Why Are Archaeologists Unable to Find Evidence of a Ruling Class of Indus Civilisation?
What we can learn from an ancient egalitarian civilisation in the Indus Valley.
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Acknowledging the Powers of Women in Myths, Tales and Real Life
Wendy Doniger’s ‘Women, Androgynes and Other Mythical Beasts’ explores gender and sexual identities in Hindu, Buddhist, and Tantric mythologies. In this conversation with Githa Hariharan, Wendy Doniger talks about the book and more.
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The Prigozhin Coup – Two Articles
The Kremlin leadership has acted decisively to meet the threat of an armed insurrection by the Russian oligarch and self-styled ‘founder’ of Wagner Group of military contractors, Yevgeny Prigozhin.
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The US Will Send Depleted Uranium Munitions to Ukraine – a Health Physicist Explains Their Military, Health and Environmental Effects
After Britain, now the Biden administration has agreed to provide Ukraine with depleted uranium shells to equip M1A1 Abrams tanks that the U.S. is sending there. A health physicist explains what depleted uranium is and what’s known about potential health and environmental risks.
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Iran in America’s Backyard: Raisi’s Defiant Latin America Tour
The Iranian president’s visit to Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba sought to challenge Washington’s global hegemony, by stripping it bare in its own backyard.
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Online Blog | Ukraine | USA
Can the European Leg of the Triad Break Free from the Atlantic Alliance?
The negative impact of the Western policy of preventing peace in Ukraine is being felt daily by the European public. Will the European people stand up for their sovereignty or will they continue to be the frontline for Washington’s ambitions?
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Chávez, UNASUR and the End of Unipolarity: A Conversation with Judith Valencia
Economist Judith Valencia talks about the evolution of Hugo Chávez’s approach to geopolitics and the recent reactivation of the Union of South American Nations [UNASUR], an institution for continental integration that was born under Chávez.
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Online Blog | Russia | USA
The Privatization of War, American-Style
The American government seldom acknowledges its own version of the privatization of war — the tens of thousands of private security contractors it’s used in its misguided war on terror, involving military and intelligence operations in a staggering 85 countries.
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Haiti: Stop the Destruction of a Nation
As the current crisis in Haiti has metastasized into one of the worst human rights disasters in the Americas, Haitian activists in the popular movement and in diaspora are increasingly charging the U.S. government with genocide.
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Will Israel Ever be Held Accountable?
Twenty-five countries are now on the U.S. Treasury Department Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctions list. However, one country, despite all its malfeasance, has been left out. And that is Israel.
