CounterCurrents: America’s One-Party Government, UN Agency Reports 65 Million People Are Refugees Worldwide, Fracking America: Explosions, Leaks, And Health Contamination

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UN Agency Reports 65 Million People Are Refugees Worldwide
by Martin Kreikenbaum 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/06/22/un-agency-reports-65-million-people-are-refugees-worldwide/

The number of people around the globe displaced by war, armed conflict and persecution at the end of 2015 was higher than ever before. A report titled Global Trends, published on World Refugee Day by the UNHCR, counted 65.3 million displaced persons, the first time it has surpassed 60 million since the collection of figures began in 1951.


The Case For A Child-Centered Energy And Climate Policy
by Dr Frederica Perera 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/06/22/the-case-for-a-child-centered-energy-and-climate-policy/

There’s no question that reducing our dependence on fossil fuels would achieve highly significant health and economic benefits for children worldwide, both immediately and well into the future – vastly improving the health and well being of generations to come. Knowing this, we have a moral imperative to enact child-centered energy and climate policies that address the full array of physical and psychosocial stressors to which children are subjected due to fossil fuel combustion

The Need For A New American Formula
by David Anderson

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/06/22/the-need-for-a-new-american-formula/

The time has come for serious introspection in America. The Nation is locked in a race between self-discovery and self-destruction. It is losing that race. It needs to recognize that the present equation does not equate. It is off-balance. America needs to reformulate a new equation. More wars based on the old equation will not do. Unfettered release of the human psyche as we now see in the current political scene will not do. And as for that critical evangelical Christian voting block; they need to understand that the Nation will be saved not by their belief in Jesus as their Savior, but by living his example.

Fracking America: Explosions, Leaks, And Health Contamination
Book Review 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/06/22/explosions-leaks-and-health-contamination-frackings-effects-even-if-you-dont-live-near-well-pads/

The 690-page critically-acclaimed Fracking America also discusses the collusion between politicians and the fossil fuel industry, innumerable health and environmental problems, how drilling for oil and gas in the United States doesn’t give the country independence from the Arab world as long as the drillers continue to ship fuel overseas, the industry’s fallacious claims of providing economic benefits and more jobs while not paying taxes, the theological base of the anti-fracking movement, corruption and collusion between academic research and the fossil fuel industry, the effects that drilling has upon the nation’s food supply, and how renewable energy diminishes reductions in fuel costs while being safer than fossil fuel drilling and consumption.


Europe At The Crossroads: The UK Referendum And The Spectre Of Nationalism
by William Hawes

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/06/22/europe-tt-the-crossroads-the-uk-referendum-and-the-spectre-of-nationalism/

Europe is about to faces a series of difficult decisions that will affect its future for years to come. The social contradictions of keeping an expanding globalized economy running, which at the same time disenfranchises millions of workers, are now too obvious to turn a blind eye to. Many efforts towards making a livable European community are in disarray, and most of the benefits accrue to the core EU states of Germany, the UK (for now), and France.

“China Will React If Provoked Again: You Risk The War”
by Andre Vltchek 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/06/22/china-will-react-if-provoked-again-you-risk-the-war/

The AntiDiplomatico(Italy) interviews philosopher, Andre Vltchek: “Russia and China are forming an incredible defensive wall to protect humanity from Western terrorism.”

Exciting Artifacts Discovered On Second Expedition To Antikythera Shipwreck
by Marianne de Nazareth 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/06/22/exciting-artifacts-discovered-on-second-expedition-to-antikythera-shipwreck/

Led by archaeologists and technical experts from the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), the team recovered 60 artifacts including gold jewelry, luxury glassware, a bronze spear from a statue, elements of marble sculptures, resin/incense, ceramic decanters, and a unique artifact that may have been a defensive weapon to protect the massive ship against attacks from pirates. The team also confirmed the wreck of a second ancient cargo ship close by the Antikythera vessel. The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution is a private, non-profit organization on Cape Cod, Mass., dedicated to marine research, engineering, and higher education.

Gulbarg Society Carnage: Who Cast The First Stone?
by Ram Puniyani 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/06/22/gulbarg-society-carnage-who-cast-the-first-stone/

Communal violence is the big bane of Indian society. While on one hand the innocents are killed the guilty mostly get away without any punishment. The rate of prosecution of riot cases is very low. Even where punishments are meted out the big fish are let off while the foot soldiers get punished. Apart from these observations what is popularized and what has become part of the ‘social common sense’ is that ‘it is Muslims who begin the riot and then they get killed’.

America’s One-Party Government
by Eric Zuesse 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/06/22/americas-one-party-government/

Today’s United States is a more realistic version of the type of society that George Orwell fictionally described in his allegorical novel 1984.

Commemorating Ambedkar: The Role Of Dalit Intellectuals
by Dr Anand Teltumbde 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/06/22/commemorating-ambedkar-the-role-of-dalit-intellectuals/

A Speech delivered in the seminar on “Dr Ambedkar’s Relevance today and in the future” on 16 June 2016 to mark the centenary of Dr Bhimroa Ramji Ambedkar’s arrival at the London School of Economics

Obscured American: Don The Retired Building Contractor
by Linh Dinh

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/06/22/obscured-american-don-the-retired-building-contractor/

In Friendly, I’ve caught Don dazed, but never cranky. What’s quoted here has been gathered through half a dozen encounters, the latest just a few hours ago. If Don didn’t have to stumble home to fix something in his basement, we’d still be talking.