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In Right-Wing Putsch, UK Labour MPs Deliver Overwhelming Anti-Corbyn Vote
by Julie Hyland 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/06/30/in-right-wing-putsch-uk-labour-mps-deliver-overwhelming-anti-corbyn-vote/

Fully 81 percent of the parliamentary Labour Party (PLP) supported Tuesday’s motion of no-confidence in leader Jeremy Corbyn. Just 40 Labour MPs voted against the motion, with 172 in favour. Thirteen did not vote at all and there were four spoilt ballots.

Mozambique: Looking For Food In All The Wrong Places
by Timothy A Wise 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/06/30/mozambique-looking-for-food-in-all-the-wrong-places/

ProSAVANA remains the Mozambican government’s agricultural development strategy for the region. While farmers defend their hard-won land rights, it seems they will have to look elsewhere for agricultural development.

Beyond Development: The Commons As A New/Old Paradigm Of Human Flourishing

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/06/30/beyond-development-the-commons-as-a-newold-paradigm-of-human-flourishing/

I’m not prepared to make grand predictions that the commons can usher in a political revolution at the global scale, as Dardot and Laval argue in their book Commun.  I wouldn’t rule that out, but for now I prefer to think more modestly of the commons as an indispensable complement to market and state with enormous potential for catalyzing transformations at both macro- and micro-scale levels.  This will require that we imagine and invent new sorts of governance institutions that go beyond the nation-state and international treaty organizations:  a rather ambitious vision indeed.

Oil, Interest Rates And Debt
by Rune Likvern 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/06/30/oil-interest-rates-and-debt/

The recent lower oil price predictably stimulates more consumption, but as more consumers will continue to struggle with their balance sheets, they are now more sensitive to considerable increases in the oil price. This creates for an interesting situation; the price a growing number of consumers find affordable may be lower than what the oil companies need to go after the costlier oil and retire their debts in an orderly way.

Energy And Justice
by Richard Heinberg 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/06/30/energy-and-justice/

The equity and justice questions won’t go away. From the perspective of global elites, something must be done to level the playing field and take everyone’s interests into account (whether through an overarching global framework or through piecemeal national and regional efforts), or those who feel excluded will disrupt efforts toward an orderly energy transition. From the perspective of those with far lower levels of power and wealth, there is no reason to support efforts to reduce fossil fuel consumption if those efforts only preserve or exacerbate economic inequality. 

The climate Titanic And The Melting Icebergs
by Andrew Glikson 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/06/30/the-climate-titanic-and-the-melting-icebergs/

The manifest paralysis of the global political system in the face of the climate impasse, evidenced by the failure of a succession of UN Framework Conventions on Climate Change to undertake meaningful steps to reduce CO2 emissions, requires a search for alternative avenues to limit the deleterious consequences of continuing carbon emissions as reported by the IPCC Working Group II, and pending the report by Working Group III.

Searching For A ‘Responsible Adult’: ‘Is Brexit Good For Israel?’
by Dr Ramzy Baroud 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/06/30/searching-for-a-responsible-adult-is-brexit-good-for-israel/

Indeed, Britain has played that dreadful role for decades, muting any serious discussion on Israel and Palestine, and ensuring    more courageous voices like that of Sweden, for example, are offset with the ardently and unconditionally pro-Israel sentiment constantly radiating from Westminster. Who can forget Cameron’s impassionate defense of Israel’s last war on Gaza on 2014, which killed over 2,200 mostly Palestinian civilians?

Reflections On The Orlando Massacre

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/06/30/reflections-on-the-orlando-massacre/

This horrific tragedy is doubly tragic for Muslims in America because the perpetrator of this crime happened to have a Muslim name. No sane and true Muslim or a follower of any faith would do what he did. His action is doubly abhorrent because, firstly, it happened during the month of Ramadan that is holy for Muslims and devoted to spiritualism, kindness, and piety. And, secondly, he targeted the community that has always stood by Muslims against Islamophobia in this country.

Twenty Four Groups Write To The World Bank: No More Destructive Development!

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/06/30/twenty-four-groups-write-to-the-world-bank-no-more-destructive-development/

Twenty four groups working on environmental, labor and human rights wrote to the Executive Directors of World Bank not to dilute the environmental and social safeguards as the President of the World Bank visits India to explore new financing opportunities. India has been the largest recipient of World Bank loans in the history of World Bank. 

Triple Talaq: Touchstone Method Of Constitution Is Supreme
by Dr Vivek Kumar Srivastava 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/06/30/triple-talaq-touchstone-method-of-constitution-is-supreme/

Supreme Court of India has stated that triple talaq will be tested on the touchstone of the constitution. The message is clear that constitution is supreme law of the land and anything whatsoever be its nature or form will have to follow the provisions of the constitution.