News

Countercurrents
countercurrents. org > 2026 > 05 > sixty-days-after-who-won-the-war

Sixty Days After: Who Won the War?

3+ hour, 28+ min ago  (1765+ words) In asymmetric warfare, survival against a superior adversary is itself victory" The idea resonating with arguments of asymmetric warfare like Andrew Mack in his influential 1975 essay Why Big Nations Lose Small Wars. Trump responded: "Sounds good to me." What happened…...

Countercurrents
countercurrents. org > 2026 > 05 > the-working-classes-and-war-today

The working classes and war today

6+ hour, 46+ min ago  (1172+ words) Condition of the exploiting classes, of the economic system these classes own should also be assessed while reviewing condition of the exploited classes and their struggle. The condition of the world capitalist system is not that good as it once…...

Countercurrents
countercurrents. org > 2026 > 04 > a-protected-class-inside-the-state-rethinking-pensions-privilege-and-fairness-in-public-institutions

A Protected Class Inside the State: Rethinking pensions, privilege, and fairness in public institutions

22+ hour, 45+ min ago  (1065+ words) I once fought for pensions inside a public institution. Years later, I began to wonder whether we were asking the wrong question. Most people spend their working lives worrying about one question: Will I have enough to live on when…...

Countercurrents
countercurrents. org > 2026 > 04 > israel-kills-16-year-old-palestinian-boy-in-occupied-hebron-amid-escalating-daily-violations

Israel Kills 16-Year-Old Palestinian Boy in Occupied Hebron Amid Escalating Daily Violations

1+ day, 20+ min ago  (400+ words) Occupied Hebron (QNN)- Israeli forces murdered a Palestinian teenager on Wednesday during a raid in the city of Hebron, in the southern occupied West Bank. Local sources identified the victim as 16-year-old Ibrahim Abdel Fattah Mohammad Al-Khayyat, who sustained fatal…...

Countercurrents
countercurrents. org > 2026 > 04 > rethinking-self-importance-in-a-time-of-social-and-ecological-collapse

Rethinking self-importance in a time of social and ecological collapse

1+ day, 42+ min ago  (962+ words) There is a direct line that runs through human history, connecting unchecked self-importance to elitism, domination, and the worst of brutalities. Can it really be that simple? Self-importance is usually called out by friends and curtailed before we become adults,…...

Countercurrents
countercurrents. org > 2026 > 04 > the-disappearing-public-space-in-indian-cities-malls-over-parks-gates-over-access

The Disappearing Public Space in Indian Cities: Malls Over Parks, Gates Over Access

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (841+ words) There used to be a maidan near the old bus stand in the city where I grew up. Children played there in the mornings, vegetable vendors set up in the evenings, and once a year, a small mela took place…...

Countercurrents
countercurrents. org > 2026 > 04 > malek-bennabi-a-journey-through-time-back-to-the-future

Malek Bennabi: A Journey Through Time " Back to the Future

2+ day, 3+ hour ago  (989+ words) PART I " THE MAN, THE WORK, THE WEAPONS OF UNDERSTANDING "There is no colonisation without colonisability. To free oneself from the effect " colonialism " one must first free oneself from its cause: colonisability." Malek Bennabi, Les conditions de la renaissance, Algiers,…...

Countercurrents
countercurrents. org > 2026 > 04 > elastic-borders-and-fortress-capitalism-how-u-s-militarization-is-redefining-the-americas

Elastic Borders and Fortress Capitalism: How U. S. Militarization Is Redefining the Americas

2+ day, 4+ hour ago  (1618+ words) The modern border is no longer a line. It does not begin at the Rio Grande, nor does it end at a wall. It is not confined to checkpoints, fences, or even national territory. Instead, it stretches'quietly but forcefully'across continents,…...

Countercurrents
countercurrents. org > 2026 > 04 > the-global-war-on-terrors-journey-home-the-collective-trauma-of-americas-twenty-first-century-wars

The Global War on Terror's Journey Home: The Collective Trauma of America's Twenty-First Century Wars

2+ day, 4+ hour ago  (652+ words) In all of this mayhem, it's easy to overlook new human rights violations because there are so many each day. Violations of the rule of law have become the air Americans breathe. In a matter of months, ICE has leaped…...

Countercurrents
countercurrents. org > 2026 > 04 > voters-trust-and-the-politics-of-defection

Voters" Trust and the Politics of Defection

2+ day, 5+ hour ago  (224+ words) Vikas Parasram Meshram is a journalist. India is an agricultural country" we have been hearing this since childhood. Our school textbooks say, "The farmer is the backbone of the nation." But what this so-called 'backbone' of" by Mohd Ziyaullah Khan26/04/2026 A…...