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Humanity is currently facing its most significant threat with climate change and the depletion of our resources. This is not a distant issue; it is already impacting us now. We see its effects in various conflicts over resources around the globe, escalating costs for food and fuel, increasing hunger, devastating natural disasters, water shortages, economic struggles, rising unemployment, social unrest, growing violations of human rights, and severe environmental damage. If we do not take immediate steps to alter our lifestyles and protect our only home, planet Earth, this crisis could potentially lead to the extinction of humanity and many other species.

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One Hundred Days That Shook US Foreign Policy| Countercurrents

1 week ago | countercurrents.org | Richard N. Haass

NEW YORK – We are barely 100 days into US President Donald Trump’s second term, but much is already clear. Trump 2.0 is starkly different: more confident and surrounded by a team determined to implement a far more sweeping agenda. Those staffing the administration – amplifiers more than restrainers, enablers more than guardrails – spent the past four years preparing for this moment. Trump 2.0 is an activist, imperial presidency, at home and abroad.
Indo-Pak War-Diplomacy!

1 week ago | countercurrents.org | Nilofar Suhrawardy

Tension between India and Pakistan, following terrorists’ strike on tourists at Baisaran Valley, Pahalgam in India-controlled Jammu and Kashmir (JK) has raised possibility of the two heading for a war. Terrorists’ strike led to death of 26 tourists on April 22, 2025. India has held Pakistan as responsible for the Pahalgam terror attack while Pakistan has denied the charges.
What Is The Way Ahead For Peace?| Countercurrents

1 week ago | countercurrents.org | Ram Puniyani

The killing of 26 tourists and injuring of many more tourists in Baisaran in Kashmir was a tragedy beyond words. The terrorists claimed to be part of Pakistan based Lashkar-e-Tayyaba’s front ‘The Resistance Front’, who have taken the responsibility for this dastardly act. They identified people by religion and brutally fired upon them. One of the people killed was Syed Adil Shah, the one who used to take the tourists on pony.
Legislators Protest At State Department For Mohsen Mahdawi’s Release| Countercurrents

2 weeks ago | countercurrents.org | Phil Pasquini

Columbia University student Mohsen Mahdawi, illegally arrested and jailed by masked ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) agents on April 14 during a naturalization interview in Vermont to finalize his U.S. citizenship, was released today by U.S. District Court judge Geoffrey W.
Unveiling Islamophobic Patriarchy In India| Countercurrents

2 weeks ago | countercurrents.org | Syed Ali

Following the Pahalgam attack, there has been an increase in online calls for sexual violence against Kashmiri Muslim women, demonstrating the pervasiveness of Islamophobic patriarchy and hyper-nationalist jingoism in India’s digital space.
Kashmir And The Spectacle Of Manufactured Crises| Countercurrents

2 weeks ago | countercurrents.org | Junaid Ahmad

It was an old script, dusted off and recycled with all the subtlety of a Bollywood B-movie plot: an attack on tourists in Pahalgam, Kashmir—tragic, condemnable, and as predictable as New Delhi’s response. Within hours, India’s government, with its reflexes honed more for propaganda than forensics, pointed a convenient finger at Pakistan. No evidence necessary. No investigation needed.
Arabs, Palestine, And The Crucial Timing| Countercurrents

2 weeks ago | countercurrents.org | Ramzy Baroud

For my father’s generation, Gamal Abdel Nasser wasn’t just another Arab leader; he set the standard by which all others have been measured, and none have quite reached it. For the Arab masses, and Palestinians in particular, Nasser was an icon. His heroic image, in the eyes of Palestinians, took hold in Al-Faluja, a key pocket of resistance against the Zionist takeover of historic Palestine in 1948.
Musk’s Plan To Populate Mars And Leave Muskville Behind| Countercurrents

2 weeks ago | countercurrents.org | Phil Pasquini

Believing that the world is doomed, Elon Musk has more than once announced his intention to head for Mars to establish a new world. His work at DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency) seems to be part of the “world is doomed” strategy as he dismantles the US government before leaving the planet. Part of what worries Musk is the falling birth rate of Earth’s population that he claims will doom the planet.
US Led 'Unprecedented' Surge In Global Military Spending In 2024| Countercurrents

2 weeks ago | countercurrents.org | Jessica Corbett

Military spending worldwide soared to $2.718 trillion last year, meaning it “has increased every year for a full decade, going up by 37% between 2015 and 2024,” according to an annual report released Monday. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) has tracked conflict, disarmament, and weapons for nearly six decades.
A Sit-In To Head Off More Drastic Cuts| Countercurrents

2 weeks ago | countercurrents.org | Phil Pasquini

Early this morning on April 27, Senator Corey Booker (D-NJ) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) began a sit-in on the Capitol steps to call attention to tomorrow morning’s vote by Congress on the GOP Budget Reconciliation Bill for 2025 that would eliminate more than $1.5 billion in federal expenditures. As word spread of their action, a crowd soon began to grow and by early afternoon the sit-in was being broadcast live to more than 25,000 viewers.