Fanfare in India this week over the British royal melodrama shows the depth and reach of a persistent colonial hangover
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Population, India, And The Condescending Anglo-American Narrative
COLUMN/ LINE IN THE SAND
Dr. Kallol Guha
Artificial Food Is Detrimental To Ecological Transition
COLUMN/ THE WRITE LINE
Vandana Shiva
You Can Kill The Activist, But You Can’t Kill The Activism
COLUMN/ CULTURE DIARIES
Vidyarthy Chatterjee
Take The Mask Off, Let Science Breathe Easy
COLUMN/ THE WRITE LINE
Dr. Amitav Banerjee
How Corporate California Controls India And The World
California Inc. matches the sway that empires from the past enjoyed – such as the Romans, Greeks, British, Spanish, Russians, and Mongols
Energy Wars: How The Mainstream Media Downplayed The Nord Stream Attack
COLUMN
Alan McLeod
The Betrayers Of Julian Assange
COLUMN
John Pilger
Films That Serve As Documents Of Dissidence
COLUMN/ CULTURE DIARIES
Vidyarthy Chatterjee
Public Health Quackery — Is The New World Disorder Here To Stay?
COLUMN/ THE WRITE LINE
Dr. Amitav Banerjee
Naatu Naatu’s Oscar Win Smells Of Racism and Colonial Hangover
The RRR song’s picturisation is a demeaning and dystopian setting straight from the days of colonial India
The Untold Math Of The Biggest Deal In Aviation History
GREAT GAME 2.0
The economic implications of Air India’s agreements with Boeing and Airbus that the popular press didn’t tell you about
Highest Ever Trade Despite A Bitter War — Who Are US And China Trying To Fool?
The two enemies are passionately locked in an embrace when it comes to bilateral trade. What’s the missing piece of the puzzle?
Your Money Could Someday Be Programmed To Expire — Here’s How
An article on World Bank’s website gives us a peek into the New World Order of money control
Djokovic’s Slap Across The Face Of Vaccine Empire Will Echo For Ages
Wasn’t it poetic justice that vaccine promoter Bill Gates was clapping from the stands at The Djoker’s historic Australian Open victory?
HPV Vaccine In The National Programme: Is It A Sound Move?
COLUMN/ THE WRITE LINE
Dr. Amitav Banerjee
The War You Don’t See — Rs 8.23 Trillion Trade Deficit With China
India can’t afford to lose this economic war. Here’s why
Warnings Of Covid Resurgence Marked By Ritualism, Not Science
COLUMN/ THE WRITE LINE
Dr. Amitav Banerjee
GMO Mustard: An Unnecessary, Toxic, And Failed Technology
COLUMN/ THE WRITE LINE
Dr. Vandana Shiva
Failed Mathematical Models And The Scramble To Defend The Jab
COLUMN/ THE WRITE LINE
Dr. Amitav Banerjee
Was Fear Of Covid-19 Manufactured?
COLUMN/ THE WRITE LINE
Bhaskaran Raman
Covid-19 Vaccines And A Pandemic Of Fairytales
COLUMN/ THE WRITE LINE
Dr. Amitav Banerjee
Patenting Life Forms For Profit Is The Real Purpose Of Pushing GMOs
Why is there a push for GM seeds? Vandana Shiva writes
Pandemic: India Wakes Up To The Problems Of Imitating The West
COLUMN/ THE WRITE LINE
Dr. Amitav Banerjee
Baffling Silence Over Escalating Terrorism In Africa
The world needs to realise Ukraine isn’t the only gripping crisis out there
To Weep For Elizabeth Is To Dishonour The Freedom Fighters
COLUMN/ THE WRITE LINE
Nadim Siraj
Vaccination, Rising Deaths, And The False Narrative
COLUMN/ THE WRITE LINE
Dr. Amitav Banerjee
Why The World Will Gain If The Iran Nuclear Deal Is Revived
If the stalled 2015 deal springs back to life, oil prices will plunge in a relief for oil-importing nations
Truss, Sunak, And The China Obsession: When Will The West Grow Out Of It?
British politics is caught in an existential crisis this uneasy summer
Anthony Fauci Fractured Science And Killed The Art Of Medicine
COLUMN/ THE WRITE LINE
Dr. Amitav Banerjee
Wounds From US Occupation Too Deep And Too Many For Afghanistan
The country was doomed to spiral into chaos when the US military invaded it in 2001
How Masks Are Contributing To Long Covid
COLUMN/ THE WRITE LINE
Carla Peeters
How Modern-Day East India Companies Are Controlling Our Economy
A sophisticated project is underway to siphon off India’s financial resources
Hiroshima-Nagasaki: Top Military Commanders Believed It Was A Political Decision
COLUMN/ THE WRITE LINE
Pat Hynes
Hiroshima-Nagasaki: Why Are They Never Called ‘Terrorist’ Attacks?
