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!"[1] Countercurrents.org publishes news stories, editorials, and opinion pieces of authors from around the world. It has an international audience.

For the white nationalist publication, see Counter-Currents.

Countercurrents.org
Type of site
News, analysis and opinions
Available inEnglish
OwnerBinu Mathew
EditorBinu Mathew
URLcountercurrents.org
CommercialNoncommercial
Launched2002
Current statusActive

History

Countercurrents.org was founded by journalist Binu Mathew,[2][3] and published its first article on 27 March 2002.[4] 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]

Book and video production

Countercurrents has published three books in 2019. These are The Political Economy of Beef Ban,[8] #MeToo – A Blow to Patriarchy[9] and Connecting the Dots: An Anthology.[10]

Countercurrents coproduced 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.[11][12][13]

References
  1. "About". Countercurrents.org. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  2. कौंसवाल, Pramod Kaunswal प्रमोद (6 February 2019). "'काउंटर करेंट्स' आर्थिक संकट में, बुद्धिजीवियों और पाठकों में चिंता". फॉरवर्ड प्रेस.
  3. Andre Vltchek. "Binu Mathew, Editor of Countercurrents.org interviews Andre Vltchek – The 21st Century".
  4. "In conversation with Binu Mathew - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  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. "The Political Economy of Beef Ban".
  9. "#MeToo A Blow to Patriarchy - countercurrents.org".
  10. "Countercurrents Connecting the Dots An Anthology".
  11. "'Voices From The Ruins Of Kandhamal' And Why I Cried After Watching The Film". SabrangIndia. 23 July 2016.
  12. "'Voices From The Ruins Of Kandhamal' And Why I Cried After Watching The Film". 21 July 2016.
  13. Voices From the Ruins – Kandhamal In Search of Justice | Dir: K.P. Sasi, retrieved 9 November 2021

General references
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