CounterCurrents: Sterilising Women To Death, Tomas Young, Rest In Peace

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German Army Prepares For Civil War
By Denis Krassnin

http://www.countercurrents.org/krassnin131114l.htm

The second “International Urban Operations Conference” took place in central Berlin between 20 and 22 October. Four hundred delegates from 40 countries, many with dubious democratic traditions, met for three days to discuss the suppression of uprisings and other forms of civil unrest in urban areas


Angela Merkel's Wall of Hypocrisy
By Vacy Vlazna

http://www.countercurrents.org/vlazna131114.htm

On the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivered a speech of sublime hypocrisy when juxtaposed beside the illegal Apartheid/Annexation Wall and beside the blockade ‘wall' constricting Gaza constructed by Israel, which she once vowed, "Germany will never abandon Israel but will remain a true friend and partner.”


In Memory of US Soldier Tomas Young
By Ludwig Watzal

http://www.countercurrents.org/watzal131114.htm

On the eve of Veterans Day 2014, Tomas Young died as a result of his injuries he had suffered in Iraq after his fifth day of assignment. He did not join the army to attack Iraq or "liberate" the Iraqi people. On March 18, 2013 , he wrote a letter to former US President George W. Bush and his Vice president Dick Cheney and accused them of "egregious war crimes". In his memory Young's deeply moving message is reprinted


Tomas Young, Rest In Peace
By Amy Goodman

http://www.countercurrents.org/goodman131114.htm

The public may know more about Tomas Young than about most veterans, thanks to the remarkable documentary “Body of War,” directed and produced by legendary talk-show host Phil Donahue and filmmaker Ellen Spiro. His journey, his struggle and now his death follow an arc along the tragic U.S. wars and occupations in this post-9/11 world


How A Holiday In Honor Of Peace Became A Celebration Of War
By Jay Janson

http://www.countercurrents.org/janson131114.htm

That a US President shall give a speech praising all Veterans on Veterans Day must be part of the job description. Unless of course a US President was allowed to be wise and ask Americans to remember that the originally the holiday was called Armistice Day, a holiday in honor of peace, namely, the day on which the Armistice that ended the murderous insanity that was World War I was signed. A return to the original sense of the holiday - that would be a nice turn-around


The Bases of War in The Middle East : A Permanent Infrastructure For Permanent War
By David Vine

http://www.countercurrents.org/vine131114.htm

With the launch of a new U.S.-led war in Iraq and Syria against the Islamic State (IS), the United States has engaged in aggressive military action in at least 13 countries in the Greater Middle East since 1980. In that time, every American president has invaded, occupied, bombed, or gone to war in at least one country in the region. The total number of invasions, occupations, bombing operations, drone assassination campaigns, and cruise missile attacks easily runs into the dozens


Watching The Watchdogs: 10 Years of The IEA World Energy Outlook
By David MacLeod

http://www.countercurrents.org/macleod131114.htm

The IEA World Energy Outlook has gradually moved from rosy to pessimistic reports over the last ten years, or what Stuart Staniford called “increasingly reality-based.” Over the last decade, the report’s projected oil demand has gradually decreased by 20 million barrels per day (mb/d), and the projected costs have continued to rise. Yet even their most pessimistic reports, I believe, fail to capture true reality. It seems that politics plays a strong role in what is allowed to be published


The Age of TV Jokers: Arab Media on The Brink
By Ramzy Baroud

http://www.countercurrents.org/baroud131114.htm

Their demagogic discourse presented through daily campaigns of misinformation and vilification of those perceived to be enemies of the state is dangerous, especially when there is little room to counter these claims through critical thinking and sensible discussions. But what is interesting is that neither Okasha, nor Adeeb - and many others like them – were never meant to be entertainers per se, however entertaining they inadvertently may be


Sterilising Women To Death
By Samar

http://www.countercurrents.org/samar131114.htm

A doctor conducted sterilization surgeries on 83 women in 5 hours in an abandoned hospital with no infrastructure. The women were made to lay on floor for the surgery and there are allegations that the medicines came from a small, one room factory that is owned by close affiliates of the party that is ruling the province. Of these women, 11 are dead and 60 others are being treated in different hospitals. One more woman died today in Gaurela in a similar surgery with three survivors being treated


Redeeming Menstruation From Mythologies And Market
By Kandathil Sebastian

http://www.countercurrents.org/sebastian131114.htm

This essay traces the past and present mythologies about menstruation to examine how those mysterious narratives have been used for defining women’s identity and controlling their mobility. We will also analyze how the market driven modern society has created new myths around menstruation mainly to profit from the menstrual hygiene management and menstruation suppression markets


When T-Shirts Become Seditious
By Peoples Union for Democratic Rights

http://www.countercurrents.org/pudr131114.htm

On November 8, 2014, ten school going boys in the Kushinagar district of Uttar Pradesh, were charged for sedition, for wearing T-shirts of the Pakistani cricket team during a Muharram procession. Though no arrests have been made, an FIR against these boys aged 10-12 has been registered, at the behest of Bhartiya Janta Party MP