CounterCurrents: Gaza Fishermen Suffocated At sea, Brexit Backlash Against EU, Revolt Against Elites, Headaches Of Empire: Brexit’s Effect On The United States

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Brexit Backlash Against EU, Revolt Against Elites 
Co-Written by Kevin Zeese & Margaret Flowers

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/06/26/brexit-backlash-against-eu-revolt-against-elites/

By pushing austerity and commodification of public services, people are now more economically insecure with less wealth and lower incomes. The response of many is anger. Some protest austerity, others blame people of a different skin color, heritage or ethnicity. The surprise vote in the UK to leave the European Union is the latest, and perhaps the biggest, example of the blowback economic and political elites are getting for their actions.

Headaches Of Empire: Brexit’s Effect On The United States
by Dr Binoy Kampmark 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/06/26/headaches-of-empire-brexits-effect-on-the-united-states/

There remains a conspicuous fear in the US Republic that civilization must be a centralising endeavour.  Smaller states only matter if they are wedged into a series of agreements and arrangements with an overseeing hegemon.  The hegemon dictates the measures to be taken, even if they may be cushioned by promises of good relations and a false sense of autonomy.

Globalization And The American Dream
Co-Written by Helena Norberg-Hodge & Steven Gorelick

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/06/26/globalization-and-the-american-dream/

Implicit in all the rhetoric promoting globalization is the premise that the rest of the world can and should be brought up to the standard of living of the West, and America in particular. For much of the world the American Dream – though a constantly moving target – is globalization’s ultimate endpoint.

Gaza Fishermen Suffocated At sea
by Saleh el Namey 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/06/26/gaza-fishermen-suffocated-at-sea/

A group of Gaza fishermen were working an early morning shift when the Israeli navy opened fire. Rajab Abu Riyala and his brother Khaled were shot during that 31 May incident. A bullet had to be removed from Rajab’s knee as a result. They were among five fishermen arrested on two vessels by Israel. All were brought to Ashdod, a port in present-day Israel, and were detained for most of the day.

Counter-Thinking  BP :What Is Normal Blood Pressure?
by Professor BM Hegde 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/06/26/counter-thinking-bp-what-is-normal-blood-pressure/

Would anyone tell me what is normal BP anyway? I  know the average human BP but not the NORMAL BP.  If one converts averages into normals we are straight away adding between 5-25% false positives, another profitable business. RCTs, the multiple studies that form the basis of this conclusion, themselves, have been seriously questioned for their authenticity.

Negotiating With Undeclared Emergency
by Pushkar Raj 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/06/26/negotiating-with-undeclared-emergency/

The challenge before the civil society today is to confront this saffron mindset replacing secular values embedded in Indian history, culture and constitution. This might be easier when there are alliances across movements and groups and sharing of experiences of constructive and non-violent methods to assert democratic rights by engaging and organizing people through education.

Video: Ayodhya or Saket : The politics of Ram Temple
by Vidya Bhushan Rawat 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/06/26/ayodhya-or-saket-the-politics-of-ram-temple/

A documentary by Vidya Bhushan Rawat on the Ayodhya issue and how it affected the communal harmony of India. It is being republished in the context of resurgent Hindutva programme in India which catapulted Narendra Modi as the Prime Minister of India. This documentary is all the more significant in the context of the coming assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh.