As Fracking Booms, Growing Concerns About Wastewater

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As Fracking Booms, Growing Concerns About Wastewater
By Roger Real Drouin

http://www.countercurrents.org/drouin190214.htm

With hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas continuing to proliferate across the U.S., scientists and environmental activists are raising questions about whether millions of gallons of contaminated drilling fluids could be threatening water supplies and human health


Clashes In Ukraine Signal Escalation of US-EU Intervention
By Oliver Campbell & Peter Symonds

http://www.countercurrents.org/symonds190214.htm

Violent clashes between police and protesters yesterday in Kiev mark an escalation of the campaign by the pro-Western opposition to oust Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych. The opposition, backed by the United States and German governments, aims to install a far-right regime committed to integrating Ukraine within the European Union and implementing its demands for austerity measures


Former CIA Analyst Ray McGovern Sues State Dept. For Putting Him On Watch List
By The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund

http://www.countercurrents.org/pcjf190214.htm

The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit on behalf of U.S. military veteran and former CIA analyst Ray McGovern against John Kerry, in his capacity as the Secretary of State, and against officers at George Washington University. Lawsuit Challenges Brutal Arrest at Clinton speech. For anti-war beliefs, State Dept. instructed agents to stop and question McGovern on sight


How Studying In Asia Made Me See The Need For A Steady State Economy
By Jan de Graaf

http://www.countercurrents.org/graaf190214.htm

The predicament of the over-consuming countries raises some fundamental questions: how can we call our current economic growth “progress” if it can never be attained by all? And how can we call our current economic growth “progress” if it is based on depleting precious nonrenewable resources? Real progress would take the form of new political and economic models that achieve a sustainable and resilient equilibrium


Celebrate World Social Justice Day – February 20
By Brian J. Trautman

http://www.countercurrents.org/trautman190214.htm

In one of his most famous writings, "Letter from Birmingham Jail," Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said of injustice, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.” In other words, the very existence of injustice has implications for us all. Thus, we each have a responsibility to actively challenge unjust power structures wherever they should surface. According to the United Nations, “the immortal words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. have never been more relevant than they are today.”


Why Stopping The Ward Valley Nuclear Waste Dump Is Worth Remembering...
By Vincent L. Guarisco

http://www.countercurrents.org/guarisco190214.htm

On February 8, 2014, I was honored to attend the 16th Annual Ward Valley Spiritual Gathering Reunion. A wonderful event hosted by my local Ft. Mohave Indian Tribe. Thanks to them, each year, we gather together in celebration... and always with an important lesson to all citizens everywhere. The message is quite simple. Regardless of the opposition, victory can and will prevail when enough folks unite as one and actively become engaged for a worthy purpose or cause


Why Anti-Semitism Is An Outdated Pretext
By Kourosh Ziabari

http://www.countercurrents.org/ziabari190214.htm

Why is it that any criticism of the actions and policies of the Israeli regime is denounced as anti-Semitism and hate speech, but all sorts of blasphemous insults against the Muslims, their holy book, prophet and other sanctities are vindicated and defended as a matter of freedom of speech?


Why Do We Fear The Truth?
By Robert J. Burrowes

http://www.countercurrents.org/burrowes190214.htm

The most important impediment to understanding and resolving any problem or conflict is our fear of knowing the truth. We spend a lot of our time trying to deal with problems and conflicts by deluding ourself about the cause and/or the solution necessary


Caste Society: A Pan-Africanist View In A Technologically Advanced 21 st Century
By Tsungai Chipato

http://www.countercurrents.org/chipato190214.htm

As a foreigner when reading about Dalit history, I have marveled at the similarities between other disenfranchised ethnic groups such as mine; and that of Dr Ambedkar's . It became surprising to me, that the Dalit were not discussed as much as Black people were, especially since; for an ethnic group the Dalit had over 3 500 years of consistent subjugation in evidence


On Why Caste Based Reservation Is Necessary
By Umakant

http://www.countercurrents.org/umakant190214.htm

With regards to the question as to how long should caste based reservation continue there can only be one answer. Until and unless the attributes of the caste system vanishes how could people belonging to different castes as arranged in an iniquitous relationship be treated equal. It is only the complete annihilation of the caste system that would justify the need for doing away with the caste based reservation. Those who believe in political democracy must also believe in social and economic democracy or else the goal of establishing an egalitarian society based on the principles of liberty, equality and fraternity would remain meaningless


Omar Abdullah In Chair But Not In Command
By Abdul Majid Zargar

http://www.countercurrents.org/zargar190214.htm

Omar Abdullah may be in chair but he is not in command of the Government of Jammu and Kashmir. This is evident from his tweet that on February 9, internet was blocked by security agencies without his knowledge and consent. Admittedly he was not even consulted on the issue. Permission is a far cry


What We Want From Our Members Of Legislatures
By Dr. Vivek Kumar Srivastava

http://www.countercurrents.org/srivastava190214.htm

It is a very difficult task to build the institutions but it is easier to dissolve these. Perhaps same is taking place in the country in present time where sanctity of the institutions like legislatures both at centre and in the states is exhibiting a serious decline. This decline is taking place in continuous manner.


Revolutionary Sparks In The Air Of Zanzibar
Book Review By Sarbjit Johal

http://www.countercurrents.org/johal190214.htm

The threat of liberation – Imperialism and Revolution in Zanzibar written by Amrit Wilson is all about the people who dared to organise for an independent socialist Zanzibar, the conditions in which they struggled and about how that flame of resistance continued to burn and will never be extinguished


Lenin On The "Withering Away'' Of The State And Violent Revolution
By Thomas Riggins

http://www.countercurrents.org/riggins190214.htm

Lenin discusses these two topics in section four of chapter one of The State and Revolution (1917). This section begins with a long quote from Engels' 1870s work Anti-Dühring. The quote begins with " The proletariat seizes state power and turns the means of production into state property to begin with. But thereby it abolishes itself as the proletariat, abolishes all class distinctions and class antagonisms and abolishes the state as state."