Thousands Of Students March In Delhi Demanding Justice For Rohith Vemula
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Thousands Of Students March In Delhi Demanding Justice For Rohith Vemula
By Countercurrents.org
http://www.countercurrents.
Thousands of students marched through the streets of Delhi demanding justice for Rohith Vemula who committed suicide inside University of Hyderabad hostel room on January 17 after being targeted by the university and the right wing sangh parivar. Thousands of students, including those from the Jawaharlal Nehru University joined the protest march organised under the banner of Joint Action Committee for Social Justice of University of Hyderabad from Ambedkar Bhawan to Jantar Mantar
Soni Sori's Condition Stable
By Countercurrents.org
http://www.countercurrents.
The condition of Soni Sori, Adivasi activist from Bastar, Chhatisgarh who was attacked with acid-like chemical Sunday night is stable says the doctors who treat her in Delhi's Indraprastha Apollo hospital
PUDR Writes To Chief Justice Of India On Attack On Soni Sori
And Other Rights Violations In Chhattisgarh
By People's Union For Democratic Rights
http://www.countercurrents.
Open letter to the Chief Justice of India for immediate intervention into physical attacks and eviction drives against women activists by police and vigilante groups in Chhattisgarh
Need For Equity, Diversity And Inclusion Initiatives In Indian Higher Education
By Bharat Rathod
http://www.countercurrents.
Currently, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion’ initiatives are part of public and private higher education institutions in the U.S. These initiatives/programs are great support for underrepresented students and staff members. It focused on raising institutional awareness regarding issues of discrimination, setereotypes, social justice, inclusive pedagogy and campus climate, and enhancing diversity. The U.S. higher education admitted that students of color are being discriminated, whereas still we hesitate to acknowledge that lower caste students are being discriminated. Now, the point is that MHRD proactively wants to deal with caste-based discrimination in higher education or create a toothless reactionary policy that will maintain the status quo
Nationalism Vs. Rationale: Where Are We Heading?
By Rutuja Deshmukh Wakankar
http://www.countercurrents.
The greatest travesty has already happened when Kanhaiya Kumar the arrested JNUSU president, leaders and party workers of CPI (Marxist) and journalist were beaten up inside the court premise. Responsibility of this lynch-mob mentality lies with us, how long are we going to tolerate this or propagate it? The day is not far where you or me will be taken by this lynch mob for not dressing-up in tune with their nationalistic sentiments
Godse’s Children versus Midnight’s Children
By Vaidyanath Nishant
http://www.countercurrents.
January 30, 1948, as Bapu walked for his evening prayer, three bullets pierced him. Nathuram Vinayak Godse surrendered himself to the police. Ten months later, during the famous Red Fort Trial made a detailed statement before the Court regarding the prosecution case against him which lasted about a year. The text of his statement was banned till the year 1968. In his statement there are two things that really have significance in the political state the nation is in now. He had said, “If devotion to one’s own country amounts to a sin, I admit I have committed a sin. If it is meritorious, I humbly claim the merit thereof.” There is a very interesting similarity that I find between what Godse had said years ago and what the current goons which includes, lawyers, police, politicians and activists, are giving as an explanation for their violence against students, teachers and anyone else who doesn’t favour the BJP. Any of us need not shout slogans against the nation, but
the very
fact that we criticize the activities of this goon gifts me a label of being anti-national
Undermining Democracy: Stifling Academic Institutions
By Ram Puniyani
http://www.countercurrents.
On the back of the death of Rohith Vemula in Hyderabad Central University (HCU), one of the most prestigious University of the country Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has been targeted by the ruling Modi Sarkar. The frightening things which happened in HCU were just the beginning of attack on autonomy of universities, on the free thinking in a democracy
Reclaiming Dissent
By Concerned Citizens
http://www.countercurrents.
Letter of Solidarity with JNU students and faculty from professionals, academics, artists in West Bengal
Solidarity With India: The Struggle Is Global And Ongoing
By Suzanne Adely
http://www.countercurrents.
