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The U.S. Navy’s Anti-Environmental Broadside In The Gulf of Alaska
by Dahr Jamail
It’s war in the Gulf and the U.S. Navy is on hand to protect us. No, not that Gulf! I’m talking about the Gulf of Alaska and it’s actually mock war — if, that is, you don’t happen to be a fin whale or a wild salmon.
On Finding A Homeless Person In A Blizzard!
by Sally Dugman
Let’s all have simple minds and not walk on by. It doesn’t take a genius to know the appropriate way to respond to suffering and misery that’s right up in your face. “Walk on by?” No, reject the status quo instead regardless of whether your passion is climate change, overpopulation, homeless people, environmental destruction, the sixth great extinction, resource shortages, starvation, warfare or any combination of these dangers. Come on. Join my sister and me. Don’t walk on by!
Syria Chemical Weapon Attack: Truth Comes At A Cost
by Dr Arshad M Khan
Truth would be refreshing, but it comes at a tremendous cost. Ask some recent purveyors.
Trump’s Syria Attack Poses New Conundrums For The Anti-War Movement
by Raghav Kaushik
The anti-war movement has rarely been so fragmented. Yet, there is an urgent need for unity within the movement. How the movement responds to this challenge will determine how effective it is.
Science Needs To Be Set Free For The Good Of Mankind
by Professor BM Hegde
This article is based on the Presidential Speech by well-known physician, Dr BM Hegde at the 40th Annual Congress of the Indian Social Science Academy, held in Mysore, Dec 19-23, 2016. We are publishing the entire content of the speech in the light of the many brilliant and thought-provoking observations made on science and health but cannot verify all the statements made here by Prof. Hegde. We welcome a healthy debate on his ideas in the spirit of true enquiry to enhance our collective understanding of the themes he has addressed.
Australia, India And Coal Proliferation
by Shankar Sharma
An open letter (of 5 November 2014), which was sent to the Australian political leaders highlighting the India’s true relevance of coal import from Australia by Power Policy Analyst Shankar Sharma is published here to reveal the associated problems to the Indian society.
WSS Condemns Threats By Bajrang Dal On WSS Activist In Assam
by Women Against Sexual Violence and State Repression
Women against Sexual Violence and State Repression (WSS) strongly condemns the manner in which our member Ms Bondita Acharya, a well known women’s activist from Jorhat, Assam, is being criminally intimidated, abused in sexual language, defamed and trolled on her Facebook account only because she expressed her personal opinion regarding eating of beef, a common practice in her state of Assam, and opposed targeting of Muslims for the same.
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