CounterCurrents: Obama’s New Oil Wars : Washington Takes On ISIS, Iran, And Russia

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Obama’s New Oil Wars: Washington Takes On ISIS, Iran, And Russia
By Michael T. Klare

http://www.countercurrents.org/klare091014.htm

Having tested out the oil weapon against Saddam Hussein’s Iraq with devastating effect back in the 1990s, Washington is now the key country brandishing that same weapon, using trade sanctions and other means to curb the exports of energy-producing states it categorizes as hostile. The Obama administration has taken this aggressive path even at the risk of curtailing global energy supplies


US Vice President Joe Biden Names The Real Terror-Supporting States
By Dr. Ludwig Watzal

http://www.countercurrents.org/watzal091014.htm

What everyone knew already, who doesn't believe in the reporting of the corporate media, has now been confirmed by one of the highest US officials; U.S. vice president Joe Biden told students at the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum at the Institute of Politics at Harvard University that the main supporters of extremists and terrorists in Syria are close American allies. Listen to what Biden had to say


It's The Stupid, Stupid
By Bernard Weiner

http://www.countercurrents.org/weiner091014.htm

The bombs raining down on Syria from the air are aimed at ISIS facilities and troops, but the actual goal is regime change in Damascus. (And, after that, maybe Iran.)


Nothing About Us Without Us: The Token Palestinian And Authentic Narrative
By Ramzy Baroud

http://www.countercurrents.org/baroud091014.htm

In the post-Edward Said Palestinian intellectual landscape it is unfathomable that Palestinians are largely excluded from shaping their own discourse, or are used as convenient fodder in someone else's


ANOTHER DAYDREAM: How President Obama Could Earn His Nobel Peace Prize
By Alan Hart

http://www.countercurrents.org/hart091014.htm

A recent opinion piece in Ha’aretz by Gideon Levy, the beleaguered conscience of Israeli journalism, speculated about what Prime Minister Netanyahu would have said when he addressed the UN General Assembly if he was remotely interested in peace with the Palestinians. It was headlined It’s all a daydream. In this article I’m going to share my daydream about what President Obama would say in a prime time address to his fellow Americans, after the November mid-term elections, if he wanted to earn his Nobel Peace Prize


The GMO Biotech Lobby's Emotional Blackmail And Bogus Claims:
New Report Says Monsanto's GM Crops Will Not Feed The World
By Colin Todhunter

http://www.countercurrents.org/todhunter091014.htm

The claims made by Monsanto do not stack up. Issues pertaining to the weaponisation of food aside [2], GM food represents little more than a massive business opportunity, a way of enriching a handful of people, all carried out under the guise of altruism


Swach Bharat Abhiyan: Too Many Erasures
By Subhash Gatade

http://www.countercurrents.org/gatade091014.htm

The inauguration of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, (Clean India Campaign) with much fanfare, with ministers, bureaucrats and others holding Jhadoos evoked an interesting reaction from a ragpicker Sanjay who lives in Mehrauli with his parents. “These are the same people from whose houses we pick up garbage every day. This is part of our life. We don’t really understand why they are making it such a big deal”


Can Caste Be Swept Away?
By New Socialist Initiative

http://www.countercurrents.org/nsi091014.htm

The project of democracy in India, of forming an association of free citizens who have gotten rid of caste once for all, the one for which Dr Ambedkar fought tirelessly, is dangerously cornered. Yet, this precisely is the time to envision and etch outlines of a counter hegemony that will challenge the hierarchy and prejudices of caste. This vision should include democratic aspirations of all of the oppressed. It should assert the citizenship rights of all against an authoritarian state. It should create a humanist and secular popular culture that honours personal freedoms and liberties of everyone, irrespective of gender, caste, religion, language, or nationality


Kashmir Floods: Between State Failure And Hyrdo Politics
By Ubaid Mushtaq

http://www.countercurrents.org/mushtaq091014.htm

The floods are a direct reminder that the participation of J&K as a main player in IWT has now become a need of the hour