We are community, student and legal activists in the United States fighting racialized and Islamaphobic state repression and the continuing assault of neoliberalism in our universities, workplaces and communities. As we watch India’s students and activists mobilize in mass for the right to dissent in the face of state sanctioned violence and relentless harassment we realize the many ways in which our struggles are interconnected. We send strong messages of solidarity to all students, workers, communities and human rights defenders throughout India struggling against an increasingly repressive right-wing nationalist and neoliberal regime
When Israel’s Bulldozers Escape Our Attention
By Barbara Erickson
http://www.countercurrents.
The assault on al-Hadidiya loomed large in the lives of the struggling villagers, but it was a routine affair in the occupied West Bank. The Civil Administration, an Israeli military body that oversees the management of the West Bank, frequently issues demolition orders — for construction work carried out without permits that are rarely tendered, or as punitive measures against those where family members have been deemed a security threat. And demolitions are carried out often seemingly at random
Book Review: "The Need For A New Economic System" By John Scales Avery
By Dorothy Guyot
http://www.countercurrents.
The Need for a New Economic System by John Scales Avery is an important book for everyone concerned over the future of humanity. The urgent voice of the book stems from Dr. Avery's seeing the discontinuity between the loving care that people bestow on their children and their failure to reduce the harm to their children from a destructive economic system, climate change, resource depletion, and war. This book of advocacy demonstrates the need for solutions to problems created under the present economic system
The Age Of Authoritarianism: Government Of The Politicians,
By The Military, For The Corporations
By John W. Whitehead
http://www.countercurrents.
America is at a crossroads. History may show that from this point forward, we will have left behind any semblance of constitutional government and entered into a militaristic state where all citizens are suspects and security trumps freedom
Apple, Surveillance Technology And The Police State
By Jon Kofas
http://www.countercurrents.
The APPLE issue reveals very clearly that the more technology dependent a society becomes, the more it slips down the road of a police state at home because it is pursuing militarism abroad. This does not mean that technology in and of itself is a bad thing – no Luddite thesis here – but that the use of technology by corporations and the state makes it easier to have a police state
Hillary Clinton Is Backed By Major Republican Donors
By Eric Zuesse
http://www.countercurrents.
Hillary Clinton is a good investment for a billionaire — even for the 70% of them who are Republicans. And, based on those 2015 donation-figures, it seems that they would prefer a President Hillary Clinton, over a President Donald Trump. However, their three favorite candidates, in order, were: Jeb Bush, Ted Cruz, and Marco Rubio. But, in a Clinton-versus-Trump contest, Hillary Clinton would likely draw more money from Republican mega-donors than Trump would, and, of course, she would draw virtually all of the money from Democratic mega-donors. In such an instance, Hillary Clinton would probably draw a larger campaign-chest (especially considering super-pacs) than any candidate for any political office in U.S. (or global) history. Hillary Clinton would almost certainly be the most-heavily-marketed political product in history, if she becomes nominated and ends up running against Trump
Pro-GMO Activism In India: Journalism Gives Way To Spin, Smears And Falsehoods
By Colin Todhunter
http://www.countercurrents.
In a recent piece for the magazine Swarajya (an online and print publication based in India), its national affairs editor, Surajit Dasgupta, makes it clear that he has no time for any criticisms about the use of GMO technology in food and agriculture. He has even less time for those who voice such criticisms
Rally Of Farmers, Workers And Various Movements For Their Rights Tomorrow
By National Alliance of People’s Movements
http://www.countercurrents.
On 24th February, 2016 a massive rally of farmers, workers and various movements is being organized at Jantar Mantar, where thousands of farmers, workers, fisher folks, adivasis and project affected people from ten states will be converging on Feb 24th to protest against these issues
Dear Friend,
If you think the content of this news letter is critical for the dignified living and survival of humanity and other species on earth, please forward it to your friends and spread the word. It's time for humanity to come together as one family! You can subscribe to our news letter here http://www.countercurrents.
