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  •  | 1857 War of Independence | MR Online

    Commemorating the 168th anniversary of 1857 War of Independence

    Originally published: Countercurrents on May 9, 2025 by Shamsul Islam (more by Countercurrents)  | (Posted May 13, 2025)

    LET NOT THE HINDUTVA RULERS UNDO THE GREAT HERITAGE OF JOINT SACRIFICES.

  •  | trump | MR Online

    Trump imposes 104 percent tariff on China, as financial turmoil grows

    Originally published: Countercurrents on April 9, 2025 by Nick Beams (more by Countercurrents)  | (Posted Apr 10, 2025)

    A week after U.S. President Trump launched his economic war against the world under the banner of so-called “reciprocal tariffs,” China will have a tariff of 104 percent imposed on its goods starting today.

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    Originally published: Countercurrents on February 13, 2025 (more by Countercurrents)  |

    We we are living in an extremely dangerous time.

  •  | National Alliance of Peoples Movements strongly condemns the inhuman and cruel treatment meted out to Indian Citizens by the new Trump led US Government | MR Online

    NAPM condemns the inhumane treatment of Indian citizens deported by the United States of America! Both U.S. & Indian Govt are bound to uphold human & labour rights

    Originally published: Countercurrents on February 10, 2025 by National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM) (more by Countercurrents)  | (Posted Feb 12, 2025)

    While deportation of non-citizens found to be in violation of U.S. Immigration Law is a routine procedure, this time it was different and brazen.

  •  | A massive mural of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump engaged in a passionate kiss was unveiled Sunday morning October 29 2017 painted on the West Bank security barrier near the West Bank city of Bethlehem REUTERSMussa Qawasma | MR Online

    New realities of Israel/Palestine in the Trump Era: Settler Colonial Destinies in the 21st Century

    Originally published: Countercurrents on January 26, 2025 by Richard Falk (more by Countercurrents)  | (Posted Jan 27, 2025)

    The ceasefire is publicized as a demonstration of Trump’s and U.S. leverage with respect to Israel when it actively seeks results rather than merely wants to make a rhetorical impression, but there is more to this ceasefire that is immediately apparent.

  •  | Trump Reverses Sanctions on Israeli Settlers in Occupied West Bank in First Act as President | MR Online

    Trump reverses sanctions on Israeli settlers in occupied West Bank in first act as president

    Originally published: Countercurrents on January 21, 2025 by Quds News Network (more by Countercurrents)  | (Posted Jan 23, 2025)

    The new White House website said Trump rescinded Executive Order 14115 issued on Feb. 1, 2024, which authorized the imposition of certain sanctions “on Persons Undermining Peace, Security, and Stability in the West Bank.”

  •  | A view of destruction following the Israeli attack on the courtyard of Kamal Adwan Hospital and its surrounding buildings in Beit Lahia Gaza on December 25 2024 Photo Khalil Ramzi AlkahlutAnadolu via Getty Images | MR Online

    Targeting doctors and hospitals.. Killing life in Gaza

    Originally published: Countercurrents on January 8, 2025 by Palestine Information Center (more by Countercurrents)  | (Posted Jan 10, 2025)

    The latest is the martyrdom of 31-year-old Thabat Ibrahim Muhammad Salim, a volunteer doctor at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza, on 5 January, 2025.

  •  | Massacre of Journalists | MR Online

    “Massacre of journalists”: Four Palestinian journalists killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza in just five days

    Originally published: Countercurrents on December 16, 2024 by Quds News Network (more by Countercurrents)  | (Posted Dec 17, 2024)

    Gaza (Quds News Network)- Four Palestinian journalists were killed in separate Israeli attacks within five days amid the ongoing assault in Gaza, with media freedom organizations accusing Israel of committing “war crimes” against journalists there.

  •  | Holocaust in Gaza | MR Online

    Expel Israel from UN

    Originally published: Countercurrents on November 29, 2024 by Sandeep Pandey and Saleem Khan (more by Countercurrents)  | (Posted Nov 30, 2024)

    The genocide—the ongoing Holocaust in Gaza—and who stands in clear opposition to that—is the defining moment today for anyone with a moral conscience.

  •  | Herbert Marcuse | MR Online

    How do you resist neo-fascism?

    Originally published: Countercurrents on October 19, 2024 by P M Joshy (more by Countercurrents)  | (Posted Oct 23, 2024)

    Conceptual clarity and shrewd maneuvers are necessary to combat neo-fascism, a powerful social movement from above.

