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Beef Ban Hysteria Claims Fourth Life In Three Months 
By Countercurrents.org

http://www.countercurrents.org/cc301115.htm

The Hindtuva fundamentalist led beef ban hysteria in India has consumed another life. An alleged cow smuggler was shot dead and his accomplice injured in an encounter with Haryana police near Thanesar town in the wee hours on Sunday. The deceased has been identified as Abid (27) of Yamunanagar and his injured accomplice is Ashraf (28), also of Yamunanagar, Kurukshetra Superintendent of Police (SP) Simardeep Singh said. This is the fourth such killing in three months in the beef ban frenzy unleashed by ruling Hindutva fundamentalist forces


Sitaram Yechuri’s ‘Idea Of India’ And Communalism 
By Badruddin Umar

http://www.countercurrents.org/umar301115.htm

In a lecture by Sitaram Yechuri, General Secretary of CPI (Marxist), said. "...Antagonistic to both these was the third vision, which argued that the character of independent India should be defined by the religious affiliation of its people. This vision had twin expressions- the Muslim League championing an “Islamic State” and the RSS [Rashtryiya Swayamsewak Sangh] championing a “Hindu Rashtra”. The former succeeded in the unfortunate partition of the country with all its consequences that continue to fester tension till date. The latter having failed to achieve its objective at the time of independence continues with its efforts to transform modern India into its conception of a rabidly intolerant fascistic “Hindu Rashtra”." Marxist historian Badruddin Umar questions Sitaram Yechuri's statement in the context of historical events that led to India's partition


Video: Russia-Ukraine War Explained: The Real Reason Behind The War 
By Rowan Wolf

http://www.countercurrents.org/wolf301115.htm

The video in this post is the first in a series of videos on a new YouTube Channel – War in Ukraine – the Unreported Truth. The purpose of the videos is to give the people of Donbass an English voice so they can be heard beyond Donbass


Thousands Of People Hit The Street Demanding 
Urgent Action From Paris Climate Summit 
By Pradeep Baisakh

http://www.countercurrents.org/baisakh301115.htm

As the leaders from more than 190 countries are about to meet in Paris for the Climate Summit (COP21), tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets in more than 10 countries in Asia from 24-29th November for the Global Climate March to urge leaders to play their part in the fight against climate change by signing an ambitious climate agreement at the UN Climate Summit in Paris


COP21-Climate Change Conference Paris-Got To Tackle 
Both Doomsday And The Disaster At The Door 
By Asian Human Rights Commission

http://www.countercurrents.org/samar301115.htm

Climate change is real and urgent but so are agrarian distress and environmental disasters threatening the lives of billions of small and marginal farmers, fisher-folk, indigenous communities, and forest dwelling communities. The battle for the survival of the world cannot be fought at the cost of their lives


India And Paris Climate Change Conference 
By Syed Ali Mujtaba

http://www.countercurrents.org/mujtaba301115.htm

Instead of having a weak agreement it would be fair if the developed countries respect the concerns of the developing countries and fulfil their commitments. They may allow the developing countries to catch up with them in a course of time. That’s the only way to seize the moment and ahead move ahead to meeting challenges of the climate catastrophe


Why Has UN Rebuilt Just One House In Gaza? 
By Ali Abunimah

http://www.countercurrents.org/abunimah301115.htm

In the whole period since Israel’s lethal and devastating summer 2014 attack on Gaza, the UN has provided assistance to just one family to rebuild its totally destroyed home. Pierre Krähenbühl, the head of UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestine refugees, confirmed the stunning fact earlier this month that this remains the only totally destroyed house the UN has helped to rebuild. He also revealed that as of 18 November, his agency’s engineers had confirmed that 9,117 homes in Gaza were totally demolished, a similar number suffered severe or major damage and another 123,000 suffered minor damage


Doing Beautiful Things With Life 
By Yoginder Sikand

http://www.countercurrents.org/sikand301115.htm

Life is full of challenges, and no one’s life is without them. Our life’s journey crucially depends on how we handle the challenges that come our way. And what better way to learn how to do that than from people who’ve had to face immense odds but yet have triumphed over them, turning what seemed to be debilitating handicaps into a means for their own growth and for helping others, too? I had the good fortune of meeting many such people recently, at the India Inclusion Summit 2015


Children’s Day And Child Labour: Lost Childhood 
By John Gaingamlung Gangmei

http://www.countercurrents.org/gangmei301115.htm

Child labour exists because we allow it to exist


We Must Compensate Acid Attack Survivors, But What Else Should We Do? 
By Salina Wilson

http://www.countercurrents.org/wilson301115.htm

There should be justice for Darya, but there should also be justice for many others who await a similar if not the same promise by the Indian government – that they too shall be taken care of by the state, that justice is not merely handing the perpetrator a sentence, that their restitution is also on the government’s priority list. Most survivors lost vital organs after the attacks and thus are unable to return to their previous workplaces or move on with academics among other pursuits. The current understanding of compensation has failed to address a crucial factor that survivors need the state’s active support in assimilating back into society and basically, moving on. The Delhi Government announcing jobs for acid attack survivors may be viewed as an instrumental step in this direction


Uphold The Spirit of Revolutionary Movement 
And Reject Desertion In The Time Of Repression!

http://www.countercurrents.org/dsu301115.pdf

Statement By Executive Committee Democratic Students Union in the context of resignations from DSU