CounterCurrents: How Much War Does Washington Want?, ...Radioactive Wastes, Ten Reasons Why Food Will Be Scarce In A Warmer World, et al

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Binu Mathew
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Snowden Speaks On Obama Reforms As Supporters Call For End of His Persecution
By Jon Queally

http://www.countercurrents.org/queally260114.htm

Edward Snowden, the former NSA employee-turned-whistleblower whose disclosures to journalists about the unknown extent of surveillance on Americans and the world population have now spurred major reform proposal by President Obama, publicly responded to the president's announcement late Tuesday, calling it "a turning point" in the effort to "reclaim rights" and restore the people's voice on issues of privacy and government spying


Ten Reasons Why Food Will Be Scarce In A Warmer World
By Sophie Yeo

http://www.countercurrents.org/yeo260314A.htm

As the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the UN's climate science body, prepares to release its new report on the effects of climate change, an Oxfam “scorecard” shows how governments, international organisations and investors have failed to create a world that can deal with more frequent shocks to global food supply


Women Ecowarriors
By Vandana Shiva

http://www.countercurrents.org/shiva260314.htm

When it comes to real solutions to real problems faced by the planet and people, it is the subjugated knowledge and invisible work of women based on co-creation and co-production with nature that will show the way to human survival and well being in the future


Energy – Life – Economy
By Lionel Anet

http://www.countercurrents.org/anet260314.htm

We should start thinking about replacing civilisation, which is working for the few dominant people so they can control us, before irreparable damage is done to the biosphere and humanity


India's Deep Geological Repository For Radioactive Wastes (DGRRW)
Coming up In Idukki- Theni portion Of The Western Ghats
By VT Padmanabhan, Leslie Augustine & Joseph Makkolil

http://www.countercurrents.org/vtp260314.htm

In April 2010, around the time INO's Pottipuram site was finally decided and informal approval from the Central Ministry of Environment was received, IMSc submitted a project application to the Tamil Nadu State Enivironmental Impact Assessment Authority's (TN SEIAA). We presume that the plant in question is a 'Deep Geological Repository' (DGR) for storing high-level radioactive waste from nuclear reactors that the DAE officials have been talking about during the past couple of years


How Much War Does Washington Want?
By Paul Craig Roberts

http://www.countercurrents.org/roberts260314.htm

What the entire world faces, every country, every individual regardless of their political orientation, is a Washington-engineered confrontation with Russia and China. This confrontation is enabled by Washington’s bought-and-paid-for European and UK puppet states. Without the cover provided by Europe, Washington’s acts of aggression would result in war crimes charges against the government in Washington. The world would not be able to enforce these charges without war, but Washington would be isolated


Mahmoud Abbas vs Mohammed Dahlan: The Showdown Begins
By Ramzy Baroud

http://www.countercurrents.org/baroud260314.htm

The saga continues with all of its unpleasant details. Fatah supporters who are neither loyal to Abbas nor Dahlan, know well that there movement must fight for and reclaim its revolutionary identity, the very reason behind its existence in the first place


The Deviants Of Tel Aviv
By Fazal M. Kamal

http://www.countercurrents.org/fmkamal260314.htm

The unfortunate people of Palestine are destined to be subjected to ethnic cleansing and everything else the Israeli leaders are accustomed to doing in the occupied territories against every interest of the oppressed and repressed Palestinians. And Israel is committing all the crimes in full view of the world and yet no one seems capable of slowing it down, to say nothing of making it cease and desist from further recklessness


Democratic Institutions And Fascism: A Critique Of Ramachandra Guha
By V. Arun Kumar

http://www.countercurrents.org/vakumar260314.htm

Ramachandra Guha’s article The Fear of Fascism argues that India's democratic institutions are too strong to let fascist win. But the matter of the fact is that the "strong democratic institution" in this country itself is saffron [Hindutva] flavoured. From legislative to judiciary to executive and from military to police everywhere the colour of Hindutva is visible. Guha somewhere forgets the role of hegemony. Hindutva as an ideology is successful in giving saffron odour to the democratic institutions of this country


The Spirit Of The War For Liberation Of Bangladesh
By Farooque Chowdhury

http://www.countercurrents.org/chowdhury260314.htm

The spirit of liberation of the masses of people is defined by the interests of the classes that form the people, not by the interests of classes standing opposed to the people. Conflicting interests confront and one dominates the rests, and the dominance, if not by the people, distorts the spirit of liberation of people


The Anti-Defamation League’s Deceit Helps Sink A Judgeship
By David Boyajian

http://www.countercurrents.org/boyajian260314.htm

After two fair and lengthy hearings, the eight elected members of the Massachusetts Governor’s Council, in a 4-4 tie vote on March 5, refused to confirm attorney Joseph Berman to be a Superior Court judge. It was a defeat for Governor Deval Patrick, who had nominated Mr. Berman. But the Council took its responsibilities seriously and rendered a well-considered judgment. Councilors voiced many concerns about the nominee. Foremost was a lack of truthfulness


Creative Resistance: Why We Need To Incorporate Art Into Our Activism
By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers

http://www.countercurrents.org/flowers260314.htm

Art has added energy to advocacy — and it reaches people at deeper emotional levels, conveying what cannot be said with mere facts


Air Pollution Causes ‘One In Eight Deaths’
By Sophie Yeo

http://www.countercurrents.org/yeo260314.htm

Air pollution killed seven million people in 2012, confirming that it is now the world’s largest environmental health risk. The figures, released today by the World Health Organisation, are more than double previous estimates. It means that in 2012, air pollution was responsible for one in eight total global deaths


Sri Lanka: Motions And Emotions
By Nilantha Ilangamuwa

http://www.countercurrents.org/ilangamuwa260314.htm

The President Mahinda Rajapaksa and his hypocrite diplomats were busy making appointments and telephone conversations not only with the African and Latin American leaders and their envoys, but also with some of the trusted allies to gain support against the third UN resolution on Sri Lanka, which is going to be tabled today at the Human Rights Council


Rejection Of The Anticipatory Bail Application Of Teesta Setalvad Is Shocking
By Concerned Citizens

http://www.countercurrents.org/cc260314.htm

We, the undersigned express our deep shock at the rejection of the anticipatory bail application of Teesta Setalvad and four others in what is being called the Gulberg Embezzlement Case, by the City sessions court of Ahmedabad. From its beginning, the so-called embezzlement has been the concoction of elements instigated by the state government of Gujarat, including the Gujarat Crime Branch. In January 2014, an FIR was registered against the five accused for defrauding the members of the Gulberg Society of funds meant for the building of the Gulberg Memorial commemorating the state sponsored carnage