Share The Psychology of Fascism — by Robert J. Burrowes Robert J. Burrowes PhDHonorary Editor, Ground Report IndiaThe continuing rise of fascism around the world is drawing increasing attention particularly as it takes firmer grip within national societies long seen to have rejected it. Some recent studies have reminded us of the characteristics of fascist movements and individuals, particularly as they manifest among politically active fascists. […]
Share THE IMPORTANCE OF ALTERNATIVE MEDIA – by Prof. John Scales Avery Prof John Scales Avery, PhDwas part of a group that shared the 1995 Nobel Peace Prize The superficiality of today’s televisionThe wealth and power of the establishmentNewspapers and warThe mass media and our present crisisOur duty to future generations The superficiality of today’s televisionSocial critic Neil Postman contrasted the futures predicted in Nineteen Eighty-Four and Brave […]
Share Gandhi’s Despair and the Struggle for Truth and Love –Robert J. Burrowes PhD Robert J. Burrowes PhD‘When I despair, I remember that all through history the ways of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants, and murderers, and for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end they always fall. Think of it – always.’ M.K. Gandhi As we remember Gandhi Jayanti on 2 […]
Share Dissent is not anti-national : Akhilesh Yadav in Independence Day message Dear Fellow Citizens, Exactly 71 years ago in 1947 at the stroke of midnight the freedom and birth of our country was declared. A hope of new dawn had taken birth in the mind and heart of tens of millions of fellow citizens with the unfettering of the chains of their slavery. With the hope of the […]
Share Movie on the conservation of the river Ganga by Mike Pandey Mike Pandey, the National award-winning wildlife filmmaker and environmentalist, released another film in Delhi highlighting concerns about the conservation of the river Ganga. As Uttar Pradesh’s Ecotourism and environment Ambassador, Mike has been working under the state’s Ganga Hritima Abhiyan and this is the first of a series of related events and films envisioned for the […]
Share Climate Change and the Sustainable Management, Use and Conservation of the Ocean at Forefront of PALM 8 Meeting Iwaki, Fukusima, Japan (May 19, 2018) Pacific Islands Forum Leaders and the Prime Minister of Japan, the Hon Shinzo Abe, committed to stronger action on climate change and to the sustainable management, use and conservation of the ocean at the Eighth Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting (PALM 8). In opening PALM 8, Forum Chair and PALM Co-chair, the […]
Share THE INFORMATION EXPLOSION –by Prof John Scales Avery Prof John Scales Avery, PhDwas part of a group that shared the 1995 Nobel Peace PrizeI would like to announce the publication of a new book entitled “The Information Explosion”. This book discusses the role of information in evolution, and especially in the evolution of human culture. Articles and book chapters that I have previously written […]
Share Trump’s Step Beyond the ‘Art of the Deal’ Changes Everything –Alastair Crooke ALASTAIR CROOKEFormer British diplomat, founder and director of the Beirut-based Conflicts Forum Nahum Barnea writing in Yedioth Ahronoth sets out, plainly enough, the gamble underway between Israel and Iran (and to which Trump is willing accessory): In the wake of the US exit from JCPOA, Trump will threaten a rain of ‘fire and fury’ onto […]
Share Upset over anti-male policies by politicians, men’s activists field candidate in Karnataka Assembly elections “A man facing domestic violence or stalking cannot complain. No police will take his complaint or protect him,” say Vijay Sahu, a software professional and men’s activist. Recently, a woman and a man together pushed a 56-year old man in front of a local train in Mumbai just because she thought that he molested her. The […]
Share Dr. Babu Stephen, Ajay Ghosh among seven honored with Excellence Award by NAMAM Ajay Ghosh A community activist & leader, a successful businessman, an industrialist, a scientist, a renowned musician, two young prodigies, an organ donor, and a journalist were honored at a colorful bi-annual NAMAM Excellence Award 2018 ceremony held at the Royal Albert Palace, Edison, New Jersey on April 28th, 2018. What stood out at the long-awaited […]
Share Is Congress a Muslim Party, is it against interests of Hindus? –Prof Ram Puniyani Prof Ram Puniyani Currently there is propaganda from BJP combine that Congress is anti Hindu party. On every conceivable occasion it states that Congress is insulting Hinduism. In the wake of the verdict of Mecca Masjid blast cases; as the accused got released; BJP spokespersons went hammer and tongs saying that Rahul Gandhi-Congress have defamed […]
Share Climate Change and us the People –Chaitanya Davé Chaitanya Davé We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.Native American Proverb Global warming or Climate Change is real. The earth and its atmosphere, oceans and rivers are getting warmer and warmer year after year. Out of last 17 years, 16 were the warmest in the history in […]
