Countercurrents
- Farmers’ Struggle Not Over – Corporate Takeover of Indian Agriculture Still LoomsThe following is an unpublished transcript of an interview the author did for a UK-based TV channel that covers issues of interest to the worldwide Sikh diaspora. It concerns three pieces of farm legislation in India that were repealed in late 2021 after a prolonged protest by India’s farmers that gained global support and […]
- Zameen Prapt Sangharsh Commitee relentlessly confronts Administration in Sangrur to win rights for reserved Panchayat land for dalitsThe saga continues of the betrayal of the administration to fulfill promise of distributing Reserved panchayat land in Punjab for dalit community. In no uncertain terms leaders of the Zameen Prapt Sangharsh commitee challenged the rulers that they would under no conditions accept land auctioning till the panchayat land reserved for dalits is distributed. Rage […]
- Nakba-To strive for justice till liberationToday is Nakba day—- the day that Palestinians throughout the world remember as the great catastrophe. For it was on the 14th of May 1948 that the illegitimate entity called Israel was formally established on Palestinian land. It was the beginning of the dispossession of the Palestinian people. It has continued for the last 74 […]
- Tracking Sedition – From 1857 to the presentFollowing the 1857 so-called Great Indian Rebellion during the rule of the East India Company, British monarch Queen Victoria, issued proclamation in 1858 that India would be governed by and in the name of “the Crown”. Thus, the British territory of India (the State) and the British Government of India, were embodied in the British […]
- Abortion Rights Activists Nationwide Solidarity ProtestWASHINGTON (05-14) – Today in over 450 towns and cities across the USA, abortion rights activists rallied under the theme of “Rise up 4 Abortion Rights.” This follows a week of nationwide abortion rights demonstrations, die-ins, banner drops, walkouts, art installations and chalking to bring their message in a show of support for this vital […]
- To be strong and effective, peace movement must be a continuing process among peopleAll those who are committed to peace are once again passing through a sad phase of introspection regarding why they cannot be effective enough to check what is very clearly a very alarming phase of further drift towards militarization, that too at a time when the world can least afford it due to very serious […]
- Decriminalized Marijuana Reinvents Racism and Poisoningby Don Fitz and Susan Armstrong The change in marijuana laws across the US raises issues far beyond, “Hey, dude, we can blow a joint now without getting busted.” The racism that permeated the age of criminalization now lurks throughout the phase of decriminalization. The burgeoning business of growing pot raises the specter of corporate […]
- Indian Secularism Can’t Be Bulldozed!True, individuals can be paid, ideals “sold”, dreams “auctioned”, democratic values “bartered”, independence of media “pawned” and more- at a price and at several levels by leaders to spread communal tension. But the same cannot be said of secularism of all Indians. At this stage, attempts by people to display their “secularism” through peace-marches and […]
- Making India unitary or Hindu Nation-stateThere has been a lot of discussion in the Constituent Assembly on whether the country is to be unitary state or federation of states. The result of that discussion is the state of affairs that we see today. Which of the two views is in vogue in the country today is to be seen. The […]
- Before the second wave of the Zionist arrests!We had the feeling that the Zionist arrest campaigns did not end after the first campaign and the individual arrests here and there. The question is political and moral, which I was asking myself. Does a person stay in the place if he thinks he will get arrested? I remember discussing this question with […]
Palestine Updates
- MESSAGE ON THE OCCASION OF NAKBA DAY 2022Palestine Update 551 Global Network for Palestinian Refugees and Displaced Persons Indo Palestine Solidarity Network, India (IPSN) Global Kairos for Asia Pacific Solidarity with Palestine GKAPPS) Palestine Updates MESSAGE ON THE OCCASION OF NAKBA DAY 2022 Today we stand here in India, and Asia-Pacific region, in unity with our people in the refugee camps in […]
- Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa writes to the Minister of Security Services on security services smear against PalestiniansPalestine Update 550 Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa writes to the Minister of Security Services on security services smear against Palestinians John Minto, National Chair, Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa “We are writing to request an apology for the nasty smear against Palestinians and the Palestine solidarity movement by a Combined Threat Assessment Group (CTAG) report into […]
- Rewriting UNRWA: The US-Israeli Plan to cancel out the Palestinian Right of Return (An excerpt)Palestine Update 549 Rewriting UNRWA: The US-Israeli Plan to cancel out the Palestinian Right of Return (An excerpt) Ramzy Baroud UNRWA educates Palestinian refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Gazaand the West Bank (Photo: Mahmoud Ajjour, The Palestine Chronicle) Palestinians are justifiably worried that the mandate granted to the United Nations Agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, might be […]
- Solidarity – Why it applies to justice for Palestine nowPalestine Update 548 Solidarity – Why it applies to justice for Palestine now New Israeli rules on foreigners visiting West Bank stir outrage “Palestinian legal experts, academics and digital rights groups have expressed outrage over an incoming Israeli policy for the entry and residence of foreigners in the occupied West Bank, which they say […]
- Israeli abuses mountPalestine Update 546 Opinion Israeli abuses mount Credible reports suggest that the Israeli military judicial system has become an inseparable part of the larger Israeli settler-colonial and apartheid apparatus, implementing Israeli laws and procedures against Palestinians. It is easy to lose count of the numbers arrested and detained because the army swoops down and indiscreetly […]
- Who’s paying attention to Israel’s unspeakable atrocitiesPalestine Update 545 Opinion Who’s paying attention to Israel’s unspeakable atrocities Political strains in Palestine and Israel have dramatically mounted over the past few weeks. Israel’s brutalities on Palestinians are ascending. The ferocity of Israeli attacks has not, in any way, subjugated Palestinian resistance. Palestinians have escalated their resistance and youth are a big part of […]
- Palestine’s widening geography of resistance: Why Israel cannot defeat the Palestinian people- A commentary from the Afro-Middle East Centre*Palestine Update 544 Palestine’s widening geography of resistance: Why Israel cannot defeat the Palestinian people- A commentary from the Afro-Middle East Centre* There is a reason why Israel insists on linking the series of attacks carried out by Palestinians recently to a specific location – the the Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank. […]
- Problematizing Law, Rights, and Childhood in Israel/PalestinePalestine Update 543 Problematizing Law, Rights, and Childhood in Israel/Palestine Hedi Viterbo’s Problematizing Law, Rights, and Childhood in Israel/Palestine is both a fascinating book and an outstanding scholarly accomplishment. In it, Viterbo deconstructs childhood, the law, court rulings, and the work of human rights organizations in order to expose how childhood has become a form […]
- Christian leaders in Jerusalem condemn surge of violence in Holy LandPalestine Update 542 Comment Christian leaders in Jerusalem condemn surge of violence in Holy Land The Patriarchs and Heads of the Churches of Jerusalem decry recent clashes between Israeli forces and Palestinians and the occupation of the “Little Petra Hotel” by Jewish radicals, saying Christians, Jews and Muslims in the Holy Land should show mutual […]
- An un-quenching thirst for more and more landPalestine Update 541 Comment An un-quenching thirst for more and more land Israeli Settlers are possessed with an insatiable need to grab more and more land that is not theirs in the first place. Palestinians must be protected by the international community in the Israeli-sponsored support to Settlers who seek to expel Palestinian residents. Children […]