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Iran
And US Finalize Interim Nuclear Deal
By Keith Jones
http://www.countercurrents.org/jones130114.htm
Washington
and Tehran announced yesterday that the interim nuclear agreement Iran reached
with the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany seven
weeks ago will come into effect January 20
Nuclear Deal, Nuclear
Imperialism or Nuclear Apartheid?
By Dr. M. Mohibul Haque
http://www.countercurrents.org/haque130114.htm
The much
publicized nuclear deal between the isolated and under-pressure (domestic as
well as international)Iran and the global nuclear hegemons once again
establishes the fact that decisions in the international arena are taken on the
governing principle of ‘might is right’
Paying Tribute To A
Genocidaire
By Prof. Francis A. Boyle
http://www.countercurrents.org/boyle130114.htm
The
United Nations General Assembly condemned the 1982 Massacre at Sabra and
Shatilla as “genocide.” So what the world is witnessing now are innumerable
government leaders, politicians, pundits, professors, intellectuals, media
figures and the State of Israel pay formal tribute to a genocidaire--one who has
committed genocide. Obviously, in their opinion the slogan “Never again!” does
not apply to protect the Palestinians
Ariel Sharon: Buddha Of Middle
East or Butcher Of Beirut?
By Gul Jammas Hussain
http://www.countercurrents.org/hussain130114.htm
Voltaire
once said, "Men use thought only to justify their wrong-doings, and words only
to conceal their thoughts." With former Israeli general and prime minister Ariel
Sharon’s long-anticipated death, the Western media has gone to great lengths to
paint him as the Buddha of the Middle East. The whole world knows that he
achieved his nirvana in Beirut in September 1982 at the Sabra and Shatila
refugee camps when Lebanese mercenaries backed by Israeli forces slaughtered
thousands of innocent Palestinian and Lebanese Muslims
The Bulldozer
Of Israel: Ariel Sharon's Legacy
By Shakeel Anjum
http://www.countercurrents.org/anjum130114.htm
The
eulogization of Sharon as hero, warrior and peacemaker by the west speaks of
hypocrisy, double standards and silence over the gruesome war crimes and
injustice to the Palestinians
Life's Little Ironies
By Niranjan
Ramakrishnan
http://www.countercurrents.org/rkrishnan130114.htm
This
particular 'surge' in Al Qaeda's Iraqi fortunes has been facilitated by the
turmoil in Syria, with which Iraq shares a long and largely uncontrolled border.
NPR had a report yesterday on how Al Qaeda in Syria has proven to be too much
even for the Syrian rebels, though neither would yield anything to the other in
the matter of its ostensible enthusiasm for getting rid of the common enemy, the
government of Bashar al Assad. According to National Public Radio, eastern Syria
and western Iraq are now a kind of Al Qaeda administered
territory
Syrian Christians: "If We Do Not Help These People Then Who
Will?"
By Hussein Al-alak
http://www.countercurrents.org/alalak130114.htm
More
and more Syrian Christians are leaving the war torn country and seeking refuge
in Europe
Embarking On The Journey Of Consciousness: Staying On The
Train
By Carolyn Baker
http://www.countercurrents.org/baker130114.htm
Nearly
every day I speak with people who are confused, bewildered, disoriented, or
conversely, extraordinarily clear about what is happening to them. A few years,
months, or weeks earlier, they began waking up to the predicament of earth and
its plethora of species. I often ask them to tell me their story—not so much
their personal story, but the story of their awakening to the collapse of
industrial civilization or peak oil or catastrophic climate change. As they
unpack their story, we often begin speaking of it as a journey—a journey of
epiphany, of awakening, of coming to consciousness
Time For Black
Pride
By Timothy Dwight Smith
http://www.countercurrents.org/smith130114.htm
Since
arriving as slaves, blacks have endured the worst of what America has had to
offer, some have risen from the ashes and achieved incredible contributions that
have served to enhance society. If black people are to collectively transcend
their present position, religious myths have to be disposed. It must be resolved
that god does not need money. Black people do not need a savior, we need only
ourselves, but we must shed the myths that have haunted us since the slave
ship
A Moral Outrage: Albert Woodfox's 41 Years In Solitary
Confinement,
Despite Three Overturned Convictions
By Angola 3 News
http://www.countercurrents.org/bates130114.htm
An
Interview With Rev. Dr. Patricia Teel Bates
Sentencing Israel Of
Genocide
By Dr. Elias Akleh
http://www.countercurrents.org/akleh130114.htm
While
the so-called international legal bodies such as ICC, UN and Security Council
lack the guts to face up to the Zionist global terrorism, the Kuala Lumpur War
Crimes Tribunal (KLWCT) has demonstrated unequivocal courage for prosecuting the
terrorist state of Israel and its military generals for their crimes. After
listening to eyewitness testimonies and examining the voluminous documented
evidence the Tribunal found the state of Israel guilty of genocide, and the
Israeli retired army general Amos Yaron guilty of crimes against humanity and of
genocide
You Can't Opt Out : 10 NSA Myths Debunked
By Peter Van
Buren
http://www.countercurrents.org/buren130114.htm
What
exactly are we protecting from what? If, instead of spending trillions of
dollars on spying and domestic surveillance, we had spent that same money on
repairing our infrastructure and improving our schools, wouldn't we now have a
safer, stronger America? Remember that famously absurd Vietnam War quote from an
American officer talking about brutal attack on Ben Tre, "It became necessary to
destroy the town to save it"? How can anyone say we are protecting our liberty
and freedom by taking it away?