How the US empire alone decides who the world should call terrorists
Why Calling Climate Change A Crisis Is An Insult To The Hungry Billions
The self-proclaimed ‘First World’ loves to superimpose its own worries on the rest of us as everyone’s crises. It’s colonialism by other means
As A Doctor, It’s Disturbing To See The Post-Vaccination Trends
COLUMN/ THE WRITE LINE
Dr. Firuzi Mehta
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Why Are Some Americans So Trigger-Happy?
A close look at precisely why the epidemic of mass shootings continues
The Narrative War: How The US Uses Hollywood To Push Its Hidden Agenda
The Pentagon-CIA-Hollywood nexus projects America’s soft power through popular cinema
Hidden Agenda Behind The Religion Debate: Our Economic Recolonisation
The secularism crisis is a convenient distraction for neocolonial corporates plotting to recapture India’s economy
Covid, Climate, Chemicals and Debt: The Perfect Storm that hit Sri Lanka
Dr Vandana Shiva puts the pieces of the puzzle together as the island nation burns
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Why Novak Djokovic Walked Off The Australian Open With The Biggest Trophy Of His Life
The tennis icon rose above his conformist competitors by taking a stand against the new abnormal of vaccine mandates
Vaccine Apartheid: How The World Has Been Split Into Two
We’re fighting against two viruses – the pathogen itself, and the virus of ‘vaccine apartheid’
Justice For Julian Assange Will Be Justice For All: John Pilger
‘The damage done to him is beyond doubt. But so, too, is his courage’
US-China Empire Wars: Did Beijing Win The Battle For Afghanistan?
The chaos in Kabul is part of a perpetual conflict between the two giants from east and west
Pentagon’s Hollywood Touch In Kabul: ‘The Afghanistan PR Show’
After 20 years of occupation, the US is rolling out cinematic visuals of American-Afghan bonding
Kabul Wasn’t Taken Over, It Was Handed Over To The Taliban
The US, China and Russia are ganging up to justify the Taliban’s return to power. Why?
Meet Toka, A Spyware More Dangerous Than Pegasus
There’s an outcry over Pegasus spyware. But other evils such as Toka are not drawing attention and alarm
क्या देश में दूसरे जेपी आंदोलन की शुरुआत हो चुकी है?
दिल्ली की सीमाओं पर चल रहा किसानों का आंदोलन, 1970 के दशक में जयप्रकाश नारायण द्वारा इंदिरा गांधी को सत्ता से बेदखल करने वाले आंदोलन की तरह ही तेजी से फैलता जा रहा है
Agri-Stacking: Digital Invasion To Enslave Farmers
Going digital will improve farming or will it help corporates grab farmland?
Are Stars Aligning For A Second JP Movement?
The farmers’ protest increasingly resembles the agitation famously launched by Jayaprakash Narayan
How Bob Dylan Stuck A Dagger Into The Heart Of Empire
For six decades, he targeted imperialism with his distinct brand of protest songs
Sankha Ghosh: Face Of Resistance, Conscience-Keeper, Chocolate-Man
‘He leaves behind a legacy of truth-telling to the very faces of powers-that-be,’ writes Vidyarthy Chatterjee
What Are The Oil-Rich Muslim Nations Doing To Save Gaza? Nothing. As Always
Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, UAE care about rich Muslim societies, not poor ones such as Palestine, Yemen
Another Lockdown? Another Scar?
Even before Covid, India was experiencing its longest economic slowdown since 1991, writes Colin Todhunter
A Lockdown Is Needed For Global Trade Of Needless Goods, Not For People
What if products stop crisscrossing countries? How will it impact the virus?
