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Poison In The Heart: The Nuclear Wasting Of South Australia
by Vincent Di Stefano 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/07/22/poison-in-the-heart-the-nuclear-wasting-of-south-australia/

Current Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and opposition leader Bill Shorten seem to be in lock-step regarding the desirability of importing the world’s high level nuclear waste into South Australia. Neither has listened to the voices of indigenous traditional owners or of the more informed advocates of restraint and sanity.

Disowning Actions But Owning Ideology: RSS And Gujarat Events
by T Navin 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/07/22/disowning-actions-but-owning-ideology-rss-and-gujarat-events/

It has now become a pattern for RSS to disown its own actions which emanate from its divisive Hindutva mindset. The RSS plays the game of association and disassociation. It associates with masses and its own saffron network and spreads hatred through multiple ways till an event occurs. It continues to promote a divisive mindset till then. However, as protests arise and their actions become unpopular and receive criticism, it immediately disassociates itself from the act. The latest to join this list is its disassociation from the acts of Gautankvadis (Gau Atankwadis) in Gujarat.

The CAMPA Bill Will Scuttle The Forest Rights Act

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/07/22/the-campa-bill-will-scuttle-the-forest-rights-act/

A letter send to Shri Hamid Ansari Chairman of Rajyasabha by concerned citizens on the Compensatory Afforestation Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA) Bill that is being considered by the house

The Commons As The Response To The Structural Crises Of The Global System
by Michael Bauwens 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/07/22/the-commons-as-the-response-to-the-structural-crises-of-the-global-system/

The good news is that Commons-based peer production is the best way to bring these three necessary aspects together into one coherent system. However, for this to happen, the various movements need enabling tools and capacities. An example is the open source circular economy (encompassing open and sustainable approaches). Here, open and participatory logistical and accounting systems allow citizens, entrepreneurs and public officials to scale up their circular economy cooperation in otherwise impossible ways.

Sri Lanka: Neither Anti-Tamil Nationalism Nor Anti-Sinhala Nationalism Would Solve The Convolution
by Nilantha Ilangamuwa 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/07/22/sri-lanka-neither-anti-tamil-nationalism-nor-anti-sinhala-nationalism-would-solve-the-convolution/

The discourse after the affray at the University of Jaffna is alarming and threatening the future of this country. The danger in this kind of situation is that it can easily diffuse among others if there is inadequacy in action by the officials and the people in general. The Eastern University is one of those where such elements can easily wreck the fragile peace.

Single Worker May Slit Throats Of 600 Dogs Per Hour, 8 Hours A Day, For 40 Years
by Robert J Barsocchini 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/07/22/single-worker-may-slit-throats-of-600-dogs-per-hour-8-hours-a-day-for-40-years/

There are many thousands of these workers all doing this at the same time in thousands of locations around the country and world. And the strangest part: they are not actually slitting the throats of dogs, but an even smarter and more complex sentient, emotionally-nuanced species: pigs.

K.P Sasi’s “Voices From The Ruins” Depicts The Naked Reality Of Kandhamal: V.S Achuthanandan

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/07/22/k-p-sasis-voices-from-the-ruins-depicts-the-naked-reality-of-kandhamal-v-s-achuthanandan/

Speech given by V.S Achuthanandan, former Chief Minister of Kerala, inaugurating K.P Sasi’s documentary  “Voices From The Ruins, Kandhamal In Search Of Justice” in Trivandrum, Kerala on 19th July, 2016

Laura Ingraham And Trumpism
by Dr Binoy Kampmark 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/07/22/laura-ingraham-and-trumpism/

Never doubt the ballistic factor of Laura Ingraham.  Ingraham is never into facts, which tend to be the unwanted gate crashers of her party.  What matters in that particular world view is sentiment, often tinged by viciousness.  In so far as it matters, she is the great weapon that someone like Trump needs: intangible, but feeling; vicious but at heart sincere about her prejudices.  In truth, the most prejudiced are as sincere as the great idealists.

In Defence Of The Writer
by Pushkar Raj 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/07/22/in-defence-of-the-writer/

The recent Chennai High court judgment concerning the writer Perumal Murugan is a requisite addition to the Indian jurisprudence as it underlines the relationship between the writer and society, which has lately suffered from grave confusion.

Koch Brothers Now Supporting Hillary Clinton
by Eric Zuesse 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/07/22/koch-brothers-now-supporting-hillary-clinton/

On July 20th, a Republican U.S. Senator lost his main financial backers for having urged Republicans to vote for Donald Trump instead of for Hillary Clinton. The Koch brothers speak with their words, which can’t be trusted, but they also speak with their money, their investments, which are always honest expressions of their actual beliefs and desires. This time, the Kochs spoke with their money, just a day after that Senator spoke with his words.

Turkey Right Now Is A Riddle Wrapped In A Mystery Inside An Enigma
by John Chuckman

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/07/22/turkey-right-now-is-a-riddle-wrapped-in-a-mystery-inside-an-enigma/

Events in Turkey just become stranger with each passing day. We now have Middle Eastern and Persian sources, cited by Russian and German papers, that Russia’s security agencies overheard helicopter radio transmissions by the coup participants, and President Putin warned Erdogan about what was happening, likely saving his skin. 

Kashmir: Blackout Of  The Blackout
by Dr M Muzamil 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/07/22/kashmir-blackout-of-the-blackout/

Neither it was world earth day, nor there were any nimbo stratus or cumulo nimbus clouds, but still the Kashmir valley witnessed a dark evening on Wednesday, 20th July. The lights suddenly went off, in view of the blackout call given by the pro freedom camp. As the time passed the night appeared to be dressed more like a nightmare and the national news channels continued to daydream. They failed to focus their lenses to cover this unique protest, which in no way is a matter of surprise because they even fail to capture the civilian killings that take place in broad day lights.

Indeed, Western Civilization Is In A War
by Gerald A Perreira 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/07/22/indeed-western-civilization-is-in-a-war/

While this self-evident truth is abundantly clear to the rest of us, it is important to note when this truth is finally articulated and documented by one of their own. If this war is ever to end then Newt Gingrich and the rest of Western Civilization must face their own demons