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countercurrents. org > 2026 > 05 > ongoing-effects-of-post-colonialism-on-african-nations

Ongoing Effects of Post-Colonialism on African Nations

6+ min ago  (408+ words) Until gaining independence, the Sahell nations of'Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso have been among the poorest countries in Africa. They were known as French West Africa, having been colonized during the "Scramble for Africa" in the 1880s and 1890s, and after gaining…...

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countercurrents. org > 2026 > 05 > pete-hegseths-desperate-crusade-for-masculine-validation-failed-wars-and-the-secretary-of-wars-flailing-identity

Pete Hegseth's Desperate Crusade for Masculine Validation: Failed Wars and the Secretary of War's Flailing Identity

17+ min ago  (723+ words) Pete, I think you were the first one to speak up," Trump recently'recalled'at a press event. And you said, "Let's do it, because you can't let them have a nuclear weapon." Americans join the military for any number of reasons:…...

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countercurrents. org > 2026 > 05 > magical-majorca-and-its-tourist-monoculture

Magical Majorca and its Tourist Monoculture

31+ min ago  (208+ words) Bhabani Shankar Nayak is a political commentator Politics is a tool for the social, political, economic, and cultural transformation of individuals, families, societies, states, governments, and institutions toward a progressive path of human emancipation from poverty, marginalisation," Despite the flag-waving…...

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countercurrents. org > 2026 > 05 > treating-the-body-neglecting-the-soul-indias-unfinished-healthcare-revolution

Treating the Body, Neglecting the Soul: India's Unfinished Healthcare Revolution

1+ hour, 3+ min ago  (566+ words) In hospitals spread across the national capital and two of India's most culturally distinct states, a troubling pattern repeats itself. Patients arrive anxious, hurting, and often carrying invisible burdens of grief, faith, and family, and are met with a system…...

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countercurrents. org > 2026 > 05 > women-are-reshaping-the-insurgency-in-balochistan-and-the-prospects-are-grim

Women Are Reshaping the Insurgency in Balochistan " And the Prospects Are Grim

1+ hour, 50+ min ago  (676+ words) For decades, the Baloch insurgency followed a familiar script: tribal hierarchies, male guerrillas, and episodic rebellion. That era is ending. A profound and unsettling transformation is underway in Balochistan, where a new phase of militancy is drawing on the symbolic…...

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countercurrents. org > 2026 > 05 > india-pakistan-dialogue-breaking-the-logic-of-hostility

India-Pakistan Dialogue " Breaking the Logic of Hostility

1+ hour, 58+ min ago  (1263+ words) Just as this article was being written, news broke of a suicide bombing targeting a train in Pakistan's Balochistan province, killing at least 24 people and injuring dozens more. The attack, claimed by the Balochistan Liberation Army, is part of an…...

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countercurrents. org > 2026 > 05 > indian-knowledge-system-under-the-scanner

Indian Knowledge System Under the Scanner

2+ hour, 23+ min ago  (588+ words) Lastly, there was Radhakrishnan's use of Hegelian metaphor in reinventing the Vedanta as the honoured climax as well as the potential final synthesis of all ancient Indian and modern Western wisdom. Elegantly written and passionately argued, it seems to remain…...

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countercurrents. org > 2026 > 05 > fake-cockroach-janta-party-apk-malware-campaign-raises-serious-cybersecurity-concerns-in-india

Fake "Cockroach Janta Party" APK Malware Campaign Raises Serious Cybersecurity Concerns in India

2+ hour, 50+ min ago  (640+ words) A dangerous Android malware campaign disguised as the "Cockroach Janta Party" APK is spreading across India through Whats App, Telegram groups, and fake APK download websites, according to a detailed threat intelligence report published by Trace X Labs. Cybersecurity researchers…...

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countercurrents. org > 2026 > 05 > why-the-rise-of-the-cockroach-janata-party-matters

Why the Rise of the Cockroach Janata Party Matters

3+ hour, 3+ min ago  (1230+ words) When the Revolution becomes a joke, even a joke can start a Revolution. That's what I wrote in the founding statement of the Communist Party of India (Mohammad Rafi), launched fifteen years ago, along with some friends, as a "new…...

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countercurrents. org > 2026 > 05 > before-the-cockroach-janata-party-the-workers-upsurge-already-shaking-north-india

Before the "Cockroach Janata Party: The Workers" Upsurge Already Shaking North India

3+ hour, 12+ min ago  (910+ words) These struggles are not symbolic performances for social media. They are rooted in unpaid wages, unsafe working conditions, excessive hours, denial of overtime, inflation, rising LPG prices, and the systematic erosion of labour rights under conditions of deepening contractualization and…...

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