CounterCurrents: 2015 International Year Of The Soil: A Message Of Hope

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2015 International Year Of The Soil: A Message Of Hope
By Jon Queally

http://www.countercurrents.org/queally020115.htm

Last year, the United Nation's Food and Agricultural Organization officially declared that 2015 would be celebrated as the International Year of the Soil citing the threat to one of the key ingredients to the planet's food and farming systems posed by "expanding cities, deforestation, unsustainable land use, pollution, overgrazing and climate change."Summarizing the issues at stake and the fight ahead, Dr. Vandana Shiva, has posted an impassioned New Years message to those battling on behalf of food sovereignty, economic egalitarianism, agroecology, climate action, and social justice


Xmas As Usual Killing Jesus In Afghanistan. Now Complete A New Year's Resolution!
By Jay Janson

http://www.countercurrents.org/janson020115.htm

As during thirteen previous birthday celebrations of Jesus, Americans shot, bombed and starved Afghani and the citizens of other nations, at the same time according to Jesus Himself shooting, booming and starving Jesus, for in Matthew 25:40: Jesus says, "Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me." Readers invited to finish New Year's Resolutions begun for Americans in 2015


Terrorism “Insurance” Expires
By Buddy Bell

http://www.countercurrents.org/bell020115.htm

Something Ended January 1, But It Wasn’t the Afghanistan War


Defeat Of Resolution On Palestine Highlights The Real Issue
By Dr. Vivek Kumar Srivastava

http://www.countercurrents.org/srivastava020115.htm

Resolution of the Palestine problem needs to be resolved earliest and the defeat of the resolution should not be taken as the victory by Israel, USA but they must ponder in realistic terms to unravel the truth why is there so much unrest. A genuine efforts are immediately required by USA and other stakeholders in order to save the people of the Palestine with which many problems of the world are linked to


“Dos” And “Don’ts”: Things I Learned Writing About The Middle East
By Ramzy Baroud

http://www.countercurrents.org/baroud020115.htm

Writing and reporting about the Middle East is not an easy task, especially during these years of turmoil and upheaval. Following and reporting on these constant changes without a deep and compassionate understanding of the region will achieve little but predictable and lackluster content that offers nothing original, but recycled old ideas and stereotypes. From my humble experience in the region, I share these “dos” and “don’ts” as to how the Middle East should be approached in writing and reporting


2014: Another Hard And Difficult Year For American Muslims
By Abdus Sattar Ghazali

http://www.countercurrents.org/ghazali020115.htm

Relating all the hate attacks, discrimination, mosque vandalism, and other negative incidences related to the American Muslims are beyond the scope of this article


The Strategic Significance Of The Fight For $15
By Ann Robertson & Bill Leumer

http://www.countercurrents.org/leumer020115.htm

The fight for $15 is a battle actually unfolding before us, the kind of battle we have not witnessed for decades. Right now it is the only battle on the horizon. The call for $15 has inspired low-wage workers and youth to act. To the degree that they achieve victories, they will open up the potential to change the course of history and trigger a resurgence of a working class movement


Postcard From The End of America: Passyunk Square, Philadelphia
By Linh Dinh

http://www.countercurrents.org/dinh020115.htm

Writing this piece, I didn't have to get on any bus or train, but only walk five minutes to see Beth, someone I first met 28 years ago. Most lives are improbable, I know, but when I listen to Beth talk, I often find myself thinking, That can't possibly be true, but her facts have always checked out, and her stories consistent, even on a retelling many years later


Locked Doors: A Deserted Village
By Sumita Guru

http://www.countercurrents.org/guru020115.htm

Rampant Seasonal Migration from the village Khohar in Northern Rajasthan


Welcoming The New Year!
By Shu Shi

http://www.countercurrents.org/shi020115.htm

Thanks Tinky and Bala for those beautiful New Year’s gifts! Who knows, your example might be enthuse me to celebrate New Year’s Eve again—and in the manner that you did!


Kashmir: Governor’s Rule-Unavoidable Alternative?
By Mohammad Ashraf

http://www.countercurrents.org/ashraf020115.htm

To prevent further paralysis in the state administration urgently required to move on a fast track in the task of restoration of the flood damage, the Governor’s Rule seems only sensible alternative!


Importance of School Based Internal Evaluation As A Quality Assurance Mechanism
By Swaleha Sindhi

http://www.countercurrents.org/sindhi020115.htm

The Board of Education must take necessary steps to implement school internal evaluation as mandatory to bring improvements taking on local decision making first, followed by those who need more time to learn about and develop the necessary skills. Local decision making could provide direction and support for broader dissemination across the system


Dear Men! Women Too Have Strong Sex Drive Like You !
By Er.Yazhmozhi

http://www.countercurrents.org/yazhmozhi020115.htm

Every day, we are witnessing reports of sexual violence against women. What we witness is only some of the instances which are brought out by media and some in the form of lawsuits. We also know that these instances are idiotically justified by saying that, “Men have strong sexual desires! So they are easily aroused by womenwith‘anti-traditional’ wear.This myth “Men have strong sexual desires!” is believed worldwide. This is one of the social constructs in a patriarchal society to subjugate women