CounterCurrents: The US Shameful War Against Palestine, Critical Glaciers Melting Under Continuous Warming, Putin To Donate 50,000 Tons Of Russia's Coal Daily To Ukraine For Heat

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Critical Glaciers Melting Under Continuous Warming
By Nadia Prupis

http://www.countercurrents.org/prupis281214.htm

Glaciers in China are disappearing quickly, an environmental institute in Lanzhou confirmed on Wednesday. Scientists with the Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute conducted a lengthy survey of southern glaciers, which provide vital drinking water to India, and found that their total geographic area had decreased by 13 percent since 2002


Putin To Donate 50,000 Tons Of Russia's Coal Daily To Ukraine For Heat
By Eric Zuesse

http://www.countercurrents.org/zuesse281214.htm

On Saturday, December 27th, Russian President Vladimir Putin decided that though Ukraine cannot now pay for coal and will soon go bankrupt, so that any ‘sale' of coal to Ukraine will be a donation, Russia will nonetheless supply 50,000 tons of coal per day to Ukraine in order to help them through the winter. The official announcement said that “this is a demonstration of good will of President Vladimir Putin to provide real support for the Ukrainian people.”


Peace, Love, And The Gift
By James Magnus-Johnston

http://www.countercurrents.org/johnston281214.htm

If you can’t make more money exploring your gifts and skills, embrace the challenge. If we are to degrow the economy towards a steady state, we’re going to need to be a whole lot more generous, a whole lot happier, and more grateful for what we have already. Gift practices might shrink the formal economy a little, but they will engender precisely the love and community that we often feel is missing in modern life


The US Shameful War Against Palestine
By Dr Salim Nazzal

http://www.countercurrents.org/nazzal281214.htm

Whether the war is between materialism, and spiritualism, or between justice and injustice, it is a struggle for freedom and for peace which apart from position of the US and Israel and Micronesia ,is gaining a huge support worldwide


Real Estate Of Religion
By Satya Sagar

http://www.countercurrents.org/sagar281214.htm

If religious institutions are in the business of ‘marketing and selling God' then there should at least be a sales tax on the proceeds. Tax these religious outfits and use the money to pay for truly religious actions such as giving the weak and poor a better life.Convert all the real estate of religious institutions into shelters for the homeless or into hospitals for the sick. It is time to liberate God from the clutches of merchants and middlemen who seek to rule in the name of religion


Kashmir: A Repetition Of History!
By Mohammad Ashraf

http://www.countercurrents.org/ashraf281214.htm

The three mainstream political parties claiming to be secular need to cobble out a combination to stem the onslaught of the declared religion based party. This can only be done if they rise above their individual egos and are sincere in ameliorating the lot of the common people. At this juncture, their decision is not only for the future of the state of J & K but for the entire region. Taking the overall scenario of the sub-continent in to consideration, the final scene in J & K can be a turning point as regards the tides of religious violence which are trying to sweep the entire area. On the other side innocent children have been mercilessly butchered in the name of God! On this side, people are being forced to reconvert from their practising religion to restore India to its ancient Hindu “glory”! There is an urgent need on both sides to put a stop to this fanaticism


Is Section 66A Of IT Act In India Unconstitutional?
By Saif Ahmad Khan

http://www.countercurrents.org/sakhan281214.htm

Section 66A of the Information Technology (IT) Act has been widely criticized by free speech activists and legal eagles. Many have dismissed this controversial section of the IT Act as “unconstitutional” and “arbitrary”. Hence, there is a need to ponder over the inherent flaws of Section 66A and the reasons as to why it has received so much of flak from public intellectuals

27 December , 2014


US Steps Up Pakistan Drone Murders Amid Crackdown Over School Attack
By Alex Lantier

http://www.countercurrents.org/lantier271214.htm

Eight people died yesterday in two drone strikes in North Waziristan, a remote and impoverished area of Pakistan along the border with Afghanistan. US officials are increasingly reluctant to discuss Washington’s barbaric drone murder program, as it has been condemned by the UN for violating international law and is seen as deeply sinister by masses of people worldwide. US officials refused to comment on the two strikes. However, Pakistani intelligence officials confirmed that both attacks in North Waziristan were drone strikes


India On Palestine: The Choice Is Clear
By Feroze Mithiborwala

http://www.countercurrents.org/mithiborwala271214.htm

On Palestine, the choice is very clear for India. The choice for the Modi Government is to either choose to be part of the emerging powers led by the BRICS nations, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM). Or then by standing with a pariah Israel, be reduced to a lackey of the Anglo-Zionist cabal, which is clearly receding as its global hegemony wanes


Elections Not A Referendum On Kashmir Issue
Eurasia Review Interviews Adfar Shah

http://www.countercurrents.org/shah271214.htm

Message is simply loud and clear, people want to move towards peace, prosperity and development. People want their candidates to fight for people’s security, for a life with dignity and most importantly for working towards creation of employment avenues which we lack so badly in this part of the world. The clear cut message by the election results to all the parties is that ‘if you fail to deliver, we will fail you for sure’