It is an atomic bomb. It is the greatest thing in history. — President Harry S Truman (August 6, 1945) ONE of the seemingly endless Good [sic] War myths
IT IS nice to remember the 1946 Royal Indian Navy Mutiny just a few days before we celebrate our Independence Day. It is not just a neglected event in the
DANIEL Hale, dressed in a khaki uniform, his hair cut short and sporting a long, neatly groomed brown beard, is seated behind a plexiglass screen, speaking into a telephone receiver
THE government’s efforts to suppress the protest movement by the targeting of its leading members individually are polarising the country more than ever before. Instead of addressing the underlying causes
This alarmist title is not intended to incite alarm. The goal, on the contrary, is to attempt to understand the dark, intractable times our region is going through. But we
On May 14, 7,000 Bengalis marched from Brick Lane to Hyde Park. They demanded an end to racist violence and discrimination. Led by young people, it was part of a
SO, NANCY Pelosi, the Speaker of US House of Representatives, has embarked upon her much-touted tour of Southeast Asia. Pelosi, number three in the line of US presidential succession, is
Overfishing, seabed mining, corporate greed: let is take back control of our marine environment for the common good, writes Guy Standing FOR most of human history, the oceans have been seen
WITH the explanation that it had to punish Russia for its war in Ukraine, the west stole over $300 billion of Moscow’s money. With the explanation that 9/11 families deserved
We were warned for decades about the death march we are on because of global warming. And yet, the global ruling class continues to frog-march us towards extinction, writes Chris Hedges