Hong Jian

Jan 14, 2025 | countercurrents.org | Bharat Dogra |Bryan Dyne |Robert Hunziker |Hong Jian

As climate change intensifies and the inadequacy of the west-driven climate response becomes clearer by the day, it is helpful for the entire effort if countries of the global south can come up with their own alternative responses which are more firmly aligned to their needs as well as special strengths.

Jan 11, 2025 | countercurrents.org | Bryan Dyne |Aaron Kirshenbaum |Robert Hunziker |Hong Jian

The six fires raging across Los Angeles have now claimed more than 12,000 homes and other structures, and at least 11 lives. An estimated 180,000 people remain under evacuation orders and another 166,800 face evacuation warnings as firefighters continue to combat the blazes which have so far consumed about 56 square miles (145 square kilometers) of the city.

Jan 11, 2025 | countercurrents.org | Aaron Kirshenbaum |Yasmin Abu Shammala |Pratap Antony |Hong Jian

Earlier on Wednesday, January 8th, I saw a prominent Zionist commentator and Twitter/X User post, “Has Greta Thunberg taken her keffiyeh off to address the fires in LA yet or are there too many Jews living here for her to be concerned?” The weird implications about a mythical antisemitic malice that climate activist Greta Thunberg has to supposedly fuel her anti-genocide and ecocide beliefs aside, the post is equally embarrassing in its lack of understanding about the exacerbators of Los...

Jan 11, 2025 | countercurrents.org | Robert Hunziker |Hong Jian |Bill McKibben |Niles Niemuth

Net Zero/2050 Fantasy or Reality may be the most significant issue of the 21st century. Net Zero refers to the balance between the amount of greenhouse gas (GHG), such as CO2, that’s produced and the amount that’s removed from the atmosphere. It can be achieved through a combination of emission reduction and emission removal.

Jan 10, 2025 | countercurrents.org | Bharat Dogra |NREGA Sangharsh Morcha |Amit Sengupta |Hong Jian

The coordinator of Mahila Sangathan (women’s organization) in Barmer district, Anita Soni, said recently that there is increasing demand for employment under the rural employment guarantee scheme known popularly as MG—NREGA. In this district of Rajasthan a recent group meeting in Taaratara village raised the demand for work under NREGA. Nathu Devi said that NREGA by making available employment in or near village is life-sustaining (sanjivani) for us.