Share Human Rights Defender faced intimidation and harassment from police due to his work against impunity Dr Lenin Raghuvanshi My name is Lenin Raghuvanshi. I am a human rights activist and founder and CEO of Peoples’ Vigilance Committee on Human Rights (PVCHR). On the 21st April 2018, my younger brother Kanad was badly beaten by some people while attending a marriage ceremony in my neighbourhood. This resulted in a severe head injury […]
Share AAPI takes its legislative agenda to Capitol Hill: Dozens of US Lawmakers Address AAPI Delegates Ajay Ghosh The powerful voice of the leaders and members of the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI), the largest ethnic medical organization in the United States, was heard on Capitol Hill early Thursday, April 12th at the annual Legislative Day. Addressed by dozens of lawmakers from both the parties, the event was […]
Share Justice Rajinder Sachar : A life dedicated to people’s movement, socialist vision and human rights –by Vidya Bhushan Rawat Vidya Bhushan Rawat One does not remember Justice Rajinder Sachar when he was the Chief Justice of Delhi High Court in 1985 but it is a fact that a forthright person like him was never to the liking of those in power. As a judge in Delhi High Court, he was deeply disturbed and upset […]
Share The Long Road of Charles Maurras: Cultural Regionalist to Narrow Nationalist Rene Wadlow Charles Maurras: 20 April 1868 -16 November 1952 At a time when there is a growth in many parts of Europe of a narrow nationalism often linked to xenophobia and violence, it is useful to look at the life of Charles Maurrras and what he called “integral nationalism”. Maurras is in many ways the […]
Share First Lady Debbie Remengesau Receives the Crans Montana Forum’s 2018 Prix de la Fondation Award First Lady Debbie Remengesau has become the first, Pacific-region First Lady, to receive the Crans Montana Forum’s Prix de la Fondation Award in recognition of her invaluable contributions and leadership in conservation and ocean stewardship for the future of Palau’s children, through the Palau Legacy Project and the Palau Pledge Campaign. The award was presented […]
Share Duty to Warn : The Painful Truth About Last Year’s Failed Flu Vaccine –Dr Gary G. Kohls, MD Dr Gary G Kohls, MD“…most ‘flu’ appears to have nothing to do with influenza. Every year, hundreds of thousands of respiratory specimens are tested across the US. Of those tested, on average 16% are found to be influenza positive.” – From the British Medical Journal editor, Peter Doshi, MD “71 people would need to be treated […]
Share Harvard Environmental Law Review details deep sea mining’s threats to climate, biodiversity, and indigenous peoples; calls for precautionary new legal standards The Harvard Environmental Law Review published an article entitled, “Broadening Common Heritage: Addressing Gaps in the Deep Sea Mining Regulatory Regime.” The article provides a new perspective on the incipient global industry of seabed mining, heralded as the next extractive frontier despite growing concerns and opposition from civil society, scientific experts, and indigenous groups worldwide. “Deep […]
Share Nonviolence or Nonexistence? The Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. –Dr Robert J. Burrowes Robert J. Burrowes PhDFifty years ago, on 4 April 1968, the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. The night before he died, King gave another of his many evocative speeches; this one at the packed Mason Temple in Memphis. The speech included these words: ‘Men for years now have been talking about war and peace. Now […]
Share “GANDHI, UNTOUCHABLES AND ME” : a short movie by Rao Rampilla, an indian origin Hollywood actor, producer and writer Rao Rampilla Rao wrote his participation in the struggle of Dalits at JNU, New Delhi as a play (Gandhi, Untouchables and Me) and to reach greater audience made it as a short film. Attached is a synopsis of the short film. This includes a 40 minutes film and a bonus half an hour episode from Bollywood to Hollywood […]
Share THE DEVIL’S DYNAMO –John Scales Avery Prof John Scales Avery, PhDwas part of a group that shared the 1995 Nobel Peace PrizeI would like to announce the publication of a new book entitled “The Devil’s Dynamo”. It is a collection of articles and book chapters that I have written about the way in which military-industrial complexes throughout the world drive and perpetuate […]
Share Brain Drain Continues –Chaitanya Davé Chaitanya DavéHonourary Editor, Ground Report India Ever since 1960s, immigration of medical doctors to America and other western countries continues unabated. It is noteworthy that India supplies the largest number of Medical Graduates to the US. With 59,523 physicians of Indian origin working in the English speaking Western world (the US, UK, Australia and Canada combined), India […]
Share The Global Elite is Insane Revisited –Robert J. Burrowes Robert J. Burrowes PhDHonourary Editor, Ground Report IndiaIn 2014 I wrote an article titled ‘The Global Elite is Insane’. I want to elaborate what I explained in the earlier article so that people have a clearer sense of what we are up against in our struggle to create a world of peace, justice and ecological […]