MLK: Also A Victim Of NSA Surveillance
By Abdus Sattar Ghazali
http://www.countercurrents.org/ghazali130114.htm
Martin
Luther King Jr. day is being celebrated on January 20th 2014 amid heated debate
on massive dragnet surveillance by the National Security Agency (NSA).
Ironically, he was himself a victim of NSA surveillance as unveiled by the
declassified documents in September last year. Dr. King's status as an NSA
target has been known since the 1970s; nevertheless, this was probably the first
time that the U.S. government had declassified it
Book Review: Why
Israel? The Anatomy of Zionist Apartheid
By Jim Miles
http://www.countercurrents.org/miles130114.htm
Why
Israel? is a large work of enormous value for the study of events within Israel
and the Middle east. The title question is answered relatively easy, as it is
one of the many counters that Israeli supporters use to try and divert attention
away from their transgressions. Yes, there are many other states in the world
where racism is evident, where oppression and some form of apartheid is
applied
Truth Prevails, Even If The Whistleblower Is Silenced
By
Kourosh Ziabari
http://www.countercurrents.org/ziabari130114.htm
Like
the story of all those freedom fighters and conscientious people who struggle
for realizing true democracy and freedom in the United States but are punished
because they purportedly threaten the “national security,” the story of Jeremy
Hammond is a painful and moving one
Small Business Persons And
Egalitarianism
By John Spritzler
http://www.countercurrents.org/spritzler130114.htm
Small
business persons have every reason in the world to desire an egalitarian
revolution in the United States. Their lives in an egalitarian society would be
improved in terms of both their material standard of living and their emotional
well-being. Here's why
130 Million Americans
By John
Spritzler
http://www.countercurrents.org/spritzler130114A.htm
The
problem (that we live in a dictatorship of the rich) can only be solved by lots
and lots (130 or more million) people deciding to remove the rich from power
(which they could certainly do, by the way, because they'd have support from
members of the military forces.) But in order for this to happen, these 130
million people need to know that THEY ARE NOT ALONE, that there are 130 million
of them (not a hopelessly small and powerless number) who want to remove the
rich from power. To let these 130 million people learn that they are not alone
is the purpose of the www.PDRBoston.org "Ring the Bells of Revolution" campaign.
Maybe you'd like to help out?
Fat Man Talking – Governor Christie
Sinks
By Joel S. Hirschhorn
http://www.countercurrents.org/joel130114.htm
After
having many positive views of New Jersey Governor Christie mainly because he
seemed like a better kind of politician, maybe being someone the public could
actually trust, I now see him as just another untrustworthy, dishonest
politician
Pakistan, A Victim Of Ideological Colonization
By
Ismail Salami
http://www.countercurrents.org/salami130114.htm
What is
happening in Pakistan is an ideological product of the House of Saud and their
ignoramus adherents. Sadly, Pakistani politicians frequently turn a blind eye to
the myriad crimes committed by the Takfiri groups whom they use as political
leverage to achieve their own malicious goals such as winning the elections in
the country. So, instead of curbing the cruel current of extremism, they sit
back and watch silently. Aitizaz Hasan is the personification of innocence and
the crystallization of a far-fetched hope on the dark horizons of the Pakistani
community
Indo - Pak Dialogue: Reasons For Failure
By Abdul Majid
Zargar
http://www.countercurrents.org/zargar130114.htm
In the
context of Indo-Pak dialogue, there are three parties to the dispute-India,
Pakistan & People of Jammu and Kashmir and the international community
represented by UN is the Umpire . The role of two countries, India &
Pakistan is limited to talking & making atmosphere conducive to determining
the wish of the people of J&K. Even If any of the two parties out of these
three like India & Pakistan decide to put the dispute beneath the carpet or
work out some other formula, it will not have any enduring effect over the main
issue
Contemporary Political Ferment: Aam Aadmi Party
By Ram
Puniyani
http://www.countercurrents.org/puniyani130413.htm
The
spectacular performance of Aam Aadmi Party in Delhi Assembly elections (November
2013) has changed the perceptions and anticipations about the forthcoming
general elections to be held in 2014. It has also led to rethink about the
equations of electoral politics in general. While BJP emerged as the single
largest party and could have staked claim to form the Government, it refrained
from that. AAP, after an initial hesitation, went in for opinion taking
exercise, and decided to cross the obstacles of being a bit short of majority
and formed the Government
Condemn The Arrest Of Yugal Kishore Sharan
Shstri
By All India Secular Forum
http://www.countercurrents.org/aisf130114.htm
The UP
police arrested Yugal Kishore Sharan Shstri on 11th January. He had planned to
organize a People’s Panchayat on the issue of attack on Shrine of Sheesh
Paighambar, which was attacked on 20 December 13. In this attack a student
Zeeshan was killed. The police arrest of Shastriji has been made on the ground
that he is ‘threat to peace and order’ in the city
Welcome Back Ms
Khobragade, Now I Can Read My Newspaper In Peace!
By Madhumita
Dutta
http://www.countercurrents.org/dutta130114.htm
So Ms
Devyani Khobragade is back home. What a relief! India’s ‘pride’ has finally been
restored. I swear I do feel relieved. Because now I will hopefully be spared of
any further embarrassment of reading every morning the latest diplomatic
shenanigans to protect a person who is accused of over-working and under-paying
her domestic worker
Tuesday, January 14, 2014
Thought Provocation
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