Counterview

By A Representative   The Minority Coordination Committee Gujarat has written to the Gujarat Director General of Police seeking implementation of Supreme Court guidelines to curb mob violence and alleged extortion targeting vehicles transporting cattle across the state.

By Rohit Patwardhan*  When Colombia and the Netherlands convened the First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels in Santa Marta at the end of April 2026, the intent was clear: to move beyond broad commitments and begin structuring pathways for implementation. Over five days, 57 countries — alongside a wide spectrum of stakeholders including representatives from subnational governments, academia, social movements, NGOs, trade unions, parliamentarians, the private sector, multilateral development banks, Indigenous Peoples, peoples of African descent, peasants, children and youth, and women and diversities — came together to focus on a question that has long remained politically fraught within formal climate negotiations: how to actually move away from fossil fuels.

By Bhabani Shankar Nayak  Despite the rise of nationalist rhetoric, anti-immigration politics, and increasingly polarised public discourse in the United States and the United Kingdom, growing numbers of people are choosing to leave these traditional centres of global capitalism . Recent reports suggest that more than 68 per cent of Americans would consider moving abroad permanently . The UK’s Office for National Statistics reported that around 257,000 British citizens left the country in December 2024, while reports indicate that more than 295,000 people left the United States in 2025.

By José Carlos Llerena Robles   For some time now, we have maintained that there are three fundamental categories for understanding the Peruvian situation, especially following the popular victory of rural teacher Pedro Castillo Terrones in the presidential elections of 2021. Now, in 2026, in light of the still-unresolved Peruvian electoral process held on 12 April, we can confirm that the categories of crisis, coup, and social conflict remain relevant for understanding the national situation.

By Laura Capote  This May, which began with International Workers’ Day, has seen us navigate one of the most defining moments in the regional landscape: the presidential elections in Colombia have entered their final phase. With four intense weeks shaping the scenario that will be fully unveiled on 31 May, when the elections take place, we will find out what the balance of power will really be in a country that today determines many of the paths in Latin America and the Caribbean.

By Harsh Thakor*  Mexican communist leader José Revueltas Sánchez , who died fifty years ago, remains one of the most principled and brilliant voices of the Mexican left. A playwright, novelist, and militant intellectual, Revueltas endured four prison terms under state repression, refusing both the shelter of patronage and the rigidity of party orthodoxy. His life embodied a dialectical struggle to uncover the authentic consciousness of the working class.