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Three Young Muslims Killed In USA; Mainstream Media Silent
By Middle East Monitor

http://www.countercurrents.org/mem110215.htm

Three young Muslims were killed by a gunman in the US state of North Carolina on Tuesday. Local media reported that the victims were 23-year old Deah Shaddy Barakat, his wife Yusor Mohammad, 21, and her sister, Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha, 19.Activists on social media shared pictures of the victims and criticised US media for its lack of coverage of the murder


Fighting In Ukraine Intensifies Ahead Of Minsk Talks
By Niles Williamson

http://www.countercurrents.org/williamson110215.htm

Fighting between Ukrainian armed forces and pro-Russian separatists escalated on Monday and Tuesday, ahead of cease fire talks being held today in Belarus. Each side has pushed to make strategic territorial gains ahead of today’s meeting


Al Qaeda's Bookkeeper Spills The Beans
By Eric Zuesse

http://www.countercurrents.org/zuesse110215.htm

Zacarias Moussaoui was the bookkeeper for Al Qaeda, but the U.S. intelligence services have been keeping this fact secret as much as they can, because what he knows about the crucial financial backers of Al Qaeda can be very damaging to the U.S. aristocracy, which is heavily oil-based and closely allied with the Saudi royal family, which created Al Qaeda in order to please the Saudi clerics, who are Wahhabist Muslims who constantly threaten the royals with exposure of their economic and sexual corruption unless the royals finance the spread of the Wahhabist sect (such as by Al Qaeda), and thereby finance the spread of those clerics' own international influence and power


Our Addiction To Fossil Fuel Is Taking Us On The Road To Nowhere
By Kumi Naidoo

http://www.countercurrents.org/naidoo110215.htm

Four months from now, Chancellor Angela Merkel will welcome Barack Obama and the other Heads of G7 Governments to Germany to discuss future climate and energy policy. I call on Mrs. Merkel to use this unique opportunity. The G7 summit must give the world a vision for a future energy system without nuclear power, without coal power, based 100% on Renewable Energies


Quick Action Is Needed To Save The Long-Term Future
By John Scales Avery

http://www.countercurrents.org/avery110215.htm

All of us have a duty to act quickly, with dedication and urgency. We must save the long-term future of our beautiful planet, not only for ourselves, and our children and grandchildren, but also for all future generations of humans, and for the dazzlingly diversity of plants and animals with which we share the gift of life


Planetary Suicide
By Joel S. Hirschhorn

http://www.countercurrents.org/hirschhorn110215.htm

Every so often a nonfiction book comes along that, because of its objective, comprehensive coverage of a hot topic, should be carefully read with a highlighter in hand by everyone. That new book is “Unprecedented” by David Ray Griffin. Be warned, this book will probably bum you out. It presents the most readable treatment of the global warming and climate change issue that anyone could wish for. It is not an emotional rant, but rather a carefully organized and detailed discussion. Most significantly, with carefully documented sources, it allows a reader to fully appreciate the compelling and overwhelming scientific evidence supporting a negative view of our planet's and civilization's future


Terrorism: Ultimate Weapon Of The Global Elite
By Robert J. Burrowes

http://www.countercurrents.org/burrowes110215.htm

Terrorism is intended to frighten and kill fellow human beings. Those who conduct terrorism and those who endorse it are badly psychologically damaged


Brian Williams Is Not The Only One
By Rosemarie Jackowski

http://www.countercurrents.org/jackowski110215.htm

Why is Brian Williams held to a different standard than those who lied us into an unjust war where many thousands were killed? Remember the WMD lies and lies about babies being thrown from incubators. Back then was it Judith Miller who led the litany of lies?


Towards The Dictatorship Of ‘Aam Admi’
By Vidya Bhushan Rawat

http://www.countercurrents.org/rawat110215.htm

Lawmakers will have to think how can a party with 54% of votes get 95% of seats? Is it not highly disproportionate of their vote percentage? BJP with 32% of votes could manage with 5% while Congress with 9% vote did not get anything. India will pay a heavy price with this when elections are becoming joke and highly ‘personalised’ and personality based and those who have capacity to pay will be able to manage otherwise ordinary activists and workers have no place in such a ‘democracy’. We must shift to Proportionate Electorate System so that diverse groups have representation in our Parliament and Assemblies and we will be saved from such a situation when a ‘democratic’ mandate does not become threat to ‘democracy’ itself


Delhi People's Wise Verdict
By T. Venkateshwarlu

http://www.countercurrents.org/venkateshwarlu110215.htm

People verdict reflects the anger on mainstream ruling and opposition parties and their aspiration to the alternative parties. People have lot of hopes and aspirations on AAP. It is critical to AAP fulfill the aspirations of the people. AAP particularly Kejriwal has to change his work style and learn from people, organizations and experts to practice good governance


Jammu And Kashmir Police: A Need Of Paradigm Shift
By Imran Khan

http://www.countercurrents.org/khan110215.htm

There is need to educate and train cops from J&K Police in police & public safety psychology, human psychology, interpersonal relations, communication skills, social skills, emotional intelligence, management of stress, negotiation, crowd control (without lethal weapons) mob behavior, crisis management, community policing etc. To win community's trust and bring peace a sincere paradigm shift is a must, such a paradigm shift may in no way mean cessation of police efforts to control crime, it just means a new and more humane way of dealing with people


Kashmir: Sadhbhavna At Stake
By Saqib Hassan

http://www.countercurrents.org/hassan110215.htm

21st century is an era of human rights, digital revolution and information sharing. In this era if they have to make a place as a respectable organisation within Kashmiri society, they need to impart behavioural training to their men, follow Retd. General Hasnain’s doctrine “Heart as Weapon”, understand local culture and sensitivities, accepting past mistakes sincerely and most importantly keep Human Right violations in check. If they have to transform society then they need internal transformation also


Jammu And Kashmir In Search Of Sincere Leadership
By Masood Ali Mir

http://www.countercurrents.org/mir110215.htm

People in Jammu and Kashmir are yet to see a sincere political leader who would serve this piece of land mostly known as the paradise on earth. The land has never been served by anyone except the saints most importantly Sheikh of Sheikh’s Sheikh-ul-Alam and Lal Ded, who by their pure actions created a sense of common brotherhood, a sense of belonging and a sense to serve the needy by the concept of Kashmiriyat others be it political leadership or the social workers always played the role of impure selfish politics and deconstructed the much cherished Kashmiriyat