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At Least 540 People Killed In Yemen Fighting
By Countercurrents.org

http://www.countercurrents.org/cc070415.htm

At least 540 people were killed in the war ravaged Yemen since the Saudi bombing began and more than 100,000 have been displaced. Hadi loyalists had been all but defeated last week, and fighting seemed to be dying down, but Saudi planes began air-dropping weapons to them, and restarted major fighting in Aden and elsewhere


Saudi Dictator, Killing Hundreds Of Civilians With Support From Washington,
Moves To Gunning Down Domestic Anti-War Protesters
By Robert Barsocchini

http://www.countercurrents.org/barsocchini070415.htm

Now the Saudi dictator is ordering his goons to open fire on Saudis protesting Salman and Washington's illegal attack on Yemen. Antiwar reports, “2 Killed, 30 Protesters Wounded as Saudi Forces Attack Antiwar Rally”


Saving Passengers Of The Good Ship 'Titan… Earth'
By Robert J. Burrowes

http://www.countercurrents.org/burrowes070415.htm

There is still just enough time to save most of the passengers on the Good Ship 'Earth' but we must be courageous and resolute. If we let the cowardice and delusion of elites and their agents guide us, we will join the dead passengers of the 'Titanic'


Countering The Lies Of The Mainstream Media
By Colin Todhunter

http://www.countercurrents.org/todhunter070415.htm

The site you are reading this article on is part of the ‘alternative' or ‘independent' media. Many of these sites do not take advertising and are run on the basis of donations from readers. Many of the authors whose articles appear on these sites write for no or little financial remuneration. Contrast this situation with the so-called ‘mainstream' print and TV media


World Health Day: No Substitute To Healthy Mind
By Shobha Shukla

http://www.countercurrents.org/shukla070415.htm

The WHO also recognizes that mental health is an integral and essential component of health: "Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity." Health is a state of well-being in which an individual realizes his or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and is able to make a positive contribution to the community


Terra Firma: Re-Examining Land Rights Eithin The Mosaic Of
Development, Democracy And Justice
By Shalu Nigam

http://www.countercurrents.org/nigam070415.htm

New terrains for resistance are being utilized by the subalterns who are courageously protesting regressive and oppressive policies while keeping democracy alive and imparting a new meaning to it to bring about sustainable, equitable and just development. The subaltern politics, dissent and protests is thus creating an unconventional imaginative vision of governance, justice, development, belongingness and a just society by rewriting and reshaping governance


Beyond the Fairy Tales of India
By Braj Ranjan Mani

http://www.countercurrents.org/mani070415.htm

There is little awareness about a more or less institutionalised arrangement of normalising, if not glorifying, the oppressive past from which the privileged continue to derive profit and pleasure.Invented histories, myth-making, and armoury of stereotypes merge to create convenient narratives and myths which masquerade as the history of India. The suppressed stories fester the lies and keep the people away from the oppressive reality.That is why, history and culture should be debrahmanised—reconstructed—by the subjugated majority, with the understanding that ‘the master's tools will not bring down the master's house'.