The reconstruction of flood-devastated rural Punjab demands a radical departure from conventional donor-driven aid models. Grounded in the transformative praxis of Paulo Freire, this framework proposes a holistic, community-led approach that integrates physical...
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New York’s Fault Line: Mamdani’s Rise Through Fear, Exclusion, and Coalition
Zohran Mamdani’s insurgent campaign tests whether grassroots momentum can withstand establishment media, elite politics, and a manufactured climate of fear—with major unions and progressive surrogates providing the counterweight. In a city long captive to...
The hidden water cost of green hydrogen
Energy that is hailed as clean demands a vital resource that is missing: water. The world applauds green hydrogen as the clean energy that will save the planet. It is sold as the invisible gold of the twenty-first century. But there is a truth buried under the...
The SCO summit and the quest for economic justice in a multipolar world
The recent summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Beijing, often portrayed in headlines through images of missiles and military parades, carries a deeper and more enduring significance. Beyond the choreography of power lies an attempt to question the...
The Future of Global Governance
We are witnessing not only the collapse of neoliberal models but also the exhaustion of their so-called humanitarian counterpart. Crises demand our attention, yet deeper transformations are already underway. Humanitarians respond to immediate emergencies—such as Gaza...
From Brazil with love and solidarity. Logbook from the Global Sumud Flotilla.
This installment of the logbook is dedicated to getting to know the captains who come from far away and are with us on the flotilla. Karina is from Brazil, from the São Paulo region. She has a 17-year-old daughter, is a teacher, and came here because she felt she had...
Kazakhstan Prepares: Dimash Qudaibergen Begins Filming International Music Production with China
Kazakh singer Dimash Qudaibergen will debut as executive producer at the helm of an ambitious mega music co-production with the Chinese broadcaster Hunan Broadcasting System. Filming, set to begin next week across various cities in Kazakhstan, aims to project the...
Carmen in Riyadh: When Chinese Opera Cracks Open the Kingdom’s Walls
In a land where, for decades, art was silenced under religious and political decrees, the appearance of *Carmen* on a Riyadh stage strikes with the force of lightning in the night. It is not merely an operatic performance: it is a gesture of cultural defiance, an act...
Zero Waste Beats Incineration in Cutting Climate Pollution
Global Study Proves Incinerators Worsen Climate Impacts while Communities Push for Just Solutions Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – 04 September 2025 — From Asia to Latin America to Africa, communities are at the frontlines of both climate impacts and the fight against false...
Sayonara Bites: Saying ‘Thank You for Your Hard Work,’ the Japanese Way
I ran the words through my mind as I taught the class. The polite Japanese translation of “today is my last day, I quit” scrolled across my forehead like a TV news ticker. The words streamed as fast as I flipped through the flash cards of English vocabulary....
AAEA Cautiously Appreciates the Ethanol Blending Mission with Petrol
Guwahati: As the Supreme Court of India has recently rejected a public interest litigation against the standardization of 20 percent ethanol blending with pure petrol across the country, an Assam-based graduate engineers’ forum cautiously appreciates the initiative...
The future of humankind is connected to the stars
Learn to love the reality you built. Learn to recognize the sacred within you and around you. Learn to treat others the way you want to be treated. (Silo, Teachings 2025) The connection between the human beings and the stars started with the prehistoric man who made...