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How Israel Makes Money From Blockading Gaza 
By Ryan Rodrick Beiler

http://www.countercurrents.org/beiler300316.htm

A new report released by UK-based Corporate Watch brings the voices of the Palestinian farmers and agricultural workers to the debate over how the BDS movement can best resist Israeli exploitation of their land and labor. Corporate Watch’s report, titled, “Apartheid in the Fields: From Occupied Palestine to UK Supermarkets,” focuses on two of the most vulnerable segments of Palestinian society: residents of the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank’s Jordan Valley


Why We Have A Wage Inequality Problem 
By Gail Tverberg

http://www.countercurrents.org/tverberg300316.htm

The current low prices of fossil fuels make the current situation particularly worrisome, because the low prices could lead to lower fossil fuel production, and hence reduce world GDP because of the connection between energy consumption and GDP growth. Low oil prices could also push the world economy downward, due to increasing defaults on energy sector loans and adverse impacts on economies of oil exporters


Intelligence Accounts Raise More Questions On Origins of Brussels, Paris Attacks 
By Alex Lantier

http://www.countercurrents.org/lantier300316.htm

Accounts of US and European intelligence’s monitoring of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) make ever clearer that the key ingredient in ISIS terror attacks in Brussels and last year in Paris was the support of factions of the NATO countries’ intelligence apparatus for ISIS in the war in Syria


Islamist Terror In The East And West: Lahore, Paris, Brussels And Beyond 
By Taj Hashmi

http://www.countercurrents.org/hashmi300316.htm

Although Islamist or separatist terror groups bomb and kill hundreds of people in Iraq, Syria, Pakistan, Turkey, or Afghanistan on a regular basis, yet they hardly make headlines in Western media; and the news about these attacks disappear from Western media in hours. This is, however, not the case with any terror attack in the West – in London or Boston, Copenhagen, Madrid, Paris, or Brussels. Unless people and media in the West equally empathise and sympathise with all terror victims, and do something positive to counter terrorism everywhere, there is little hope for durable peace and understanding in the world


Steel Crisis: Sold Down The River By Tata
By Alec Thraves

http://www.countercurrents.org/thraves300316.htm

If the fight to save Port Talbot and all their other steel plants across the country is to succeed, both the Westminster and Welsh governments need to nationalise Tata steel now. Trade unions across Tata steel should urgently convene a national meeting of shop stewards to organise this campaign for nationalisation with compensation only on the basis of proven need, linking up with the tens of thousands in the communities indirectly affected by these potential job losses


Reading UoH Student Movement 
By Dillip Kumar Dash

http://www.countercurrents.org/dash300316.htm

There has been several attempts to demoralize the movement led by Joint Action Committee for Social Justice of University of Hyderaba (UoH) since the incident of vandalism on VC’s bizarre return. Before judging the movement by reading into those particular acts, one must look through a pretext to it


Dynamics Of Bengal Politics 
By Afroz Alam

http://www.countercurrents.org/alam300316.htm

Recently, the state has witnessed the articulation of Dalit voice through the Matua Mahasangha. Come what may, the articulation of autonomous voice of lower castes and other indigenous groups like Gorkha, Lepcha, Limbu, Bhutia, Rajbangshis, Santhals, Gonds and Ugra Khatriyas are certainly the most important emerging trend in the state politics. Any attempt to ignore such voices will help the right-wing BJP in fulfilling its dream project of winning Bengal if not this time then in years to come


Struggle Of Caurem Village In Goa And State Repression 
By Vasudha Sawaiker

http://www.countercurrents.org/sawaiker300316.htm

The attack on Ravindra Velip while in Judicial Custody speaks of the manner in which the Mining Lobby and State Nexus work to suppress youth leaders who do not toe their line. This is not the first time that such an attack has been made on a youth in Caurem. In May 2011, Nilesh Gaonkar, another anti-mining activist from Caurem was attacked with an iron rod while on his way to work. In October 2013, the National Human Rights Commission directed the Goa government to pay monetary relief of Rs. 5000/- each to 737 villagers for police brutalities on protesting tribal villagers


Freedom Festival In Chhattisgarh
Press Release

http://www.countercurrents.org/pr300316.htm

Chhattisgarh Nagrik Samyukta Sangarsh Samiti is organising "Freedom Festival" at Lokayan Bhawan, Rajbandha Maidan, Press Complex, Raipur, Chhattisgarh from April 8-14, 2016