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US Bypasses Security Council On Impending Invasion Of Syria
By Thalif Deen

http://www.countercurrents.org/deen140914.htm

The United States has refused to go before the UNSC for authorization and legitimacy – even if it means suffering a veto by Russia or China or both


What Will It Take To Create Climate Justice?
By Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese

http://www.countercurrents.org/zeese140914.htm

All of the elements required to create climate justice seem to be in place. The climate movement can put hundreds of thousands on the streets, organize creative civil resistance, get thousands to risk arrest and mobilize blockades of tar sands, fracking, oil pipelines and mountain top removal


Good News On The Recovery Of Earth's Ozone Layer
By Marianne de Nazareth

http://www.countercurrents.org/nazareth140914.htm

“There are positive indications that the ozone layer is on track to recovery towards the middle of the century. The Montreal Protocol – one of the world's most successful environmental treaties – has protected the stratospheric ozone layer and avoided enhanced UV radiation reaching the earth's surface,” said UN Under-Secretary-General and UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner


Carbon Bomb Blows Up Near West Point
By Tarak Kauff & Katherine Ball

http://www.countercurrents.org/ball140914.htm

On Tuesday morning, a 30-foot carbon bomb blew up in the airspace over the Hudson River in front of West Point Military Academy. An inflatable bomb pressurized with carbon dioxide, hydrogen, and oxygen contained in outer shell of silver radiant barrier foil, the carbon bomb was manufactured as part of a research program coordinated by the inflatable fabrication group Tools for Action. Lettering on the side of the bomb read, "US Military: Largest consumer of oil, largest emitter of CO2."


Aryadan Muhammed or 'Aryan' Muhammed ?
By K. P. Sasi

http://www.countercurrents.org/sasi140914.htm

Kerala Minister Aryadan Muhammed has come out with a statement that his great grand parents were Hindus. This has created a celebrative mood in the face book among the Sangh Parivar, with an attitude: `We told you so, you guys came from us’. It has also created resentment and confusion among some of the Muslims


PR Mind Control: Even Better Than The Real Thing
By Mickey Z.

http://www.countercurrents.org/mickeyz140914.htm

I could go on and on detailing the damage done by Edward Bernays and his ilk yet never keep up with the deluge. In the era of social media and a 24-hour news cycle, we are now exposed to more propaganda than ever before as Bernays’ PR progeny continue refining and honing their skills -- keeping us passive, divided, and distracted


Piketty For Progressives -- Part 3
By Thomas Riggins

http://www.countercurrents.org/riggins140914.htm

The distribution of wealth becomes, for Piketty, the most important area of study if we are to understand the growth of inequality. To determine this we must collect data on the economic history of many countries and forecast future developments by a scientific understanding of past and present trends


Book Review: Confess The Bleak
By Nilantha Ilangamuwa

http://www.countercurrents.org/ilangamuwa140914.htm

The latest autobiography written by an eminent human rights defender and jurist, Basil Fernando, a self-exiled son of this nation, is able to light the candle of new discourse with rich narratives of his personal life. This is a careful selection of his life story which takes up a quarter of his life as a human rights activist and a poet. Most certainly Basil has faced a great deal more in his seven decades of life but for some reason he has chosen to ignore much of it while writing this autobiography


Outsourcing Love: Globalization, Care Economy
And Its Impact On Social Relations Within Families
By Shalu Nigam

http://www.countercurrents.org/nigam140914.htm

The economic growth in India is not resulting in equitable distribution of wealth, resources or improvement in quality of life for all its inhabitants. Moreover, globalization is making a drastic impact on social relations as well as love, care, and emotions within a family, and in general, creating a situation which is adverse for women and children. It may be said that the city is becoming a symbol of a power, status, sumptuousness, opulence and affluence where the desire for money, wealth, status and professional achievement is surpassing the desire for love, care, affection and above all humaneness


Garba Mana Hain
By Manasi Gandhi

http://www.countercurrents.org/gandhi140914.htm

"One swallow doesn't make a summer" is the response given by BJP spokesperson Jay Narayan Vyas to the statement made by Madhya Pradesh BJP vice president and MLA, Usha Thakur, seeking a ban on entry of Muslim youths in 'garba' in MP, during the festive navratri. She has come out with 11 point guidelines, which consist of checking the voter ids of the youth trying to enter the garba pandal . There are also guidelines on the 'dress code' for girls, decent to be precise, to defend themselves from the so called 'love jihad'