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1 week ago | 
countercurrents.org | Arun Mitra |Ann Wright |Medea Benjamin |Nagesh Chaudhari
Introduction Pacifism as a concept emerged during the 19th century. It is the philosophy of renunciation of war and the complete opposition to it under all conditions. We must try to understand the backdrop to the emergence of such a philosophy and why it emerged only during the 19th century. It evolved through the writings of John Ruskin and Leo Tolstoy.
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1 month ago | 
countercurrents.org | Arun Mitra |Ram Puniyani |Bhabani Nayak |P M Joshy
In our country with diverse beliefs and traditions coexisting, the promotion of rational thinking and scientific temper is extremely important. Superstitious beliefs, blind practices and rituals are an impediment to the path of development. Scientific temper is not merely knowledge of science, but it is a rational way to analyse the events and it is the quest for deeper understanding. Therefore it is essential for any society to be inquisitive, inclusive and assimilative for advancement.
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2 months ago | 
countercurrents.org | Bharat Dogra |Maya John |Satvinderpal Kaur |Arun Mitra
Recently when ‘10 startup founders to follow in 2025’ were selected in Nigeria, a special place of honor went to Manish Sardana, co-founder of Craydel, a startup which has won a reputation for helping and guiding higher education students in Nigeria and Kenya and is now planning to widen its work to Ghana, Uganda and South Africa, apart from increasing its reach-out in other ways.
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Jan 24, 2025 | 
countercurrents.org | Dimitris Eleas |Eric London |Andre Damon |Arun Mitra
The world was shaken by Donald Trump’s inauguration speech and the phrase, “our Golden Age has just begun” is like kidding. There are many reasons why such a man, with such a big “Ego” was re-elected President of the USA. It is the hundred million Americans who have been impoverished. The rift from decades of economic inequality.
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
countercurrents.org | Eric London |Andre Damon |Arun Mitra |Ellen Isaacs
The first wave of immigration-related executive orders issued by President Donald Trump have now been published. With a few scribbles of his name on paper and no involvement from Congress, Trump has undertaken a substantial transformation of the legal landscape in the United States, eviscerated the basic rights of a significant portion of the population and upended the lives of millions of people.
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
countercurrents.org | Andre Damon |Eric London |Arun Mitra |Ellen Isaacs
In a series of public statements, executive orders and background comments to the press, the Trump administration is making clear that it is moving toward the next phase of the US-Israeli ethnic cleansing of Palestine through the expulsion of the population of Gaza and the annexation of the West Bank by Israel.
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
countercurrents.org | Arun Mitra |Ellen Isaacs |Juan Cole |Eric London
The inaugural ceremony of crowning of Mr Donald Trump as the 47th President of the USA was marked by the presence of superrich who have influence not only their governments but on the governments of other countries as well. Many of them are Tech giants who plan to control the minds of the people from a remote distance. Some of the prominent ones include Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Elon Musk, Apple CEO Tim Cook and TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew.
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Jan 18, 2025 | 
countercurrents.org | Bharat Dogra |Phil Pasquini |Andrew B. Bacevich |Arun Mitra
Although only time will reveal very clearly the emerging foreign policy and worldview of the new (second) Trump presidency, there are already some indications. There is going to be an important continuity—the USA under Trump will continue to be guided by the overwhelming objective of seeking or retaining dominance of world in the sense of striving to always remain the number one power in the world. Towards this end, very high military expenditure will continue.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
countercurrents.org | Andrew B. Bacevich |Arun Mitra |Bharat Dogra |Rebecca Gordon
“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.” So declared Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Ah, if only it had proved to be so. Although my respect for MLK is enduring, when it comes to that upward-trending curve connecting past to present, his view of human history has proven to be all too hopeful. At best, history’s actual course remains exceedingly difficult to decipher.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
countercurrents.org | Mubashir Vp |Ram Puniyani |Arun Mitra |T Navin
Ambedkar as an idea of religious liberation and social equality still wields considerable sway in the political imaginations of Dalit people. This permanence of memory makes political appropriation of Ambedkar indispensable for BJP to vertically consolidate Hindu votes. And till date, new BJP under Modi-Amit Shah has been successful in this feat, while wider ideological incongruities are disguised under communal rhetoric.
