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Defend Brazil, Dilma! 
By Andre Vltchek

http://www.countercurrents.org/vltchek240416.htm

The Brazilian people elected Ms. Rousseff democratically. They voted for her so she could defend them, to improve their lives. She should now think about her voters, only about them! What the ‘opposition’ wants to achieve is clear. It is the same everywhere: in Venezuela, Bolivia and Ecuador. Right-wingers have already succeeded in Argentina, where they are right now busy dismantling the welfare state. They have to be stopped. The government reasoned with them, for months and years. They opted for this coup. Now force has to be used. As ugly as it may look, not acting would be much more damaging and dangerous


New Direction For Resolving The Middle East Crisis 
By Dan Lieberman

http://www.countercurrents.org/lieberman240416.htm

Oppression of the Palestinians has moved beyond a cause for the Palestinians and emergency measures to relieve their plight. Countering the severe persecution is an international cause that considers the dangers to all peoples from Israel's posture -- breeding terrorism, nurturing continuous conflagrations in the Middle East, and enhancing the possibility of a nuclear war


The Shame Of Anzac Day: An Aotearoan Perspective 
By Kieran Kelly

http://www.countercurrents.org/kelly240416.htm

When the Great War was first commemorated it was in the spirit that we must never let this happen again. Antiwar sentiment was the norm, not least in the RSA. In 1922 if you bought one of the first red poppies sold here, you were donating to an organisation that was committed to peace. Now, I fear, we have forgotten the lessons of two world wars and Anzac Day is increasingly nationalistic and militaristic. This is not a day for pride. Pride is the greatest offence against the memories of the fallen


Condemn The Unconstitutional Termination Of Sukma Chief Judicial Magistrate 
By Indian Association of Peoples’ Lawyers

http://www.countercurrents.org/iapl240416.htm

On 14 April, 2016 the Chhattisgarh government dismissed Sukma's Chief Judicial Magistrate Prabhakar Gwal. A 2006 batch judicial officer, Gwal, belongs to the Dalit community and has questioned the manner in which the police have been indiscriminately arresting tribals in the conflict zones of Chhattisgarh. It is in this background, on 8th February 2016, the Sukma Superintendent of Police complained to the District Judiciary against Gwal stating that among other things he has been granting bail to naxal accused and such decisions have “adversely affected the morale of the security forces” and “weakens the judicial process”. It is based on such complaints that Chhattisgarh government dismissed Gwal on the grounds of "public interest" following the recommendation of the Chhattisgarh High Court

Reply To Chetan Bhagat, When Vanity Overtook Your Meekness 
By Shahid Lone

http://www.countercurrents.org/lone240416.htm

Since a few of my colleagues have already sent you schooling manuals pertaining to Kashmir dispute but I am damn sure, you won’t take out your black aviator and merit the things as they are. So, allow me to trespass your valuable time by laying down a few lines of factual considerations there to: In your theatrical and euphemistically open letter to kashmiri’s like me, which rationally lacked kosher concreteness from historical and political frames, shouldered me with a responsibility to make you aware of few facts. Lets analyze your letter in a phased manner