ishtiaq Hussain Groundxero | Sep 9, 2025 The already fragile democratic system in Jammu and Kashmir, deeply embedded within centrally controlled frameworks, […]
In this age of AI, there is an effort to separate teachers from the act and practice of teaching itself by reducing them to human objects in classrooms. Sohini Saha Groundxero | Sep 8, 2025 With an emerging market of AI and a push simultaneously towards making “classrooms” AI equipped, a rising debate has centered […]
In those hours, religion, politics, and borders faded. What remained was a quiet, unwavering solidarity with the land and those who live by it. By Jaspreet Kaur Groundxero | Sep 8, 2025 A couple of weeks ago, when the Ravi River overflowed and unleashed devastation, the pain was felt equally on both sides of the border. […]
The protests are a genuine outburst of long-simmering grievances against the political elite, guided by grassroots civil society organisations. Tim Lindsey, The University of Melbourne For many Indonesians, the violent riots currently wracking Jakarta and other cities across the archipelago are eerily reminiscent of the riots of 1998 that accompanied the fall of […]
The open letter by the farmers said, “… with unending hypocrisy, your government is succumbing to imperialist US pressures and putting India’s sovereignty at stake,” and instead of building a vibrant domestic economy ensuring enhanced purchasing power of the working people through “agriculture led development under the aegis of the state,” the government is surrendering […]
Beyond spectacles of formulaic festivities, Tij Raja’s children have taught me that the will to resist oppression and fight for one’s rights is more contagious than the fear invoked by the oppressor. Srijan Dutta Groundxero | Sep 3, 2025 A week before India’s 79th Independence Day, this year’s 9 August marked the 30th anniversary of […]
Addressing the rape-culture through a feminist lens would allow the survivors to breathe and the women to lead the bekhwaaf azaadi. Pritha Sarkar Recently, a gang-rape incident in Puri shook the states of West Bengal and Odisha. However, soon, there were the same questions: “What was the girl wearing? Why was she with […]
The decision by the West Bengal Urdu Academy to postpone Javed Akhtar’s program under religious pressure is yet another blow that deserves lamentation. It undermines the Academy’s credibility and its stated purpose: to promote and preserve the Urdu language. This surrender to the religious bodies represents a failure of institutional responsibility, which is the norm […]
The landless Dalits in villages of Punjab, for the past decade are mobilizing under ZPSC (Zameen Prapti Sangharsh Committee) to assert and claim their right to ownership of land. They are not only asserting their legal right to get Panchayati common land on lease but are also demanding distribution of the surplus land beyond the […]
“We believe that it is our responsibility to extend solidarity and support to those facing violence and dispossession in whatever way we can. The successful petition to suspend Israel from the IOAA is a small step in that direction,” wrote two of the signatories to the petition. Groundxero | Sep 1, 2025 Hundreds of […]