CounterCurrents: Climate Change “Tipping Points” And The Fate Of The Earth, The Only Surprise Is That Not More Israeli Jews Are Being Attacked, Listen To Syrians: The Media Jackals And The People’s Narrative

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Climate Change “Tipping Points” And  The Fate Of The Earth    
By Michael T. Klare

http://www.countercurrents.org/klare081015.htm

Not so long ago, it was science fiction. Now, it's hard science -- and that should frighten us all. The latest reports from the prestigious and sober Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) make increasingly hair-raising reading, suggesting that the planet is approaching possible moments of irreversible damage in a fashion and at a speed that had not been anticipated


The Only Surprise Is That Not More Israeli Jews Are Being Attacked 
By Alan Hart

http://www.countercurrents.org/hart081015.htm

The incidents which have marked the escalation of violence in Israeli occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank and have included the killing of a few Israeli Jews should not be viewed and considered in isolation. They have a context and it can be summarised as follows


Listen To Syrians: The Media Jackals And The People’s Narrative 
By Ramzy Baroud

http://www.countercurrents.org/baroud081015.htm

Imagine the Syrian war from the point of view of ordinary Syrians from a variety of backgrounds. They are most likely to offer a different perspective and to hold entirely different expectations than most other parties involved.


Beefolution 
By Saswat Pattanayak

http://www.countercurrents.org/pattanayak081015.htm

Are the wealthy liberal celebrities who are conveniently challenging Hindutva fanatics to “come murder me for eating beef” aware of the reality that those who actually get murdered for eating beef in India are in no socio-economic position to invite the wrath of the Hindutva fanatics? That, while such invitations are rendered trivial the moment they are forwarded to righteous Savarna, actually have grave consequences for the lives of the oppressed in the Indian society? Are the new beefolutionaries willing to unmask their own class position which is solely responsible over the decades to nurture the dietary politics in Hindu India?


Celebrating May Day, KMU Style 
By Kim Scipes

http://www.countercurrents.org/scipes081015.htm

May Day in the Philippines is always a joyous day for the KMU (Kilusang Mayo Uno Labor Center). A national holiday, May Day[1] is celebrated with a number of marches of tens of thousands of Filipino workers and their supporters, assembling at different sites across the National Capital Region, and marching toward a common rally sitein Manila where a pro-labor program of speakers and cultural presentations always takes place, commemorating International Workers’ Day


Identity News, Color Blues And Ethnic Dues 
By Jim Hickey

http://www.countercurrents.org/hickey100815A.htm

To those who don't insist on obfuscation or denial this much must be clear. We are all cousins, unless we have an even closer kinship. The differences among us are tiny, relative to our genetic code, our biological template


Protect India’s Secular Legacy 
By Bhoomi Adhikar Andolan

http://www.countercurrents.org/baa081015.htm

It is disturbing to note that discussions of the heinous incident have been largely restricted to whether it was beef or not. Would it be justified for them to murder even if it was? We would like to stress that the state cannot interfere or dictate people’s food habits. The struggle for land rights cannot be divorced from secular values and this heinous attack can only be challenged by coming together to protect India’s secular legacy


Srinagar “International” Airport! 
By Mohammad Ashraf

http://www.countercurrents.org/ashraf081015.htm

Thrust on getting high-end foreign tourism to Kashmir without international air connectivity is a hypocritical exercise!