Countercurrents.org

Last updated

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

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.

Contents

History

Countercurrents.org was founded by journalist Binu Mathew, [2] [3] and published its first article on 27 March 2002. [4] Countercurrents.org has published over 75,000 articles, fact-finding reports, research papers and news items on major social issues around the world.[ citation needed ] 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] [ failed verification ]

References

  1. "About Countercurrents.org". Countercurrents. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
  2. कौंसवाल, Pramod Kaunswal प्रमोद (6 February 2019). "'काउंटर करेंट्स' आर्थिक संकट में, बुद्धिजीवियों और पाठकों में चिंता". फॉरवर्ड प्रेस.
  3. Vltchek, Andre (9 December 2018). "Binu Mathew, Editor of Countercurrents.org interviews Andre Vltchek – The 21st Century".
  4. "In conversation with Binu Mathew - YouTube". www.youtube.com. 10 June 2020. 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. Archived from the original on 9 February 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  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. Archived from the original on 9 February 2019.
  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, 22 August 2021, retrieved 9 November 2021

General references