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Let’s resolve to keep Desmond Tutu’s legacy alive in
the light of growing repression across the world
by Gurpreet Singh
Though Tutu’s death is a great loss, his legacy will remain alive, and has become even more relevant today considering the growing state violence and repression all across the globe.
Desmond Tutu Opposed Capitalism, Israeli Apartheid and US/UK Imperialism, Too
by David Rovics
Long live Desmond Tutu. Long live Desmond Tutu’s vision of a world free of oppression — a world in which so many of the politicians praising him today would be in front of a truth and reconciliation commission tomorrow, if Tutu were calling the shots. Amandla awethu. Our time will come.
Warnings from the Far North
by Robert Hunziker
“Breaking the food chain that supports billions of creatures” is horrific to contemplate. It sends a powerful signal of trouble dead ahead. In that regard, scientists agree that what happens up North signals what’s in store to the South, and what’s happening up North is a gut-wrenching reality of life on a knife’s edge of catastrophe.
Humanity’s Massive Footprint On The Face Of Nature
by John Scales Avery
John Scales Avery announces the publication of a new book which discusses the reasons for our human encroachment on the earth’s ecological systems, and the possible consequences if we do not take steps to correct the problem. The book may be downloaded and circulated free of charge
History of the World 2025-2200
by Eric Boglio
If you’re
reading this, you’re probably no longer skeptical about the need for Humanity to change its ways hard and fast. I would dare to say that you are one from a rising tide of consciousness, for whom the depth and breadth of our impact on this Earth is starting to sink in. You feel that equally massive changes are required, right now, just so we don’t obliterate ourselves, along with a large proportion of the Biosphere.
Critiquing Transgender Theology: A review of Janice Raymond’s Doublethink
by Robert Jensen
There’s a sad irony at the heart of Janice Raymond’s new book on transgenderism and feminism. After decades of research and activism, she is uniquely qualified to contribute to the polarized debate over these issues. But because she has long been demonized by the transgender movement, her insights on sex and gender will be overlooked by many. Doublethink: A
Feminist Challenge to Transgenderism explains why the radical feminist analysis that Raymond articulates so clearly is not a threat to trans-identified people but rather an alternative to the transgender movement’s liberal precepts, which are biologically incoherent and anti-feminist.
York the anti/RACIST City in the United Kingdom
by William Nicholas Gomes
York is a cathedral city in northern England, located at the junction of the Ouse and Foss rivers. It is home to two universities as well as a burgeoning ethnic population. In 2021, the city council adopted an anonymous motion expressing the City’s intention of being an anti-racist city. There is much to say about the motion’s process, procedure, and politics
Potatoes & Chillies in the New Year
by Mitali Chakravarty
Despite the world being united by chillies
and potatoes, as this year draws to a close, I am left wondering at the way humankind has got clumped into little boxes because of the mutations of a tiny virus. But if this virus is to survive, it will have to mutate to become endemic, and continue to share the Earth with man, as do other viruses. However, more than the dangers posed by the virus, the thing that really frightens me is the change in global perspectives towards foreigners and the acceptance of leadership that is questionable.
Hindutva resurrects India’s thuggee tradition
by Satya Sagar
And while the thuggees were finished as a coherent group by the British police through intelligence gathering, systematic arrest and punishment of cult members, the challenges of dealing with the Hindutva extremists are far more daunting. Not the least because they are in power at the highest levels today and the Indian state and police themselves
seem to have joined this modern-day thuggee movement.
Smokeless Tobacco Fuels Oral Cancer Crisis in South Asia
by Bharat Dogra
While there may be a dispute on the legality surrounding surrogate promotion of SLT, most studies agree that South Asia and nearby areas constitute the biggest hub of SLT consumption. This region has experienced rapid increase in recent decades based on new attractively packaged and advertised branded products– often mixed, scented and sweetened with various other ingredients commonly known as pan masala or guthka. According to the Global Adult Tobacco Survey Second Round 2016-17 (GATS 2), 21.4% of adults in India consume SLT. 85% of SLT users here use it on daily basis. Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka also report high use, ranging from 15 to 30 per cent for men, and somewhat lesser for women.
U.S. hounds Bangladesh to join military pact
by BZ
Khasru
With its latest steps, America runs the risk of being branded as a nation genetically predisposed to harming the homeland of 165 million Bengalis, many of whom still vividly remember how President Richard Nixon aided their enemy, Pakistan, in pursuit of his secret ping pong diplomacy via Islamabad.
