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Fighting Flares In Eastern Ukraine Despite Ceasefire
By Johannes Stern & Alex Lantier

http://www.countercurrents.org/lantier080914.htm

Fighting in the east Ukrainian cities of Mariupol and Donetsk continued Sunday despite Friday’s cease-fire between the NATO-backed Ukrainian regime in Kiev and pro-Russian separatist forces. The cease-fire was negotiated by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and Russian President Vladimir Putin


The West Paves The Road To War With Lies
By Paul Craig Roberts

http://www.countercurrents.org/pcr080914A.htm

Official statements from the Russian government indicate that the president and foreign minister continue to rely on the good will of “our Western partners” to work out a reasonable diplomatic solution to the trouble in Ukraine caused by Washington. Not only is there no evidence of this good will in Western capitals, the hostile measures against Russia are increasing. Moreover, hostile measures are on the rise even though their main effect is to disadvantage Europe


Climate Alarm Bells Ring But UN And Obama Administration Fail To Act
By Margaret Flowers & Kevin Zeese

http://www.countercurrents.org/zeese080914.htm

This month, when the United Nations holds climate meetings in New York, people in the US have an opportunity to gather, raise awareness of the roots of the crisis and build a broader movement of movements that cooperates through a unified strategy. We must be clear in our demands and goals and lay a foundation to build a sustainable energy economy that provides universal access to basic necessities from the bottom up


Three Limits To Growth
By Herman Daly

http://www.countercurrents.org/daly080914.htm

Adopting a steady state economy allows us to avoid being shoved past the economic limit. We could take our time to evaluate new technology rather than letting it blindly push growth that may well be uneconomic. And the steady state gives us some insurance against the risks of ecological catastrophe that increase with growthism and technological impatience


Climate Change Means Lifestyle Change
By John Scales Avery

http://www.countercurrents.org/avery080914.htm

What then must we do? We must develop a new economic system which will aim at long-run sustainability. Within such a system, the problem of unemployment can be addressed by shifting jobs to the task of building renewable energy infrastructure. Secondly, we must recognize that our usual lifestyles cannot be continued. We must limit our consumption to necessities; and we must travel only when absolutely necessary. If we do not make these changes, we will have lost the struggle for the future


Peace Ecology
By David Swanson

http://www.countercurrents.org/swanson080914.htm

With serendipitous timing, as a big march for the climate, and various related events , are planned on and around the International Day of Peace , Randall Amster has just published an important book called Peace Ecology . This book bridges divides that very much need to be bridged between peace activism and peace academia, and between peace advocacy and environmentalism. This is, in fact, a peace book for deep environmentalists and an environmental book for deep peace advocates


Joan Rivers And Arafat
By Alan Hart

http://www.countercurrents.org/hart080914.htm

In 2010 Joan Rivers tweeted a joke about her death. “With all the plastic surgery I’ve had, I’m worried when I die God won’t recognise me.” If she was still alive today, I would say to her something like, “If he does recognise you, perhaps you should worry about whether he will forgive you for saying that because they voted for Hamas the Palestinians of the Gaza Strip prison camp deserved what they were getting when Israel was delivering them more death and destruction


Monsanto's Gamble: A Risk Not Worth Taking
By Colin Todhunter

http://www.countercurrents.org/todhunter080914.htm

There are particular products that should be held back, though, and the precautionary principle applied. This principle is based on the notion that there is a good chance that a certain item may pose widespread harm to the entire population if released for public consumption. For example, there is enough evidence to suggest that releasing genetically modified (GM) foods onto the market could seriously damage the entire population's health


Our Decadent MSM Proves Stalin Was Right!
By Gary Corseri

http://www.countercurrents.org/corseri080914.htm

On the same day that hundreds of US citizens were arrested, while peacefully protesting for a living wage for fast-food workers, in 150 cities across the United States, I channel-surfed the evening news reports. Every single channel—ranging from Right to Far Right—from ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN to FOX led their “news” broadcasts with tributes to the deceased “comedy legend” Joan Rivers!


Has Microfinance Lost Its Moral Compass?
By The University of Manchester

http://www.countercurrents.org/ufm080914.htm

The industry that provides financial services for people on low-incomes and without access to traditional banking services is morally reprehensible according to new research from The University of Manchester


NATO Wales Summit Gives Dark And Limping Hopes
By Dr. Vivek Kumar Srivastava

http://www.countercurrents.org/vks080914.htm

NATO has used Ukraine to expand its sphere of influence in and around Russia. The strategy was well thought in the wake of dissolution of USSR after the end of cold war


The Overblown ISIS Threat: Prelude To Another Long War?
By Taj Hashmi

http://www.countercurrents.org/hashmi080914.htm

As the meteoric rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS or simply the IS) – Ad-Dawlaht ul-Islamiyya – was enigmatic, so was the capitulation of Iraqi troops to this mysterious group surprising. Despite the misleading name, the terror outfit has no chance of establishing itself as a state, let alone its caliphate dream. Despite the hyped up threat perception, it neither poses an existential threat to any country in the region, nor is it a bigger security threat to the West than al Qaeda. This, however, does not mean that soon, the ISIS will go the IRA or LTTE way, into oblivion. Then again, Western warmongers’ demand for immediate military action in Iraq and Syria sounds ominously familiar. Is the West going to another long-drawn war in the region in the name of ensuring regional and global peace?


ISIS Cover For U.S. War Of Terror
By Ghali Hassan

http://www.countercurrents.org/hassan080914.htm

ISIS is not an indigenous Islamic resistant movement; it is a U.S.-sponsored proxy terrorist force of foreign mercenaries. By creating and demonising ISIS, the West is demonising Muslims and Islam to justify a war of terror and to advance its imperialist-Zionist agenda, regardless of the loss of innocent human lives and the criminal tragedies it creates


Celebrating Onam In Challenging Times
By George Abraham

http://www.countercurrents.org/ga080914.htm

Today, that dream is being challenged by the forces of communalism which would like turn India on a path towards Hindutva. Yes, there are challenges; however, we all need to dream as individuals, as a society and as a nation. For many of us the dream of prosperity is only half of the puzzle. We might have accomplished them. We may be still missing that spiritual and moral dimension which made Kerala once a land of prosperity, justice and brotherhood


The Sikhs Losing ‘Political Identity’ In India
By Jaspal Singh Sidhu

http://www.countercurrents.org/jss080914.htm

Contextualizing what Mountbatten had visualized 65 years ago against the Sikhs’ present predicament under the Modi-RSS regime, the things are stark clear; like Indian Muslims, the Sikh minority’s political space seems to be fast shrinking in India. Zoya Hasan, former JNU professor has aptly described the Modi phenomenon as “politics without minorities’ in India