  •  | US President Joe Biden right meets with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese left during the AUKUS summit at Naval Base Point Loma in San Diego California on 13 March 2023 Image RNZ PacificJim WatsonAFP | MR Online

    How Australia helps the U.S. destabilize Asia

    Originally published: Countercurrents on September 28, 2024 by Max Lane (more by Countercurrents)  | (Posted Sep 30, 2024)

    September 15 marked the third anniversary of the announcement of the AUKUS (Australia, the UK, the U.S.) agreement.

  •  | US Finally Backs UN Gaza Cease Fire ResolutionBut Only When Practical Photo Charly TriballeauAFP via Getty Images | MR Online

    On the need to dismantle the settler-colonial bloc at the UN

    Originally published: Countercurrents on September 9, 2024 by Craig Mokhiber (more by Countercurrents)  | (Posted Sep 12, 2024)

    What do two South Pacific countries, two North American countries, one country in the Middle East, and (until recently) one country in southern Africa have in common with Europe?

  •  | Patnaiks | MR Online

    Defending national sovereignty and delinking. A question of class struggle and rights

    Originally published: Countercurrents on July 30, 2024 by John Graversgaard (more by Countercurrents)  | (Posted Aug 13, 2024)

    Global capital through the international finance system has obtained near hegemony and capitalism is projected as the best and most superior system in history.

  •  | UAE cancelled Netanyahu visit fearing he would say something against Iran   Middle East Monitor | MR Online

    Global South sees U.S. Congress hail Israeli killer of 39,000 of their people mostly women and kids

    Originally published: Countercurrents on July 27, 2027 by Jay Janson (more by Countercurrents)  | (Posted Jul 29, 2024)

    The Health Ministry in Gaza reports that as of the end of July, 2024, more than 39,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, have been slaughtered in Gaza by the Israeli military using hegemon U.S.A.’s mighty weapons of mass destruction.

  •  | China US Photo GT | MR Online

    Inside China-focused Congressional Hearings, panic, paranoia, and hypocrisy reign

    Originally published: Countercurrents on July 9, 2024 by Megan Russell (more by Countercurrents)  | (Posted Jul 11, 2024)

    On June 26th, the Committee on Oversight and Accountability sat down for a Congressional Hearing titled, “Defending America from the Chinese Communist Party’s Political Warfare.” This was one of many Congressional hearings aimed at tackling the “China threat.”

  •  | Dayak People | MR Online

    A lone Dayak community’s last stand against palm oil

    Originally published: Countercurrents on May 28, 2024 by Athena (more by Countercurrents)  | (Posted Jun 03, 2024)

    The Dayak peoples of Borneo have been fiercely resisting the encroachment of palm oil plantations on their ancestral lands for many decades.

  •  | Menace on the Menu | MR Online

    Menace on the menu: The financialisation of farmland and the war on food and farming

    Originally published: Countercurrents on May 16, 2024 by Colin Todhunter (more by Countercurrents)  | (Posted May 17, 2024)

    Between 2008 and 2022, land prices nearly doubled throughout the world and tripled in Central-Eastern Europe.

  •  | Sea ice is formed when chunks of the Greenland ice sheet break off and flow into the ocean | MR Online

    Protect the Arctic Region: Already threatened Arctic ecology can be devastated further by rapid militarization

    Originally published: Countercurrents on April 22, 2024 by Bharat Dogra (more by Countercurrents)  | (Posted Apr 26, 2024)

    The Arctic region is warming at twice the global rate, leading to rapid melting of ice–some have even predicted ice-free summers by year 2034.

  •  | And Our Flags Are Still There  by Mr Fish | MR Online

    Faulty assurances: The Judicial torture of Assange continues

    Originally published: Countercurrents on April 17, 2024 by Dr Binoy Kampmark (more by Countercurrents)  | (Posted Apr 19, 2024)

    Only this month, the near comatose U.S. President, Joe Biden, made a casual, castaway remark that his administration was “considering” the request by Australia that the case against Julian Assange be concluded.

  •  | United State of America   Trash | MR Online

    Inequalities and concentration of wealth in USA have wide implications

    Originally published: Countercurrents on March 21, 2024 by Bharat Dogra (more by Countercurrents)  | (Posted Mar 23, 2024)

    A study by the Urban Institute (UI) in 2018, before the pandemic struck, found that nearly 40 per cent of non-elderly adults and their families struggled to afford at least one basic need for health care, housing, utilities or food in 2017.

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