Alfred McCoy: The Epic Struggle over the Epicenter of Global Power

Great Britain’s dominion over the oceans began with an historic naval triumph over a combined French-Spanish fleet off Spain’s Cape Trafalgar in 1805 and only ended when, in 1942, a British garrison of 80,000 men surrendered their seemingly impregnable naval bastion at Singapore to the Japanese — a defeat Winston Churchill called “the worst disaster and largest… Read More Alfred McCoy: The Epic Struggle over the Epicenter of Global Power

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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: Is midnight upon us? Doomsday Clock panel to set risk of global catastrophe

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists to unveil its measure of how close human civilisation is to the edge of extinctionOn 24 October 1962, an American nuclear chemist, Harrison Brown, started to pen a guest editorial for the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists just as the Cuban missile crisis reached its climax. “I am writing on… Read More Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: Is midnight upon us? Doomsday Clock panel to set risk of global catastrophe

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‘In Kabul there’s no justice’: the female student who fled to Pakistan

I currently live in Pakistan with my family. Before I left Afghanistan, I was working as a programme administrator for an NGO and I also studied business at university. When the Taliban took over, I had no certain future. My education was not clear; my school was closed. I was happy before the Taliban took over. This semester… Read More ‘In Kabul there’s no justice’: the female student who fled to Pakistan

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Lawyer Sudha Bharadwaj, Out On Bail After 3 Years In Jail: ‘I Am Ready To Put On My Black Coat’

 After three years and three months in prison, Bhima-Koregaon accused and undertrial Sudha Bharadwaj was granted bail in December 2021 by the Bombay High Court on a technical ground. The human rights lawyer and law professor talked to us about her time in prison, the state of legal aid for forgotten undertrials, the need for… Read More Lawyer Sudha Bharadwaj, Out On Bail After 3 Years In Jail: ‘I Am Ready To Put On My Black Coat’

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Fourth day of Fast against Hate and Violence / नफ़रत और हिंसा के खिलाफ उपवास का चौथा दिन

जनवरी 16, नफ़रत  और हिंसा के खिलाफ उपवास का चौथा दिन  13 जनवरी 1948 के दिन महात्मा गांधी ने अपने जीवन का  अंतिम उपवास किया जो उस वक़्त की हिंसा और नफरत के माहौल के खिलाफ शांति बहाल करने की पुकार थी. उनके उपवास के दौरान सर्वधर्म प्रार्थना सभा में गीता, कुरान और गुरु ग्रन्थ… Read More Fourth day of Fast against Hate and Violence / नफ़रत और हिंसा के खिलाफ उपवास का चौथा दिन

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Pakistan: Child activist goes on a climate education mission (video)

Emaan Danish is a 10-year-old activist helping other children learn about climate change with an interactive website raising awareness about how global warming impacts Pakistan and the world. https://www.dw.com/en/pakistan-child-activist-goes-on-a-climate-education-mission/av-60426352 Standing Rock Chairman gifts Greta Thunberg with a Lakota name meaning “woman who came from the heavens” Oceana Kiss the Ground Film Trailer (2020) / What’s… Read More Pakistan: Child activist goes on a climate education mission (video)

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Religiosity and Human Life – Online meet January 16, 5-7 PM

Message from Professor Vipin Tripathi: Friends, remember Sadbhav Mission online meeting on  “Religiosity and Human Life” on January 16, 2022, Sunday, 5-7 PM, India time. The link is https://meet.google.com/enh-nsdk-ivp Confirmed speakers for 5-7 min talks are: Shri Md. Adeeb, Ms. Teesta Setalvad, Ms. Shirin, Ms. Sehba Farooqui, Shri Goswami Sushil ji Maharaj. I also expect two three… Read More Religiosity and Human Life – Online meet January 16, 5-7 PM

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Malaysia: Buddhist monks fight to protect mountain home

A cool breeze sweeps through the Dhamma Sakyamuni Monastery. Sitting cross-legged on the polished stone floor, monks meditate silently under the gaze of a Buddha painted gold. Above them, stalactites hang from the rough limestone ceiling. This is one of the last remaining limestone cave temples in Malaysia. It sits nestled into the foot of Mount Kanthan, one of… Read More Malaysia: Buddhist monks fight to protect mountain home

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LIZ THEOHARIS: Which Way America? Confronting Christian Nationalism in the Spirit of Desmond Tutu

Tomdispatch.com  – If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality – Archbishop Desmond Tutu    The world lost a great moral leader this Christmas… Read More LIZ THEOHARIS: Which Way America? Confronting Christian Nationalism in the Spirit of Desmond Tutu

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