Countercurrents.org

Countercurrents.org is an India-based news, views and analysis website. It describes itself as non-partisan and taking "the Side of the People!"[2] Countercurrents.org publishes news stories, editorials, and opinion pieces of authors from around the world. Although the site is based in India, it has an international world view.

Countercurrents.org
Type of site
News, Analysis, Opinions
Available inEnglish
OwnerBinu Mathew
EditorBinu Mathew
URLcountercurrents.org
Alexa rank157,684 (Global Rank )
35,344 (India Rank) as on 23 April 2020 [1],
CommercialNon Commercial
Launched2002
Current statusActive

Countercurrents.org was founded by journalist Binu Mathew,[3][4] and published its first article on 27 March 2002. During the first 16 years of its existence, Countercurrents.org published over 50,000 articles, fact-finding reports, research papers and news items on major social issues around the world. Countercurrents.org was awarded the 2018 Solidarity Media award by Solidarity Youth Movement in Kerala.[5][6][7]

Vision

The motto of Countercurrents is "Educate! Organize! Agitate!" Countercurrents says it acts mainly to connect the dots between the different crises facing humanity and help find solutions for issues like climate change, resource crises, hunger, environmental crises, women's empowerment, human rights violations and spreading communal harmony.[8] Countercurrents campaigns against globalization. It demands that energy-intensive way of life should make way for a low energy, ecologically sustainable life. It envisions strong local economies countering the effects of globalization. Countercurrents publish articles which demand that capitalism and consumerism must be replaced by an economic system that is based on just, equitable distribution and the needs-based use of resources.

Countercurrents.org supports the people's initiatives that attempt to shape a world that ensure the dignified existence of our future generations. Countercurrents.org stands for "Democracy, Peace, Justice, Liberty, and Harmony!"[9][10]

Other publishing efforts

Countercurrents has published three books in 2019, namely The Political Economy of Beef Ban,[11] #MeToo – A Blow to Patriarchy[12] and Connecting the Dots: An Anthology.[13]

Video production

Countercurrents co-produced K. P. Sasi's documentary Voices from the Ruins: Kandhamal in Search of Justice on the pogrom against Christians in the Kandhamal district of Odisha.[14][15][16]

References
  1. https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/countercurrents.org?fbclid=IwAR2fwexMW4F9w0UeCVv2etAJUggmguWdxV9KR4N5X2gBtbsQ9FxitDxuIeg
  2. "About". Countercurrents.org. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  3. कौंसवाल, Pramod Kaunswal प्रमोद (6 February 2019). "'काउंटर करेंट्स' आर्थिक संकट में, बुद्धिजीवियों और पाठकों में चिंता". फॉरवर्ड प्रेस.
  4. Andre Vltchek. "Binu Mathew, Editor of Countercurrents.org interviews Andre Vltchek – The 21st Century".
  5. "Countercurrents.org Receives Human Rights Award". Countercurrent.org. 27 October 2018.
  6. "Countercurrents.org Receives Human Rights Award". Sikh Siyasat News. 27 October 2018.
  7. "Counter Currents awarded". Kashmir Times. 29 October 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  8. "Counter Currents". AllSides. 10 August 2016.
  9. "India: Villagers agitate against POSCO & Odisha government alleging inappropriate rehabilitation packages against land acquired - Business & Human Rights Resource Centre". www.business-humanrights.org.
  10. "Countercurrents.org". www.bapd.org.
  11. "The Political Economy of Beef Ban".
  12. "#MeToo A Blow to Patriarchy - countercurrents.org".
  13. "Countercurrents Connecting the Dots An Anthology".
  14. "'Voices From The Ruins Of Kandhamal' And Why I Cried After Watching The Film". SabrangIndia. 23 July 2016.
  15. "'Voices From The Ruins Of Kandhamal' And Why I Cried After Watching The Film". 21 July 2016.
  16. "Voices from the Ruins" – via www.imdb.com.
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