CounterCurrents: Amid Ukraine Crisis, US Launches Military Escalation In Eastern Europe

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Amid Ukraine Crisis, US Launches Military Escalation In Eastern Europe
By Alex Lantier

http://www.countercurrents.org/lantier060314.htm

US officials signaled a broad military escalation in Eastern Europe yesterday amid the confrontation with Russia over the February 22 fascist-led putsch in Ukraine. US officials announced the deployment of additional military forces in the region as talks between US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Paris ended in a stalemate


The “Mysterious” Kiev Snipers
By Farooque Chowdhury

http://www.countercurrents.org/chowdhury060314.htm

With accusation of surveillance and espionage “mysterious” snipers in Kiev are coming out to light as diplomacy is unfolding over uncertain Ukraine


An American Sovereignty
By Nesreen Melek

http://www.countercurrents.org/melek060314.htm

Dear President Obama: The more I listen to the news covering your government’s stand about Ukraine, the more puzzled I feel. I am seeking your help to solve the puzzle as an Iraqi woman who witnessed war after war was launched by your government on my beloved country Iraq


Tears Of Yarmouk: The Palestinian Lesson That Every Syrian Should Know
By Ramzy Baroud

http://www.countercurrents.org/baroud060314.htm

Whenever a rumor goes around that a few bags of food have somehow made their way to the camp, thousands of people run around in complete desperation, begging for crumbs. Most of them go back empty handed, often greeted with gunfire. Scores have starved to death since the siege was imposed on Yarmouk last year. The Syrian government blames the rebels, the latter blame the government. Evidence emerging from the camp suggests they are both liable


Netanyahu’s Anti-Iranian And Anti-BDS Rant At AIPAC
By Dr. Ludwig Watzal

http://www.countercurrents.org/watzal060314.htm

The time for an agreement between Israelis and Palestinians is running out. To gain more time, the Americans will perhaps come up with an interim agreement, which will set a new time-frame till the end of the year. To date, no American government has been able to accomplish peace in the Middle East. Why should the Obama administration be successful, considering that Netanyahu dislikes the US President?


Viva la #SharingSpring!
By Adam Parsons

http://www.countercurrents.org/parsons060314.htm

As the Sharing Spring kicks off, more and more people are participating in localised forms of sharing in response to the failures of government and big business. While this is right and imperative, it is equally vital that citizens call upon their political representatives to integrate the principle of sharing into governmental policies on national and global levels


America Can Learn From Venezuela's Democracy
By Garikai Chengu

http://www.countercurrents.org/chengu060314.htm

Voter participation and trust in government in America is at an all-time low, because Americans are increasingly realizing that both political parties serve the interests of a small elite. Clearly, America can learn a great deal from Venezuela's unique and profound democratic experience


Hagglund’s Radical Atheism of Derrida : Some Reflections
By Joe M.S

http://www.countercurrents.org/joe060314.htm

In the religious turn of the intellectual scene for the last few decades, where Derrida is generally understood as embracing religion, talking about atheism among leftists is not fashionable any more. Such a dialogue is exactly what is attempted by Martin Hagglund in his book Radical Atheism: Derrida and The Time of Life (2008), by interpreting atheism in a new way


Rituals And Deaths In Bangladesh
By Fazal M. Kamal

http://www.countercurrents.org/kamal060314.htm

The essentially indefensible issue of extrajudicial deaths has been on the radar of all rights monitoring entities for a number of years, and despite repeated assurances from the government that they would be investigated and hopefully stopped, the brash system of being judge, jury and executioner not only continued but---apparently most cynically---have increased after the gratuitous elections in Bangladesh early in the new year


We, The Indians, Get Offended By Books, Not Body Bags
By Samar

http://www.countercurrents.org/samar060314.htm

At 218 in 2013 and 237 in 2012, one would expect a national outrage on the unusually high number of body bags returning to India from Qatar. One would think especially so, for the fact that these body bags belonged to Indian citizens. Shockingly, the body bags failed to evoke even an acknowledgment from powers that be. Nobody even knew, in fact, until Nepal, that tiny neigbour perpetually in transition, took Qatar to a task for the 385 body bags it had received in the same period


The Expulsion Of Kashmiri Students In Meerut: A Disgrace To Humanism
By Subit Chakrabarti

http://www.countercurrents.org/chakrabarti060314.htm

A private university in Meerut suspended all Kashmiri students when a sub-section of them celebrated Pakistan winning a recent Cricket match. According to reports in leading Indian newspapers, the authorities initially decided to suspend only the people who had shouted slogans, but later decided to suspend all Kashmiri students according to the recommendations made by a three-tier inquiry


Why Telangana?
By A.Muthukrishnan

http://www.countercurrents.org/mkrishnan060314.htm

Telangana is a reality today, but why was Telangana inevitable, what sustained the strong commitment of the people through this 50 year long struggle? The Telangana Movement will go down in History as one of the longest successful struggles of modern India. This article travels into the roots of this great struggle