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BJP Routed In Delhi; End of "Modi Wave"?
By Countercurrents

http://www.countercurrents.org/cc100215.htm

It seems that BJP president Amit Shah's tactics of dividing and polarising socieity to win elections didn't pay off rich dividents in Delhi. Modi's charisma that won BJP so many elections in the past failed to impress the Delhi voters. Does it mean that the "Modi Wave" has finally subsided?


Is Peace or War At Hand?
By Paul Craig Roberts

http://www.countercurrents.org/roberts100215.htm

Perhaps Putin's patience is finally paying off. There are reports that Germany and France oppose Washington's plan to send weapons to Ukraine. French president Hollande now supports autonomy for the break-away republics in Ukraine. His predecessor, Sarkozy, said that Crimea chose Russia and we cannot blame them, and that the interests of Americans and Europeans diverge when it comes to Russia. Germany's foreign minister says that Washington's plan to arm Ukraine is risky and reckless. And on top of it all, Cyprus has offered Russia an air base


The Shift
By Kathy Kelly

http://www.countercurrents.org/kelly100215.htm

'Our society barely recognizes the futility of imprisoning people for onerously long sentences,' writes Kelly who is now serving a 3-month sentence for protesting the use of armed drones overseas by the U.S. military


A Truth Most Jews Don't Want To Know About Anti-Semitism
By Alan Hart

http://www.countercurrents.org/hart100215.htm

The only people who can stop the transformation of anti-Israelism into anti-Semitism gathering momentum are the Jews themselves, with those who are citizens of the European nations and America taking the lead. How could they do it? Short answer - by declaring that Israel does not speak for or represent them and that they condemn its defiance of international law and denial of justice for the Palestinians. If they don't do that there will most likely be a final Zionist ethnic cleansing of Palestine followed at some point by a wide awake giant of anti-Semitism going on the rampage again


The US Police And Surveillance State
By Dr. Ludwig Watzal

http://www.countercurrents.org/watzal100215.htm

After 40 years in the United States of America, Palestinian-American Professor Sami al-Arian was deported to Turkey. He was born in Kuwait. His parents were Palestinian refugees. He had tenure at the University of South Florida. His ordeal began after a contentious interview with Bill O'Reilly on the right-wing channel "Fox News " and lasted for twelve years


Cuba Uncensored
By David Swanson

http://www.countercurrents.org/swanson100215.htm

This evening, February 9, 2015, a handful of visitors from the land to the north asked an assistant (or "instructional" which I take to be a step below "assistant") professor of philosophy about his studies and his teaching experiences here in Cuba. One of our group made the mistake of asking whether this philosopher thought of Fidel as a philosopher. The result was an almost Fidel-length response that had little to do with philosophy and everything to do with criticizing the president


Burning Truth: Fire As U.S. Policy
By Mickey Z.

http://www.countercurrents.org/mickeyz100215.htm

Obviously, there's nothing positive to say about ISIS, their behavior, or how/why they came to be. But we'll never address and end such atrocities while operating within the confines of a mindset fueled by willful, nationalistic denial


Alan Greenspan, Greece And The Media
By Jon V Kofas

http://www.countercurrents.org/kofas100215.htm

Germany and the Western EU banks have been using the public debt of the periphery EU countries as leverage to impose neoliberal policies and maintain their economic dependence on the core countries of northwest Europe. Why would they want to slaughter these cows that have been providing and will be providing milk for decades to come?


Saying No To Torture: A Gallery of American Heroes
By Rebecca Gordon

http://www.countercurrents.org/gordon100215.htm

Some of those who rejected torture, like CIA official John Kiriakou and an as-yet-unnamed Navy nurse, directly refused to practice it. Some risked reputations and careers to let the people of this country know what their government was doing. Sometimes an entire agency, like the FBI, refused to be involved in torture. I'd like to introduce you to six of these heroes


Niall Ferguson On Kissinger’s World Order (Part Five)
By Thomas Riggins

http://www.countercurrents.org/riggins100215.htm

This is the fundamental question. Until the American people unite around their interests, the interests of the 99% (metaphorically speaking) and arrive at a consensus about the sort of country and world they want to live in— one that fosters the well being of all working and laboring peoples and not just the tiny group at the top of society, until then the US will have a foreign policy geared towards war and domination as it has at least since 1945, and the Kissingers of the future will ensure that there will be no chances of a world order based on human dignity and peace


Perumal Murugan's Right To Freedom Of Expression: A Tip Of The Iceberg
By Maharathi

http://www.countercurrents.org/maharathi100214.htm

The Tamil writer episode is just a tip of the larger iceberg. The name of the iceberg is Hindutva


Kashmir: The Azadi Illusion
By Bilal Shaheen

http://www.countercurrents.org/shaheen100215.htm

Just as individuals do nations too should take stock of their lives. We must ask ourselves as a society, and as a nation, is Azadi the only viable and ultimate solution to the "complex state-of-affairs" in Kashmir we were attested to?. Is there any alternative to it? If yes, what is that noble Idea and what should be done to cherish it?


Why AAP Government In Delhi Should Abandon Biometric Aadhaar
To Reverse Congress & BJP's Legacy Of "Intrusive Bullying"?
By Gopal Krishna

http://www.countercurrents.org/krishna100215.htm

I seek your urgent intervention even as the biometric profile of every current and future Indian political leader and official is being stored by foreign governments and companies, yet another act of belittling state legislatures and parliament has been performed with impunity


AAP Ki Dilli: A Sweeping Drub of Political Stereotypes
By Sazzad Hussain

http://www.countercurrents.org/hussain100215.htm

The non-visibility of the development dream promised by Narendra Modi in the last eight months, his government’s pro-market policies and centralized structure failed to impress the Delhi voters as the anti-incumbency factor was absent this time. For the Congress, the party was completely out of the contention, never seemed to be in the fray. Thus the common men in Delhi have gone for an alternative


Landslide Victory Of AAP Has Many Meaning :A Corruption Free, Coercion Free India
By Dr. Vivek Kumar Srivastava

http://www.countercurrents.org/srivastava100215.htm

There may be many interpretations of AAP’s victory but its one major fallout can be seen in the field of administrative efficiency where issue of corruption may take place precedence over other ones