Imagine getting life-saving drugs to sick people without relying on big pharma? We may have found a way

Catriona Crombie Healthcare should make people’s lives better. That fact can hardly be contested. Yet for some patients with rare diseases, commercial interests are dictating who gets to access life-saving treatment and who doesn’t. Pharmaceutical companies have long been driven by global demand and the potential for the highest profits. In the past two decades,… Read More Imagine getting life-saving drugs to sick people without relying on big pharma? We may have found a way

The Arsenal of Genocide: the U.S. Weapons That Are Destroying Gaza

During the Second World War, the United States proudly called itself the “Arsenal of Democracy,” as its munitions factories and shipyards produced an endless supply of weapons to fight the genocidal government of Germany. Today, the United States is instead, shamefully, the Arsenal of Genocide, providing 70% of the imported weapons Israel is using to… Read More The Arsenal of Genocide: the U.S. Weapons That Are Destroying Gaza

Karl Jaspers: Is Europe’s Culture Finished ? Paths Toward a New Creativity (1946)

One of the founders of modern Existentialism, KARL JASPERS has since the downfall of Hitler become a spokesman of Germany’s highest conscience. The present article was part of a lecture he delivered at Geneva on September 13, 1946 “World empire means world peace through the conquest of all by one, by a single power. World… Read More Karl Jaspers: Is Europe’s Culture Finished ? Paths Toward a New Creativity (1946)

US students, once again, have led the way. Now we must all stand up for Palestinians

Osita Nwanevu The student left is the most reliably correct constituency in America. Over the past 60 years, it has passed every great moral test American foreign policy has forced upon the public, including the Vietnam war, the question of relations with apartheid South Africa, and the Iraq war. Student activists were at the heart… Read More US students, once again, have led the way. Now we must all stand up for Palestinians

BIDEN’S LAWYERS ARE URGING THE WHITE HOUSE TO CHANGE COURSE ON GAZA

IN A MESSAGE to Attorney General Merrick Garland and other senior officials this week, federal government attorneys invoked British abolitionist William Wilberforce: “You may choose to look the other way, but you can never say again that you did not know.”  The letter, drafted by unnamed legal and policy staff at more than two dozen federal agencies, argues… Read More BIDEN’S LAWYERS ARE URGING THE WHITE HOUSE TO CHANGE COURSE ON GAZA

Indo-Palestine Solidarity Network

Commemorates the 78th Anniversary of the NAKBA of 1948, when over 7.5 lac Palestinians were driven from their homes and villages by violence and terror ************************ GAZA casualties, live statistics United Nations Documentation on the Origins and Evolution of the Palestine Problem The Crisis of Ideology The west’s complete contempt for the lives of Palestinians will… Read More Indo-Palestine Solidarity Network

War Culture Hates the Ethical Passion of the Young

With transcendent wisdom, this spring’s student uprising has rejected conformity as a lethal anesthetic while the horrors continue in Gaza. Leaders of the most powerful American institutions want to continue as usual, as if official participation in genocide were no particular cause for alarm. Instead, young people have dared to lead the way, insisting that… Read More War Culture Hates the Ethical Passion of the Young

ANTI-WAR CONGRESS. PRAGUE, 24 to 26 May 2024 / References from Faridabad Majdoor Samachar

From 20 to 26 May 2024, groups and individuals from different parts of the world will meet in Prague to coordinate anti-war activities as part of the Week of Action. The series of events will also include an anti-war congress, which will take place from Friday 24 to Sunday 26 May 2024. Campaigns, direct actions, projects,… Read More ANTI-WAR CONGRESS. PRAGUE, 24 to 26 May 2024 / References from Faridabad Majdoor Samachar

Mainstream, May 11, 2024

Letter to the Readers, Mainstream, May 11, 2024 A Modern Indian Erotic Tale | Sumanta Banerjee Letter to PM Modi – investigate Adani, Ambani for corruption & attempt to influence elections | Binoy Viswam Has Modi Seen The Writing on the Wall? | JP Gadkari Modi’s Electoral Power At Stake? | Nilofar Suhrawardy 2024 General Election: Battle of Stars… Read More Mainstream, May 11, 2024