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Video Series: The Unholy War - Part 1 Development
By Gopal Menon

http://www.countercurrents.org/menon190414.htm

A documentary by Gopal Menon busting the myths about Narendra Modi's vibrant Gujrath campaign


Elections 2014: Where Is India Headed?
By S.G.Vombatkere

http://www.countercurrents.org/vombatkere190414.htm

This crystal ball may be defective, but the reader might like to activate his/her own crystal ball to gaze into the future. But even if the details of crystal gazing differ, it is clear that India is “on the verge of entering into a reactionary phase in our political history”, and entering “a dark chapter in the political life of the nation”


Elections 2014: Indian Democracy Fighting For Its Life
By India United Against Fascism

http://www.countercurrents.org/iuaf190414.htm

The most common question being asked about the ongoing Indian elections is: Will Narendra Modi win? This in itself is strange, because India has a parliamentary, not presidential, system, and the usual question asked is: Which party will win? If the focus has shifted to an individual, it is worth asking why


Joint Document On De-Escalation Of Ukraine Crisis Adopted In Geneva,
But Kiev Pushes With Military Operation
By Countercurrents

http://www.countercurrents.org/cc190414.htm

Russia, the US, the EU and Ukraine have adopted a joint document on the de-escalation of the Ukraine crisis, Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov said, after talks in Geneva. However, the Kiev authority said: Military operations in east Ukraine will continue


The Long-Term Future
By John Scales Avery

http://www.countercurrents.org/avery190414.htm

Looking at the very distant future simplifies some issues. For example, one can argue about the size of reserves of coal, oil and metals, but it is certain that in the very long run, such non-renewable resources will become extremely rare and extremely expensive


Exposing The Greenwash Falsehood Of “Renewable Ethanol”
By Dr Gideon Polya

http://www.countercurrents.org/polya190414.htm

Huge wealth disparities have meant that our democracies have become anti-science Lobbyocracies and Corporatocracies in which Big Money determines “truth” and “reality”. No better example is the use of the term “renewable ethanol” by fossil fuel corporations and Mainstream media despite the reality from a science-based perspective that “renewable ethanol” is a blatant lie because no matter the source of the biological feedstock for bio-ethanol production, the CO2 generated and energy used from producing bio-ethanol are always greater than the CO2 generated and the energy obtained from burning the bio-ethanol


Sharing: The Common-Sense Solution
By Graham Peebles

http://www.countercurrents.org/peebles190414.htm

Not only would sharing be a huge step towards alleviating worldwide poverty and reducing inequality, it would help in the creation of social justice: an essential pre-requisite in establishing peace


UN Report On Palestine: Military Occupation, Apartheid, And Torture
By Dr. Ludwig Watzal

http://www.countercurrents.org/watzal190414.htm

The outgoing Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, Richard A. Falk, submitted in accordance with Human Rights Council (HRC) resolution 5/1 his last report on the dire conditions under which the Palestinian people have to live. Falk’s final presentation addresses Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, the wall in the eyes of the Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice, and considers Israel’s policies and practices in Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) in light of the prohibition on segregation and apartheid. It also addresses concern in relation to the deterioration of the human rights situation of Palestinians living under the Israeli blockade in the Gaza Strip


Why Israeli Officials Are Chuckling: The ‘Stable’ West Bank Dilemma
By Ramzy Baroud

http://www.countercurrents.org/baroud190414.htm

As long as the West Bank is ‘stable’, and as long Abbas, and those that follow him continue to sell Palestinians old illusions of revolutions that never took place, and heroes that only exist on colored posters hung around the streets of Ramallah, Elkin will continue to chuckle


Survival Is The Saudi Key Word
By Nicola Nasser

http://www.countercurrents.org/nasser190414.htm

Survival is the key word to understand the Saudi dynasty’s latest external and internal policies. These are designed to pre-empt change but paradoxically they are creating more enemies in a changing world order marked by turbulent regional geopolitics and growing internal demands for change


The Rise of Our Dumbocracy (A review of Paul Craig Roberts' How America Was Lost:
From 9/11 to the Police/Warfare State)
By Gary Corseri

http://www.countercurrents.org/corseri190414.htm

This is one busy guy! And smart! Being somewhat hip, and accelerating towards codgerdom, I must declare that PCR is simply one of America's best chroniclers of this sad, brutal era of imperial overreach and moral decline. Anyone who wants to understand where we've been recently, where we are now, and where we're heading, had better read this book pronto!


Crisis Of Democracy In Europe
By Farooque Chowdhury

http://www.countercurrents.org/chowdhury190414.htm

Democracy is falling sick in Europe. In the US, the reality is not much different. At least, for the present time, this appears the reality. Most of the European countries, writes the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, are facing “very worrying” challenges to human rights, democracies and the rule of law. The 72-page CE report, State of Democracy, Human Rights and the Rule of Law in Europe (SG (2014) 1-Final), said: Rule of law in Europe is going through its most severe crisis since the Cold War


Seattle’s Elite Begin Their Counter Attack
By Shamus Cooke

http://www.countercurrents.org/cooke190414.htm

The ultimate success of the $15 demand will depend on the energy, organization and resources dedicated by labor and community groups, combined with the mobilization of the broader community. Its failure would mean yet another victory for the corporate elite


The Second Mystery Around Malyasia Airlines Flight MH 370
By John Chuckman

http://www.countercurrents.org/chuckman190414.htm

A second mystery around the disappearance of Flight MH370 has largely gone unnoticed: why hasn’t the United States been in the forefront of providing information about it? The implications of this question are massive


Secrecy And Lies: Government Collusion With The GM Biotech Sector In Britain
By Colin Todhunter

http://www.countercurrents.org/todhunter190414.htm

The GM biotech sector's corrosive influences on governments must be challenged now, before it's too late - before we end up eating and being poisoned by its products and before the sector and its backers in the US State Department destroy each and every nation's food sovereignty by weaponising food in order to control entire populations


An Un-Ethical Code
By P K Vijayan

http://www.countercurrents.org/vijayan190414.htm

A “Code of Professional Ethics” came into effect for Delhi University teachers last month. It is nobody's case that the teaching community should not abide by a code of ethics; that is certainly not what this piece is about. But such a Code should emerge from within that community – for surely that community is best able to determine its own ethical requirements, standards and parameters – and not be punitively enforced on it from outside. Ultimately, the teaching community owes it to the larger ideals of higher education, as much as to itself and its students, to protest, in the most implacable way, against this “Code”


Celebrating Pakistan Day In India
By Devika Mittal

http://www.countercurrents.org/mittal190414.htm

Every year, the National day of Pakistan that falls on 23rd March is celebrated in New Delhi. The National day of Pakistan commemorates the Lahore resolution of 1940 that had called for the establishment of an independent state for Muslims and the adoption of the first constitution of Pakistan. Every year, Pakistan and the Pakistan High Commissions in other countries celebrate this day. Our Indo-Pak friendship initiative named Aaghaz-e-Dosti was fortunate to be invited for the celebration this year