In Solidarity
Binu Mathew
Editor
www.countercurrents.org
Thousands Of Students March In Delhi Demanding Justice For Rohith Vemula
By Countercurrents.org
http://www.countercurrents.
Thousands of students marched through the streets of Delhi demanding justice for Rohith Vemula who committed suicide inside University of Hyderabad hostel room on January 17 after being targeted by the university and the right wing sangh parivar. Thousands of students, including those from the Jawaharlal Nehru University joined the protest march organised under the banner of Joint Action Committee for Social Justice of University of Hyderabad from Ambedkar Bhawan to Jantar Mantar
Soni Sori's Condition Stable
By Countercurrents.org
http://www.countercurrents.
The condition of Soni Sori, Adivasi activist from Bastar, Chhatisgarh who was attacked with acid-like chemical Sunday night is stable says the doctors who treat her in Delhi's Indraprastha Apollo hospital
PUDR Writes To Chief Justice Of India On Attack On Soni Sori
And Other Rights Violations In Chhattisgarh
By People's Union For Democratic Rights
http://www.countercurrents.
Open letter to the Chief Justice of India for immediate intervention into physical attacks and eviction drives against women activists by police and vigilante groups in Chhattisgarh
Need For Equity, Diversity And Inclusion Initiatives In Indian Higher Education
By Bharat Rathod
http://www.countercurrents.
Currently, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion’ initiatives are part of public and private higher education institutions in the U.S. These initiatives/programs are great support for underrepresented students and staff members. It focused on raising institutional awareness regarding issues of discrimination, setereotypes, social justice, inclusive pedagogy and campus climate, and enhancing diversity. The U.S. higher education admitted that students of color are being discriminated, whereas still we hesitate to acknowledge that lower caste students are being discriminated. Now, the point is that MHRD proactively wants to deal with caste-based discrimination in higher education or create a toothless reactionary policy that will maintain the status quo
Nationalism Vs. Rationale: Where Are We Heading?
By Rutuja Deshmukh Wakankar
http://www.countercurrents.
The greatest travesty has already happened when Kanhaiya Kumar the arrested JNUSU president, leaders and party workers of CPI (Marxist) and journalist were beaten up inside the court premise. Responsibility of this lynch-mob mentality lies with us, how long are we going to tolerate this or propagate it? The day is not far where you or me will be taken by this lynch mob for not dressing-up in tune with their nationalistic sentiments
Godse’s Children versus Midnight’s Children
By Vaidyanath Nishant
http://www.countercurrents.
January 30, 1948, as Bapu walked for his evening prayer, three bullets pierced him. Nathuram Vinayak Godse surrendered himself to the police. Ten months later, during the famous Red Fort Trial made a detailed statement before the Court regarding the prosecution case against him which lasted about a year. The text of his statement was banned till the year 1968. In his statement there are two things that really have significance in the political state the nation is in now. He had said, “If devotion to one’s own country amounts to a sin, I admit I have committed a sin. If it is meritorious, I humbly claim the merit thereof.” There is a very interesting similarity that I find between what Godse had said years ago and what the current goons which includes, lawyers, police, politicians and activists, are giving as an explanation for their violence against students, teachers and anyone else who doesn’t favour the BJP. Any of us need not shout slogans against the nation, but
the very
fact that we criticize the activities of this goon gifts me a label of being anti-national
Undermining Democracy: Stifling Academic Institutions
By Ram Puniyani
http://www.countercurrents.
On the back of the death of Rohith Vemula in Hyderabad Central University (HCU), one of the most prestigious University of the country Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has been targeted by the ruling Modi Sarkar. The frightening things which happened in HCU were just the beginning of attack on autonomy of universities, on the free thinking in a democracy
Reclaiming Dissent
By Concerned Citizens
http://www.countercurrents.
