CounterCurrents: In Gaza, Nothing Is Just An Accident, Roots Of The Conflict: Palestine’s Nakba In The Larger Arab ‘Catastrophe’, Growing Warnings Over Chinese Debt

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Growing Warnings Over Chinese Debt 
By Nick Beams

http://www.countercurrents.org/beams180516.htm

While the turbulence that hit global financial markets in the early part of this year has subsided somewhat, at least temporarily, the underlying recessionary trends continue to intensify. These trends are clearly seen in the world’s two major economies, the United States and China


Roots Of The Conflict: Palestine’s Nakba In The Larger Arab ‘Catastrophe’ 
By Ramzy Baroud

http://www.countercurrents.org/baroud180516.htm

On May 15th of every year, over the past 68 years, Palestinians have commemorated their collective exile from Palestine. The ethnic cleansing of Palestine to make room for a ‘Jewish homeland’ came at a price of unrelenting violence and perpetual suffering. Palestinians refer to that enduring experience as ‘Nakba’, or ‘Catastrophe’. However, the ‘Nakba’ is not merely a Palestinian experience; it is also an Arab wound that never ceases from bleeding


In Gaza, Nothing Is Just An Accident
By Hamza Abu Eltarabesh

http://www.countercurrents.org/eltarabesh180516.htm

When a candle caused a fire that killed three young children at a house in Gaza, it seemed like the kind of horrible misfortune that could happen anywhere. But candles in Beach refugee camp, where the recent fire occurred, are lit not for mood but necessity. And in Gaza, where rolling power cuts leave people without electricity for 12 hours a day, that need is great. And growing


US And Its Allies Threaten Escalation Of Syrian War 
By Bill Van Auken

http://www.countercurrents.org/auken180516.htm

Foreign ministers of the major powers, including both Washington and Moscow, ended a meeting of the International Syria Support Group (ISSG) in Vienna with no proposal for a date to resume peace talks between the Syrian government and the collection of Western-backed Islamist militias that constitute the “armed opposition.”


The Choice Of Superdeligates 
By John Scales Avery

http://www.countercurrents.org/avery180516.htm

There is a real danger that fascism could come to the United States if the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, July 25-28, chooses the candidate that Trump could beat, Hillary Clinton. Recent public opinion opinion polls show Clinton beating Trump by a narrow margin in the November presidential election, while Sanders beats Trump by more than twice that amount


Rise Of The West (The Short Answer), or, Is Getting Back To Normal 
Becoming Less And Less Of A Possibility? 
By C. Ikehara

http://www.countercurrents.org/ikehara180516.htm

Concerning our "end-justifies-means" times where every decision now seems to have become just another "business" decision, shouldn't every decision also be examined for an ethical/moral dimension? If the Ming dynasty officials could somehow see how we live today, they would hardly want to trade places with us in spite of our relatively easy access to credit not to mention all the comforts and conveniences that modern technology provides us. They would feel that the lack of a strong global central authority in the 21st-century to solve large-scale problems (e.g., environmental, terrorism) and resolve disagreements (e.g., territorial disputes) is causing things to slip out of control in a world which could hardly be described as being on an even keel


Is A Revolution Possible Without Dismantling Brahmanical Disorder ? 
By Vidya Bhushan Rawat

http://www.countercurrents.org/rawat180516.htm

Understanding untouchability and castes question in Nepal


Sairat: The return Of The Self-Willed, Headstrong Lovers 
By Rutuja Deshmukh Wakankar

http://www.countercurrents.org/wakankar180516.htm

I went to watch Sairat, the Marathi film, directed by Nagraj Popatrao Manjule, with lot of expectation and anticipation. Sairat being the second film from the much acclaimed director of Fandry, a tale; set in rural Maharashtra, of a lower caste school boy, his infatuation towards a high caste girl and his negotiations with caste-ridden society. My anticipation resulted into contemplation and a sense of fulfillment of a kind. Sairat, not only a matured story, ripened by grief and resistance, but also a sensitive and yet a strong jolt to the caste atrocities prevalent in Hindu society


Déjà vu Marries Amnesia In Kerala 
By Urmila Pullat

http://www.countercurrents.org/pullat180516.htm

Polling has concluded in Kerala but political parties and commentators alike have missed out on a crucial need in the state. In spite of the rape and murder of the poor Dalit law student that shook the nation and deeply disturbed a state that prides itself on its relatively successful development indicators, there has been very little focus on an issue that plagues the state and indeed, the country. This election in arguably one of the most socially conscious states in India saw very little association made between democratic governance and justice reform. The issue of poor, unjust policing and an almost non-existent right of access to justice, especially for vulnerable communities in Kerala, cannot be ignored anymore. Politicians cannot hide behind the state’s good performance on key development indicators and we cannot allow the familiar routine of déjà vu and amnesia to settle on the dust kicked up after the brutal rape and murder