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Einstein Opposed Zionist Colonization in Palestine and Predicted the Current Catastrophe
Among Einstein’s biographers—there are hundreds of them—and in the mainstream media, his extensive political writings on Israel and Zionism have been, at best, swept under the rug, or at worst, completely distorted, identifying him as a supporter of the State of Israel.
The Importance of Being Mohammad Deepak
In assuming a syncretic name while defending a Muslim man, Deepak Kumar affirmed the possibility of a dynamic, internally plural identity, sustained by a collective memory of interreligious sociability as intrinsic to the good life of a society.
When Satire Shook the Regime: The Rise of the Cockroach Janata Party
‛Why a Question and Satire Unsettled Modi’: A Norwegian journalist’s question to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the viral rise of the “Cockroach Janata Party” shook his government’s tightly controlled political narrative last week. Also: ‛Cockroach Janta Party Memes Have Sent Everyone’s Antennae Tingling’.
Eleven Years, Six Asks: The Policy Ledger Behind Modi’s Austerity Appeal
Seventy-three days into the Iran war, the Prime Minister asked Indians to cut fuel, defer foreign travel, postpone gold, reduce edible oil, revive work-from-home, and buy Indian. The question is why this crisis arrived so unprepared for, after eleven years of Make in India, Atmanirbhar Bharat, and Aatmanirbharta.
India’s Quasi-Alliance with Israel and UAE Won’t Have Happy Ending
Prudence demands that Delhi tread wearily, as variables are at work and we have no real reason to annoy the Saudi Kingdom, which hosts the single biggest concentration of NRIs in entire West Asia. Only fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
India’s Anti-Terror Law and the Punishment of the Unconvicted
The statistics released by the government paint a troubling picture. From 2019 to 2023, India arrested 10,440 individuals using its strictest anti-terror law, but only 335 were convicted. This number was shared by the Union Home Ministry itself during a session in Parliament in December 2025.
Greens See Red Over CJI’s Remarks on Environmental Petitions ‘Stalling’ Development
More than 600 citizens and civil society groups wrote to Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on Friday, May 22, taking exception to his remarks
The Supreme Court’s Refusal to Act Meaningfully on Hate Speeches – 2 Articles
‛Hate Speech Gets a New Safe Zone’: The Supreme Court’s April 29 judgment condemns coded incitement in theory while clearing its most powerful practitioners in practice, all the while calling it “judicial restraint”. Also: ‛Is SC’s “Existing Law” Argument on Hate Speech Enough?’.
India’s Uniform Civil Code Promises Equality, Delivers Surveillance
Seventy-five years after the Constitution came into force, India’s first uniform civil code laws have emerged—but as instruments of Hindutva rather than gender justice. Weaponised to stigmatise Muslims and expand state surveillance, they betray the constitutional vision of equity.
India’s Public Schools in Crisis: Closures, Dropouts, and Crumbling Infrastructure
‛School Closures, Student Deaths, Children Out of School: The State of Public Education’; ‛Niti Aayog Flags Poor Student Retention, Learning Outcomes in Report’; ‛Government Report Reveals Stark Infrastructure Gap in Indian Schools’; ‛57% Schools Have Functional Computers, 53% Have Internet Access: Education Ministry’.
The War, the Indian State, and the Worker Citizen
The Indian media and social media seem to have been bewitched by some wicked magician who has made close to one billion people, the Indian working class, disappear from our minds and conscience. It is not only their pain, their exploitation that has become invisible but also their resistance to the injustice they suffer on a daily basis.
Dangerous Myopia
The West Bengal CPI(M) unit throwing its weight behind the BJP to overthrow Mamata Banerjee is nothing but suicidal, as the saffron party’s ascent will have far-reaching and irreversible consequences for the State’s politics, minorities, and culture.
Sacred Cattle, Disposable Lives: Vigilantism and the Collapse of India’s Animal Economy
India cannot sustain this contradiction indefinitely: a government that promotes animal welfare while presiding over the murder of the people who make the animal economy function.
The Telangana Caste Survey: An Overview
Telangana’s census-scale caste survey reveals that SCs and STs are three times as backward as dominant castes, and that caste remains the principal determinant of poverty. The data challenges the basis of Economically Weaker Section reservation and makes a strong case for a nationwide caste census.
Extreme Heat Imperils India’s Poor – 2 Articles
‛Extreme Heat Imperils Chronic Disease Patients in Informal Settlements’: Lack of ventilation, cooling methods, and increased susceptibility to heat make every summer dangerous for those living with chronic disease in India’s urban slums and settlements. Also: ‛In Delhi’s Scorching Heat, Its Poorest Women Are Back to the Chulha’.
