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Brexit It Is! David Cameron Resigns
by Dr Binoy Kampmark

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/06/24/brexit-it-is-david-cameron-resigns/

That has been the nature of the entire debate from the start, with strong resonances from the continent about where the European Union fits in the debate.  The EU is a spouse with visible defects that has resulted in a vote of divorce.  Umunna’s point, along with those of the Remain campaign, was never well made, if, indeed, it was made at all.

The Dithering Age: Holocene, Anthropocene, And Chthlucene
by Ramon Elani 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/06/24/the-dithering-age-holocene-anthropocene-and-chthlucene/

If people just hear that humans are destroying the environment, they aren’t given much incentive to act or even think much. We have to remind people that humanity, as a monolith, doesn’t do anything in particular. You have a choice, you are not condemned to exploit the earth simply by being born human. Talking about the environmental crisis in terms of ‘nature’ or ‘the earth’ is likewise insufficient and misleading. The earth is still going to be here and nature is still going to be here, what we are talking about losing is the health and vitality of specific ecosystems, millions of species of animals and plants, and perhaps the extinction of the human race. The planet will keep on turning and new species will develop and grow.

What’s At Stake
by Kathy Kelly 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/06/24/whats-at-stake/

The western powers are in no position to lecture Putin, whose actions in Crimea look like a Gandhian direct action when compared to the normal US-UK mode of operation. From 28 February to 18 March, Russian forces captured over a dozen Ukrainian bases or military posts without the loss of a single life. Compare this to the US use of tank-mounted ploughs to bury alive perhaps thousands of Iraqi conscripts in desert trenches during the opening moves of the 1991 invasion of Iraq. (US colonel Lon Maggart, in charge of one of the brigades involved, estimated that between 80 and 250 Iraqis had been buried alive.)

Modi, Monsanto, Bayer And Cargill: Doing Business or Corporate Imperialism?  
by Colin Todhunter

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/06/24/modi-monsanto-bayer-and-cargill-doing-business-or-corporate-imperialism/

With Modi now at the political helm, the government is doing the bidding of global biotech companies and is currently trying to push through herbicide-tolerant GM mustard based on fraudulent tests and ‘regulatory delinquency‘, which will not only open the door to further GM crops but will boost the sales of Bayer’s glufinosate herbicide. In addition, plans have been announced to introduce 100% foreign direct investment in certain sectors of the economy, including food processing.

Using Ambedkar Against Dalits
by Swapnil Dhanraj 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/06/24/using-ambedkar-against-dalits/

Now in the next move the Sanghi hooligans are planning to appropriate the tribal leader Birsa Munda while proposing to name the sports ground after him. With this name game politics the ABVP has taken a soft but a pernicious step to cultivate direct rapport with Dalit and marginalized students on university campuses so that they can create an eventual escape from the case of Rohit Vemula and push the agenda of appropriation of Dalit icons in the Hindutva fold as it has been envisaged by their political mentors the RSS and BJP. It is high time that we expose this camouflage to erase their misdeeds in the past

Was Orlando Massacre A ‘False Flag’ Attack On The Islam Personified By The Iconic Mohammed Ali? 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/06/24/was-orlando-massacre-a-false-flag-attack-on-the-islam-personified-by-the-iconic-mohammed-ali/

Far too many facts pertaining to the Orlando massacre by Omar Mateen raise serious questions about the ghastly killing of American citizens as a False Flag opertion of the FBI. The fact that the gory incident came within days days of the death of Mohammed Ali, whose passing away had re-awakened American and global interest in the Islam he lived also raises questions of whether the spectacular terror act was aimed at burying, along with him the idea of a principled and non-violent Islam. 14 Questions FBI Must Answer.


Big Brother’s Virtual Reality
by Linh Dinh 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/06/24/big-brothers-virtual-reality/

Thank you, Lucius Nonesuch. If more Americans were like you, we wouldn’t be hoodwinked endlessly by Big Brother. As is, we’re doomed.

AFRICOM Clams Up After Commander Peddles Contradictory Statements To Congress
by Nick Turse

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/06/24/africom-clams-up-after-commander-peddles-contradictory-statements-to-congress/

At a time when the number of U.S. troops, bases, and — perhaps — missions in Africa are increasing, along with the number of terrorist groups and terror attacks on the continent, hundreds of already murky missions have apparently been disappeared, purged from the command’s rolls and the historical record.  As troubling as this may be, the stakes go far beyond numbers, says the Security Assistance Monitor’s William Hartung.  Precise figures about foreign military engagements are essential in a world where blowback from military operations is an ever-present reality, but they are only a first step.

A Quest For Identity: From Personal To Political

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/06/24/a-quest-for-identity-from-personal-to-political/

. The state provides opportunities to empower women to march forward towards a path of liberation yet it treats women as second class citizens. The state protects and patronizes women and children while also providing a space to claim entitlements and this capability needs to be utilized to assert rights of those who are at the receiving end within this power relationship. Thus, in a changing society the need of the hour is to engage with the state in a constructive manner to assert the identity of women and children keeping in mind the shifting socio-cultural as well as political and legal contexts.

Theocratic Criminals Strike In Pakistan
by Shamsul Islam 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/06/24/theocratic-criminals-strike-in-pakistan/

The criminals-cum-terrorists flying the flag of their ‘only true’ religions continue destroying whatever is humane, rational, creative and secular in the Indian-subcontinent. The latest victim is great musician and qawwal Amjad Sabri Saheb, one of the world’s best known Sufi musicians

Who Should Make Political Policy, The People or The Politicians?
by William John Cox 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/06/24/who-should-make-political-policy-the-people-or-the-politicians/

In the midst of what undoubtedly will be the nastiest and most expensive presidential campaign in American history, it is important to remember that the question is not so much whether a candidate is a good or bad person, but rather what should and will be the policies, objectives, and consequences of her or his administration? What do the People of the United States really want and expect their government to do on their behalf? Who should make political policy, the People, or the politicians they elect to represent them?