By Groundxero 17 December, 2023 In yet another deadly industrial accident, nine workers, including six women, were killed and and three others seriously injured in a massive blast at an explosives manufacturing factory in Nagpur district of Maharashtra on Sunday morning. The company was into manufacturing drones and explosives for the armed forces. The blast […]
By Harsh Thakor 15 December, 2023 A conglomeration of revolutionary and democratic forces, united under the slogan of ‘fighting fascism and neo-liberalism,’ has commenced a ‘Jan Chetna Yatra’ (People’s Awakening March) from December 6, 2023. The Yatra, a rally from Kolkata to Varanasi, aims to raise awareness among the masses regarding the communal agenda […]
Murderous State’s drone attack killed at least 88 persons in Tudun Biri village, Kaduna, Nigeria, on 3 December. By Harsh Thakor At least 88 people have been reportedly killed in a mistaken army drone attack” on a religious gathering, during the Mawlid al-Nabi (the birthday of Prophet Muhammad), in the northwest of Nigeria. […]
By Groundxero | 10 Dec, 2023 Peasant unions, Adivasi organizations, Trade Unions and social activists in Odisha have issued a joint statement condemning the farce of Gram Sabhas carried out by the Odisha Government in the Sijimali region to hasten the process of bauxite mining for Vedanta Limited. They have expressed outrage and concern over […]
“We stand here ashamed that the weapons used in the ongoing ethnic cleansing of Palestine are partly made on our own doorstep,” one participating doctor said. By OLIVIA ROSANE Dec 07, 2023 More than 1,000 union members with Workers for a Free Palestine blockaded four weapons factories in the United Kingdom Thursday that make components […]
By Groundxero Dec 02, 2023 The University Grants Commission (UGC) has written to colleges and universities across the country to set up selfie points with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s image in the background to ‘Foster Pride’. In a letter sent to colleges and universities, the UGC has suggested that campus authorities should encourage students […]
Israel resumed its assault on the Gaza Strip Friday morning just minutes after the pause with Hamas officially expired, ending a fragile seven-day truce that created conditions for the release of hundreds of Israeli and Palestinian captives and allowed additional—but still inadequate—humanitarian aid to enter the besieged territory. By Groundxero Dec 01, 2023 […]
“Only a negotiated cease-fire can pave the way to addressing the current humanitarian crisis, the release of all hostages, and a long-term solution to this conflict,” said one campaigner. JESSICA CORBETT Nov 29, 2023 Almost a million Americans signed petitions from half a dozen civil society organizations demanding that U.S. President Joe Biden […]
“This day of action grows every year because the movement to hold Amazon accountable keeps getting bigger and stronger,” said the head of UNI Global Union. By JAKE JOHNSON Nov 24, 2023 Amazon workers and allies in dozens of countries around the world took to the streets Friday to protest the e-commerce behemoth’s […]
Anne Boyer, a poet and essayist who won the Pulitzer Prize in 2020, quit as poetry editor of The New York Times Magazine and released a resignation letter. She denounced “the Israeli state’s U.S.-backed war against the people of Gaza” — accurately calling it “an ongoing war against the people of Palestine, people who have resisted through […]
Groundxero | 13th November, 2023 In the context of the Assembly Elections to five states, Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) – a platform of farmer unions which spearheaded the historic struggle against the three Farm Laws in 2020-21 – reiterated its stand on elections: It will not contest elections or extend support to any candidate […]
“In our thousands, in our millions, we are all Palestinians,” demonstrators chanted at Saturday’s march, described as one of the largest political protests in U.K. history. By JAKE JOHNSON Nov 11, 2023 Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets of London on Saturday to demand an immediate cease-fire in Gaza as […]
Groundxero | November 7, 2023 Students occupied Naples Orientale University on Monday morning to demand a ceasefire in Gaza and an end to cooperation between their university and all Israeli political, economic and military institutions, reported Peoples Dispatch. The students in Italy are protesting Israeli genocide in Gaza and attacks on Palestinians in the occupied West […]
Groundxero | November 7, 2023 On Monday, 6 November, 2023, the Organization of Port Dockers in Barcelona (OEPB), the largest union of dock workers in the city, called for a cease-fire to the war in Gaza and announced that they will refuse to handle the shipment of any weapons, citing humanitarian concerns. “Workers have committed […]
By Groundxero Nov 04, 2023 The World Health Organization, UN Relief and Works Agency for the Palestine Refugees in the Near East, the UN Populations Fund and Unicef have put out a joint statement on the plight women and newborns in Gaza are facing amid Israel’s deadly siege. The UN agencies said that bombardments, […]