Bill Gates Unhinged? Dystopian Vision For Agrifood Must Not Succeed
We’re seeing an acceleration of corporate consolidation of agrifood chain, writes Colin Todhunter
Two Words Bill Gates And His Pals Despise: ‘Democracy’ And ‘MSP’
Corporations are jumping onto the ‘sustainability’ bandwagon by undermining traditional farming, writes Colin Todhunter
WATCH: Inside Look At A Hospital On Singhu Border Farmers’ Protest Site
The hospital staff are treating ailing protesters without any charge
Agriculture And Beyond: Deregulation Hawks Close In On India
A deal could let Walmart, Amazon dominate India’s e-retail sector, writes Colin Todhunter
Social Media Microtargeting And The Ministry Of Truth
People’s search habits, social media post history are among the data up for sale, writes Raul Diego
If Reckless ‘Development’ Continues, Uttarakhand Awaits More Horrific Disasters
I was devastated, but wasn’t surprised by Raini village disaster, writes Vimal Bhai
Chilling Lessons From Mexico For India’s Protesting Farmers
In Mexico, food retail MNCs have taken over food distribution channels, writes Colin Todhunter
Why India’s Farmers Are In Deeper Danger In A Post-Covid World
Agri empire’s hidden agenda is to roll out farmerless farms, writes Colin Todhunter
তন্ত্র, মন্ত্র, গণতন্ত্র – পর্ব ছয়
হিংসা কি কেবল যা চোখের সামনে দেখা যায় সেটাই? বছরের পর বছর কৃষক আত্মহত্যা আসলে সংগঠিত এবং পরিকল্পনামাফিক হিংসারই ফল।
Farmers’ Protest Reflects Existential Crisis Of Indian Agriculture
The new laws would make India rely on outside forces to feed its population
The Seeds Of Today’s Farmer Protests Were Sown In The Early 1990s
A foreign plan involves shifting 400mn people from the countryside into cities, writes Colin Todhunter
Reimagining The World: Agroecology And Post-Covid Plunder
An increasing number of countries want to become food self-sufficient, writes Colin Todhunter
Google’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Yet Still Extremely Profitable In 2020
Alphabet ran regulatory threats as the pandemic diminished, and then boosted profits, writes Adrianne Jeffries
Imperial Intent: Destroying India’s Farm Sector
Today, neoliberal dogma masquerades as economic theory, writes Colin Todhunter
Dispossession And Imperialism Repackaged As ‘Feeding The World’
The world is losing farms through concentration of land into the hands of agribusinesses, writes Colin Todhunter
Rohingyas Packed Off To Island Of Death That Can Sink Any Day While We Mark ‘World Soil Day’
Affluent empires of the world watch from a distance as the refugees are condemned to the unstable, unliveable, silt island of Bhashan Char, which frequently gets swept, submerged, and can disappear into the sea any day
Bhopal Gas Tragedy: A Reminder Of The Crimes Of Corporate Empires
The dark episode is only the tip of the iceberg as bloated corporate imperialists tighten their vicious grip on financially vulnerable countries such as India
Once There Was A Sad King, Maradona By Name
CULTURE DIARIES
By Vidyarthy Chatterjee
Farmers’ Protest: They Are Marching To Keep Democracy Alive
When the new farm bills were passed, it was the straw that broke the camel’s back. From that point on, there’s been no looking back for India’s outraged farmers
Maradona’s Left Foot Turned Argentina Into Everyman’s Homeland
To look at the Maradona-Argentina relationship through the lens of ‘empirism’ – in a hypothetical way – Maradona was, and posthumously is, that ‘empire’. And Argentina is that empire’s land
Don’t Be Fooled: The 2020 Election Has Already Been Decided
THE WRITE LINE
By John Whitehead
Schools Are Buying Up Surveillance Technology To Fight Covid-19
BIG TECH
By Colin Lecher
‘I Am A Hacker And I Am Here To Help You’
BIG TECH
By Indranil Chakraborty
A Student Film That Taught The World A Lesson In Filmmaking
CULTURE DIARIES
By Vidyarthy Chatterjee
John Pilger: The Stalinist Trial Of Julian Assange
THE WRITE LINE
By John Pilger
Corporate As Predator, State As Accomplice
THE WRITE LINE
By Vidyarthy Chatterjee
Another Hiroshima Is Coming, Unless We Stop It Now: John Pilger
THE WRITE LINE
By John Pilger
Were The Hiroshima-Nagasaki Bombings ‘Terrorist Attacks’?
Through information control and crafty jugglery of words, the US has convinced us not to call the nuclear attacks on Japan ‘acts of terror’
Covid-19: How Scientists Are Fighting Against ‘Traitors’ Inside Our Bodies
THE DOC’S LAB
By Dr. S A Siraj
Entrapment: America’s Game Plan To Store India’s Oil
For ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’, the new oil deal with the US could turn out to be suicidal
Socialism In The Arab World: A Road Less Travelled
THE WRITE LINE
By Manishankar Prasad
Araria Rape Case Shows How Gender-Insensitive India Still Is
While dealing with a rape victim, the least that one can do is to handle the case with sensitivity. Even that is missing in our country
While You’re Reading This, Your Thoughts Are Being Colonised
Thought capitalists are profiting from what we think. Because for them, our thoughts are gold
India’s Racism: Who Will Stand Up For Our Floyds?
THE WRITE LINE
By Ratna
India-China Standoff And The Raw Animal Origins Of Border Disputes
Our tendency to defend borders is linked to phenomena like lions in the jungle angrily tearing into each other for territorial domination and stray dogs ‘scent-marking’ their jurisdiction
When Will The Migrant’s Story Soak The Pages Of History?
THE WRITE LINE
By Manishankar Prasad
The Economy Can Survive The Coronavirus, But Not A Costly India-China War
COLUMN
The Last Word By Awbuck Qandoe
Pandemic Of Xenophobia: The Outbreak And Our Migrants
THE WRITE LINE
By Ratna
Why Are Migrant Histories Not Written?
THE WRITE LINE
By Manishankar Prasad
Migration In Times Of Pandemic: A Ticking Time Bomb
THE WRITE LINE
By Manishankar Prasad