Trump’s Beijing Visit – 3 Articles
‛China-US “Constructive and Strategically Stable Relationship” Is Epoch-Making’; ‛A Strong Message from Beijing’; ‛Trump’s Failed China Trip Shows His Trade War Backfired, and US Corporations Are Desperate’.
US Imperialist War in Iran; Neocons Concede Defeat – 2 Articles
‛US Imperialist War in Iran Looks Like an Economic Rescue Mission’: Strategic considerations as to U.S. economic sustainability and U.S. economic and political power in the world very likely impelled nervous U.S. decision-makers to start a war. Also: ‛War On Iran – Saudis Blame Israel – Neocon Grandee Concedes Defeat’.
From Somalia to Iran: U.S. Bombs Do Not Bring Peace – 2 Articles
‛World War Trump’: Many of the attacks by US in Somalia are crimes of war. Others are certainly extrajudicial killings—or, simply put, outright murders. Those deaths and so many others can be traced back to Donald Trump and his contempt for the lives of people across this planet. Also: ‛From Asia to the Middle East, US Bombs Are a Failed Foreign Policy Choice’.
As U.S. Pressure Mounts, Eurasian Routes Open New Lifelines for Iran – 2 Articles
‛Caspian Lifeline Redraws the Iran–Russia War Map’: As Washington and Tel Aviv squeeze Iran from the south, the Caspian is becoming the northern artery of a Eurasian supply network built beyond western reach. Also: ‛Pakistan Opens Iran Trade Corridor Beyond Washington’s Control’.
From Britain to France to Canada: Repression Cannot Silence the Rising Tide of Palestine Solidarity – 4 Articles
‛Labour’s Gaza Reckoning’; ‛Rima Hassan: The French-Palestinian MEP the Establishment Wants to Crush’; ‛In France, Pro-Palestinian Solidarity Is Being Silenced and Criminalised’; ‛National Coalition Promises to Fight Canada’s War Bank’.
The Ebola Epidemic, Imperialism, and the Political Economy of Social Murder
The Ebola epidemic now tearing through the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda is routinely described in the press as a natural disaster. This is a mystification. It is in fact the outcome of decisions, structures, and interests that can be identified and held to account.
Turkiye’s Electionless Turn: Court Coup Puts CHP Under State Custody
When a government can disqualify rivals, remove party leaders, and still call the ritual an election, the ballot box has already been captured.
Bolivia’s Struggle for Sovereignty and Dignity; Interview with Evo Morales – 3 Articles
‛Bolivia: From the Promise of Change to the Struggle for Sovereignty and Dignity’: How the Bolivian people are deepening their struggle to demand what belongs to them. Also: ‛Bolivia Strike Grows as Government Hits Labor Leader with Terrorism Charge’; and: ‛Evo Morales: The Popular Uprising in Bolivia “is Unstoppable”’.
Cuba Stands Firm; Raúl Castro Is a Hero; Cuba’s Medical Practices, Its Miracle Breakthrough for Alzheimer’s, and Its Global Medical Solidarity – 4 Articles
‛Cuba Stands Firm. It Works, Creates, and Fights Against the Threat of Imperialism’; ‛Raúl Castro Is a Hero: The Real Criminals are the U.S. Imperialists’; ‛Why Hate Cuba, Especially Its Medical Practices?’; ‛Cuba’s Miracle Breakthrough for Alzheimer’s Amidst the Genocidal Oil Blockade’.
Between Heaven and Hell: Life in the Orinoco Delta
This article captures with remarkable precision the contradictory reality in which many Warao communities of Venezuela live today: between the heaven of a life organized around the pursuit of happiness on their own terms and the hell repeatedly imposed on them by the outside world of the colonizers.
How Human Ecology Shapes Social Democracy
Human ecology offers a framework for understanding how social systems in Nordic countries and New York shape participation, trust, and collective well-being.
The Fetishism of AI
The author takes on sweeping questions of artificial intelligence and its role in today’s capitalist society. “The Great Houses of AI are divided against themselves and cannot stand,” he writes, “If humanity is to flourish, the forces and relations of production must be revolutionized together…creating a world of sustainable human development.”
Earth in 2050: A Stark Vision of Environmental Decline; The Roots Lie in Capitalism’s Assault on the Earth System – 2 Articles
‛Earth in 2050: A Stark Vision of Environmental Decline’: Oppressive heat. Species extinctions. Pollution-choked skies. Mushrooming environmental crises. Also: ‛A New Reign of Climate Chaos’, an excerpt from “Metabolic Rifts: Capitalism’s Assault on the Earth System”’ by Ian Angus.
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