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New Year Wish List 2015
By Satya Sagar

http://www.countercurrents.org/sagar010115.htm

2014 was an extraordinarily turbulent year around the world. The year saw the beginning of a new Cold War between the US and Russia over Ukraine; the birth of a new ‘Islamic state’ in Iraq and Syria; the brutal assault on Gaza by Israel; the exit of US troops from Afghanistan; a military coup in Thailand; the resurgence of the Tehrik-e-Taliban in Pakistan and the coming to power of the Hindu Taliban in India. Given these dismal trends, it is difficult to expect 2015 to be very different. And yet, since the term ‘Happy’ in ‘Happy New Year’ is only an expression of hope and not a statement of reality it is always to imagine a better world in the future


Paving Way For War Crimes Charges, Palestinians Move To Join International Criminal Court
By Deirdre Fulton

http://www.countercurrents.org/fulton010115.htm

Following the defeat of a United Nations Security Council resolution that demanded an end to Israeli occupation and recognition of Palestinian statehood, Palestine's president Mahmoud Abbas signed a Palestinian request to join the International Criminal Court on Wednesday, a move that the Guardian wrote sets "Palestinians on a diplomatic collision course with Israel and the U.S."


Putin Approves New Russian Military Doctrine
By Clara Weiss

http://www.countercurrents.org/weiss010115.htm

On December 26, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a new military doctrine for the Russian armed forces. The document identifies the expansion of NATO and efforts to destabilise Russia and neighbouring countries as the biggest security threats


Ukrainian Soldier Explains Why He Enjoys Killing Russians
By Eric Zuesse

http://www.countercurrents.org/zuesse010115.htm

In an unusually lengthy video interview with a soldier of the Ukrainian Government, he states why he wants to kill as many residents in the (ethnically Russian) separatist area as possible. This soldier, named Nazar, was interviewed by Ukraine's Channel 5 TV, the current Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko's television station until he became President on May 25th. Poroshenko, as Ukraine's President, no longer owns the station


Dumbo And Mule
By Mickey Z.

http://www.countercurrents.org/mickeyz010115.htm

One Act, Two Parties - The action takes place in a NYC police station on a Saturday afternoon in the present day


U.S Wars Continue In New Year
By Jack A.Smith

http://www.countercurrents.org/smith010115.htm

It is certainly time for a revival of the mass antiwar movements. The two establishment parties are pro-war. Unless these movements get big enough to produce a multitude of truly mass protests and other actions including civil disobedience, the Washington warmakers will simply continue going from war to war


The Peak Oil Crisis
By Tom Whipple

http://www.countercurrents.org/whipple010115.htm

Should US shale oil production actually fall next year, then global “all liquids” production could fall too. A few astute analysts are already mulling whether just perhaps 2014 will someday be recognized as the all-time high for global oil production or in other words “peak oil.” It is still years too early to pronounce that an all-time peak in what we now call “all liquids” has occurred, but it is an interesting thought. The situation may just be worse than it seems

Shame on University of Pennsylvania (U of Penn)
By Dr. Ludwig Watzal

http://www.countercurrents.org/watzal010115.htm

As a former Graduate student of International Relations at the U of Penn I'm appalled by the disinvitation of Chris Hedges, a renowned newspaper correspondent and highly awarded writer, because of his courage to speak out against Israel's brutal occupation of Palestine. Hedges was supposed to speak at a conference in April on prospects of peace in the Middle East on campus