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Radical Democracy: Reclaiming The Commons
By Carlos Declós

http://www.countercurrents.org/declos220215.htm

Over the coming months, Radical Democracy: Reclaiming the Commons will act as a microphone for the voices involved in all of these local struggles. By doing so, and by offering a common framework for interpreting what these apparently local struggles mean at a more global level, the project hopes to lower the volume on the noise that currently dominates the media sphere to offer the clarity needed to take steps towards making radical democracy a common reality


“Biochemical Targets Of Plant Bioactive Compounds”: Moral & Utilitarian Reasons
To Stop Ecocide, Speciescide, Omnicide & Terracide
By Dr Gideon Polya

http://www.countercurrents.org/polya220215.htm

Man is causing mass extinction of species and massive ecosystem destruction in our present Anthropocene Era. However in addition to aesthetic arguments about respect for irreplaceable complexity, there is a powerful utilitarian argument for preserving natural ecosystems in that they contain a wealth of bioactive plant compounds of potential pharmaceutical utility as documented in my huge 860-page book “Biochemical Targets of Plant Bioactive Compounds”


Corporate Power Grab: The Wild Claims And PR Spin Of The Pro-GMO Lobby
By Colin Todhunter

http://www.countercurrents.org/todhunter220215.htm

A recent report by US Right to Know (‘Seedy Business: What Big Food is Hiding with Its Slick PR Campaign on GMOs’) outlines how agrichemical firms have spent more than $100 million since 2012 on political and PR campaigns to shift the media narrative on GMOs. The non-profit food research group is now calling on media to accurately report that the science on GMOs is contradictory and has been largely controlled by corporations that profit from GMO seeds and the pesticides that go with them


On the First Anniversary Of Ukraine's Maidan Coup:
Obama's War-Policies Show A Pattern
By Eric Zuesse

http://www.countercurrents.org/zuesse220215A.htm

Any nation that considers itself to be “the one indispensable nation” needs to be dispensed with. Germany, Italy, and Japan, each declared themselves to be the one indispensable nation, before the world almost exhausted itself in defeating them. Perhaps the solution this time around won't need to be so violent. But continued inaction certainly will be. The choice is thus stark, and delay would be disastrous


Dailykos's Cover-Up of Obama's Ukrainian Atrocities
By Eric Zuesse

http://www.countercurrents.org/zuesse220215.htm

Generally speaking, the falsely-called ‘liberal' (some even call it ‘progressive') website dailykos has ignored President Barack Obama's coup a year ago in Ukraine, which violently overthrew that country's unpopular but democratically elected President and replaced him with a racist-fascist (i.e., ideologically nazi) anti-Russian regime


Does The US Have A Left, Left
By JP Miller

http://www.countercurrents.org/miller220215.htm

There are many groups, parties, news outlets, and unions in the US which claim to be socialist and I cannot deny them that. Many of them do good work and inform us of the duplicity of our government. They do good work in calling attention to the imperialism of the US state, the duplicity of politicians, and the US crimes abroad. Yet, many are more anti-US than anti-Capitalism. Some are more indignant than effectual. Also, some are more divisive than inclusive. The very magnitude of their existence, the history of their failures, and their separation from each other reduce the opportunity of a genuine socialist party emerging in the US


A Jolly Good Sort Of An Extremist American Day
By Charles Orloski

http://www.countercurrents.org/orloski220215.htm

A pretty slick bastion of Wall Street-Christianity we are – and how many self-righteous soldiers can President Obama's pro-war/peace campaign deliver? Indeed, no country in the 21st Century has become uniquely messianic & hostile as the U.S.A, and the Supreme Court made sure we get decadent leaders, supported by Koch Brothers, Adelson, and Soros, who shall ”empower” Average Joes to ark alongside The Golden Calf Banquet, feast upon leftover scraps in the snow


The Murder Of Comrade Pansare And The Cultural Scene
By Vidyadhar Date

http://www.countercurrents.org/date220215.htm

The widespread demonstration of solidarity displayed by various sections of people in Maharashtra in support of the murdered veteran Communist leader Govind Pansare has been most encouraging. It sows that there is silent admiration for leaders who are dedicated, simple, secular and honest


Ideologies, Beliefs In Indian Politics-Opportunities And Challenges For AAP
By Mousumi Roy

http://www.countercurrents.org/roy220215.htm

Delhi election verdict has become eye opener for all political parties in India. Lots of introspections are to be done by both sides, the winning side to analyze and plan to deliver in time and for the loosing sides it should be how to improve their performance and to remain connected with the people. So a new era, no doubt, has begun


The Unending Confusion Of PDP, BJP Marriage
By Rayees Rasool

http://www.countercurrents.org/rasool220215.htm

It will be interesting to see how BJP will respond to the 11 point agenda of PDP where they have strictly maintained there stand on few controversial issues with BJP like, Talks with Hurriyat, Removal of AFSPA in one year, No fiddling with article 370, return of Power Projects, Status quo on west Pakistani Refugees etc. Though BJP had already took their call on the said issues before and during elections. It will be very interesting to see how the both partners fool the people in both the regions