Letter of Solidarity with JNU students and faculty from professionals, academics, artists in West Bengal
Solidarity With India: The Struggle Is Global And Ongoing
By Suzanne Adely
http://www.countercurrents.
We are community, student and legal activists in the United States fighting racialized and Islamaphobic state repression and the continuing assault of neoliberalism in our universities, workplaces and communities. As we watch India’s students and activists mobilize in mass for the right to dissent in the face of state sanctioned violence and relentless harassment we realize the many ways in which our struggles are interconnected. We send strong messages of solidarity to all students, workers, communities and human rights defenders throughout India struggling against an increasingly repressive right-wing nationalist and neoliberal regime
When Israel’s Bulldozers Escape Our Attention
By Barbara Erickson
http://www.countercurrents.
The assault on al-Hadidiya loomed large in the lives of the struggling villagers, but it was a routine affair in the occupied West Bank. The Civil Administration, an Israeli military body that oversees the management of the West Bank, frequently issues demolition orders — for construction work carried out without permits that are rarely tendered, or as punitive measures against those where family members have been deemed a security threat. And demolitions are carried out often seemingly at random
Book Review: "The Need For A New Economic System" By John Scales Avery
By Dorothy Guyot
http://www.countercurrents.
The Need for a New Economic System by John Scales Avery is an important book for everyone concerned over the future of humanity. The urgent voice of the book stems from Dr. Avery's seeing the discontinuity between the loving care that people bestow on their children and their failure to reduce the harm to their children from a destructive economic system, climate change, resource depletion, and war. This book of advocacy demonstrates the need for solutions to problems created under the present economic system
The Age Of Authoritarianism: Government Of The Politicians,
By The Military, For The Corporations
By John W. Whitehead
http://www.countercurrents.
America is at a crossroads. History may show that from this point forward, we will have left behind any semblance of constitutional government and entered into a militaristic state where all citizens are suspects and security trumps freedom
Apple, Surveillance Technology And The Police State
By Jon Kofas
http://www.countercurrents.
The APPLE issue reveals very clearly that the more technology dependent a society becomes, the more it slips down the road of a police state at home because it is pursuing militarism abroad. This does not mean that technology in and of itself is a bad thing – no Luddite thesis here – but that the use of technology by corporations and the state makes it easier to have a police state
Hillary Clinton Is Backed By Major Republican Donors
By Eric Zuesse
http://www.countercurrents.
Hillary Clinton is a good investment for a billionaire — even for the 70% of them who are Republicans. And, based on those 2015 donation-figures, it seems that they would prefer a President Hillary Clinton, over a President Donald Trump. However, their three favorite candidates, in order, were: Jeb Bush, Ted Cruz, and Marco Rubio. But, in a Clinton-versus-Trump contest, Hillary Clinton would likely draw more money from Republican mega-donors than Trump would, and, of course, she would draw virtually all of the money from Democratic mega-donors. In such an instance, Hillary Clinton would probably draw a larger campaign-chest (especially considering super-pacs) than any candidate for any political office in U.S. (or global) history. Hillary Clinton would almost certainly be the most-heavily-marketed political product in history, if she becomes nominated and ends up running against Trump
Pro-GMO Activism In India: Journalism Gives Way To Spin, Smears And Falsehoods
By Colin Todhunter
http://www.countercurrents.
In a recent piece for the magazine Swarajya (an online and print publication based in India), its national affairs editor, Surajit Dasgupta, makes it clear that he has no time for any criticisms about the use of GMO technology in food and agriculture. He has even less time for those who voice such criticisms
Rally Of Farmers, Workers And Various Movements For Their Rights Tomorrow
By National Alliance of People’s Movements
http://www.countercurrents.
On 24th February, 2016 a massive rally of farmers, workers and various movements is being organized at Jantar Mantar, where thousands of farmers, workers, fisher folks, adivasis and project affected people from ten states will be converging on Feb 24th to protest against these issues
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