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Donald Trump And The Collapse Of The Western Empire 
By Ugo Bardi

http://www.countercurrents.org/bardi030416.htm

In this article, Ugo Bardi arguse that the ascent of Donald Trump in the US presidential race is a symptom of the ongoing breakdown of society, in turn caused by the loss of control generated by resource depletion


Execution Of Palestinian Exposes Israel’s Military Culture 
By Jonathan Cook

http://www.countercurrents.org/cook030416.htm

It might have been a moment that jolted Israelis to their senses. Instead the video of an Israeli soldier shooting dead a young Palestinian man as he lay wounded and barely able to move has only intensified the tribal war dance of the Israeli public. Last week, as the soldier was brought before a military court for investigation, hundreds of supporters protested outside. He enjoys vocal support too from half a dozen cabinet ministers, former army generals, rabbis and – according to opinion polls – a significant majority of the Israeli Jewish public. It is worth reflecting on this generous act of solidarity


The Globalisation Of Bad Food And Poor Health: 
Sustainable Development or Sustainable Profits?
By Colin Todhunter

http://www.countercurrents.org/todhunter030416.htm

The proportion of deaths due to cancer around the world increased from 12 percent in 1990 to 15 percent in 2013. Globally, cancer is already the second-leading cause of death after cardiovascular diseases. In India, government data indicates that cancer showed a 5 percent increase in prevalence between 2012 and 2014 with the number of new cases doubling between 1990 and 2013. The incidence of cancer for some major organs in India is the highest in the world. Reports have also drawn attention to rising rates of breast cancer in urban areas, and, in 2009, there was a reported increase in cancer rates in Tamil Nadu's textile belt, possibly due to chemically contaminated water


In The Mind Of A Pessimist 
By Suraj Kumar Thube

http://www.countercurrents.org/thube030416.htm

Can truth have multiple interpretations? Can all the interpretations be called as truth? Can multiple interpretations retain their autonomous right amidst an ocean of a homogenous truth? How are multiple incidents different than multiple interpretations and with whom does truth feel as a stronger virtue? Trying to reminisce on the callous and cavalier approach of the Indian middle class toward the downtrodden of the society in general, these questions tend to get consigned to a spatial and temporal stage of oblivion


Sardar Sarovar Affected Adivasis Get Land For Land 
In Nandurbar After Three Decades
By National Alliance of People’s Movements

http://www.countercurrents.org/napm030416.htm

NBA exposes the NCA's Claims of Complete Resettlement and Rehabilitation of SSP Affected Families


Release Human Rights Defender Prabhat Singh
By William Gomes

http://www.countercurrents.org/gomes030416.htm

On 26 March 2016, the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) in Jagdalpur, Chhattisgarh, denied release on bail for human rights defender Mr Prabhat Singh and referred him to judicial custody in Jagdalpur Central Jail, pending investigation into his case. He has been held in detention since his arrest without warrant on 21 March 2016


West Indies Celebration In Kashmir, What Happened Next? 
By Yasir Altaf Zargar

http://www.countercurrents.org/zargar030416.htm

Kashmir has always seen many uncertainties. And the current uncertainty is proving how the situation Kashmiri’s has to face. The beef ban, attack on Zahid and now the attack on students inside universities and colleges is making sense of fetid environment. The politics has taken thousands of lives. The so called nationalists should refrain attacking others, it is an individual’s choice what he should celebrate and what he shouldn’t. The choice should be confined up to the person only


Mumbai Meeting For Justice For Rohith Vemula Draws Large Crowd, 
Raises Important Questions
By Joint Action Committee for Social Justice, Mumbai

http://www.countercurrents.org/jacm030416.htm

On 22nd April, the Mumbai Joint Action Committee for Social Justice organised Convention of People’s Resistance with the theme ‘Rohith Vemula’s Murder and Questions Thereafter: through People’s Resistance towards Azaadi’. The programme was enthusiastically attended by around two thousand people including students, professors, intellectuals, artists, activists and others and addressed by students from different universities all across the country and writers and activists like Arundhati Roy,Prakash Ambedkar,S.Q.R Iliyas (Umar Khalid’s father),Teesta Setalvad and Soni Sori (through video message)