Even by India's low standards and easy acceptance of Muslim lynchings, this is horrifying in its brutality

in the past few years i have seen multiple projects books papers conferences funded for indias top 5 percent to turn the brutalization of the muslim body into cheap theorization for nation making & not one honest effort toward tangible solidarity

#Myanmar’s military is using internet shutdowns as a weapon, and for the #Rohingya, already marginalized and displaced, these blackouts compound vulnerability and cut off vital access to safety and information. | Kathy Win #bangladesh thecontrapuntal.com/myanmars-inter…

Sudanese music icon Dafallah Al-Haj has spent decades preserving and promoting #Sudan's rich heritage. From crafting instruments to founding the Sudanese Center for Traditional #Music, his legacy resonates far and wide. | Ali Metwaly thecontrapuntal.com/dafallah-al-ha…

The Fieldwork Body is a compilation of 18 diary excerpts from a PhD research in Kenya, capturing snapshots of grief, illness, joy, and the intricate positionality of being a Central Asian researcher embedded in Western academia. The Contrapuntal thecontrapuntal.com/the-fieldwork-…

“The conservation practices we see today are focused on excluding people, not nurturing the land. Protection, in their view, means driving people away, but protection is not the same as care” thecontrapuntal.com/the-maasai-str…

Read the interview with #Maasai lawyer and activist Joseph Oleshangay , who shares the Maasai’s fight for justice after forced evictions in Tanzania’s #Ngorongoro Conservation Area The Contrapuntal #greengrabbing #Conservation #MaasaiRights thecontrapuntal.com/the-maasai-str…

The Maasai Strife Against Green Grabbing in #Tanzania | The #Maasai have been displaced from their ancestral lands under the pretext of conservation and hunting reserves. The community also endures systemic violence & dispossession. Joseph Oleshangay 📢 thecontrapuntal.com/the-maasai-str…

"In Tanzania, conservation is treated as a business. Money drives it & tourism funds it. For Maasai, conservation is a moral obligation, not a business." /Joseph Oleshangay, a Maasai human rights activist, in conversation with Daniele Rossi-Doria for The Contrapuntal thecontrapuntal.com/the-maasai-str…

The discourse surrounding ‘grooming gangs’ in the UK is fraught with misinformation, & racial tension. The racist focus on ethnicity diverts attention from systemic failures that allow child sexual exploitation to thrive. Prof Tahir Abbas for The Contrapuntal thecontrapuntal.com/racism-in-uk-g…

Racialized narratives about the so-called UK's #GroomingGang have been weaponized to push anti-South Asian and #Islamophobic rhetoric. British government data debunks Elon Musk's claims, showing most offenders are white. | Prof Tahir Abbas ✍️ thecontrapuntal.com/racism-in-uk-g…

BREAKING: Gaza's Health Ministry says more than 46,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war. apnews.com/article/israel…

SCOOP: Chinese staff are unable to travel to Foxconn’s iPhone factories in India, and Chinese workers already in India are being recalled. Shipments of essential equipment to India have been held up in China. restofworld.org/2025/china-fox… By Selina Cheng Viola Zhou for Rest of World

Oscar-nominated actor Djimon Hounsou is still struggling financially even after 20+ years in Hollywood. How is that possible yet he’s one of the most recognizable African actors?

Elon Musk has had a lot to say about the grooming gangs scandal. We looked at 24 hours on Musk's X timeline and found a range of false and misleading information being amplified. Produced by Catherine Karelli, Shayan Sardarizadeh and Jake Horton. Graphics by Jacqueline Galvin.

Work culture in India is abusive, exploitative and extractive across sectors with employees treated as near slaves - who are devoid of any humanity. Weak Laws and social norms exacerbate the issue; media industry which is calling out such corporations are no exception either.

Contemporary economies have ecological destruction and indebtedness as the two most prominent sites of tensions and conflicts. These two conflictive sites can be traced back to the growth addiction of neoliberal capitalism l Dr Julien-Francois Gerber 👇🏼 thecontrapuntal.com/radical-ideolo…

If a movie requires endorsements from the ruling political class it’s no longer cinema, its propaganda.